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Nguyen TK, Aberoumand S, Dao DV. Advances in Si and SiC Materials for High-Performance Supercapacitors toward Integrated Energy Storage Systems. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2101775. [PMID: 34309181 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202101775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Silicon (Si), as the second most abundant element on Earth, has been a central platform of modern electronics owing to its low mass density and unique semiconductor properties. From an energy perspective, all-in-one integration of power supply systems onto Si-based functional devices is highly desirable, which inspires significant study on Si-based energy storage. Compared to the well-known Si-anode Li-ion batteries, Si-based supercapacitors possess high power density, long life, and simple working mechanisms, which enables their ease of integration onto a wide range of devices and applications. Besides Si, silicon carbide (SiC), as a physicochemically stable wide-bandgap semiconductor, also attracts research attention as an energy storage material in harsh environments. In this review, a detailed overview of latest advances in materials design, synthesis methods, and performances of Si-based and SiC-based supercapacitors will be provided. Some successful integrated devices, future perspectives, and potential research directions are also highlighted and discussed.
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- Tuan Kien Nguyen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
- Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 349253, Singapore
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4215, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4215, Australia
- Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Center (QMNC), Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia
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Wehner L, Mittal N, Liu T, Niederberger M. Multifunctional Batteries: Flexible, Transient, and Transparent. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:231-244. [PMID: 33655063 PMCID: PMC7908028 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The primary task of a battery is to store energy and to power electronic devices. This has hardly changed over the years despite all the progress made in improving their electrochemical performance. In comparison to batteries, electronic devices are continuously equipped with new functions, and they also change their physical appearance, becoming flexible, rollable, stretchable, or maybe transparent or even transient or degradable. Mechanical flexibility makes them attractive for wearable electronics or for electronic paper; transparency is desired for transparent screens or smart windows, and degradability or transient properties have the potential to reduce electronic waste. For fully integrated and self-sufficient systems, these devices have to be powered by batteries with similar physical characteristics. To make the currently used rigid and heavy batteries flexible, transparent, and degradable, the whole battery architecture including active materials, current collectors, electrolyte/separator, and packaging has to be redesigned. This requires a fundamental paradigm change in battery research, moving away from exclusively addressing the electrochemical aspects toward an interdisciplinary approach involving chemists, materials scientists, and engineers. This Outlook provides an overview of the different activities in the field of flexible, transient, and transparent batteries with a focus on the challenges that have to be faced toward the development of such multifunctional energy storage devices.
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La Mattina AA, Mariani S, Barillaro G. Bioresorbable Materials on the Rise: From Electronic Components and Physical Sensors to In Vivo Monitoring Systems. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1902872. [PMID: 32099766 PMCID: PMC7029671 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201902872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Over the last decade, scientists have dreamed about the development of a bioresorbable technology that exploits a new class of electrical, optical, and sensing components able to operate in physiological conditions for a prescribed time and then disappear, being made of materials that fully dissolve in vivo with biologically benign byproducts upon external stimulation. The final goal is to engineer these components into transient implantable systems that directly interact with organs, tissues, and biofluids in real-time, retrieve clinical parameters, and provide therapeutic actions tailored to the disease and patient clinical evolution, and then biodegrade without the need for device-retrieving surgery that may cause tissue lesion or infection. Here, the major results achieved in bioresorbable technology are critically reviewed, with a bottom-up approach that starts from a rational analysis of dissolution chemistry and kinetics, and biocompatibility of bioresorbable materials, then moves to in vivo performance and stability of electrical and optical bioresorbable components, and eventually focuses on the integration of such components into bioresorbable systems for clinically relevant applications. Finally, the technology readiness levels (TRLs) achieved for the different bioresorbable devices and systems are assessed, hence the open challenges are analyzed and future directions for advancing the technology are envisaged.
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- Antonino A. La Mattina
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'InformazioneUniversità di PisaVia G. Caruso 1656122PisaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'InformazioneUniversità di PisaVia G. Caruso 1656122PisaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'InformazioneUniversità di PisaVia G. Caruso 1656122PisaItaly
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Jubgang Fandio DJ, Sauze S, Boucherif A, Arès R, Morris D. Structural, optical and terahertz properties of graphene-mesoporous silicon nanocomposites. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:340-346. [PMID: 36133992 PMCID: PMC9418058 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00502a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We investigate the structural, optical and terahertz properties of graphene-mesoporous silicon nanocomposites using Raman, terahertz time-domain and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The nanocomposites consist of a free-standing mesoporous silicon membrane with its external and pore surfaces coated with few-layer graphene. Results show a stabilization of the porous silicon morphology by the graphene coating. The terahertz refractive index and absorption coefficient were found to increase with graphene deposition temperature. Four bands in the 1.79-2.2 eV range emerge from the PL spectra of the nanocomposites. The broad bands centered at 1.79 eV and 1.96 eV were demonstrated to originate from Si nanocrystallites of different sizes. The narrower bands at 2.11 eV and 2.14 eV could be related to a thin SiC film at the Si/C interface.
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- Défi Junior Jubgang Fandio
- Département de Physique, Regroupement Québecois sur les Matériaux de Pointe, Université de Sherbrooke 2500 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke Québec Canada J1K 2R1
- Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes, (LN2)-CNRS UMI-3463, Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 0A5
- Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke J1K OA5 Québec Canada
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- Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes, (LN2)-CNRS UMI-3463, Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 0A5
- Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke J1K OA5 Québec Canada
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- Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes, (LN2)-CNRS UMI-3463, Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 0A5
- Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke J1K OA5 Québec Canada
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- Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes, (LN2)-CNRS UMI-3463, Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 0A5
- Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke J1K OA5 Québec Canada
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- Département de Physique, Regroupement Québecois sur les Matériaux de Pointe, Université de Sherbrooke 2500 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke Québec Canada J1K 2R1
- Laboratoire Nanotechnologies Nanosystèmes, (LN2)-CNRS UMI-3463, Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 0A5
- Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Innovation Technologique (3IT), Université de Sherbrooke 3000 Boulevard Université Sherbrooke J1K OA5 Québec Canada
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Lian R, Feng J, Chen X, Wang D, Kan D, Chen G, Wei Y. Q-Carbon: A New Carbon Allotrope with a Low Degree of s-p Orbital Hybridization and Its Nucleation Lithiation Process in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:619-626. [PMID: 31829546 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b17010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel metallic carbon allotrope, Q-carbon, was discovered using first-principles calculations. The named Q-carbon possessed a three-dimensional (3D) cage structure formed by carbon atoms with three ligands. The energy distribution of electrons in different orbitals revealed that Q-carbon has a low degree of s-p orbital hybridization. The calculated Li+ binding energies suggested Li+ aggregation inside Q-carbon during lithiation. As a result, a Li8C32 phase was formed and gradually expanded in Q-carbon, implying a typical two-phase transition. This allowed Q-carbon to have a constant theoretical voltage of 0.40 V, which effectively inhibited Li dendrite formation. A stable Li8C32/C32 two-phase interface was confirmed by stress-strain analysis, and a calculated Li+ diffusion barrier of ∼0.50 eV ensured effective Li+ diffusion along a 3D pathway. This study was of great significance for the understanding of two-phase transition of Li+ storage materials and provided a new insight into the design of new carbon materials for energy storage applications.
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- Ruqian Lian
- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310027 , China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy , Uppsala University , Uppsala 75120 , Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , China
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Potassium ion storage properties of Alpha-graphdiyne investigated by first-principles calculations. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chatterjee S, Saxena M, Padmanabhan D, Jayachandra M, Pandya HJ. Futuristic medical implants using bioresorbable materials and devices. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 142:111489. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Yu X, Shou W, Mahajan BK, Huang X, Pan H. Materials, Processes, and Facile Manufacturing for Bioresorbable Electronics: A Review. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1707624. [PMID: 29736971 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201707624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Bioresorbable electronics refer to a new class of advanced electronics that can completely dissolve or disintegrate with environmentally and biologically benign byproducts in water and biofluids. They have provided a solution to the growing electronic waste problem with applications in temporary usage of electronics such as implantable devices and environmental sensors. Bioresorbable materials such as biodegradable polymers, dissolvable conductors, semiconductors, and dielectrics are extensively studied, enabling massive progress of bioresorbable electronic devices. Processing and patterning of these materials are predominantly relying on vacuum-based fabrication methods so far. However, for the purpose of commercialization, nonvacuum, low-cost, and facile manufacturing/printing approaches are the need of the hour. Bioresorbable electronic materials are generally more chemically reactive than conventional electronic materials, which require particular attention in developing the low-cost manufacturing processes in ambient environment. This review focuses on material reactivity, ink availability, printability, and process compatibility for facile manufacturing of bioresorbable electronics.
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- Xiaowei Yu
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjing, 300072, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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Zhang X, Bellan LM. Composites Formed from Thermoresponsive Polymers and Conductive Nanowires for Transient Electronic Systems. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:21991-21997. [PMID: 28585799 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b04748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The disintegration of transient electronic systems after a preprogrammed time or a particular stimulus (e.g., water, light, or temperature) is fundamentally linked to the properties and behavior of the materials used for their construction. Herein, we demonstrate that polymers exhibiting lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior can work as thermoresponsive substrates for circuitry and that these materials can be coupled with conductive nanowires to form a transient electronics platform with unique, irreversible temperature-responsive behavior. The transient systems formed from composites of LCST polymers and conductive nanowires exhibit stable electrical performance in solution (Tsolution > LCST) for over 24 h until a cooling stimulus triggers a rapid (within 5 min) and gigantic (3-4 orders of magnitude) transition in electrical conductance due to polymer dissolution. Using a parylene mask, we are able to fabricate thermoresponsive electrical components, such as conductive traces and parallel-plate capacitors, demonstrating the versatility of this material and patterning technique. With this unique stimulus-responsive transient system and polymers with LCSTs above room temperature (e.g., poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), methyl cellulose), we have developed a platform in which a circuit requires a source of heat to remain viable and is destroyed and vanishes once this heat source is lost.
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- Xin Zhang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and ‡Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and ‡Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Shou W, Mahajan BK, Ludwig B, Yu X, Staggs J, Huang X, Pan H. Low-Cost Manufacturing of Bioresorbable Conductors by Evaporation-Condensation-Mediated Laser Printing and Sintering of Zn Nanoparticles. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1700172. [PMID: 28436054 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Currently, bioresorbable electronic devices are predominantly fabricated by complex and expensive vacuum-based integrated circuit (IC) processes. Here, a low-cost manufacturing approach for bioresorbable conductors on bioresorbable polymer substrates by evaporation-condensation-mediated laser printing and sintering of Zn nanoparticle is reported. Laser sintering of Zn nanoparticles has been technically difficult due to the surface oxide on nanoparticles. To circumvent the surface oxide, a novel approach is discovered to print and sinter Zn nanoparticle facilitated by evaporation-condensation in confined domains. The printing process can be performed on low-temperature substrates in ambient environment allowing easy integration on a roll-to-roll platform for economical manufacturing of bioresorbable electronics. The fabricated Zn conductors show excellent electrical conductivity (≈1.124 × 106 S m-1 ), mechanical durability, and water dissolvability. Successful demonstration of strain gauges confirms the potential application in various environmentally friendly sensors and circuits.
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- Wan Shou
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65401, USA
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Muralidharan N, Brock CN, Cohn AP, Schauben D, Carter RE, Oakes L, Walker DG, Pint CL. Tunable Mechanochemistry of Lithium Battery Electrodes. ACS NANO 2017; 11:6243-6251. [PMID: 28575575 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The interplay between mechanical strains and battery electrochemistry, or the tunable mechanochemistry of batteries, remains an emerging research area with limited experimental progress. In this report, we demonstrate how elastic strains applied to vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), a widely studied cathode material for Li-ion batteries, can modulate the kinetics and energetics of lithium-ion intercalation. We utilize atomic layer deposition to coat V2O5 materials onto the surface of a shapememory superelastic NiTi alloy, which allows electrochemical assessment at a fixed and measurable level of elastic strain imposed on the V2O5, with strain state assessed through Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Our results indicate modulation of electrochemical intercalation potentials by ∼40 mV and an increase of the diffusion coefficient of lithium ions by up to 2.5-times with elastic prestrains of <2% imposed on the V2O5. These results are supported by density functional theory calculations and demonstrate how mechanics of nanomaterials can be used as a precise tool to strain engineer the electrochemical energy storage performance of battery materials.
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- Nitin Muralidharan
- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program and ‡Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Ma Y, Zhang C, Hou C, Zhang H, Zhang H, Zhang Q, Guo Z. Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) micellar templates directed synthesis of water-dispersible polyaniline rhombic plates with excellent processability and flow-induced color variation. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carter R, Oakes L, Muralidharan N, Cohn AP, Douglas A, Pint CL. Polysulfide Anchoring Mechanism Revealed by Atomic Layer Deposition of V 2O 5 and Sulfur-Filled Carbon Nanotubes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:7185-7192. [PMID: 28165213 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Despite the promise of surface engineering to address the challenge of polysulfide shuttling in sulfur-carbon composite cathodes, melt infiltration techniques limit mechanistic studies correlating engineered surfaces and polysulfide anchoring. Here, we present a controlled experimental demonstration of polysulfide anchoring using vapor phase isothermal processing to fill the interior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) after assembly into binder-free electrodes and atomic layer deposition (ALD) coating of polar V2O5 anchoring layers on the CNT surfaces. The ultrathin submonolayer V2O5 coating on the CNT exterior surface balances the adverse effect of polysulfide shuttling with the necessity for high sulfur utilization due to binding sites near the conductive CNT surface. The sulfur loaded into the CNT interior provides a spatially separated control volume enabling high sulfur loading with direct sulfur-CNT electrical contact for efficient sulfur conversion. By controlling ALD coating thickness, high initial discharge capacity of 1209 mAh/gS at 0.1 C and exceptional cycling at 0.2 C with 87% capacity retention after 100 cycles and 73% at 450 cycles is achieved and correlated to an optimal V2O5 anchoring layer thickness. This provides experimental evidence that surface engineering approaches can be effective to overcome polysulfide shuttling by controlled design of molecular-scale building blocks for efficient binder free lithium sulfur battery cathodes.
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- Rachel Carter
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Interdisciplinary Materials Science Program, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Asim S, Zhu Y, Rana M, Yin J, Shah MW, Li Y, Wang C. Nanostructured 3D-porous graphene hydrogel based Ti/Sb-SnO 2-Gr electrode with enhanced electrocatalytic activity. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 169:651-659. [PMID: 27912190 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.11.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Nanostructured highly porous 3D-Ti/Sb-SnO2-Gr electrode, based on 3D porous graphene hydrogel was fabricated via a fast-evaporation technique through layer by layer (LBL) deposition. The 3D pores are uniformly distributed on the high fidelity of substrate with pore sizes of 7-12 nm, as confirmed by SEM analysis. Compared to Ti/Sb-SnO2 electrode, the fabricated 3D porous electrode possesses high oxygen evolution potential (2.40 V), smaller charge transfer resistance (29.40 Ω cm-2), higher porosity (0.90), enhanced roughness factor (181), and larger voltammetric charge value (57.4 mC cm-2). Electrocatalytic oxidation of Rhodamine B (RhB) was employed to evaluate the efficiency of the fabricated 3D-Ti/Sb-SnO2-Gr anode. The results show that the electrochemical reaction follows pseudo first order kinetics with rate constant (k) value of 4.93 × 10-2 min-1, which is about 3.91 times higher compared to flat Ti/Sb-SnO2. The fabricated electrode demonstrates better stability and low specific energy consumption signifying its potential usage in electrocatalysis.
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- Sumreen Asim
- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China.
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Zhou F, Wu B, Dong HL, Xu QF, He JH, Li YY, Jiang J, Lu JM. The Application of a Small-Molecule-Based Ternary Memory Device in Transient Thermal-Probing Electronics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1604162. [PMID: 27882609 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A small-molecule-based ternary memory device is used in transient thermal-probing electronics. The PYAE-based memory device is featured with three electrical transition signals ("0," "1," and "2"), while the heated PYAE-based device is only characterized by two electrical transition signals ("1" and "2"). The organic layer of the used devices can be recovered and reused.
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Affiliation(s)
- Feng Zhou
- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation, Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Nano fabricated silicon nanorod array with titanium nitride coating for on-chip supercapacitors. Electrochem commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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