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Yu B, Bai J, Guan Y, Huang X, Liang L, Ren Z, Song X, Zhang T, Yang C, Dai F, Wang X, Sheng X, Peng J, Wang L, Wang Y, Yin L. Fully biodegradable and self-powered nerve guidance conduit based on zinc-molybdenum batteries for peripheral nerve repair. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 263:116578. [PMID: 39038398 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) poses a significant public health issue, often leading to muscle atrophy and persistent neuropathic pain, which can drastically impact the quality of life for patients. Electrical stimulation represents an effective and non-pharmacological treatment to promote nerve regeneration. Yet, the postoperative application of electrical stimulation remains a challenge. Here, we propose a fully biodegradable, self-powered nerve guidance conduit (NGC) based on dissolvable zinc-molybdenum batteries. The conduit can offer topographic guidance for nerve regeneration and deliver sustained electrical cues between both ends of a transected nerve stump, extending beyond the surgical window. Schwann cell proliferation and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production are enhanced by the introduction of the zinc-molybdenum batteries. In rodent models with 10-mm sciatic nerve damage, the device effectively enhances nerve regeneration and motor function recovery. This study offers innovative strategies for creating biodegradable and electroactive devices that hold important promise to optimize therapeutic outcomes for nerve regeneration.
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- Bingbing Yu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Institute for Precision Medicine, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Institute for Precision Medicine, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, 075051, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Shandong University Center for Orthopedics, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Institute for Precision Medicine, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, 226007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, and with the School of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- Institute of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing Key Lab of Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics, Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Trauma & Injuries PLA, Beijing, 100048, China; Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, 226007, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Cappelluti F, Gontrani L, Mariani A, Galliano S, Carbone M, Bonomo M. Voronoi Tessellation as a Tool for Predicting the Formation of Deep Eutectic Solvents. J Chem Inf Model 2024. [PMID: 38950140 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their broad applicability in different fields, but their computer-aided discovery, which avoids a time-consuming trial-and-error investigation, is still lagging. In this paper, a set of nine DESs, composed of choline chloride as a hydrogen-bond acceptor and nine functionalized phenols as hydrogen bond donors, is simulated by using classical molecular dynamics to investigate the possible formation of a DES. The tool of the Voronoi tessellation analysis is employed for producing an intuitive and straightforward representation of the degree of mixing between the different components of the solutions, therefore permitting the definition of a metric quantifying the propensity of the components to produce a uniform solution. The computational findings agree with the experimental results, thus confirming that the Voronoi tessellation analysis can act as a lightweight yet powerful approach for the high-throughput screening of mixtures in the optics of the new DES design.
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- Startnetics - Department of Chemical Science and Technologies University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Elettra Synchrotron of Trieste, SS per Basovizza, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, Via G. Quarello 15/a, 10135 Turin, Italy
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- Startnetics - Department of Chemical Science and Technologies University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental Centre and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Turin, Via G. Quarello 15/a, 10135 Turin, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome, La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Schulz A, Lunkenheimer P, Loidl A. Ionic Conductivity of a Lithium-Doped Deep Eutectic Solvent: Glass Formation and Rotation-Translation Coupling. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:3454-3462. [PMID: 38564781 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Deep eutectic solvents with admixed lithium salts are considered as electrolytes in electrochemical devices, such as batteries or supercapacitors. Compared to eutectic mixtures of hydrogen-bond donors and lithium salts, their raw-material costs are significantly lower. Not much is known about glassy freezing and rotational-translation coupling of such systems. Here, we investigate these phenomena by applying dielectric spectroscopy to the widely studied deep eutectic solvent glyceline, to which 1 and 5 mol % LiCl were added. Our study covers a wide temperature range, including a deeply supercooled state. The temperature dependences of the detected dipolar reorientation dynamics and ionic direct current (dc) conductivity reveal the signatures of glassy freezing. In comparison to pure glyceline, the lithium admixture leads to a reduction of ionic conductivity, which is accompanied by a reduction of the rotational dipolar mobility. However, this reduction is much smaller than that for deep eutectic solvents (DESs), where one main component is lithium salt, which we trace back to the lower glass-transition temperatures of lithium-doped DESs. In contrast to pure glyceline, the ionic and dipolar dynamics become increasingly decoupled at low temperatures and obey a fractional Debye-Stokes-Einstein relation, as previously found in other glass-forming liquids. The obtained results demonstrate the relevance of decoupling effects and glass transition to the enhancement of the technically relevant ionic conductivity in such lithium-doped DESs.
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- A Schulz
- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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Schulz A, Lunkenheimer P, Loidl A. Rotational dynamics, ionic conductivity, and glass formation in a ZnCl2-based deep eutectic solvent. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:054502. [PMID: 38341686 DOI: 10.1063/5.0187729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
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Glass formation and reorientational motions are widespread but often-neglected features of deep eutectic solvents although both can be relevant for the technically important ionic conductivity at room temperature. Here, we investigate these properties for two mixtures of ethylene glycol and ZnCl2, which were recently considered superior electrolyte materials for application in zinc-ion batteries. For this purpose, we employed dielectric spectroscopy performed in a broad temperature range, extending from the supercooled state at low temperatures up to the liquid phase around room temperature and beyond. We find evidence for a relaxation process arising from dipolar reorientation dynamics, which reveals the clear signatures of glassy freezing. This freezing also governs the temperature dependence of the ionic dc conductivity. We compare the obtained results with those for deep eutectic solvents that are formed by the same hydrogen-bond donor, ethylene glycol, but by two different salts, choline chloride and lithium triflate. The four materials reveal significantly different ionic and reorientational dynamics. Moreover, we find varying degrees of decoupling of rotational dipolar and translational ionic motions, which can partly be described by a fractional Debye-Stokes-Einstein relation. The typical glass-forming properties of these solvents strongly affect their room-temperature conductivity.
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- A Schulz
- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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Li S, Wei Z, Yang J, Chen G, Zhi C, Li H, Liu Z. A High-Energy Four-Electron Zinc Battery Enabled by Evoking Full Electrochemical Activity in Copper Sulfide Electrode. ACS NANO 2023; 17:22478-22487. [PMID: 37934024 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The growing global demand for sustainable and cost-effective energy storage solutions has driven the rapid development of zinc batteries. Despite significant progress in recent years, enhancing the energy density of zinc batteries remains a crucial research focus. One prevalent strategy involves the development of high-capacity and/or high-voltage cathode materials. CuS, a commonly used electrode material, exhibits a two-electron transfer mechanism; however, the reduced sulfion lacks electrochemical activity and thereby limits its discharge capacity and redox potential. In this study, we activate a CuS cathode to form a high-valence Cu2+&S compound using a deep-eutectic-solvent (DES)-based electrolyte. The presence of Cl- in the DES-based electrolyte is crucial to the reversibility of the redox chemistry, and the liquid-phase-involved electrochemical process facilitates redox kinetics. A four-electron transfer pathway involving five reaction steps is identified for the CuS electrode, which unleashes the full electrochemical activity of the S element. Consequently, the full cell delivers a large discharge capacity of ∼800 mAh g-1 at 0.2 A g-1 and yields a high discharge plateau starting at 1.58 V, contributing to energy densities of up to 650 Wh kg-1 (based on CuS). This work offers a promising approach to developing high-energy zinc batteries.
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- Shizhen Li
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, People's Republic of China
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- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, People's Republic of China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, People's Republic of China
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- School of System Design and Intelligent Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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Avila J, Corsini C, Correa CM, Rosenthal M, Padua A, Costa Gomes M. Porous Ionic Liquids Go Green. ACS NANO 2023; 17:19508-19513. [PMID: 37812175 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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This Perspective points toward pathways to prepare porous ionic liquids using easily accessible materials, aiming for reduced environmental impact. We demonstrate that suspensions of porous solids are stable in eutectic mixtures, underscoring their potential for the preparation of porous ionic liquids. Porous ionic liquids retain the wide electrochemical window observed in their precursor pure ionic liquids, rendering them well-suited for green electrochemical reactions, particularly those involving gases whose solubility is enhanced in the porous suspensions. Moreover, their capacity as gas-rich media points to sustainable biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, provided nontoxic, biocompatible ionic liquids and porous solids are utilized.
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- Jocasta Avila
- Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Box 2404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Dual-Belgian-Beamline (DUBBLE), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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van den Bruinhorst A, Avila J, Rosenthal M, Pellegrino A, Burghammer M, Costa Gomes M. Defying decomposition: the curious case of choline chloride. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6684. [PMID: 37865651 PMCID: PMC10590384 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42267-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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Chemists aim to meet modern sustainability, health, and safety requirements by replacing conventional solvents with deep eutectic solvents (DESs). Through large melting point depressions, DESs may incorporate renewable solids in task-specific liquids. Yet, DES design is complicated by complex molecular interactions and a lack of comprehensive property databases. Even measuring pure component melting properties can be challenging, due to decomposition before melting. Here we overcame the decomposition of the quintessential DES constituent, choline chloride (ChCl). We measured its enthalpy of fusion (13.8 ± 3.0 kJ ⋅ mol) and melting point (687 ± 9 K) by fast scanning calorimetry combined with micro-XRD and high-speed optical microscopy. Our thermodynamically coherent fusion properties identify ChCl as an ionic plastic crystal and demonstrate negative deviations from ideal mixing for ChCl-contradicting previous assumptions. We hypothesise that the plastic crystal nature of ammonium salts governs their resilience to melting; pure or mixed. We show that DESs based on ionic plastic crystals can profit from (1) a low enthalpy of fusion and (2) favourable mixing. Both depress the melting point and can be altered through ion selection. Ionic plastic crystal-based DESs thus offer a platform for task-specific liquids at a broad range of temperatures and compositions.
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- Adriaan van den Bruinhorst
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ionic Liquids Group, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 7, France.
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- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ionic Liquids Group, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 7, France
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Box 2404, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ionic Liquids Group, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 7, France
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- ESRF, The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ionic Liquids Group, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 7, France.
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Lucio AJ, Sumarlan I, Bulmer E, Efimov I, Viles S, Hillman AR, Zaleski CJ, Ryder KS. Measuring and Enhancing the Ionic Conductivity of Chloroaluminate Electrolytes for Al-Ion Batteries. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:13866-13876. [PMID: 37492190 PMCID: PMC10364082 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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At the core of the aluminum (Al) ion battery is the liquid electrolyte, which governs the underlying chemistry. Optimizing the rheological properties of the electrolyte is critical to advance the state of the art. In the present work, the chloroaluminate electrolyte is made by reacting AlCl3 with a recently reported acetamidinium chloride (Acet-Cl) salt in an effort to make a more performant liquid electrolyte. Using AlCl3:Acet-Cl as a model electrolyte, we build on our previous work, which established a new method for extracting the ionic conductivity from fitting voltammetric data, and in this contribution, we validate the method across a range of measurement parameters in addition to highlighting the model electrolytes' conductivity relative to current chloroaluminate liquids. Specifically, our method allows the extraction of both the ionic conductivity and voltammetric data from a single, simple, and routine measurement. To bring these results in the context of current methods, we compare our results to two independent standard conductivity measurement techniques. Several different measurement parameters (potential scan rate, potential excursion, temperature, and composition) are examined. We find that our novel method can resolve similar trends in conductivity to conventional methods, but typically, the values are a factor of two higher. The values from our method, on the other hand, agree closely with literature values reported elsewhere. Importantly, having now established the approach for our new method, we discuss the conductivity of AlCl3:Acet-Cl-based formulations. These electrolytes provide a significant improvement (5-10× higher) over electrolytes made from similar Lewis base salts (e.g., urea or acetamide). The Lewis base salt precursors have a low economic cost compared to state-of-the-art imidazolium-based salts and are non-toxic, which is advantageous for scale-up. Overall, this is a noteworthy step at designing cost-effective and performant liquid electrolytes for Al-ion battery applications.
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- Anthony J. Lucio
- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Mataram, Jl. Majapahit. No. 62, Mataram, 83115 Lombok, Indonesia
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- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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- Biotechnology
Group, School of Chemistry, University of
Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Materials Processing, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
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Melethil K, Kumar MS, Wu CM, Shen HH, Vedhanarayanan B, Lin TW. Recent Progress of 2D Layered Materials in Water-in-Salt/Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Liquid Electrolytes for Supercapacitors. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1257. [PMID: 37049350 PMCID: PMC10097202 DOI: 10.3390/nano13071257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Supercapacitors are candidates with the greatest potential for use in sustainable energy resources. Extensive research is being carried out to improve the performances of state-of-art supercapacitors to meet our increased energy demands because of huge technological innovations in various fields. The development of high-performing materials for supercapacitor components such as electrodes, electrolytes, current collectors, and separators is inevitable. To boost research in materials design and production toward supercapacitors, the up-to-date collection of recent advancements is necessary for the benefit of active researchers. This review summarizes the most recent developments of water-in-salt (WIS) and deep eutectic solvents (DES), which are considered significant electrolyte systems to advance the energy density of supercapacitors, with a focus on two-dimensional layered nanomaterials. It provides a comprehensive survey of 2D materials (graphene, MXenes, and transition-metal oxides/dichalcogenides/sulfides) employed in supercapacitors using WIS/DES electrolytes. The synthesis and characterization of various 2D materials along with their electrochemical performances in WIS and DES electrolyte systems are described. In addition, the challenges and opportunities for the next-generation supercapacitor devices are summarily discussed.
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- Krishnakumar Melethil
- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
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Azmi S, Klimek A, Frackowiak E. Why electrochemical capacitor electrolytes should not be ignored? Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Murillo-Herrera LM, Aguilar ES, Thielke MW, Jorge Sobrido A. Surface Modification of PAN-Derived Commercial Graphite Felts Using Deep Eutectic Solvents for their Application as Electrodes in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201208. [PMID: 36644964 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201208] [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: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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All-vanadium redox flow batteries are promising large-scale energy storage solutions to support intermittent power generation. Commercial graphite felts are among the most used materials as electrodes for these batteries due to their cheap price, high conductivity, and large surface area. However, these materials exhibit poor wettability and electrochemical activity towards vanadium redox reactions, which translates into overpotentials and lower efficiencies. Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are mixtures of Lewis acids and bases that exhibit lower melting points than their original components. Here, a DES composed of choline chloride and urea, and a DES composed of FeCl3 and NH4 Cl have been employed to modify the surface of graphite felts alongside a series of re-carbonization steps. The resulting materials were compared against pristine, thermally activated, and oxidatively activated graphite felts. Our results indicated that the treatments introduced new oxygen and nitrogen functionalities to the carbonaceous surface and increased the surface area, the degree of disorder and defects in the graphitic layers of the fibres. Cyclic voltammetry studies demonstrated higher electrochemical activity towards vanadium redox reactions and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy experiments showed the modified materials exhibited significantly lower charge transfer resistances. When tested in full cell configuration the electrode modified with the urea-based DES exhibited comparable coulombic efficiencies and superior energy storage capacity retention than the thermally oxidized felt used as benchmark, suggesting that the introduction of oxygen- and nitrogen-rich functional groups had a positive effect on the overall electrochemical performance of graphite felts.
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- L Mauricio Murillo-Herrera
- Department School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Department School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Department School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Department School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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Emanuele E, Li Bassi A, Macrelli A, Mele C, Strada J, Bozzini B. Zinc Electrode Cycling in Deep Eutectic Solvent Electrolytes: An Electrochemical Study. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28030957. [PMID: 36770622 PMCID: PMC9921233 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28030957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Among post-lithium ion battery technologies, rechargeable chemistries with Zn anodes bear notable technological promise owing to their high theoretical energy density, lower manufacturing cost, availability of raw materials and inherent safety. However, Zn anodes, when employed in aqueous electrolytes, suffer from hydrogen evolution, passivation, and shape changes. Alternative electrolytes can help tackle these issues, preserving the green and safe characteristics of aqueous-based ones. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are promising green and low-cost non-aqueous solvents for battery electrolytes. Specifically, the cycling of Zn anodes in DESs is expected to be reversible, chiefly owing to their dendrite-suppression capability. Nevertheless, apart from a few studies on Zn plating, insight into the cathodic-anodic electrochemistry of Zn in DESs is still very limited. In view of developing DES-based battery electrolytes, it is crucial to consider that a potential drawback might be their low ionic conductivity. Water molecules can be added to the eutectic mixtures by up to 40% to increase the diffusion coefficient of the electroactive species and lower the electrolyte viscosity without destroying the eutectic nature. In this study, we address the electrochemistry of Zn in two different hydrated DESs (ChU and ChEG with ~30% H2O). Fundamental electrokinetic and electrocrystallization studies based on cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry at different cathodic substrates are completed with a galvanostatic cycling test of Zn|Zn symmetric CR2032 coin cells, SEM imaging of electrodes and in situ SERS spectroscopy. This investigation concludes with the proposal of a specific DES/H2O/ZnSO4-based electrolyte that exhibits optimal functional performance, rationalized on the basis of fundamental electrochemical data, morphology evaluation and modeling of the cycling response.
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- Elisa Emanuele
- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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Stepping away from serendipity in Deep Eutectic Solvent formation: Prediction from precursors ratio. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zaytsev OI, Ehrenburg MR, Molodkina EB, Broekmann P, Rudnev AV. Over- and underpotential deposition of copper from a deep eutectic solvent: Pt(1 1 1) single crystal versus polycrystalline Pt substrates. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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de Araujo Lima e Souza G, Di Pietro ME, Castiglione F, Vanoli V, Mele A. Insights into the Effect of Lithium Doping on the Deep Eutectic Solvent Choline Chloride:Urea. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:7459. [PMID: 36363050 PMCID: PMC9656420 DOI: 10.3390/ma15217459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Choline-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are potential candidates to replace flammable organic solvent electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The effect of the addition of a lithium salt on the structure and dynamics of the material needs to be clarified before it enters the battery. Here, the archetypical DES choline chloride:urea at 1:2 mole fraction has been added with lithium chloride at two different concentrations and the effect of the additional cation has been evaluated with respect to the non-doped system via multinuclear NMR techniques. 1H and 7Li spin-lattice relaxation times and diffusion coefficients have been measured between 298 K and 373 K and revealed a decrease in both rotational and translational mobility of the species after LiCl doping at a given temperature. Temperature dependent 35Cl linewidths reflect the viscosity increase upon LiCl addition, yet keep track of the lithium complexation. Quantitative indicators such as correlation times and activation energies give indirect insights into the intermolecular interactions of the mixtures, while lithium single-jump distance and transference number shed light into the lithium transport, being then of help in the design of future DES electrolytes.
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- Giselle de Araujo Lima e Souza
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
- CNR-SCITEC Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Wang R, Fang C, Yang L, Li K, Zhu K, Liu G, Chen J. The Novel Ionic Liquid and Its Related Self‐Assembly in the Areas of Energy Storage and Conversion. SMALL SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202200048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Runtong Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChem) Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Zhang Y, Klein JM, Akolkar R, Gurkan BE, Maginn EJ. Solvation Structure, Dynamics, and Charge Transfer Kinetics of Cu 2+ and Cu + in Choline Chloride Ethylene Glycol Electrolytes. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6493-6499. [PMID: 35976689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Experimental measurements and classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to study electrolytes containing CuCl2 and CuCl salts in mixtures of choline chloride (ChCl) and ethylene glycol (EG). The study focused on the concentration of 100 mM of both CuCl2 and CuCl with the ratio of ChCl/EG varied from 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, to 1:5. It was found that the Cu2+ and Cu+ have different solvation environments in their first solvation shell. Cu2+ is coordinated by both Cl- anions and EG molecules, whereas Cu+ is only solvated by EG. However, both Cu2+ and Cu+ show strong interactions with their second solvation shells, which include both Cl- anions and EG molecules. Considering both the first and second solvation shells, the concentrations of Cu2+ and Cu+ that have various coordination numbers in each solution were calculated and were found to correlate qualitatively with the exchange current density trends reported in previous experiments of Cu2+ reduction to Cu+. This finding makes a connection between atomic solvation structure observed in MD simulations and redox reaction kinetics measured in electrochemical experiments, thus revealing the significance of the solvation environment of reduced and oxidized species for electrokinetics in deep eutectic solvents.
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- Yong Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Pei X, Li Y, Ou T, Liang X, Yang Y, Jia E, Tan Y, Guo S. Li–N Interaction Induced Deep Eutectic Gel Polymer Electrolyte for High Performance Lithium‐Metal Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xiaopeng Pei
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Institute CHINA
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- Peking University Materials Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Shaanxi University of Technology School of Chemical & Environment Science CHINA
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Institute CHINA
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Institute CHINA
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Institute CHINA
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Institute CHINA
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- Peking University School of Material Science and Engineering 5 Yiheyuan Road 100871 Beijing CHINA
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Pei X, Li Y, Ou T, Liang X, Yang Y, Jia E, Tan Y, Guo S. Li-N Interaction Induced Deep Eutectic Gel Polymer Electrolyte for High Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205075. [PMID: 35611865 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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As emerging eutectic mixtures, deep eutectic electrolytes (DEEs) show unique properties for Li-metal batteries (LMBs). However, the limited choice and inferior electrode compatibility hinder their further development in LMBs. Herein, we report a new 1,2-dimethylimidazole (DMIm)-based deep eutectic gel polymer electrolyte induced by Li-N interaction. We demonstrate that incorporating electron-withdrawing polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) polymer into the DMIm-based DEE changes the coordination environment of Li+ ions, leading to a high transference number of Li+ ions (0.65) and superior interface stability between the electrolyte and Li anode. The deep eutectic gel polymer electrolyte exhibits excellent non-flammability, high ionic conductivity (1.67 mS cm-1 at 30 °C), and high oxidation voltage (up to 4.35 V vs. Li/Li+ ). The Li||LFP cell based on the newly developed deep eutectic gel polymer electrolyte can achieve superior long-term cycling stability at a wide range of rates.
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- Xiaopeng Pei
- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325000, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.,Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723001, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325000, China.,Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325000, China.,Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325000, China.,Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325000, China.,Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Ul Haq I, Lal B, Zaini DB. Deep Eutectic solvents Applicability in Oil and Gas Processing fields for CO
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Control. Chem Eng Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202100515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ihtisham Ul Haq
- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- Center of Advanced Process Safety (CAPS), Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak Darul Ridzuan 32610 Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES) Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak 32610 Malaysia
- Center of Advanced Process Safety (CAPS), Chemical Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar Perak Darul Ridzuan 32610 Malaysia
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Hinz Y, Böhmer R. Deuteron magnetic resonance study of glyceline deep eutectic solvents: Selective detection of choline and glycerol dynamics. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:194506. [PMID: 35597634 DOI: 10.1063/5.0088290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Glyceline, a green solvent considered for various electrochemical applications, represents a multi-component glass former. Viewed from this perspective, the choline cation and the hydrogen bond donor glycerol, the two major constituents forming this deep eutectic solvent, were studied using nuclear magnetic resonance in a selective manner by means of suitably deuteron-labeled isotopologues. Carried out from far above to far below the glass transition temperature, measurements and analyses of the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times reveal that the reorientational dynamics of the components, i.e., of glycerol as well as of chain deuterated choline chloride are slightly different. Possible implications of this finding regarding the hydrogen-bonding pattern in glyceline are discussed. Furthermore, the deuterated methyl groups in choline chloride are exploited as sensitive probes of glyceline's supercooled and glassy states. Apart from spin relaxometry, a detailed line shape analysis of the CD3 spectra yields valuable insights into the broad intermolecular and intramolecular energy barrier distributions present in this binary mixture.
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- Yannik Hinz
- Experimental Physics III, Technical University Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimental Physics III, Technical University Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Lu X, Hansen EJ, He G, Liu J. Eutectic Electrolytes Chemistry for Rechargeable Zn Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200550. [PMID: 35289487 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rechargeable zinc batteries (RZBs) have proved to be promising candidates as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to their low cost, inherent safety, and environmentally benign features. While designing cost-effective electrolyte systems with excellent compatibility with electrode materials, high energy/power density as well as long life-span challenge their further application as grid-scale energy storage devices. Eutectic electrolytes as a novel class of electrolytes have been extensively reported and explored taking advantage of their feasible preparation and high tunability. Recently, some perspectives have summarized the development and application of eutectic electrolytes in metal-based batteries, but their infancy requires further attention and discussion. This review systematically presents the fundamentals and definitions of eutectic electrolytes. Besides, a specific classification of eutectic electrolytes and their recent progress and performance on RZB fields are introduced as well. Significantly, the impacts of various composing eutectic systems are disserted for critical RZB chemistries including attractive features at electrolyte/electrode interfaces and ions/charges transport kinetics. The remaining challenges and proposed perspectives are ultimately induced, which deliver opportunities and offer practical guidance for the novel design of advanced eutectic electrolytes for superior RZB scenarios.
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- Xuejun Lu
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
- Electrochemical Innovation Lab, Department Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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Wu J, Liu S, Tan Z, Guo Y, Zhou J, Mao B, Yan J. Effect of hydrogen bond donor molecules ethylene glycerol and lactic acid on electrochemical interfaces in choline chloride based-deep eutectic solvents. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:244702. [PMID: 34972352 DOI: 10.1063/5.0073792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Choline chloride (ChCl)-based-deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are widely used in electrochemical fields. In this work, the effect of two types of hydrogen bond donor (HBD) molecules, ethylene glycerol and lactic acid (LA), on electrochemical interfaces between the Au electrode and DESs has been investigated by employing voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The anodic dissolution and passivation behaviors of the Au electrode are revealed in both ethaline and ChCl:LA. In ChCl:LA, the anodic dissolution of Au is slowed down, and the passivation film is relatively dense and stable due to the existence of the carboxyl group in HBD molecule LA. In the double layer region, the lifting and formation of Au(111) surface reconstruction and a disorder-order phase transition of the chloride ion adlayer were observed in the two DESs. Moreover, compared with ethaline, an extra pair of current peaks appears in ChCl-LA possibly due to the adsorption and desorption of LA on the Au(111) surface, which might imply the stronger interaction of LA with the Au electrode in ChCl:LA. HBD LA could even have marked an impact on the disorder-order phase transition of the chloride ion adlayer. The above results provide new insight into the significant effect of HBD molecules on the anodic dissolution and the passivation of the Au electrode and the electrochemical behaviors in the double layer region.
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- Jiedu Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, People's Republic of China
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Zafarani-Moattar MT, Shekaari H, Dizaj AS, Asghari E. Effect of choline chloride based deep eutectic solvents on lithium perchlorate + propylene carbonate solutions: Thermodynamic, transport, electrochemical and computational study. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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