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Wang F, Zhang C, Wu F, He Z, Huang Y. Investigation of the Single-Particle Scale Structure-Activity Relationship Providing New Insights for the Development of High-Performance Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400683. [PMID: 38747891 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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As electric vehicles, portable electronic devices, and tools have increasingly high requirements for battery energy density and power density, constantly improving battery performance is a research focus. Accurate measurement of the structure-activity relationship of active materials is key to advancing the research of high-performance batteries. However, conventional performance tests of active materials are based on the electrochemical measurement of porous composite electrodes containing active materials, polymer binders, and conductive carbon additives, which cannot establish an accurate structure-activity relationship with the physical characterization of microregions. In this review, in order to promote the accurate measurement and understanding of the structure-activity relationship of materials, the electrochemical measurement and physical characterization of energy storage materials at single-particle scale are reviewed. The potential problems and possible improvement schemes of the single particle electrochemical measurement and physical characterization are proposed. Their potential applications in single particle electrochemical simulation and machine learning are prospected. This review aims to promote the further application of single particle electrochemical measurement and physical characterization in energy storage materials, hoping to achieve 3D unified evaluation of physical characterization, electrochemical measurement, and theoretical simulation at the single particle scale to provide new inspiration for the development of high-performance batteries.
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- Fei Wang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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Feng Z, Ye J, Li X, Li L, Fang C, Wang R, Hu W. Optical Approach for Mapping the Intercalation Capacity of Porous Electrodes. Anal Chem 2024; 96:394-400. [PMID: 38149960 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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The intercalation capacity of a porous electrode in real batteries is not uniform spatially due to the inevitable structural and compositional inhomogeneity and site-dependent ion and electron transport features. Reliable methods to quantify the capacity distribution are highly desirable but absent so far in battery research. In this paper, a novel optical technique, oblique incident reflection difference (OIRD), was employed to monitor in situ the electrochemical ion (de)intercalation behavior of Prussian blue analogue (PBA) porous films. The OIRD signal responded synchronously to the ion (de)intercalation, and the change in the OIRD signal (ΔI) was positively correlated with the local electrochemical capacity, thereby enabling mapping of the spatially resolved ion storage capacity of the films. Optical analysis further showed that the OIRD response originated from the ion (de)intercalation-induced dielectric constant change of PBA films. This work therefore offers an intriguing in situ and spatially resolved tool for the study of rechargeable batteries.
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- Zhihao Feng
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Materials and Energy, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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Mishra A, Sarbapalli D, Rodríguez O, Rodríguez-López J. Electrochemical Imaging of Interfaces in Energy Storage via Scanning Probe Methods: Techniques, Applications, and Prospects. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2023; 16:93-115. [PMID: 37068746 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091422-110703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Developing a deeper understanding of dynamic chemical, electronic, and morphological changes at interfaces is key to solving practical issues in electrochemical energy storage systems (EESSs). To unravel this complexity, an assortment of tools with distinct capabilities and spatiotemporal resolutions have been used to creatively visualize interfacial processes as they occur. This review highlights how electrochemical scanning probe techniques (ESPTs) such as electrochemical atomic force microscopy, scanning electrochemical microscopy, scanning ion conductance microscopy, and scanning electrochemical cell microscopy are uniquely positioned to address these challenges in EESSs. We describe the operating principles of ESPTs, focusing on the inspection of interfacial structure and chemical processes involved in Li-ion batteries and beyond. We discuss current examples, performance limitations, and complementary ESPTs. Finally, we discuss prospects for imaging improvements and deep learning for automation. We foresee that ESPTs will play an enabling role in advancing EESSs as we transition to renewable energies.
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- Abhiroop Mishra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA;
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Takahashi Y, Takamatsu D, Korchev Y, Fukuma T. Correlative Analysis of Ion-Concentration Profile and Surface Nanoscale Topography Changes Using Operando Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy. JACS AU 2023; 3:1089-1099. [PMID: 37124299 PMCID: PMC10131198 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Although various spectroscopic methods have been developed to capture ion-concentration profile changes, it is still difficult to visualize the ion-concentration profile and surface topographical changes simultaneously during the charging/discharging of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). To tackle this issue, we have developed an operando scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) method that can directly visualize an ion-concentration profile and surface topography using a SICM nanopipette while controlling the sample potential or current with a potentiostat for characterizing the polarization state during charging/discharging. Using operando SICM on the negative electrode (anode) of LIBs, we have characterized ion-concentration profile changes and the reversible volume changes related to the phase transition during cyclic voltammetry (CV) and charge/discharge of the graphite anode. Operando SICM is a versatile technique that is likely to be of major value for evaluating the correlation between the electrolyte concentration profile and nanoscale surface topography changes.
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- Yasufumi Takahashi
- Department
of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- WPI
Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Center
for Exploratory Research, Research &
Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd., Hatoyama-machi, Saitama 350-0395, Japan
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- WPI
Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
- Department
of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- WPI
Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
- Division
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Understanding the structure-activity relationship at electrochemical interfaces is crucial in improving the performance of practical electrochemical devices, ranging from fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries to electrochemical sensors. However, functional electrochemical interfaces are often complex and contain various surface structures, creating heterogeneity in electrochemical activity. In this Perspective, we highlight the role of heterogeneity in electrochemistry, especially in the context of electrocatalysis. Current methods for revealing the heterogeneity at electrochemical interfaces, including nanoelectrochemistry tools and single-entity approaches, are discussed. Lastly, we provide perspectives on what one can learn by studying heterogeneity and how one can use heterogeneity to design more efficient electrochemical devices.
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- C Hyun Ryu
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Zeng Y, Gossage ZT, Sarbapalli D, Hui J, Rodríguez‐López J. Tracking Passivation and Cation Flux at Incipient Solid‐Electrolyte Interphases on Multi‐Layer Graphene using High Resolution Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Yunxiong Zeng
- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 600 S Mathews Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
- College of Materials and Chemistry Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials China Jiliang University No 258 Xueyuan St. Hangzhou 310018 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 600 S Mathews Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
- Department of Applied Chemistry Tokyo University of Science Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 600 S Mathews Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 600 S Mathews Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
- College of Energy Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS (SIEMIS) Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province Soochow University Suzhou 215006 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 600 S Mathews Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) has emerged as a versatile tool for studies of interfaces in biology and materials science with notable utility in biophysical and electrochemical measurements. The heart of the SICM is a nanometer-scale electrolyte filled glass pipette that serves as a scanning probe. In the initial conception, manipulations of ion currents through the tip of the pipette and appropriate positioning hardware provided a route to recording micro- and nanoscopic mapping of the topography of surfaces. Subsequent advances in instrumentation, probe design, and methods significantly increased opportunities for SICM beyond recording topography. Hybridization of SICM with coincident characterization techniques such as optical microscopy and faradaic electrodes have brought SICM to the forefront as a tool for nanoscale chemical measurement for a wide range of applications. Modern approaches to SICM realize an important tool in analytical, bioanalytical, biophysical, and materials measurements, where significant opportunities remain for further exploration. In this review, we chronicle the development of SICM from the perspective of both the development of instrumentation and methods and the breadth of measurements performed.
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- Cheng Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Tang D, Yang X, Wang B, Ding Y, Xu S, Liu J, Peng Y, Yu X, Su Z, Qin X. One-Step Electrochemical Growth of 2D/3D Zn(II)-MOF Hybrid Nanocomposites on an Electrode and Utilization of a PtNPs@2D MOF Nanocatalyst for Electrochemical Immunoassay. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:46225-46232. [PMID: 34553591 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To date, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have been promising materials for applications in electrocatalysis, separation, and sensing. However, the exploration of a simple method for simultaneous fabrication of 2D/3D MOFs on a surface remains challenging. Herein, a one-step and in situ electrosynthesis strategy for fabrication of 2D Hemin-bridged MOF sheets (Hemin-MOFs) or 2D/3D Zn(II)-MOF hybrid nanocomposites on an electrode is reported. It exhibits varied morphologies at different electrodeposition times and attains a 2D/3D complex morphology by adding 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H3BTC) as an organic ligand. The morphology and size of 2D Hemin-MOFs are important factors that influence their performance. Since Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) are grown on 2D Hemin-MOF sheets, this composite can serve as the peroxidase mimics and PtNPs can act as an anchor to capture the antibody. Therefore, this hybrid nanosheet-modified electrode is used as an electrochemical sensing platform for ultrasensitive pig immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the surface-protective antigen (Spa) protein of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae immunodetection. Moreover, this work provides a new avenue for the electrochemical synthesis of 2D/3D MOF hybrid nanocomposites with a high surface area and biomimetic catalysts.
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- Daili Tang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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Analysis and improvement of positioning reliability and accuracy of theta pipette configuration for scanning ion conductance microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2021; 224:113240. [PMID: 33689886 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) as an emerging non-contact scanning probe microscopy technique and featuring its strong in-situ detectability for soft and viscous samples, is increasingly used in biomedical and materials related studies. In SICM measurements, employing theta pipette as SICM probe to scan sample is an effective method to extend the applications of SICM for multi-parameter measurement. There are two crucial but still unclear issues that influence the reliability and accuracy of the usage of theta pipette in the SICM measurements, which are the safe feedback threshold and the horizontal measurement offset. In this work, aiming at the theta pipette configuration of SICM, we systematically investigated the two issues of the theta pipette by both finite element method (FEM) simulation and SICM experiments. The FEM analysis results show that the safe feedback threshold of the one side barrel of the theta pipette is above 99.5%, and the horizontal measurement offset is ~0.53 times of the inner radius of the probe tip. Based on this, we proposed an improved scanning method used by the theta pipette to solve the reliability and accuracy problems caused by the feedback threshold too close to the reference current (100%) and the measurement offset error at the tip radius level. Then through testing the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) samples with different embossed patterns with the improved method of SICM, we can conclude that the improved method can enhance the scanning reliability by adding the double barrels approaching process and increase the positioning accuracy by compensating an offset distance. The theoretical analysis and the improved scanning method in this work demonstrate more property and usage details of the theta pipette, and further improve the reliability and accuracy of the diversified multifunctional applications of the theta pipette for SICM to meet the increasingly complex and precise research needs.
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Benayad A, Morales-Ugarte JE, Santini CC, Bouchet R. Operando XPS: A Novel Approach for Probing the Lithium/Electrolyte Interphase Dynamic Evolution. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:1069-1081. [PMID: 33472363 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coupling protocols combining photoemission spectroscopy and other characterization methods such as electrochemical, electrical, optical, thermal, or magnetic paved the way to considerable progress in the field of materials science. Access to complementary data on the same object is relevant, but in the vast majority of cases, it is carried out sequentially and separately. This raises the complex question of the equivalence of the analyzed surfaces subjected to these different characterizations. In the frame of lithium ion battery technology (LIB), several techniques have been developed to follow in operando condition the reactivity of electro-active materials toward liquid or solid electrolytes. Besides the knowledge of the redox processes obtained using operando protocols, especially at the interfaces, some limitations associated with material sensitivity and/or the characterization techniques are still a breakdown to widen our understanding of the origin of the LIB performance degradation processes. Herein, we propose a new design of an operando cell adapted to perform X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) at the interface between electrode and electrolyte under electrochemical solicitations. To illustrate its performance, the crucial issues associated with the lithium metal interface have been scrutinized using Li/Li symmetrical cells and two types of ionic liquids, 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (C1C6ImTFSI) and 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (C1C6ImFSI) laden with LiTFSI salt. Our original setup allowed us to follow-up the lithium surface reactivity toward these ionic liquid based electrolytes in open circuit voltage condition and under polarization. Beside the gain of time and the matter saving, we highlighted and optimized the blocking issues to perform accurate OXPS measurement for probing the evolution of the chemical structure and the surface potential change at the interface lithium/electrolyte in dynamic mode.
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- A Benayad
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA-LITEN, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA-LITEN, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Lyon, CNRS-UMR 5265, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, 69616, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Su Z, Tang D, Liu J, Yang X, Xu S, Xu W, Zhou Y, Xu M, Yi J, Jiang H, Shao Y, Qin X. Electrochemically-assisted deposition of toluidine blue-functionalized metal-organic framework films for electrochemical immunosensing of Indole-3-acetic acid. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Jiao Y, Zhuang J, Zheng Q, Liao X. A High Accuracy Ion Conductance Imaging Method Based on the Approach Curve Spectrum. Ultramicroscopy 2020; 215:113025. [PMID: 32485394 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), as an emerging non-contact in situ topography measurement tool with nano resolution, has been increasingly used in recent years in biomedicine, electrochemistry and materials science. In the conventional measurement method of SICM, the sample topography is constructed according to the position of the probe at the feedback threshold of the ion current. Nevertheless, for different structures, a constant threshold cannot maintain a constant probe-sample distance. This phenomenon makes the measurement topography inconsistent with the real sample surface. In order to solve this problem and improve the measurement accuracy of SICM, a new ion conductance imaging method based on the approach curve spectrum is proposed in this work. In the new method, the local feature around the measurement point is firstly evaluated according to the change rate of ion current. Secondly, based on the local feature, the corresponding approach curve is searched from the prior approach curve spectrum to accurately evaluate the distance between the probe and the sample. Finally, the sample topography is constructed by the probe position subtracting the probe-sample distance. In this paper, we verify the feasibility of the new imaging method by combining finite element theory and experiments. To examine the measurement accuracy, the standard strip silicon and cylindrical polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) samples are tested, and the improved imaging method can obtain the topography closer to the real samples and reduce the volumetric measurement error by 5.4%. The implementation of the new imaging method will further promote SICM application in related research fields.
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- Yangbohan Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design Rotor-Bearing System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design Rotor-Bearing System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design Rotor-Bearing System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Modern Design Rotor-Bearing System, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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Payne NA, Dawkins JIG, Schougaard SB, Mauzeroll J. Effect of Substrate Permeability on Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy: Uncertainty in Tip-Substrate Separation and Determination of Ionic Conductivity. Anal Chem 2019; 91:15718-15725. [PMID: 31741380 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Composite electrodes can significantly improve the performance of an electrochemical device by maximizing surface area and active material loading. Typically, additives such as carbon are used to improve conductivity and a polymer is used as a binder, leading to a heterogeneous surface film with thickness on the order of 10s of micrometers. For such composite electrodes, good ionic conduction within the film is critical to capitalize on the increased loading of active material and surface area. Ionic conductivity within a film can be tricky to measure directly, and homogenization models based on porosity are often used as a proxy. SICM has traditionally been a topography-mapping microscopy method for which we here outline a new function and demonstrate its capacity for measuring ion conductivity within a lithium-ion battery film.
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- Nicholas A Payne
- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West , Montreal , Quebec Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West , Montreal , Quebec Canada
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- Département de Chimie and NanoQAM , Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal , Quebec Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West , Montreal , Quebec Canada
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Kalinin SV, Dyck O, Balke N, Neumayer S, Tsai WY, Vasudevan R, Lingerfelt D, Ahmadi M, Ziatdinov M, McDowell MT, Strelcov E. Toward Electrochemical Studies on the Nanometer and Atomic Scales: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. ACS NANO 2019; 13:9735-9780. [PMID: 31433942 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b02687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Electrochemical reactions and ionic transport underpin the operation of a broad range of devices and applications, from energy storage and conversion to information technologies, as well as biochemical processes, artificial muscles, and soft actuators. Understanding the mechanisms governing function of these applications requires probing local electrochemical phenomena on the relevant time and length scales. Here, we discuss the challenges and opportunities for extending electrochemical characterization probes to the nanometer and ultimately atomic scales, including challenges in down-scaling classical methods, the emergence of novel probes enabled by nanotechnology and based on emergent physics and chemistry of nanoscale systems, and the integration of local data into macroscopic models. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) methods based on strain detection, potential detection, and hysteretic current measurements are discussed. We further compare SPM to electron beam probes and discuss the applicability of electron beam methods to probe local electrochemical behavior on the mesoscopic and atomic levels. Similar to a SPM tip, the electron beam can be used both for observing behavior and as an active electrode to induce reactions. We briefly discuss new challenges and opportunities for conducting fundamental scientific studies, matter patterning, and atomic manipulation arising in this context.
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- Sergei V Kalinin
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Tennessee 37996 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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Liu D, Zeng X, Liu S, Wang S, Kang F, Li B. Application of Alternating Current Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy in Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Local Visualization of the Electrode Surface. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Dongqing Liu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
- Sunwoda Electronic Company Limited Baoan District Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials School of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering LaboratoryTsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety Research and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center Graduate School at ShenzhenTsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 China
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Tao B, Yule LC, Daviddi E, Bentley CL, Unwin PR. Correlative Electrochemical Microscopy of Li-Ion (De)intercalation at a Series of Individual LiMn 2 O 4 Particles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:4606-4611. [PMID: 30724004 PMCID: PMC6766856 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The redox activity (Li-ion intercalation/deintercalation) of a series of individual LiMn2 O4 particles of known geometry and (nano)structure, within an array, is determined using a correlative electrochemical microscopy strategy. Cyclic voltammetry (current-voltage curve, I-E) and galvanostatic charge/discharge (voltage-time curve, E-t) are applied at the single particle level, using scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM), together with co-location scanning electron microscopy that enables the corresponding particle size, morphology, crystallinity, and other factors to be visualized. This study identifies a wide spectrum of activity of nominally similar particles and highlights how subtle changes in particle form can greatly impact electrochemical properties. SECCM is well-suited for assessing single particles and constitutes a combinatorial method that will enable the rational design and optimization of battery electrode materials.
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- Binglin Tao
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickCoventryCV4 7ALUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickCoventryCV4 7ALUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickCoventryCV4 7ALUK
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Tao B, Yule LC, Daviddi E, Bentley CL, Unwin PR. Correlative Electrochemical Microscopy of Li‐Ion (De)intercalation at a Series of Individual LiMn
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- Binglin Tao
- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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Tao L, Qiao M, Jin R, Li Y, Xiao Z, Wang Y, Zhang N, Xie C, He Q, Jiang D, Yu G, Li Y, Wang S. Bridging the Surface Charge and Catalytic Activity of a Defective Carbon Electrocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:1019-1024. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Li Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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Chen B, Perry D, Page A, Kang M, Unwin PR. Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy: Quantitative Nanopipette Delivery-Substrate Electrode Collection Measurements and Mapping. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2516-2524. [PMID: 30608117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) is becoming a powerful multifunctional tool for probing and analyzing surfaces and interfaces. This work outlines methodology for the quantitative controlled delivery of ionic redox-active molecules from a nanopipette to a substrate electrode, with a high degree of spatial and temporal precision. Through control of the SICM bias applied between a quasi-reference counter electrode (QRCE) in the SICM nanopipette probe and a similar electrode in bulk solution, it is shown that ionic redox species can be held inside the nanopipette, and then pulse-delivered to a defined region of a substrate positioned beneath the nanopipette. A self-referencing hopping mode imaging protocol is implemented, where reagent is released in bulk solution (reference measurement) and near the substrate surface at each pixel in an image, with the tip and substrate currents measured throughout. Analysis of the tip and substrate current data provides an improved understanding of mass transport and nanoscale delivery in SICM and a new means of synchronously mapping electrode reactivity, surface topography, and charge. Experiments on Ru(NH3)63+ reduction to Ru(NH3)62+ and dopamine oxidation in aqueous solution at a carbon fiber ultramicroelectrode (UME), used as the substrate, illustrate these aspects. Finite element method (FEM) modeling provides quantitative understanding of molecular delivery in SICM. The approach outlined constitutes a new methodology for electrode mapping and provides improved insights on the use of SICM for controlled delivery to interfaces generally.
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Tao L, Qiao M, Jin R, Li Y, Xiao Z, Wang Y, Zhang N, Xie C, He Q, Jiang D, Yu G, Li Y, Wang S. Bridging the Surface Charge and Catalytic Activity of a Defective Carbon Electrocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Li Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and ChemometricsProvincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and DevicesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringHunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
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Hui J, Gossage ZT, Sarbapalli D, Hernández-Burgos K, Rodríguez-López J. Advanced Electrochemical Analysis for Energy Storage Interfaces. Anal Chem 2018; 91:60-83. [PMID: 30428255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Jingshu Hui
- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1304 West Green Street , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology , 405 North Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology , 405 North Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Chen X, Lai J, Shen Y, Chen Q, Chen L. Functional Scanning Force Microscopy for Energy Nanodevices. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1802490. [PMID: 30133000 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201802490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Energy nanodevices, including energy conversion and energy storage devices, have become a major cross-disciplinary field in recent years. These devices feature long-range electron and ion transport coupled with chemical transformation, which call for novel characterization tools to understand device operation mechanisms. In this context, recent developments in functional scanning force microscopy techniques and their application in thin-film photovoltaic devices and lithium batteries are reviewed. The advantages of scanning force microscopy, such as high spatial resolution, multimodal imaging, and the possibility of in situ and in operando imaging, are emphasized. The survey indicates that functional scanning force microscopy is making significant contributions in understanding materials and interfaces in energy nanodevices.
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- Xi Chen
- i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, 230026, China
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- i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, 230026, China
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- i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, 230026, China
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Qin X, Zhang X, Wang M, Dong Y, Liu J, Zhu Z, Li M, Yang D, Shao Y. Fabrication of Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films by Electrochemically Assisted Self-Assembly Technique for Electrochemiluminescent Immunoassay. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11622-11628. [PMID: 30207703 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A simple strategy for one-step fabrication of tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)32+)-functionalized metal-organic framework (Ru-MOF) thin films using a self-assembly approach assisted by an electrochemical way was introduced. In this protocol, the electrochemically driven cooperative reaction of Ru(bpy)32+ as an electrochemiluminescent (ECL) probe and a structure-directing agent, trimesic acid (H3btc) as a ligand, and Zn(NO3)2 as the Zn2+ source leads to an one-step and simultaneous synthesis and deposition of the MOF onto the electrode surface. Characterization of the Ru-MOF thin films was performed with scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Scanning ion conductance microscopy was specially applied in situ to image the topography and thickness of the Ru-MOF thin films. The Ru-MOF thin films as a sensing platform show excellent ECL behavior because of plenty of Ru(bpy)32+ molecules encapsulated in the frameworks. On the basis of the Ru-MOF modified electrodes, an ultrasensitive label-free ECL immunosensing method for the human heart-type fatty-acid-binding protein has been developed with a wide linear response range (150 fg mL-1-150 ng mL-1) and a very low limit of detection (2.6 fg mL-1). The prepared immunosensor also displayed excellent stability and good specificity in the test of practical samples.
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- Xiaoli Qin
- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease , First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University , Nanjing 210029 , China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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Kumatani A, Takahashi Y, Miura C, Ida H, Inomata H, Shiku H, Munakata H, Kanamura K, Matsue T. Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy for visualization and local electrochemical activities of lithium‐ion (de) intercalation process in lithium‐ion batteries electrodes. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Akichika Kumatani
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) Tohoku University Sendai 980‐8577 Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Sendai 980‐856 Japan
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- Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Kanazawa University Kanazawa 920‐1192 Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Saitama 332‐0012 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Sendai 980‐856 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Sendai 980‐856 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Sendai 980‐856 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University Sendai 980‐8579 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji, Tokyo 192‐0397 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Sendai 980‐856 Japan
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Dayeh M, Ghavidel MRZ, Mauzeroll J, Schougaard SB. Micropipette Contact Method to Investigate High-Energy Cathode Materials by using an Ionic Liquid. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201800750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Malak Dayeh
- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal H3 A 0B8, QC Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal H3 A 0B8, QC Canada
- Département de Chimie; Université du Québec à Montréal; NanoQam Research Center Montreal H3C 3P8, QC Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal H3 A 0B8, QC Canada
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- Département de Chimie; Université du Québec à Montréal; NanoQam Research Center Montreal H3C 3P8, QC Canada
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A continuous control mode with improved imaging rate for scanning ion conductance microscope (SICM). Ultramicroscopy 2018; 190:66-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Alemu T, Wang FM. In situ electrochemical synchrotron radiation for Li-ion batteries. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2018; 25:151-165. [PMID: 29271765 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577517015533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Observing the electronic structure, compositional change and morphological evolution of the surface and interface of a battery during operation provides essential information for developing new electrode materials for Li-ion batteries (LIBs); this is because such observations demonstrate the fundamental reactions occurring inside the electrode materials. Moreover, obtaining detailed data on chemical phase changes and distributions by analyzing an operating LIB is the most effective method for exploring the intercalation/de-intercalation process, kinetics and the relationship between phase change or phase distribution and battery performance, as well as for further optimizing the material synthesis routes for advanced battery materials. However, most conventional in situ electrochemical techniques (other than by using synchrotron radiation) cannot clearly or precisely demonstrate structural change, electron valence change and chemical mapping information. In situ electrochemical-synchrotron radiation techniques such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and transmission X-ray microscopy can deliver accurate information regarding LIBs. This paper reviews studies regarding various applications of in situ electrochemical-synchrotron radiation such as crystallographic transformation, oxidation-state changes, characterization of the solid electrolyte interphase and Li-dendrite growth mechanism during the intercalation/de-intercalation process. The paper also presents the findings of previous review articles and the future direction of these methods.
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- Tibebu Alemu
- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tripathi AM, Su WN, Hwang BJ. In situ analytical techniques for battery interface analysis. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:736-851. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00180k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Interface is a key to high performance and safe lithium-ion batteries or lithium batteries.
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- Alok M. Tripathi
- Nano-electrochemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Nano-electrochemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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- Nano-electrochemistry Laboratory
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Taipei
- Taiwan
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Kang M, Perry D, Bentley CL, West G, Page A, Unwin PR. Simultaneous Topography and Reaction Flux Mapping at and around Electrocatalytic Nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2017; 11:9525-9535. [PMID: 28862831 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The characterization of electrocatalytic reactions at individual nanoparticles (NPs) is presently of considerable interest but very challenging. Herein, we demonstrate how simple-to-fabricate nanopipette probes with diameters of approximately 30 nm can be deployed in a scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) platform to simultaneously visualize electrochemical reactivity and topography with high spatial resolution at electrochemical interfaces. By employing a self-referencing hopping mode protocol, whereby the probe is brought from bulk solution to the near-surface at each pixel, and with potential-time control applied at the substrate, current measurements at the nanopipette can be made with high precision and resolution (30 nm resolution, 2600 pixels μm-2, <0.3 s pixel-1) to reveal a wealth of information on the substrate physicochemical properties. This methodology has been applied to image the electrocatalytic oxidation of borohydride at ensembles of AuNPs on a carbon fiber support in alkaline media, whereby the depletion of hydroxide ions and release of water during the reaction results in a detectable change in the ionic composition around the NPs. Through the use of finite element method simulations, these observations are validated and analyzed to reveal important information on heterogeneities in ion flux between the top of a NP and the gap at the NP-support contact, diffusional overlap and competition for reactant between neighboring NPs, and differences in NP activity. These studies highlight key issues that influence the behavior of NP assemblies at the single NP level and provide a platform for the use of SICM as an important tool for electrocatalysis studies.
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- Minkyung Kang
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Warwick Manufacturing Group, and §MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick , Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Page A, Perry D, Unwin PR. Multifunctional scanning ion conductance microscopy. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2017; 473:20160889. [PMID: 28484332 PMCID: PMC5415692 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) is a nanopipette-based technique that has traditionally been used to image topography or to deliver species to an interface, particularly in a biological setting. This article highlights the recent blossoming of SICM into a technique with a much greater diversity of applications and capability that can be used either standalone, with advanced control (potential-time) functions, or in tandem with other methods. SICM can be used to elucidate functional information about interfaces, such as surface charge density or electrochemical activity (ion fluxes). Using a multi-barrel probe format, SICM-related techniques can be employed to deposit nanoscale three-dimensional structures and further functionality is realized when SICM is combined with scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), with simultaneous measurements from a single probe opening up considerable prospects for multifunctional imaging. SICM studies are greatly enhanced by finite-element method modelling for quantitative treatment of issues such as resolution, surface charge and (tip) geometry effects. SICM is particularly applicable to the study of living systems, notably single cells, although applications extend to materials characterization and to new methods of printing and nanofabrication. A more thorough understanding of the electrochemical principles and properties of SICM provides a foundation for significant applications of SICM in electrochemistry and interfacial science.
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- Ashley Page
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Barton ZJ, Rodríguez-López J. Fabrication and Demonstration of Mercury Disc-Well Probes for Stripping-Based Cyclic Voltammetry Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. Anal Chem 2017; 89:2716-2723. [PMID: 28230351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Zachary J. Barton
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Mattei M, Kang G, Goubert G, Chulhai DV, Schatz GC, Jensen L, Van Duyne RP. Tip-Enhanced Raman Voltammetry: Coverage Dependence and Quantitative Modeling. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:590-596. [PMID: 27936805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Electrochemical atomic force microscopy tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (EC-AFM-TERS) was employed for the first time to observe nanoscale spatial variations in the formal potential, E0', of a surface-bound redox couple. TERS cyclic voltammograms (TERS CVs) of single Nile Blue (NB) molecules were acquired at different locations spaced 5-10 nm apart on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. Analysis of TERS CVs at different coverages was used to verify the observation of single-molecule electrochemistry. The resulting TERS CVs were fit to the Laviron model for surface-bound electroactive species to quantitatively extract the formal potential E0' at each spatial location. Histograms of single-molecule E0' at each coverage indicate that the electrochemical behavior of the cationic oxidized species is less sensitive to local environment than the neutral reduced species. This information is not accessible using purely electrochemical methods or ensemble spectroelectrochemical measurements. We anticipate that quantitative modeling and measurement of site-specific electrochemistry with EC-AFM-TERS will have a profound impact on our understanding of the role of nanoscale electrode heterogeneity in applications such as electrocatalysis, biological electron transfer, and energy production and storage.
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Kitta M, Kohyama M. Nanoscale controlled Li-insertion reaction induced by scanning electron-beam irradiation in a Li4Ti5O12 electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:11581-11587. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00185a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electron beam of scanning transmission electron microscopy can induce nanoscale-controlled Li-insertion in Li4Ti5O12 electrode, which is significant as a new type of electron beam-assisted chemical reactions for local structural and property modifications.
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- Mitsunori Kitta
- Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy, Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda
- Osaka
- Japan
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- Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy, Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda
- Osaka
- Japan
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Danis L, Gateman SM, Kuss C, Schougaard SB, Mauzeroll J. Nanoscale Measurements of Lithium-Ion-Battery Materials using Scanning Probe Techniques. ChemElectroChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Laurence Danis
- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; Université du Québec À Montréal; 2101 rue Jeanne-Mance post 3911 Montreal, Quebec Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; McGill University; 801 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8 Canada
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Barton ZJ, Rodríguez-López J. Emerging scanning probe approaches to the measurement of ionic reactivity at energy storage materials. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:2707-15. [PMID: 26898202 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9373-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Zachary J Barton
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Nonnenmann SS. A hot tip: imaging phenomena using in situ multi-stimulus probes at high temperatures. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:3164-3180. [PMID: 26795921 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr08172f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Accurate high temperature characterization of materials remains a critical challenge to the continued advancement of various important energy, nuclear, electronic, and aerospace applications. Future experimental studies must assist these communities to progress past empiricism and derive deliberate, predictable designs of material classes functioning within active, extreme environments. Successful realization of systems ranging from fuel cells and batteries to electromechanical nanogenerators and turbines requires a dynamic understanding of the excitation, surface-mediated, and charge transfer phenomena which occur at heterophase interfaces (i.e. vapor-solid, liquid-solid, solid-solid) and impact overall performance. Advancing these frontiers therefore necessitates in situ (operando) characterization methods capable of resolving, both spatially and functionally, the coherence between these complex, collective excitations, and their respective response dynamics, through studies within the operating regime. This review highlights recent developments in scanning probe microscopy in performing in situ imaging at high elevated temperatures. The influence of and evolution from vacuum-based electron and tunneling microscopy are briefly summarized and discussed. The scope includes the use of high temperature imaging to directly observe critical phase transition, electronic, and electrochemical behavior under dynamic temperature settings, thus providing key physical parameters. Finally, both challenges and directions in combined instrumentation are proposed and discussed towards the end.
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- Stephen S Nonnenmann
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 219 Engineering Laboratory I, 160 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003-2210, USA.
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Ventosa E, Schuhmann W. Scanning electrochemical microscopy of Li-ion batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 17:28441-50. [PMID: 26076998 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02268a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are receiving increasing attention over the past decade due to their high energy density. This energy storage technology is expected to continue improving the performance, especially for its large-scale deployment in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and full electric vehicles (EVs). Such improvement requires having a large variety of analytical techniques at scientists' disposal in order to understand and address the multiple mechanisms and processes occurring simultaneously in this complex system. This perspective article aims to highlight the strength and potential of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) in this field. After a brief description of a LIB system and the most commonly used techniques in this field, the unique information provided by SECM is illustrated by discussing several recent examples from the literature.
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- E Ventosa
- Analytische Chemie - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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- Analytische Chemie - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Ventosa E, Wilde P, Zinn AH, Trautmann M, Ludwig A, Schuhmann W. Understanding surface reactivity of Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries by in operando scanning electrochemical microscopy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:6825-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc02493a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In operando SECM is employed to monitor the evolution of the electrically insulating character of a Si electrode surface during (de-)lithiation.
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- E. Ventosa
- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- D-44780 Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- D-44780 Bochum
- Germany
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- Institute for Materials
- Ruhr-University Bochum
- Universitätsstraße 150
- 44801 Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- D-44780 Bochum
- Germany
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- Institute for Materials
- Ruhr-University Bochum
- Universitätsstraße 150
- 44801 Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- D-44780 Bochum
- Germany
- Materials Research Department
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Larson JM, Bharath SC, Cullen WG, Reutt-Robey JE. Scanning MWCNT-Nanopipette and Probe Microscopy: Li Patterning and Transport Studies. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2015; 11:4946-4958. [PMID: 26182911 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201500999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A carbon-nanotube-enabling scanning probe technique/nanotechnology for manipulating and measuring lithium at the nano/mesoscale is introduced. Scanning Li-nanopipette and probe microscopy (SLi-NPM) is based on a conductive atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever with an open-ended multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) affixed to its apex. SLi-NPM operation is demonstrated with a model system consisting of a Li thin film on a Si(111) substrate. By control of bias, separation distance, and contact time, attograms of Li can be controllably pipetted to or from the MWCNT tip. Patterned surface Li features are then directly probed via noncontact AFM measurements with the MWCNT tip. The subsequent decay of Li features is simulated with a mesoscale continuum model, developed here. The Li surface diffusion coefficient for a four (two) Li layer thick film is measured as D=8(±1.2)×10(-15) cm(2) s(-1) (D=1.75(±0.15)×10(-15) cm(2) s(-1)). Dual-Li pipetting/measuring with SLi-NPM enables a broad range of time-dependent Li and nanoelectrode characterization studies of fundamental importance to energy-storage research.
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- Jonathan M Larson
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4111, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4454, USA
- US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD, 21005, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4111, USA
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1070, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4454, USA
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Liu X, Wang D, Wan L. Progress of electrode/electrolyte interfacial investigation of Li-ion batteries via in situ scanning probe microscopy. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-015-0763-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Takahashi Y, Kumatani A, Munakata H, Inomata H, Ito K, Ino K, Shiku H, Unwin PR, Korchev YE, Kanamura K, Matsue T. Nanoscale visualization of redox activity at lithium-ion battery cathodes. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5450. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Barton ZJ, Rodríguez-López J. Lithium Ion Quantification Using Mercury Amalgams as in Situ Electrochemical Probes in Nonaqueous Media. Anal Chem 2014; 86:10660-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac502517b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Zachary J. Barton
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 58 Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 South
Matthews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 58 Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 South
Matthews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Zhu X, Ong CS, Xu X, Hu B, Shang J, Yang H, Katlakunta S, Liu Y, Chen X, Pan L, Ding J, Li RW. Direct observation of lithium-ion transport under an electrical field in LixCoO2 nanograins. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1084. [PMID: 23330065 PMCID: PMC3547284 DOI: 10.1038/srep01084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The past decades have witnessed the development of many technologies based on nanoionics, especially lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Now there is an urgent need for developing LIBs with good high-rate capability and high power. LIBs with nanostructured electrodes show great potentials for achieving such goals. However, the nature of Li-ion transport behaviors within the nanostructured electrodes is not well clarified yet. Here, Li-ion transport behaviors in Li(x)CoO(2) nanograins are investigated by employing conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) technique to study the local Li-ion diffusion induced conductance change behaviors with a spatial resolution of ~10 nm. It is found that grain boundary has a low Li-ion diffusion energy barrier and provides a fast Li-ion diffusion pathway, which is also confirmed by our first principles calculation. This information provides important guidelines for designing high performance LIBs from a point view of optimizing the electrode material microstructures and the development of nanoionics.
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- Xiaojian Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore 119260, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore 119260, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zhejiang, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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