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Yuan G, Ge H, Shi W, Liu J, Zhang Y, Wang X. Hybrid Sub-1 nm Nanosheets of Co-assembled MnZnCuO x and Polyoxometalate Clusters as Anodes for Li-ion Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309934. [PMID: 37551751 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Transition metal oxide (TMO) anode materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) usually suffer from serious volume expansion leading to the pulverization of structures, further giving rise to lower specific capacity and worse cycling stability. Herein, by introducing polyoxometalate (POM) clusters into TMOs and precisely controlling the amount of POMs, the MnZnCuOx -phosphomolybdic acid hybrid sub-1 nm nanosheets (MZC-PMA HSNSs) anode is successfully fabricated, where the special electron rich structure of POMs is conducive to accelerating the migration of lithium ions on the anode to obtain higher specific capacity, and the non-covalent interactions between POMs and TMOs make the HSNSs possess excellent structural and chemical stability, thus exhibiting outstanding electrochemical performance in LIBs, achieving a high reversible capacity (1157 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 ) and an admirable long-term cycling stability at low and high current densities.
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- Guobao Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, 300384, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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Qi W, Jin L, Wu C, Liao H, Zhang M, Zhu Z, Han W, Chen Q, Ding C. Treatment with FAP-targeted zinc ferrite nanoparticles for rheumatoid arthritis by inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial damage. Mater Today Bio 2023; 21:100702. [PMID: 37408696 PMCID: PMC10319325 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), pannus development, cartilage, and bone degradation, and, eventually, loss of joint function. Fibroblast activating protein (FAP) is a particular product of activated FLS and is highly prevalent in RA-derived fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA-FLS). In this study, zinc ferrite nanoparticles (ZF-NPs) were engineered to target FAP+ (FAP positive) FLS. ZF-NPswere discovered to better target FAP+ FLS due to the surface alteration of FAP peptide and to enhance RA-FLS apoptosis by activating the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) system via the PERK-ATF4-CHOP, IRE1-XBP1 pathway, and mitochondrial damage of RA-FLS. Treatment with ZF-NPs under the influence of an alternating magnetic field (AMF) can significantly amplify ERS and mitochondrial damage via the magnetocaloric effect. It was also observed in adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) mice that FAP-targeted ZF-NPs (FAP-ZF-NPs) could significantly suppress synovitis in vivo, inhibit synovial tissue angiogenesis, protect articular cartilage, and reduce M1 macrophage infiltration in synovium in AIA mice. Furthermore, treatment of AIA mice with FAP-ZF-NPs was found to be more promising in the presence of an AMF. These findings demonstrate the potential utility of FAP-ZF-NPs in the treatment of RA.
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- Weizhong Qi
- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
- Centre of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ZhuJiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Centre of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
- Centre of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, 7000, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Chen W, Zhan X, Yuan R, Pidaparthy S, Yong AXB, An H, Tang Z, Yin K, Patra A, Jeong H, Zhang C, Ta K, Riedel ZW, Stephens RM, Shoemaker DP, Yang H, Gewirth AA, Braun PV, Ertekin E, Zuo JM, Chen Q. Formation and impact of nanoscopic oriented phase domains in electrochemical crystalline electrodes. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:92-99. [PMID: 36280702 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01381-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electrochemical phase transformation in ion-insertion crystalline electrodes is accompanied by compositional and structural changes, including the microstructural development of oriented phase domains. Previous studies have identified prevailingly transformation heterogeneities associated with diffusion- or reaction-limited mechanisms. In comparison, transformation-induced domains and their microstructure resulting from the loss of symmetry elements remain unexplored, despite their general importance in alloys and ceramics. Here, we map the formation of oriented phase domains and the development of strain gradient quantitatively during the electrochemical ion-insertion process. A collocated four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy approach, coupled with data mining, enables the study. Results show that in our model system of cubic spinel MnO2 nanoparticles their phase transformation upon Mg2+ insertion leads to the formation of domains of similar chemical identity but different orientations at nanometre length scale, following the nucleation, growth and coalescence process. Electrolytes have a substantial impact on the transformation microstructure ('island' versus 'archipelago'). Further, large strain gradients build up from the development of phase domains across their boundaries with high impact on the chemical diffusion coefficient by a factor of ten or more. Our findings thus provide critical insights into the microstructure formation mechanism and its impact on the ion-insertion process, suggesting new rules of transformation structure control for energy storage materials.
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- Wenxiang Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Wang Q, Wu Y, Pan N, Yang C, Wu S, Li D, Gu S, Zhou G, Chai J. Preparation of rambutan-like Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 as anode for high–performance lithium–ion batteries. Front Chem 2022; 10:1052560. [PMID: 36339036 PMCID: PMC9631019 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1052560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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NiFe2O4 is a kind of promising lithium ion battery (LIB) electrode material, but its commercial applications have been limited due to the electronic insulation property and large volume expansion during the conversion reaction process, which results in rapid capacity decrease and poor cycling stability. We synthesized rambutan-like Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 using the self-templating solvothermal method. The special structure of Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 which was formed by the assembly of numerous nanosheets could effectively buffer the volume change during the charging and discharging process. Partial substitution of Ni with Co. in NiFe2O4 leads to Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4, the coexisting of both nickel and cobalt components is expected to provide more abundant redox reactions. The specific capacity of the rambutan-like Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 as an anode material for LIB could reach 963 mA h g−1 at the current density of 500 mA g−1 after 200 cycles, confirming that the as-synthesized material is a promising candidate for LIBs.
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- Qian Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Shaonan Gu, ; Guowei Zhou, ; Jinling Chai,
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Shaonan Gu, ; Guowei Zhou, ; Jinling Chai,
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Shaonan Gu, ; Guowei Zhou, ; Jinling Chai,
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Guo S, Koketsu T, Hu Z, Zhou J, Kuo CY, Lin HJ, Chen CT, Strasser P, Sui L, Xie Y, Ma J. Mo-Incorporated Magnetite Fe 3 O 4 Featuring Cationic Vacancies Enabling Fast Lithium Intercalation for Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203835. [PMID: 36058653 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) as high-capacity electrodes have several drawbacks owing to their inherent poor electronic conductivity and structural instability during the multi-electron conversion reaction process. In this study, the authors use an intrinsic high-valent cation substitution approach to stabilize cation-deficient magnetite (Fe3 O4 ) and overcome the abovementioned issues. Herein, 5 at% of Mo4+ -ions are incorporated into the spinel structure to substitute octahedral Fe3+ -ions, featuring ≈1.7 at% cationic vacancies in the octahedral sites. This defective Fe2.93 ▫0.017 Mo0.053 O4 electrode shows significant improvements in the mitigation of capacity fade and the promotion of rate performance as compared to the pristine Fe3 O4 . Furthermore, physical-electrochemical analyses and theoretical calculations are performed to investigate the underlying mechanisms. In Fe2.93 ▫0.017 Mo0.053 O4 , the cationic vacancies provide active sites for storing Li+ and vacancy-mediated Li+ migration paths with lower energy barriers. The enlarged lattice and improved electronic conductivity induced by larger doped-Mo4+ yield this defective oxide capable of fast lithium intercalation. This is confirmed by a combined characterization including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) and density functional theory (DFT) calculation. This study provides a valuable strategy of vacancy-mediated reaction to intrinsically modulate the defective structure in TMOs for high-performance lithium-ion batteries.
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- Shasha Guo
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for R&D and Application of Metallic Functional Materials, Institute of New Energy for Vehicles, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for R&D and Application of Metallic Functional Materials, Institute of New Energy for Vehicles, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, 201800, P. R. China
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- Department of Electrophysics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for R&D and Application of Metallic Functional Materials, Institute of New Energy for Vehicles, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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- International Center for Computational Method and Software & State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials & Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory for R&D and Application of Metallic Functional Materials, Institute of New Energy for Vehicles, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, P. R. China
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Zhao Q, Peng P, Zhu P, Yang G, Sun X, Ding R, Gao P, Liu E. F-doped zinc ferrite as high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01172g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fluorine-doped ZnFe2O4via a quick ice-cold KF/NH4F quenching method effectively improved the electrochemical performance of ZnFe2O4 for LIBs.
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- Qiong Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
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Park JY, Shim Y, Dao KP, Lee SG, Choe J, Lee HJ, Lee Y, Choi Y, Chang JH, Yoo SJ, Ahn CW, Chang W, Lee CW, Yuk JM. Non-Equilibrium Sodiation Pathway of CuSbS 2. ACS NANO 2021; 15:17472-17479. [PMID: 34751557 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Binary metal sulfides have been explored as sodium storage materials owing to their high theoretical capacity and high stable cyclability. Nevertheless, their relative high charge voltage and relatively low practical capacity make them less attractive as an anode material. To resolve the problem, addition of alloying elements is considerable. Copper antimony sulfide is investigated as a representative case. In this study, we do not only perform electrochemical characterization on CuSbS2, but also investigate its nonequilibrium sodiation pathway employing in-/ex situ transmission electron microscopy, in situ X-ray diffraction, and density functional theory calculations. Our finding provides valuable insights on sodium storage into ternary metal sulfide including an alloying element.
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- Jae Yeol Park
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Research Equipment, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 169-148, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- National Nano Fab Center (NNFC), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Research Equipment, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 169-148, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133, Republic of Korea
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- National Nano Fab Center (NNFC), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Energy Storage Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Platform Technology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34129, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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Tallman KR, West PJ, Yan S, Yao S, Quilty CD, Wang F, Marschilok AC, Bock DC, Takeuchi KJ, Takeuchi ES. Structural and electrochemical investigation of crystallite size controlled zinc ferrite (ZnFe 2O 4). NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:375403. [PMID: 34107466 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac09a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Zinc ferrite, ZnFe2O4(ZFO), is a promising electrode material for next generation Li-ion batteries because of its high theoretical capacity and low environmental impact. In this report, synthetic control of crystallite size from the nanometer to submicron scale enabled probing of the relationships between ZFO size and electrochemical behavior. A facile two-step coprecipitation and annealing preparation method was used to prepare ZFO with controlled sizes ranging ∼9 to >200 nm. Complementary synchrotron and electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize the series of materials. Increasing the annealing temperature increased crystallinity and decreased microstrain, while local structural ordering was maintained independent of crystallite size. Electrochemical characterization revealed that the smaller sized materials delivered higher capacities during initial lithiation. Larger sized particles exhibited a lack of distinct electrochemical signatures above 1.0 V, suggesting that the longer diffusion length associated with greater crystallite size causes the lithiation process to proceed via non discrete lithium insertion, cation migration, and conversion processes. Notably, larger particles exhibited enhanced electrochemical reversibility over 50 cycles, with capacity retention improving from <20% to >40% at C/2 cycling rate. This intriguing result was probed through x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements of the cycled electrodes. XAS revealed that the larger crystallite size materials do not completely convert to Fe0during the first lithiation and that independent of size, delithiation results in the formation of nanocrystalline FeO and ZnO phases rather than ZnFe2O4. After 20 cycles, the larger crystallites showed reversibility between partially oxidized FeO in the charged state and Fe0in the discharged state, while the smaller crystallite size material was electrochemically inactive as Fe0. XPS analysis revealed more significant solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on the cycled electrodes utilizing ZFO with smaller crystallite size. This finding suggests that excessive SEI buildup on the smaller sized, higher surface area ZFO particles contributes to their reduced electrochemical reversibility relative to the larger crystallite size materials.
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- Killian R Tallman
- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
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- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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- Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States of America
- Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America
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Xu Y, Wang K, Yao Z, Kang J, Lam D, Yang D, Ai W, Wolverton C, Hersam MC, Huang Y, Huang W, Dravid VP, Wu J. In Situ, Atomic-Resolution Observation of Lithiation and Sodiation of WS 2 Nanoflakes: Implications for Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100637. [PMID: 33982862 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
WS2 nanoflakes have great potential as electrode materials of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) because of their unique 2D structure, which facilitates the reversible intercalation and extraction of alkali metal ions. However, a fundamental understanding of the electrochemical lithiation/sodiation dynamics of WS2 nanoflakes especially at the nanoscale level, remains elusive. Here, by combining battery electrochemical measurements, density functional theory calculations, and in situ transmission electron microscopy, the electrochemical-reaction kinetics and mechanism for both lithiation and sodiation of WS2 nanoflakes are investigated at the atomic scale. It is found that compared to LIBs, SIBs exhibit a higher reversible sodium (Na) storage capacity and superior cyclability. For sodiation, the volume change due to ion intercalation is smaller than that in lithiation. Also, sodiated WS2 maintains its layered structure after the intercalation process, and the reduced metal nanoparticles after conversion in sodiation are well-dispersed and aligned forming a pattern similar to the layered structure. Overall, this work shows a direct interconnection between the reaction dynamics of lithiated/sodiated WS2 nanoflakes and their electrochemical performance, which sheds light on the rational optimization and development of advanced WS2 -based electrodes.
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- Yaobin Xu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry Under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Nanostructure Research Centre, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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Hwang S, Su D. Real Time Observation of Lithium Insertion into Pre-Cycled Conversion-Type Materials. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11030728. [PMID: 33799392 PMCID: PMC7998458 DOI: 10.3390/nano11030728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Conversion-type electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries experience significant structural changes during the first discharge–charge cycle, where a single particle is taken apart into a number of nanoparticles. This structural evolution may affect the following lithium insertion reactions; however, how lithiation occurs in pre-cycled electrode materials is elusive. In this work, in situ transmission electron microscopy was employed to see the lithium-induced structural and chemical evolutions in pre-cycled nickel oxide as a model system. The introduction of lithium ions induced the evolution of metallic nickel, with volume expansion as a result of a conversion reaction. After pre-cycling, the phase evolutions occurred in two separate areas almost at the same time. This is different from the first lithiation, where the phase change takes place successively, with a boundary dividing the reacted and unreacted areas. Structural changes were restricted at the areas having large amount of fluorine, implying the residuals from the decomposition of electrolytes may have hindered the electrochemical reactions. This work provides insights into phase and chemical evolutions in pre-cycled conversion-type materials, which govern electrochemical properties during operation.
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Liu T, Gong Q, Cao P, Sun X, Ren J, Gu S, Zhou G. Preparations of NiFe 2O 4 Yolk-Shell@C Nanospheres and Their Performances as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1994. [PMID: 33050348 PMCID: PMC7600623 DOI: 10.3390/nano10101994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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At present, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have received widespread attention as substantial energy storage devices; thus, their electrochemical performances must be continuously researched and improved. In this paper, we demonstrate a simple self-template solvothermal method combined with annealing for the synthesis of NiFe2O4 yolk-shell (NFO-YS) and NiFe2O4 solid (NFO-S) nanospheres by controlling the heating rate and coating them with a carbon layer on the surface via high-temperature carbonization of resorcinol and formaldehyde resin. Among them, NFO-YS@C has an obvious yolk-shell structure, with a core-shell spacing of about 60 nm, and the thicknesses of the NiFe2O4 shell and carbon shell are approximately 15 and 30 nm, respectively. The yolk-shell structure can alleviate volume changes and shorten the ion/electron diffusion path, while the carbon shell can improve conductivity. Therefore, NFO-YS@C nanospheres as the anode materials of LIBs show a high initial capacity of 1087.1 mA h g-1 at 100 mA g-1, and the capacity of NFO-YS@C nanospheres impressively remains at 1023.5 mA h g-1 after 200 cycles at 200 mA g-1. The electrochemical performance of NFO-YS@C is significantly beyond NFO-S@C, which proves that the carbon coating and yolk-shell structure have good stability and excellent electron transport ability.
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China; (T.L.); (Q.G.); (P.C.); (X.S.); (J.R.)
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China; (T.L.); (Q.G.); (P.C.); (X.S.); (J.R.)
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Chen TW, Rajaji U, Chen SM, Al Mogren MM, Hochlaf M, Al Harbi SDA, Ramalingam RJ. A novel nanocomposite with superior electrocatalytic activity: A magnetic property based ZnFe 2O 4 nanocubes embellished with reduced graphene oxide by facile ultrasonic approach. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2019; 57:116-124. [PMID: 31208606 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Herein, a novel Zinc Ferrite nanocubes (ZnFe2O4 NCs) decorated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite have been designed through a sonochemical method. After then, as-synthesized ZnFe2O4 NCs/rGO was characterized by XPS, XRD, HRTEM and EIS. Furthermore, the ZnFe2O4 NCs/rGO nanocomposite modified GCE (glassy carbon electrode) shows excellent electrochemical sensing performance towards biomarker of 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide (4-NQ) with fast detection. 4-NQ is one of the important cancer biomarker. Moreover, the fabricated sensor showed a wide linear window for 4-NQ between 0.025 and 534.12 µM and nanomolar detection limit (8.27 nM). Further, the as-prepared ZnFe2O4 NCs/rGO/GCE has been applied to the determination of 4-NQ in human blood and urine samples with excellent recovery results.
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- Tse-Wei Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratoire Modelisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, University Paris-Est, ́5 Blvd. Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallee, France
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Surfactant Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box-2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Chen W, Zhan X, Luo B, Ou Z, Shih PC, Yao L, Pidaparthy S, Patra A, An H, Braun PV, Stephens RM, Yang H, Zuo JM, Chen Q. Effects of Particle Size on Mg 2+ Ion Intercalation into λ-MnO 2 Cathode Materials. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:4712-4720. [PMID: 31251071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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An emergent theme in mono- and multivalent ion batteries is to utilize nanoparticles (NPs) as electrode materials based on the phenomenological observations that their short ion diffusion length and large electrode-electrolyte interface can lead to improved ion insertion kinetics compared to their bulk counterparts. However, the understanding of how the NP size fundamentally relates to their electrochemical behaviors (e.g., charge storage mechanism, phase transition associated with ion insertion) is still primitive. Here, we employ spinel λ-MnO2 particles as a model cathode material, which have effective Mg2+ ion intercalation but with their size effect poorly understood to investigate their operating mechanism via a suite of electrochemical and structural characterizations. We prepare two differently sized samples, the small nanoscopic λ-MnO2 particles (81 ± 25 nm) and big micron-sized ones (814 ± 207 nm) via postsynthesis size-selection. Analysis of the charge storage mechanisms shows that the stored charge from Mg2+ ion intercalation dominates in both systems and is ∼10 times higher in small particles than that in the big ones. From both X-ray diffraction and atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging, we reveal a fundamental difference in phase transition of the differently sized particles during Mg2+ ion intercalation: the small NPs undergo a solid-solution-like phase transition which minimizes lattice mismatch and energy penalty for accommodating new phases, whereas the big particles follow conventional multiphase transformation. We show that this pathway difference is related to the improved electrochemical performance (e.g., rate capability, cycling performance) of small particles over the big ones which provides important insights in encoding within the particle dimension, that is, the single-phase transition pathway in high-performance electrode materials for multivalent ion batteries.
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- Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. , Houston , Texas 77082 , United States
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Phase evolution of conversion-type electrode for lithium ion batteries. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2224. [PMID: 31110173 PMCID: PMC6527546 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09931-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Batteries with conversion-type electrodes exhibit higher energy storage density but suffer much severer capacity fading than those with the intercalation-type electrodes. The capacity fading has been considered as the result of contact failure between the active material and the current collector, or the breakdown of solid electrolyte interphase layer. Here, using a combination of synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and in situ transmission electron microscopy, we investigate the capacity fading issue of conversion-type materials by studying phase evolution of iron oxide composited structure during later-stage cycles, which is found completely different from its initial lithiation. The accumulative internal passivation phase and the surface layer over cycling enforce a rate−limiting diffusion barrier for the electron transport, which is responsible for the capacity degradation and poor rate capability. This work directly links the performance with the microscopic phase evolution in cycled electrode materials and provides insights into designing conversion-type electrode materials for applications. Conversion electrodes possess high energy density but suffer a rapid capacity loss over cycling compared to their intercalation equivalents. Here the authors reveal the microscopic origin of the fading behavior, showing that the formation and augmentation of passivation layers are responsible.
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