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Cao Y, Luo B, Javaid A, Jung HJ, Ma T, Lim C, Emre A, Wang X, Kotov NA. Complex Materials with Stochastic Structural Patterns: Spiky Colloids with Enhanced Charge Storage Capacity. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305085. [PMID: 38036421 PMCID: PMC10811480 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Self-assembled materials with complex nanoscale and mesoscale architecture attract considerable attention in energy and sustainability technologies. Their high performance can be attributed to high surface area, quantum effects, and hierarchical organization. Delineation of these contributions is, however, difficult because complex materials display stochastic structural patterns combining both order and disorder, which is difficult to be consistently reproduced yet being important for materials' functionality. Their compositional variability make systematic studies even harder. Here, a model system of FeSe2 "hedgehog" particles (HPs) was selected to gain insight into the mechanisms of charge storage n complex nanostructured materials common for batteries and supercapacitors. Specifically, HPs represent self-assembled biomimetic nanomaterials with a medium level of complexity; they display an organizational pattern of spiky colloids with considerable disorder yet non-random; this patternt is consistently reproduced from particle to particle. . It was found that HPs can accommodate ≈70× greater charge density than spheroidal nano- and microparticles. Besides expanded surface area, the enhanced charge storage capacity was enabled by improved hole transport and reversible atomic conformations of FeSe2 layers in the blade-like spikes associated with the rotatory motion of the Se atoms around Fe center. The dispersibility of HPs also enables their easy integration into energy storage devices. HPs quadruple stored electrochemical energy and double the storage modulus of structural supercapacitors.
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- Yuan Cao
- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- College of ScienceChina Agriculture UniversityBeijing100083China
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Department of Polymer EngineeringUniversity of Engineering and TechnologyG. T. RoadLahore54890Pakistan
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS)University of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Michigan Center for Materials CharacterizationUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS)University of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS)University of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Biointerface InstituteUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS)University of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Department of Macromolecular Science and EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI48109USA
- Department of AeronauticsFaculty of EngineeringImperial College LondonSouth Kensington CampusLondonSW7 2AZUK
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Hong Y, Dong H, Li J, Hu Q, Tang Z, Ouyang J, Wang X, Xiang D. Enhanced lithium storage performance of porous Si/C composite anodes using a recrystallized NaCl template. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:2815-2823. [PMID: 33533353 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03911j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Silicon (Si) has recently aroused great interest as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries with high energy density due to its high theoretical capacity. However, the application of Si remains a great challenge owing to its extremely large volume change during cycling, thus resulting in dramatic capacity fading. Herein, a novel structure design of the porous Si/C composite with Si nanoparticles embedded in the carbon nanosheets has been successfully achieved by using a recrystallized NaCl template with appropriate particle size. The outermost sheet-like carbon coating can improve the electronic conductivity and contribute to the formation of a more stable solid-electrolyte interphase layer, while the inner void space effectively buffers the volume expansion of Si during the lithiation process. In addition, only a structure with Si particles anchored on the surface of carbon nanosheets has been obtained by using a commercial NaCl template with large particle size, confirming the effective regulation of the NaCl template in the microstructure and thus the electrochemical properties of the Si/C composites. As expected, benefiting from the combination of the outermost carbon coating and recrystallized NaCl-derived porous structure, the as-obtained Si/C composite demonstrates attractive cycling stability and rate performance as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries.
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- Ye Hong
- Industrial Training Center, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China.
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- GAC Automotive Research & Development Center, Guangzhou 511434, China
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- GAC Automotive Research & Development Center, Guangzhou 511434, China
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- GAC Automotive Research & Development Center, Guangzhou 511434, China and Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Industrial Training Center, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China.
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- Industrial Training Center, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China.
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- Industrial Training Center, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China.
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Yang W, Ying H, Zhang S, Guo R, Wang J, Han WQ. Electrochemical performance enhancement of porous Si lithium-ion battery anode by integrating with optimized carbonaceous materials. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.135687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Park JS, Kim JK, Hong JH, Cho JS, Park SK, Kang YC. Advances in the synthesis and design of nanostructured materials by aerosol spray processes for efficient energy storage. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:19012-19057. [PMID: 31410433 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05575d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing demand for energy storage has motivated the search for highly efficient electrode materials for use in rechargeable batteries with enhanced energy density and longer cycle life. One of the most promising strategies for achieving improved battery performance is altering the architecture of nanostructured materials employed as electrode materials in the energy storage field. Among numerous synthetic methods suggested for the fabrication of nanostructured materials, aerosol spray techniques such as spray pyrolysis, spray drying, and flame spray pyrolysis are reliable, as they are facile, cost-effective, and continuous processes that enable the synthesis of nanostructured electrode materials with desired morphologies and compositions with controlled stoichiometry. The post-treatment of spray-processed powders enables the fabrication of oxide, sulfide, and selenide nanostructures hybridized with carbonaceous materials including amorphous carbon, reduced graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes, etc. In this article, recent progress in the synthesis of nanostructured electrode materials by spray processes and their general formation mechanisms are discussed in detail. A brief introduction to the working principles of each spray process is given first, and synthetic strategies for the design of electrode materials for lithium-ion, sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, lithium-selenium, and lithium-oxygen batteries are discussed along with some examples. This analysis sheds light on the synthesis of nanostructured materials by spray processes and paves the way toward the design of other novel and advanced nanostructured materials for high performance electrodes in rechargeable batteries of the future.
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- Jin-Sung Park
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Engineering Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Seowon-gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, Budae-dong 275, Cheonan, Chungnam 314-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea.
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Zhang H, Zong P, Chen M, Jin H, Bai Y, Li S, Ma F, Xu H, Lian K. In Situ Synthesis of Multilayer Carbon Matrix Decorated with Copper Particles: Enhancing the Performance of Si as Anode for Li-Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2019; 13:3054-3062. [PMID: 30835433 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A 3D structured composite was designed to improve the conductivity and to ease the volume problems of Si anode during cycling for lithium-ions batteries. An in situ method via a controllable gelation process was explored to fabricate the 3D composite of a multilayer carbon matrix toughened by cross-linked carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and decorated with conductive Cu agents. Structurally, a bifunctional carbon shell was formed on the surface of Si to improve the conductivity but alleviate side reactions. Cu particles as conducting agents decorated in the carbon matrix are also used to further improve the conductivity. The volume issue of Si particles can be effectively released via toughening the carbon matrix through the multilayered structure and cross-linked CNTs. Moreover, the carbon matrix might prevent silicon particles from agglomeration. Consequently, the Si@C@Cu composite is expected to exhibit benign electrochemical performances with a commendable capacity of 1500 mAh g-1 (900 cycles, 1 A g-1) and a high rate performance (1035 mAh g-1, 4 A g-1). The DLi+ ranging from 10-11 to 10-9 cm-2 s-1 of the Si@C@Cu anode is obtained via the GITT test, which is higher than most reported data.
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- Hui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049 , People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Suzhou Academy , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
- School of Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou) , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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- Suzhou GuanJie Nano Antibacterial Coating Technology Co., Ltd. , Suzhou 215123 , People's Republic of China
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Guan P, Li J, Lu T, Guan T, Ma Z, Peng Z, Zhu X, Zhang L. Facile and Scalable Approach To Fabricate Granadilla-like Porous-Structured Silicon-Based Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:34283-34290. [PMID: 30209939 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A porous silicon and carbon composite (PSi/C) with granadilla-like structure as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries has been easily fabricated by spray drying and subsequent pyrolysis treatments. For the PSi/C, yolk-shell-structured Si/C nanobeads are equably distributed inside the porous carbon framework. The key point of this work is the combination of the advantages of both the yolk-shell structure and porous structure in one system. The void space inside the yolk-shell Si/C nanobeads and the interconnected three-dimensional porous carbon frameworks can effectively enhance the cyclic stability and conductivity of this composite. As expected, PSi/C with 15.4% silicon content exhibited a specific capacity as high as 1357.43 mAh g-1 and retained 933.62 mAh g-1 beyond 100 cycles at 100 mA g-1. Moreover, it showed a reversible specific capacity as high as 610.38 mAh g-1 at 1000 mA g-1, even after 3000 cycles.
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- Peng Guan
- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemical Experimental Teaching Center, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, The Microcomposite Materials Key Lab of Shandong Province , Qingdao University , No. 308, Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , P. R. China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy , Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus , Gold Coast , Queensland 4222 , Australia
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Vertruyen B, Eshraghi N, Piffet C, Bodart J, Mahmoud A, Boschini F. Spray-Drying of Electrode Materials for Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Batteries. MATERIALS 2018; 11:ma11071076. [PMID: 29941820 PMCID: PMC6073579 DOI: 10.3390/ma11071076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The performance of electrode materials in lithium-ion (Li-ion), sodium-ion (Na-ion) and related batteries depends not only on their chemical composition but also on their microstructure. The choice of a synthesis method is therefore of paramount importance. Amongst the wide variety of synthesis or shaping routes reported for an ever-increasing panel of compositions, spray-drying stands out as a versatile tool offering demonstrated potential for up-scaling to industrial quantities. In this review, we provide an overview of the rapidly increasing literature including both spray-drying of solutions and spray-drying of suspensions. We focus, in particular, on the chemical aspects of the formulation of the solution/suspension to be spray-dried. We also consider the post-processing of the spray-dried precursors and the resulting morphologies of granules. The review references more than 300 publications in tables where entries are listed based on final compound composition, starting materials, sources of carbon etc.
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- Benedicte Vertruyen
- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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- GREENMAT, CESAM Research Unit, University of Liege, Chemistry Institute B6, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 13, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.
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