Porous-Electrode Theory Of Lithium Ion Battery: Old Paradigm And New Challenge,
2020
1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China;
Porous-Electrode Theory Of Lithium Ion Battery: Old Paradigm And New Challenge, Xiao-Xiao Wang, Zi-Rui Zhou, Qiang Shan, Zeng-Ming Zhang, Jun Huang, Yu-Wen Liu, Sheng-Li Chen
Journal of Electrochemistry
A critical review on the porous electrode theory developed by Newman and his colleagues is presented. We propose several ideas for further development of this theory by analyzing its limitations. The classical Newman theory does not consider ion steric effect in describing ion transport in electrolyte solutions, which can be amended by a newly developed ion-vacancy coupled charge transfer model for ion transport in concentrated solutions. Ion transport in solid particles of active materials is essentially an ion-electron coupled transport process, and its rationality is verified by comparing the calculated and experimental diffusion coefficients of Li + ion in intercalation …
Highly Efficient Co2 Utilization Via Molten Salt Co2 Capture And Electrochemical Transformation Technology,
2020
School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China;
Highly Efficient Co2 Utilization Via Molten Salt Co2 Capture And Electrochemical Transformation Technology, Bo-Wen Deng, Hua-Yi Yin, Di-Hua Wang
Journal of Electrochemistry
The molten electrolytes exhibit high CO2 absorption capacities, wide electrochemical windows and excellent reaction kinetics, which are promising electrolyte candidates for efficient capture and electrochemical conversion of high-flux CO2 driven by renewable and clean electricity sources. This short review introduces the recent advancements of CO2 electroreduction achieved by the authors using molten salt CO2 capture and electrochemical transformation (MSCC-ET) technology, involving CO2 absorption kinetics, cathodic kinetics, controllable synthesis of carbon products with unique nanostructures, development of inert oxygen evolution anodes and CO2 conversion efficiency as well as energy efficiency. The challenges and prospects are …
Research Progress Of High-Safety Phosphorus-Based Electrolyte,
2020
College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Xiamen University,Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China;
Research Progress Of High-Safety Phosphorus-Based Electrolyte, Zi-Qi Zeng, Xin-Ping Ai, Han-Xi Yang, Yu-Liang Cao
Journal of Electrochemistry
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have emerged as the most widely used energy storage devices owing to their high energy density and excellent cycling stability. However, safety issues have become a critical obstacle for the large-scale applications of LIBs in the energy storage systems and electric vehicles (EVs). Currently, LIBs use a low flash- and boiling-point organic carbonate as the electrolyte, which is extremely likely to cause firing or explosion. Although some flame-retardant additives can inhibit the combustion of electrolyte to a certain extent, it brings little effect in practical application. Therefore, the development of nonflammable electrolytes is an essential solution to …
Facile Synthesis Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene-Like Active Carbon Materials For High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery,
2020
1. Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P.R. China;
Facile Synthesis Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene-Like Active Carbon Materials For High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Quan-Hua Meng, Wen-Wen Deng, Chang-Ming Li
Journal of Electrochemistry
Lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery is regarded as a promising energy storage device because of its high theoretical capacity. However, the low S utilization and short cycling life limit the commercial applications. In this work, nitrogen-doped graphene-like carbon (NGC) materials were synthesized by simply pyrolyzing and carbonizing the mixture of melamine (C3H6N6) and L-cysteine (C3H7NO2S). The graphene-like structure in NGC effectively buffered the volume change of S during the discharge/charge process and improved the cycling stability. Meanwhile, nitrogen-containing functional groups in NGC facilitated the transportation of ions and suppressed the …
Cycling Performance And Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase Synergic Formation Of Silicon Nanoparticles In The Concentrated Electrolyte With Additives,
2020
1. National Power Battery Innovation Center , GRINM Group Corporation Limited, Beijing 100088, China;2. China Automotive Battery Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100088, China;
Cycling Performance And Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase Synergic Formation Of Silicon Nanoparticles In The Concentrated Electrolyte With Additives, Zeng-Hua Chang, Fu-Juan Han, Xi-Xin Yang, Jian-Tao Wang, Shi-Gang Lu
Journal of Electrochemistry
In this paper, the effects of additives on the cycling performance of silicon nanoparticles in LiFSI-(PC)3 based concentrated electrolytes were systematically studied. The structures of silicon nanoparticle electrodes and the evolution of solid-electrolyte-interphase were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), attenuated total reflection Flourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results indicated that the additives can efficiently improve the cycling performance of silicon nanoparticle electrodes. In LiFSI-(PC)3 concentrated electrolyte, the capacity became 574.8 mAh·g-1 after 300 cycles with the initial capacity of 3296.1 mAh·g-1. In contrast, the 3% LiDFOB, 3% FEC …
Research Progress Of Key Components In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries,
2020
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China;
Research Progress Of Key Components In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Jia-Jia Chen, Quan-Feng Dong
Journal of Electrochemistry
Due to the much higher theoretical specific capacity and energy density than the ones of traditional lithium ion battery, Li-S batteries have long been at the pinnacle in the realms of high-energy Li-metal batteries. However, the complicated electrochemical reactions on the sulfur cathode and Li anode, induced by the thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors of lithium polysulfides, are the intrinsic bottleneck to realize the full potential of Li-S batteries for practical application. In this review, we firstly discuss the roles, and thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors of polysulfides in the charging and discharging processes of Li-S batteries. Then, the functional design and …
Liquid Metal Electrodes For Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies,
2020
1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China;
Liquid Metal Electrodes For Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies, Hao-Miao Li, Hao Zhou, Kang-Li Wang, Kai Jiang
Journal of Electrochemistry
Electrochemical energy storage technologies (ESTs) with low cost, long lifespan and high safety are of great importance for efficient integration of renewable energy into the grid. Liquid metal electrodes (LMEs) possessing the merits of high electronic conductivity, easy manufacture and amorphous structure is of great application value in the field of energy storage batteries. During charge-discharge processing, the LMEs could avoid the issues of structural deformation and dendrite growth in solid metal electrodes, which could effectively extend the cycle life of the LME based batteries. Moreover, LME based batteries are easy to be scaled up and less expensive, which are …
Porous Electrodes In Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems,
2020
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA;
Porous Electrodes In Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems, Wei-Xiao Ji, Gong-Wei Wang, Qiang Wang, Li-Jun Bai, De-Yang Qu
Journal of Electrochemistry
Professor C.S. Cha was among the pioneers who have introduced modern electrochemistry to China. Under his leadership, the electrochemical research group in Wuhan University became one of the global powerhouses in fundamental and applied electrochemical researches. During the past many decades, Professor Cha and his colleagues in the university have educated and trained many students who have become part of the backbone of electrochemistry worldwide. In this review, we demonstrate the solid foundation laid by Professor Cha and his colleagues in Wuhan University, and the advancements made in the area of porous electrodes by the authors. All the authors in …
Progress And Prospects On Multifunctional Coating Separators For Lithium-Sulfur Battery,
2020
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
Progress And Prospects On Multifunctional Coating Separators For Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Zhuang-Zhuang Wei, Nan-Xiang Zhang, Feng Wu, Ren-Jie Chen
Journal of Electrochemistry
The development of advanced energy storage systems is crucial to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles, portable devices and renewable energy storage. Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, with their advantages of high specific energy, low cost of raw materials and environmental friendliness, are hotspots in the research field of new high performance batteries. However, there are still many problems which hinder the practical applications of lithium-sulfur batteries, such as the shuttle effect of soluble polysulfide intermediates, the growth of lithium dendrites, and the thermal stability and safety of lithium-sulfur batteries during use. The design of multifunctional coating separator is one of …
Electrochemical Engineering Of Carbon Nanodots,
2020
1. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Australia;
Electrochemical Engineering Of Carbon Nanodots, Lei Bao, Dai-Wen Pang
Journal of Electrochemistry
Aqueous batteries have been considered to be a competitive candidate for large-scale energy storage. However, most of aqueous batteries adopt inorganic electrode materials with metallic elements, which are based on the reversible insertion of metal ions, making their application being highly hindered by limited cycle life, environmental issue, high cost and low reserves. On the other hand, organic electrode materials offer the advantages of abundant reserves, tunable structures, renewability and environmental benignity. Furthermore, the wide internal space enables these organics to flexibly store various charge carriers. Organics have been investigated as the alternative to inorganic electrode materials. Herein, we review …
Licoo2 As Sulfur Host To Enhance Cathode Volumetric Capacity For Lithium-Sulfur Battery,
2020
Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China;
Licoo2 As Sulfur Host To Enhance Cathode Volumetric Capacity For Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Lu Wang, Xue-Ping Gao
Journal of Electrochemistry
Lithium-sulfur battery is one of the most promising secondary battery systems due to its super high theoretical gravimetric and volumetric energy densities (2600 Wh·kg-1 and 2800 Wh·L-1, respectively). However, the practical volumetric capacity of sulfur cathode is still unsatisfied due to the overuse of low-density host materials, such as carbon nanomaterials. Herein, commercial LiCoO2 with the high tap density of 2.94 g·cm-3 was used as the host material to build high density sulfur-based composite and compact electrode for increasing the volumetric capacity. Obviously, the tap density of the as-prepared S/LiCoO2 composite was 1.90 g·cm …
Fundamentals Of Distribution Of Relaxation Times For Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy,
2020
1. Institute for Sustainable Energy, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;2. Xi’an Key Laboratory of Clean Energy, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology,Xi’an 710055, China;
Fundamentals Of Distribution Of Relaxation Times For Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Jia Wang, Qiu-An Huang, Wei-Heng Li, Juan Wang, Quan-Chao Zhuang, Jiu-Jun Zhang
Journal of Electrochemistry
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful electrochemical characterization technology, which has been widely used in the field of electrochemical energy, such as lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, etc. Distribution of relaxation time (DRT) is an EIS deconvolution technique which does not depend on the prior knowledge of the targeted research object. Furthermore, DRT can serve to separate and analyze physical and chemical processes which are highly overlapped in their EIS data. In order to encourage the application and popularization of DRT deconvolution technology, several core questions are addressed in this paper: (1) DRT deconvolution principle, implementation steps and important …
Oxidation Of Phenolic Aldehydes By Ozone And Hydroxyl Radicals At The Air-Water Interface,
2020
University of Kentucky
Oxidation Of Phenolic Aldehydes By Ozone And Hydroxyl Radicals At The Air-Water Interface, Md Sohel Rana, Marcelo I. Guzman
Chemistry Faculty Publications
Biomass burning releases highly reactive methoxyphenols into the atmosphere, which can undergo heterogeneous oxidation and act as precursors for secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. Understanding the reactivity of such methoxyphenols at the air–water interface is a matter of major atmospheric interest. Online electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (OESI-MS) is used here to study the oxidation of two methoxyphenols among three phenolic aldehydes, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, and syringaldehyde, on the surface of water. The OESI-MS results together with cyclic voltammetry measurements at variable pH are integrated into a mechanism describing the heterogeneous oxidative processing of methoxyphenols by gaseous ozone (O3) and …
Single‐Molecule 3d Orientation Imaging Reveals Nanoscale Compositional Heterogeneity In Lipid Membranes,
2020
Washington University in St. Louis
Single‐Molecule 3d Orientation Imaging Reveals Nanoscale Compositional Heterogeneity In Lipid Membranes, Jin Lu, Hesam Mazidi, Tianben Ding, Oumeng Zhang, Matthew D. Lew
Electrical & Systems Engineering Publications and Presentations
In soft matter, thermal energy causes molecules to continuously translate and rotate, even in crowded environments, thereby impacting the spatial organization and function of most molecular assemblies, such as lipid membranes. Directly measuring the orientation and spatial organization of large collections (>3000 molecules μm−2) of single molecules with nanoscale resolution remains elusive. In this paper, we utilize SMOLM, single‐molecule orientation localization microscopy, to directly measure the orientation spectra (3D orientation plus “wobble”) of lipophilic probes transiently bound to lipid membranes, revealing that Nile red's (NR) orientation spectra are extremely sensitive to membrane chemical composition. SMOLM images resolve …
Surface Modification Of Biomaterials To Reduce Polyethylene Wear In Metal-Polymer Contact / Tan Mean Yee,
2020
Universiti Malaya
Surface Modification Of Biomaterials To Reduce Polyethylene Wear In Metal-Polymer Contact / Tan Mean Yee, Tan Mean Yee
Student Works (2020-2029)
This research focus on studying different surface modification (Texturing and DLC coating) on the metal part of TKR (Total knee replacement) in improving UHMWPE (Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene) wear. TKR was widely being used to relieve knee pain due to osteoarthritis and further restore knee function of patients. Generally, TKR consists of metal femoral component, metal tibial component, and UHMWPE tibial insert. TKR will fail due to various factors over time, however, this study will be focusing on failure cause by loosening. Loosening failure of TKR was mainly caused by wear debris generated during articulation motion, where UHMWPE wear was …
Effect Of Oxidation Level On The Interfacial Water At The Graphene Oxide-Water Interface: From Spectroscopic Signatures To Hydrogen-Bonding Environment,
2020
Louisiana State Univ, Dept Chem, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
Effect Of Oxidation Level On The Interfacial Water At The Graphene Oxide-Water Interface: From Spectroscopic Signatures To Hydrogen-Bonding Environment, Rolf David, Aashish Tuladhar, Le Zhang, Christopher Arges, Revati Kumar
Faculty Publications
The interfacial region of the graphene oxide (GO)-water system is nonhomogenous due to the presence of two distinct domains: an oxygen-rich surface and a graphene-like region. The experimental vibrational sum-frequency generation (vSFG) spectra are distinctly different for the fully oxidized GO-water interface as compared to the reduced GO-water case. Computational investigations using ab initio molecular dynamics were performed to determine the molecular origins of the different spectroscopic features. The simulations were first validated by comparing the simulated vSFG spectra to those from the experiment, and the contributions to the spectra from different hydrogen bonding environments and interfacial water orientations were …
Mechanism And Chemoselectivity For Hocl-Mediated Oxidation Of Zinc-Bound Thiolates,
2020
Chapman University
Mechanism And Chemoselectivity For Hocl-Mediated Oxidation Of Zinc-Bound Thiolates, Lindsay Zumwalt, Arden Perkins, O. Maduka Ogba
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the preferred mechanism and origins of chemoselectivity for HOCl‐mediated oxidation of zinc‐bound thiolates implicated in bacterial redox sensing. Distortion/interaction models show that minimizing geometric distortion at the zinc complex during the rate‐limiting nucleophilic substitution step controls the mechanistic preference for OH over Cl transfer with HOCl and the chemoselectivity for HOCl over H2O2.
Synthesis And Characterization Of Silver Nanoparticles In Lamellar Lyotropic Liquid Crystal,
2020
Universiti Malaya
Synthesis And Characterization Of Silver Nanoparticles In Lamellar Lyotropic Liquid Crystal, Siti Mariah Mohd Yasin
Student Works (2020-2029)
Lamellar lyotropic liquid crystal-silver nanoparticles (LLLC-AgNPs) are synthesized using the in-situ method. The polarizer microscope showed a mosaic-like pattern with fan shape textures. The high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) confirmed that the AgNPs are spherical in shape with 4 – 12 nm size. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) determined the LLLC-AgNPs transition anisotropic phase to the highly ordered isotropic phase at 300 °C, and crystallinity was completed at 350 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) verified that the LLLC-AgNPs were completely decomposed at 700 °C. Ultra-violet visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) found the absorption peaks at around 400 nm and proved that the AgNPs …
Mechanism And Chemoselectivity For Hocl-Mediated Oxidation Of Zinc-Bound Thiolates,
2020
Chapman University
Mechanism And Chemoselectivity For Hocl-Mediated Oxidation Of Zinc-Bound Thiolates, Lindsay Zumwalt, Arden Perkins, O. Maduka Ogba
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research
Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the preferred mechanism and origins of chemoselectivity for HOCl‐mediated oxidation of zinc‐bound thiolates implicated in bacterial redox sensing. Distortion/interaction models show that minimizing geometric distortion at the zinc complex during the rate‐limiting nucleophilic substitution step controls the mechanistic preference for OH over Cl transfer with HOCl and the chemoselectivity for HOCl over H2O2.
The Statue Of Liberty Laboratory Activity: The Chemistry Of Copper,
2020
CUNY Guttman Community College
The Statue Of Liberty Laboratory Activity: The Chemistry Of Copper, Jihyun Kim, Marcus D. Allen
Open Educational Resources
In this lab activity we observe chemical changes of copper in acidic conditions, salt water, and a mixture of lemon juice and vinegar and salt, and we discuss whether the Statue of Liberty would hold as much cultural icon today had the Lady Statue remain the original shiny brown color.
