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Shao P, Liao Y, Feng X, Yan C, Ye L, Yang J. Electronic modulation and structural engineering of tetracyanoquinodimethane with enhanced reaction kinetics for aqueous NH 4+ storage. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 633:199-206. [PMID: 36446212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.11.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have received much attention because of their environmental, financial, and safety concerns. The advantages of aqueous electrochemical energy storage include environmental friendliness and safety, and the development of prepared electrode materials is predicted to alleviate these issues. A redox-active organic compound, 7,7,8,8‑tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), is a suitable electrode for aqueous batteries. In this work, the porous and electronic interconnected structure of TCNQ is designed by electronic modulation and structure engineering. With the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in situ homogeneous loading TCNQ by a one-step facile approach, the exquisite architecture has enhanced conductivity and connected conductive networks, favoring the storage and transportation of NH4+ or electrons in aqueous electrolytes. As a cathode, the obtained TCNQ-rGO exhibits superior performance for NH4+ batteries with an improved reversible capacity of 92.7 mAh/g at 1 A/g of quadruple capacity boosting to pure TCNQ and stable cycle life (5000 cycles at 10 A/g). The adjustment of the loading ratio of TCNQ and rGO for the cycling performance has been studied in detail. Furthermore, the superior ammonium storage mechanism of the TCNQ-rGO hybrid is thoroughly discussed by in situ Raman or ex situ measurements, which also determine the redox activity center groups of the TCNQ-rGO hybrid. Energy level calculations are conducted to help illustrate its potential as an electrode material. Our work demonstrates that electronic modulation and structural engineering of TCNQ can improve the electrochemical performance of molecular organic compound-based electrodes for aqueous rechargeable batteries in a simple and effective way.
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- Panrun Shao
- School of Material Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Material Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering, Chongqing 401331, PR China
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- School of Material Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- School of Material Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Material Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China.
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Sheyfer D, Mariano RG, Kawaguchi T, Cha W, Harder RJ, Kanan MW, Hruszkewycz SO, You H, Highland MJ. Operando Nanoscale Imaging of Electrochemically Induced Strain in a Locally Polarized Pt Grain. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1-7. [PMID: 36541700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Developing new methods that reveal the structure of electrode materials under polarization is key to constructing robust structure-property relationships. However, many existing methods lack the spatial resolution in structural changes and fidelity to electrochemical operating conditions that are needed to probe catalytically relevant structures. Here, we combine a nanopipette electrochemical cell with three-dimensional X-ray Bragg coherent diffractive imaging to study how strain in a single Pt grain evolves in response to applied potential. During polarization, marked changes in surface strain arise from the Coulombic attraction between the surface charge on the electrode and the electrolyte ions in the electrochemical double layers, while the strain in the bulk of the crystal remains unchanged. The concurrent surface redox reactions have a strong influence on the magnitude and nature of the strain changes under polarization. Our studies provide a powerful blueprint to understand how structural evolution influences electrochemical performance at the nanoscale.
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- Dina Sheyfer
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02141, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 9808577, Japan
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois60439, United States
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Shalaby M, Kodous AS, Yousif N. Structural, optical characteristics and Anti-Cancer effect of Cd0.99Ni0.01O nanoparticles on human neuroblastoma and cervical cancer cell lines. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kwon G, Cho YH, Kim KB, Emery JD, Kim IS, Zhang X, Martinson ABF, Tiede DM. Microfluidic electrochemical cell for in situ structural characterization of amorphous thin-film catalysts using high-energy X-ray scattering. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:1600-1611. [PMID: 31490150 PMCID: PMC6730625 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519007240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Porous, high-surface-area electrode architectures are described that allow structural characterization of interfacial amorphous thin films with high spatial resolution under device-relevant functional electrochemical conditions using high-energy X-ray (>50 keV) scattering and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis. Porous electrodes were fabricated from glass-capillary array membranes coated with conformal transparent conductive oxide layers, consisting of either a 40 nm-50 nm crystalline indium tin oxide or a 100 nm-150 nm-thick amorphous indium zinc oxide deposited by atomic layer deposition. These porous electrodes solve the problem of insufficient interaction volumes for catalyst thin films in two-dimensional working electrode designs and provide sufficiently low scattering backgrounds to enable high-resolution signal collection from interfacial thin-film catalysts. For example, PDF measurements were readily obtained with 0.2 Å spatial resolution for amorphous cobalt oxide films with thicknesses down to 60 nm when deposited on a porous electrode with 40 µm-diameter pores. This level of resolution resolves the cobaltate domain size and structure, the presence of defect sites assigned to the domain edges, and the changes in fine structure upon redox state change that are relevant to quantitative structure-function modeling. The results suggest the opportunity to leverage the porous, electrode architectures for PDF analysis of nanometre-scale surface-supported molecular catalysts. In addition, a compact 3D-printed electrochemical cell in a three-electrode configuration is described which is designed to allow for simultaneous X-ray transmission and electrolyte flow through the porous working electrode.
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- Gihan Kwon
- Argonne Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech Room L110, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
- Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Nano Fabrication Laboratory, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu 151-744, South Korea
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- Nano Fabrication Laboratory, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu 151-744, South Korea
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Sohail M, Kiani FA, Pandarinathan V, Khan SA, Carter DJ, De Marco R, Bond AM. Transformation of Cadmium Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) into a Cadmium Terephthalate Metal–Organic Framework. Aust J Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1071/ch17187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The transformation of cadmium 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) into a cadmium terephthalate co-ordination polymer is reported, with the chemistry of this material elucidated using elemental analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation single-crystal X-ray diffraction. A heptacoordinated CdII linear coordination polymer catena-poly[triaqua-(μ2-benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato-κO,O′)cadmium(ii)]hydrate (1) was isolated while attempting to recrystallize Cd(TCNQ)2. Density functional theory calculations for the oxidation of benzylic carbon attached to the cyano group provided evidence that the reaction pathway proposed herein is highly exergonic and thermodynamically plausible. This structure showed a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry together with a symmetrical mononuclear unit in which each CdII ion is doubly bridged by a dicarboxylato anion. Owing to the softness and minute size of these crystals, this structure had to be elucidated using synchrotron radiation X-ray crystallography.
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Alam MT, Chan EWL, De Marco R, Huang Y, Bailey S. Electrochemical and Surface Analysis Studies on the Carbon Dioxide Corrosion of X‐65 Carbon Steel. ELECTROANAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Muhammad Tanzirul Alam
- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast B1.59, 90 Sippy Downs Drive Queensland- 4556 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6109 Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast B1.59, 90 Sippy Downs Drive Queensland- 4556 Australia
- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6109 Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6109 Australia
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Alam MT, Wai Lyn Chan E, De Marco R, Huang Y, Bailey S. Understanding Complex Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Corrosion Systems Using
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Synchrotron Radiation Grazing Incidence X‐ray Diffraction. ELECTROANAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Muhammad Tanzirul Alam
- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast, B1.59 90 Sippy Downs Drive Queensland- 4556 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth Western Australia 6109 Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast, B1.59 90 Sippy Downs Drive Queensland- 4556 Australia
- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth Western Australia 6109 Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences The University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao 266071 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth Western Australia 6109 Australia
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Ivarsson DCA, Neumann M, Levin AA, Keilhauer T, Wochner P, Armbrüster M. In Operando GIXRD and XRR on Polycrystalline In52Pd48. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201400223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Veder JP, Nafady A, Clarke G, De Marco R, Bond AM. A Combined Voltammetric and Synchrotron Radiation-Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction Study of the Electrocrystallization of Zinc Tetracyanoquinodimethane. Aust J Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/ch11361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The in situ electrocrystallization of zinc tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) has been explored using synchrotron radiation-grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (SR-GIXRD) at potentials in the region of the cyclic voltammetric peak where reduction of TCNQ to TCNQ– occurs at a Pt electrode in acetonitrile (0.1 M [NBu4][PF6]) solution containing Zn(NO3)2·6H2O. The in situ SR-GIXRD data along with ex situ IR and Raman spectroscopy results all confirmed the formation of the kinetically favoured phase of Zn[TCNQ]2(H2O)2 as the product.
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