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Sun L, Yuwono JA, Zhang S, Chen B, Li G, Jin H, Johannessen B, Mao J, Zhang C, Zubair M, Bedford N, Guo Z. High Entropy Alloys Enable Durable and Efficient Lithium-Mediated CO 2 Redox Reactions. Adv Mater 2024:e2401288. [PMID: 38558119 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Designing electrocatalysts with high activity and durability for multistep reduction and oxidation reactions is challenging. High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are intriguing due to their tunable geometric and electronic structure through entropy effects. However, understanding the origin of their exceptional performance and identifying active centers is hindered by the diverse microenvironment in HEAs. Herein, NiFeCoCuRu HEAs designed with an average diameter of 2.17 nm, featuring different adsorption capacities for various reactants and intermediates in Li-mediated CO2 redox reactions, are introduced. The electronegativity-dependent nature of NiFeCoCuRu HEAs induces significant charge redistribution, shifting the d-band center closer to Fermi level and forming highly active clusters of Ru, Co, and Ni for Li-based compounds adsorptions. This lowers energy barriers and simultaneously stabilizes *LiCO2 and LiCO3+CO intermediates, enhancing the efficiency of both CO2 reduction and Li2CO3 decomposition over extended periods. This work provides insights into specific active site interactions with intermediates, highlighting the potential of HEAs as promising catalysts for intricate CO2 redox reactions.
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- Liang Sun
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, 3168, Australia
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
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Bo G, Li P, Fan Y, Zheng X, Zhao M, Zhu Q, Fu Y, Li Y, Pang WK, Lai WH, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Cowie B, Ma T, Wang C, Yeoh GH, Du Y, Dou SX, Xu X. 2D Ferromagnetic M 3 GeTe 2 (M = Ni/Fe) for Boosting Intermediates Adsorption toward Faster Water Oxidation. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024:e2310115. [PMID: 38491872 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202310115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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In this work, 2D ferromagnetic M3 GeTe2 (MGT, M = Ni/Fe) nanosheets with rich atomic Te vacancies (2D-MGTv ) are demonstrated as efficient OER electrocatalyst via a general mechanical exfoliation strategy. X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) and scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) results validate the dominant presence of metal-O moieties and rich Te vacancies, respectively. The formed Te vacancies are active for the adsorption of OH* and O* species while the metal-O moieties promote the O* and OOH* adsorption, contributing synergistically to the faster oxygen evolution kinetics. Consequently, 2D-Ni3 GeTe2v exhibits superior OER activity with only 370 mV overpotential to reach the current density of 100 mA cm-2 and turnover frequency (TOF) value of 101.6 s-1 at the overpotential of 200 mV in alkaline media. Furthermore, a 2D-Ni3 GeTe2v -based anion-exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis cell (1 cm2 ) delivers a current density of 1.02 and 1.32 A cm-2 at the voltage of 3 V feeding with 0.1 and 1 m KOH solution, respectively. The demonstrated metal-O coordination with abundant atomic vacancies for ferromagnetic M3 GeTe2 and the easily extended preparation strategy would enlighten the rational design and fabrication of other ferromagnetic materials for wider electrocatalytic applications.
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- Guyue Bo
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Electron Microscopy Center, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Physics and BUAA-UOW Joint Research Centre, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai, 200093, P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Wu Z, Liang G, Kong Pang W, Zou J, Zhang W, Chen L, Ji X, Didier C, Peterson VK, Segre CU, Johannessen B, Guo Z. Structural Distortion in the Wadsley-Roth Niobium Molybdenum Oxide Phase Triggering Extraordinarily Stable Battery Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317941. [PMID: 38197798 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Wadsley-Roth niobium oxide phases have attracted extensive research interest recently as promising battery anodes. We have synthesized the niobium-molybdenum oxide shear phase (Nb, Mo)13 O33 with superior electrochemical Li-ion storage performance, including an ultralong cycling lifespan of at least 15000 cycles. During electrochemical cycling, a reversible single-phase solid-solution reaction with lithiated intermediate solid solutions is demonstrated using in situ X-ray diffraction, with the valence and short-range structural changes of the electrode probed by in situ Nb and Mo K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. This work reveals that the superior stability of niobium molybdenum oxides is underpinned by changes in octahedral distortion during electrochemical reactions, and we report an in-depth understanding of how this stabilizes the oxide structure during cycling with implications for future long-life battery material design.
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- Zhibin Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Li H, Meng R, Ye C, Tadich A, Hua W, Gu Q, Johannessen B, Chen X, Davey K, Qiao SZ. Developing high-power Li||S batteries via transition metal/carbon nanocomposite electrocatalyst engineering. Nat Nanotechnol 2024:10.1038/s41565-024-01614-4. [PMID: 38366224 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01614-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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The activity of electrocatalysts for the sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) can be represented using volcano plots, which describe specific thermodynamic trends. However, a kinetic trend that describes the SRR at high current rates is not yet available, limiting our understanding of kinetics variations and hindering the development of high-power Li||S batteries. Here, using Le Chatelier's principle as a guideline, we establish an SRR kinetic trend that correlates polysulfide concentrations with kinetic currents. Synchrotron X-ray adsorption spectroscopy measurements and molecular orbital computations reveal the role of orbital occupancy in transition metal-based catalysts in determining polysulfide concentrations and thus SRR kinetic predictions. Using the kinetic trend, we design a nanocomposite electrocatalyst that comprises a carbon material and CoZn clusters. When the electrocatalyst is used in a sulfur-based positive electrode (5 mg cm-2 of S loading), the corresponding Li||S coin cell (with an electrolyte:S mass ratio of 4.8) can be cycled for 1,000 cycles at 8 C (that is, 13.4 A gS-1, based on the mass of sulfur) and 25 °C. This cell demonstrates a discharge capacity retention of about 75% (final discharge capacity of 500 mAh gS-1) corresponding to an initial specific power of 26,120 W kgS-1 and specific energy of 1,306 Wh kgS-1.
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- Huan Li
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Ruan J, Lei YJ, Fan Y, Borras MC, Luo Z, Yan Z, Johannessen B, Gu Q, Konstantinov K, Pang WK, Sun W, Wang JZ, Liu HK, Lai WH, Wang YX, Dou SX. Linearly Interlinked Fe-N x -Fe Single Atoms Catalyze High-Rate Sodium-Sulfur Batteries. Adv Mater 2024:e2312207. [PMID: 38329004 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Linearly interlinked single atoms offer unprecedented physiochemical properties, but their synthesis for practical applications still poses significant challenges. Herein, linearly interlinked iron single-atom catalysts that are loaded onto interconnected carbon channels as cathodic sulfur hosts for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries are presented. The interlinked iron single-atom exhibits unique metallic iron bonds that facilitate the transfer of electrons to the sulfur cathode, thereby accelerating the reaction kinetics. Additionally, the columnated and interlinked carbon channels ensure rapid Na+ diffusion kinetics to support high-rate battery reactions. By combining the iron atomic chains and the topological carbon channels, the resulting sulfur cathodes demonstrate effective high-rate conversion performance while maintaining excellent stability. Remarkably, even after 5000 cycles at a current density of 10 A g-1 , the Na-S battery retains a capacity of 325 mAh g-1 . This work can open a new avenue in the design of catalysts and carbon ionic channels, paving the way to achieve sustainable and high-performance energy devices.
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- Jiufeng Ruan
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Institute of Energy Material Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
- Institute of Energy Material Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Energy Material Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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Zhang Y, Johannessen B, Zhang P, Gong J, Ran J, Qiao SZ. Reversed Electron Transfer in Dual Single Atom Catalyst for Boosted Photoreduction of CO 2. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2306923. [PMID: 37607263 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Photogenerated charge localization on material surfaces significantly affects photocatalytic performance, especially for multi-electron CO2 reduction. Dual single atom (DSA) catalysts with flexibly designed reactive sites have received significant research attention for CO2 photoreduction. However, the charge transfer mechanism in DSA catalysts remains poorly understood. Here, for the first time, a reversed electron transfer mechanism on Au and Co DSA catalysts is reported. In situ characterizations confirm that for CdS nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with Co or Au single atoms, photogenerated electrons are localized around the single atom of Co or Au. In DSA catalysts, however, electrons are delocalized from Au and accumulate around Co atoms. Importantly, combined advanced spectroscopic findings and theoretical computation evidence that this reversed electron transfer in Au/Co DSA boosts charge redistribution and activation of CO2 molecules, leading to highly significantly increased photocatalytic CO2 reduction, for example, Au/Co DSA loaded CdS exhibits, respectively, ≈2800% and 700% greater yields for CO and CH4 compared with that for CdS alone. Reversed electron transfer in DSA can be used for practical design for charge redistribution and to boost photoreduction of CO2 . Findings will be of benefit to researchers and manufacturers in DSA-loaded catalysts for the generation of solar fuels.
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- Yanzhao Zhang
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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Su Y, Johannessen B, Zhang S, Chen Z, Gu Q, Li G, Yan H, Li JY, Hu HY, Zhu YF, Xu S, Liu H, Dou S, Xiao Y. Soft-Rigid Heterostructures with Functional Cation Vacancies for Fast-Charging and High-Capacity Sodium Storage. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2305149. [PMID: 37528535 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Optimizing charge transfer and alleviating volume expansion in electrode materials are critical to maximize electrochemical performance for energy-storage systems. Herein, an atomically thin soft-rigid Co9 S8 @MoS2 core-shell heterostructure with dual cation vacancies at the atomic interface is constructed as a promising anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. The dual cation vacancies involving VCo and VMo in the heterostructure and the soft MoS2 shell afford ionic pathways for rapid charge transfer, as well as the rigid Co9 S8 core acting as the dominant active component and resisting structural deformation during charge-discharge. Electrochemical testing and theoretical calculations demonstrate both excellent Na+ -transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive behavior. Consequently, the soft-rigid heterostructure delivers extraordinary sodium-storage performance (389.7 mA h g-1 after 500 cycles at 5.0 A g-1 ), superior to those of the single-phase counterparts: the assembled Na3 V2 (PO4 )3 ||d-Co9 S8 @MoS2 /S-Gr full cell achieves an energy density of 235.5 Wh kg-1 at 0.5 C. This finding opens up a unique strategy of soft-rigid heterostructure and broadens the horizons of material design in energy storage and conversion.
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- Yu Su
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical Engineering, Quzhou, 324000, China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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Pu Y, Moseley D, He Z, Pitike KC, Manley ME, Yan J, Cooper VR, Mitchell V, Peterson VK, Johannessen B, Hermann RP, Cao P. (Mg,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni)O: A rocksalt high-entropy oxide containing divalent Mn and Fe. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadi8809. [PMID: 37729401 PMCID: PMC10511202 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi8809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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High-entropy oxides (HEOs) have aroused growing interest due to fundamental questions relating to their structure formation, phase stability, and the interplay between configurational disorder and physical and chemical properties. Introducing Fe(II) and Mn(II) into a rocksalt HEO is considered challenging, as theoretical analysis suggests that they are unstable in this structure under ambient conditions. Here, we develop a bottom-up method for synthesizing Mn- and Fe-containing rocksalt HEO (FeO-HEO). We present a comprehensive investigation of its crystal structure and the random cation-site occupancy. We show the improved structural robustness of this FeO-HEO and verify the viability of an oxygen sublattice as a buffer layer. Compositional analysis reveals the valence and spin state of the iron species. We further report the antiferromagnetic order of this FeO-HEO below the transition temperature ~218 K and predict the conditions of phase stability of Mn- and Fe-containing HEOs. Our results provide fresh insights into the design and property tailoring of emerging classes of HEOs.
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- Yuguang Pu
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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Huang S, Wu Z, Johannessen B, Long K, Qing P, He P, Ji X, Wei W, Chen Y, Chen L. Interfacial friction enabling ≤ 20 μm thin free-standing lithium strips for lithium metal batteries. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5678. [PMID: 37709762 PMCID: PMC10502130 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41514-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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A practical high-specific-energy Li metal battery requires thin (≤20 μm) and free-standing Li metal anodes, but the low melting point and strong diffusion creep of lithium metal impede their scalable processing towards thin-thickness and free-standing architecture. In this paper, thin (5 to 50 μm) and free-standing lithium strips were achieved by mechanical rolling, which is determined by the in situ tribochemical reaction between lithium and zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP). A friction-induced organic/inorganic hybrid interface (~450 nm) was formed on Li with an ultra-high hardness (0.84 GPa) and Young's modulus (25.90 GPa), which not only enables the scalable process mechanics of thin lithium strips but also facilitates dendrite-free lithium metal anodes by inhibiting dendrite growth. The rolled lithium anode exhibits a prolonged cycle lifespan and high-rate cycle stability (in excess of more than 1700 cycles even at 18.0 mA cm-2 and 1.5 mA cm-2 at 25 °C). Meanwhile, the LiFePO4 (with single-sided load 10 mg/cm2) ||Li@ZDDP full cell can last over 350 cycles with a high-capacity retention of 82% after the formation cycles at 5 C (1 C = 170 mA/g) and 25 °C. This work provides a scalable approach concerning tribology design for producing practical thin free-standing lithium metal anodes.
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- Shaozhen Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Teusner M, Mittal U, Lessio M, Johannessen B, Mata J, Sharma N. Formulation and mechanism of copper tartrate - a novel anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:21436-21447. [PMID: 37538035 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02030d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
Batteries play an increasingly critical role in the functioning of contemporary society. To ensure future proofing of battery technology, new materials and methods that overcome the current shortcomings need to be developed. Here we report the use of the inexpensive and off the shelf metal-carboxylate, copper tartrate, as a high-capacity anode material for lithium-ion batteries, providing a specific capacity of 744 mA h g-1 when cycled at 50 mA g-1. Additionally, an unusual capacity gain with cycling is investigated using advanced techniques including X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and small and ultra-small angle neutron scattering (SANS and USANS), providing insight into the structure-performance relationship of the electrode. Subsequently, a novel method of in situ generation of the active material is demonstrated using the reaction between the parent acid, tartaric acid, and the copper current collector during electrode formulation. This serves to increase and stabilise the electrode performance, as well as to make use of a cheaper feedstock (tartaric acid), and reduce some of the "dead mass" of the copper current collector.
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- Matthew Teusner
- The University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052, Australia.
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- The University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052, Australia.
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- The University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052, Australia.
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Oranisation (ANSTO), New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- The University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052, Australia.
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Garibello CF, Simonov AN, Chang SLY, Johannessen B, Malherbe F, Eldridge DS, Hocking RK. Tuning Catalyst Selectivity for Ammonia vs Hydrogen: An Investigation into the Coprecipitation of Mo and Fe Sulfides. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37279492 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Iron sulfides are key materials in metalloprotein catalysis. One interesting aspect of iron sulfides in biology is the incorporation of secondary metals, for example, Mo, in nitrogenase. These secondary metals may provide vital clues as to how these enzymes first emerged in nature. In this work, we examined the materials resulting from the coprecipitation of molybdenum with iron sulfides using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The materials were tested as catalysts, and direct reductants using nitrite (NO2-) and protons (H+) as test substrates. It was found that Mo will coprecipitate with iron as sulfides, however, in distinct ways depending on the stoichiometric ratios of Mo, Fe, and HS-. It was observed that the selectivity of reduction products depends on the amount of molybdenum, with the presence of approximately at 10% Mo optimizing ammonium/ammonia (NH4+/NH3) production from NO2- and minimizing competitive hydrogen (H2) formation from protons (H+) with a secondary reductant.
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- C Felipe Garibello
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre and University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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Tran-Phu T, Chatti M, Leverett J, Nguyen TKA, Simondson D, Hoogeveen DA, Kiy A, Duong T, Johannessen B, Meilak J, Kluth P, Amal R, Simonov AN, Hocking RK, Daiyan R, Tricoli A. Understanding the Role of (W, Mo, Sb) Dopants in the Catalyst Evolution and Activity Enhancement of Co 3 O 4 during Water Electrolysis via In Situ Spectroelectrochemical Techniques. Small 2023:e2208074. [PMID: 36932896 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Unlocking the potential of the hydrogen economy is dependent on achieving green hydrogen (H2 ) production at competitive costs. Engineering highly active and durable catalysts for both oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions (OER and HER) from earth-abundant elements is key to decreasing costs of electrolysis, a carbon-free route for H2 production. Here, a scalable strategy to prepare doped cobalt oxide (Co3 O4 ) electrocatalysts with ultralow loading, disclosing the role of tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), and antimony (Sb) dopants in enhancing OER/HER activity in alkaline conditions, is reported. In situ Raman and X-ray absorption spectroscopies, and electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the dopants do not alter the reaction mechanisms but increase the bulk conductivity and density of redox active sites. As a result, the W-doped Co3 O4 electrode requires ≈390 and ≈560 mV overpotentials to reach ±10 and ±100 mA cm-2 for OER and HER, respectively, over long-term electrolysis. Furthermore, optimal Mo-doping leads to the highest OER and HER activities of 8524 and 634 A g-1 at overpotentials of 0.67 and 0.45 V, respectively. These novel insights provide directions for the effective engineering of Co3 O4 as a low-cost material for green hydrogen electrocatalysis at large scales.
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- Thanh Tran-Phu
- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Monash, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Monash, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Monash, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3166, Australia
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- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Monash, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3166, Australia
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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Yao D, Tang C, Zhi X, Johannessen B, Slattery A, Chern S, Qiao SZ. Inter-Metal Interaction with a Threshold Effect in NiCu Dual-Atom Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2209386. [PMID: 36433641 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Dual-atom catalysts (DACs) have become an emerging platform to provide more flexible active sites for electrocatalytic reactions with multi-electron/proton transfer, such as the CO2 reduction reaction (CRR). However, the introduction of asymmetric dual-atom sites causes complexity in structure, leaving an incomprehensive understanding of the inter-metal interaction and catalytic mechanism. Taking NiCu DACs as an example, herein, a more rational structural model is proposed, and the distance-dependent inter-metal interaction is investigated by combining theoretical simulations and experiments, including density functional theory computation, aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure, and Monte Carlo experiments. A distance threshold around 5.3 Å between adjacent NiN4 and CuN4 moieties is revealed to trigger effective electronic regulation and boost CRR performance on both selectivity and activity. A universal macro-descriptor rigorously correlating the inter-metal distance and intrinsic material features (e.g., metal loading and thickness) is established to guide the rational design and synthesis of advanced DACs. This study highlights the significance of identifying the inter-metal interaction in DACs, and helps bridge the gap between theoretical study and experimental synthesis of atomically dispersed catalysts with highly correlated active sites.
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- Dazhi Yao
- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Australia Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Wu B, Lyu Y, Chen W, Zheng J, Zhou H, De Marco R, Tsud N, Prince KC, Kalinovych V, Johannessen B, Jiang SP, Wang S. Compression Stress-Induced Internal Magnetic Field in Bulky TiO 2 Photoanodes for Enhancing Charge-Carrier Dynamics. JACS Au 2023; 3:592-602. [PMID: 36873698 PMCID: PMC9976338 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Enhancing charge-carrier dynamics is imperative to achieve efficient photoelectrodes for practical photoelectrochemical devices. However, a convincing explanation and answer for the important question which has thus far been absent relates to the precise mechanism of charge-carrier generation by solar light in photoelectrodes. Herein, to exclude the interference of complex multi-components and nanostructuring, we fabricate bulky TiO2 photoanodes through physical vapor deposition. Integrating photoelectrochemical measurements and in situ characterizations, the photoinduced holes and electrons are transiently stored and promptly transported around the oxygen-bridge bonds and 5-coordinated Ti atoms to form polarons on the boundaries of TiO2 grains, respectively. Most importantly, we also find that compressive stress-induced internal magnetic field can drastically enhance the charge-carrier dynamics for the TiO2 photoanode, including directional separation and transport of charge carriers and an increase of surface polarons. As a result, bulky TiO2 photoanode with high compressive stress displays a high charge-separation efficiency and an excellent charge-injection efficiency, leading to 2 orders of magnitude higher photocurrent than that produced by a classic TiO2 photoanode. This work not only provides a fundamental understanding of the charge-carrier dynamics of the photoelectrodes but also provides a new paradigm for designing efficient photoelectrodes and controlling the dynamics of charge carriers.
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- Binbin Wu
- State
Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, Hunan, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, Hunan, China
- School
of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal
University, Changsha410205, Hunan, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, Hunan, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, Hunan, China
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- Advanced
Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Pure Science, College of Engineering, Science
and Technology, Fiji National University, Samabula, P.O. Box 3722, Suva15676, Fiji
- School
of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland4072, Australia
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- Faculty of
Mathematics and Physics, Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Charles University, Holešovičkách 2, Prague18000, Czech Republic
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone
Trieste S.c.p.A., Basovizza, Trieste34149, Italy
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- Faculty of
Mathematics and Physics, Department of Surface and Plasma Science, Charles University, Holešovičkách 2, Prague18000, Czech Republic
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- WA
School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia6102, Australia
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, Hunan, China
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Zheng J, Lyu Y, Huang A, Johannessen B, Cao X, Jiang SP, Wang S. Deciphering the synergy between electron localization and alloying for photoelectrochemical nitrogen reduction to ammonia. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Fan Y, Olsson E, Liang G, Wang Z, D'Angelo AM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Cowie B, Li J, Zhang F, Zhao Y, Pang WK, Cai Q, Guo Z. Stabilizing Cobalt-free Li-rich Layered Oxide Cathodes through Oxygen Lattice Regulation by Two-phase Ru Doping. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202213806. [PMID: 36456529 PMCID: PMC10108050 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
Abstract
The application of Li-rich layered oxides is hindered by their dramatic capacity and voltage decay on cycling. This work comprehensively studies the mechanistic behaviour of cobalt-free Li1.2 Ni0.2 Mn0.6 O2 and demonstrates the positive impact of two-phase Ru doping. A mechanistic transition from the monoclinic to the hexagonal behaviour is found for the structural evolution of Li1.2 Ni0.2 Mn0.6 O2, and the improvement mechanism of Ru doping is understood using the combination of in operando and post-mortem synchrotron analyses. The two-phase Ru doping improves the structural reversibility in the first cycle and restrains structural degradation during cycling by stabilizing oxygen (O2- ) redox and reducing Mn reduction, thus enabling high structural stability, an extraordinarily stable voltage (decay rate <0.45 mV per cycle), and a high capacity-retention rate during long-term cycling. The understanding of the structure-function relationship of Li1.2 Ni0.2 Mn0.6 O2 sheds light on the selective doping strategy and rational materials design for better-performance Li-rich layered oxides.
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- Yameng Fan
- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.,Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography, Amsterdam, 1098 XG (The, Netherlands.,Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1098 XH (The, Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.,School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.,School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Yan M, Wei Z, Gong Z, Johannessen B, Ye G, He G, Liu J, Zhao S, Cui C, Fei H. Sb 2S 3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H 2O 2 electrosynthesis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:368. [PMID: 36690634 PMCID: PMC9871021 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36078-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Selective two-electron (2e-) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) offers great opportunities for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis and its widespread employment depends on identifying cost-effective catalysts with high activity and selectivity. Main-group metal and nitrogen coordinated carbons (M-N-Cs) are promising but remain largely underexplored due to the low metal-atom density and the lack of understanding in the structure-property correlation. Here, we report using a nanoarchitectured Sb2S3 template to synthesize high-density (10.32 wt%) antimony (Sb) single atoms on nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped carbon nanofibers (Sb-NSCF), which exhibits both high selectivity (97.2%) and mass activity (114.9 A g-1 at 0.65 V) toward the 2e- ORR in alkaline electrolyte. Further, when evaluated with a practical flow cell, Sb-NSCF shows a high production rate of 7.46 mol gcatalyst-1 h-1 with negligible loss in activity and selectivity in a 75-h continuous electrolysis. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the coordination configuration and the S dopants synergistically contribute to the enhanced 2e- ORR activity and selectivity of the Sb-N4 moieties.
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- Minmin Yan
- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.256609.e0000 0001 2254 5798Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 China
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.248753.f0000 0004 0562 0567Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Australia
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.256609.e0000 0001 2254 5798Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 China
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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- grid.67293.39State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China ,grid.67293.39Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 China
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John MW, Sier D, Ekanayake RSK, Schalken MJ, Tran CQ, Johannessen B, de Jonge MD, Kappen P, Chantler CT. High-accuracy transmission and fluorescence XAFS of zinc at 10 K, 50 K, 100 K and 150 K using the hybrid technique. J Synchrotron Radiat 2023; 30:147-168. [PMID: 36601934 PMCID: PMC9814049 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522010293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The most accurate measurements of the mass attenuation coefficient for metals at low temperature for the zinc K-edge from 9.5 keV to 11.5 keV at temperatures of 10 K, 50 K, 100 K and 150 K using the hybrid technique are reported. This is the first time transition metal X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) has been studied using the hybrid technique and at low temperatures. This is also the first hybrid-like experiment at the Australian Synchrotron. The measured transmission and fluorescence XAFS spectra are compared and benchmarked against each other with detailed systematic analyses. A recent method for modelling self-absorption in fluorescence has been adapted and applied to a solid sample. The XAFS spectra are analysed using eFEFFIT to provide a robust measurement of the evolution of nanostructure, including such properties as net thermal expansion and mean-square relative displacement. This work investigates crystal dynamics, nanostructural evolution and the results of using the Debye and Einstein models to determine atomic positions. Accuracies achieved, when compared with the literature, exceed those achieved by both relative and differential XAFS, and represent a state-of-the-art for future structural investigations. Bond length uncertainties are of the order of 20-40 fm.
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- Marcus W. John
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, Clayton, Australia
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Li H, Meng R, Guo Y, Ye C, Kong D, Johannessen B, Jaroniec M, Qiao SZ. Unraveling the Catalyst-Solvent Interactions in Lean-Electrolyte Sulfur Reduction Electrocatalysis for Li-S Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202213863. [PMID: 36289045 PMCID: PMC10099598 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Efficient catalyst design is important for lean-electrolyte sulfur reduction in Li-S batteries. However, most of the reported catalysts were focused on catalyst-polysulfide interactions, and generally exhibit high activity only with a large excess of electrolyte. Herein, we proposed a general rule to boost lean-electrolyte sulfur reduction by controlling the catalyst-solvent interactions. As evidenced by synchrotron-based analysis, in situ spectroscopy and theoretical computations, strong catalyst-solvent interaction greatly enhances the lean-electrolyte catalytic activity and battery stability. Benefitting from the strong interaction between solvent and cobalt catalyst, the Li-S battery achieves stable cycling with only 0.22 % capacity decay per cycle with a low electrolyte/sulfur mass ratio of 4.2. The lean-electrolyte battery delivers 79 % capacity retention compared with the battery with flooded electrolyte, which is the highest among the reported lean-electrolyte Li-S batteries.
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- Huan Li
- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Rd., Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Tian Y, Li M, Wu Z, Sun Q, Yuan D, Johannessen B, Xu L, Wang Y, Dou Y, Zhao H, Zhang S. Edge-hosted Atomic Co-N 4 Sites on Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Highly Selective Two-electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202213296. [PMID: 36280592 PMCID: PMC10098864 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Not only high efficiency but also high selectivity of the electrocatalysts is crucial for high-performance, low-cost, and sustainable energy storage applications. Herein, we systematically investigate the edge effect of carbon-supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathways (two-electron (2 e- ) or four-electron (4 e- )) and conclude that the 2 e- -ORR proceeding over the edge-hosted atomic Co-N4 sites is more favorable than the basal-plane-hosted ones. As such, we have successfully synthesized and tuned Co-SACs with different edge-to-bulk ratios. The as-prepared edge-rich Co-N/HPC catalyst exhibits excellent 2 e- -ORR performance with a remarkable selectivity of ≈95 % in a wide potential range. Furthermore, we also find that oxygen functional groups could saturate the graphitic carbon edges under the ORR operation and further promote electrocatalytic performance. These findings on the structure-property relationship in SACs offer a promising direction for large-scale and low-cost electrochemical H2 O2 production via the 2 e- -ORR.
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- Yuhui Tian
- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia.,Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Australia Synchrotron, Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.,Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, Jinan, 250103, China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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Fan Y, Olsson E, Liang G, Wang Z, D'Angelo AM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Cowie B, Li J, Zhang F, Zhao Y, Pang WK, Cai Q, Guo Z. Stabilizing Cobalt‐free Li‐rich Layered Oxide Cathodes through Oxygen Lattice Regulation by Two‐phase Ru Doping. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202213806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Yameng Fan
- University of Wollongong The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials AUSTRALIA
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- University of Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam Institute of Theoretical Physics NETHERLANDS
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- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials AUSTRALIA
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- ANSTO: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Synchrotron AUSTRALIA
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- ANSTO: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Synchrotron AUSTRALIA
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- ANSTO: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Synchrotron AUSTRALIA
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- ANSTO: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Synchrotron AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials AUSTRALIA
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- University of Wollongong The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials AUSTRALIA
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- University of Surrey Advanced Technology Institute UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Wollongong The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials AUSTRALIA
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- University of Surrey Department of Chemical and Process Engineering UNITED KINGDOM
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- The University of Adelaide - North Terrace Campus: The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering North Terrace 5005 Adelaide AUSTRALIA
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Hamonnet J, Bennington MS, Johannessen B, Hamilton J, Brooksby PA, Brooker S, Golovko V, Marshall AT. Influence of Carbon Support on the Pyrolysis of Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Johan Hamonnet
- Department of Chemical Engineering and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch8041, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Otago, Dunedin9054, New Zealand
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch8041, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Otago, Dunedin9054, New Zealand
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch8041, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch8041, New Zealand
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Liang J, Johannessen B, Wu Z, Webster RF, Yong J, Zulkifli MYB, Harbort JS, Cheok YR, Wen H, Ao Z, Kong B, Chang SLY, Scott J, Liang K. Regulating the Coordination Environment of Mesopore-Confined Single Atoms from Metalloprotein-MOFs for Highly Efficient Biocatalysis. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2205674. [PMID: 36073657 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202205674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit unparalleled atomic utilization and catalytic efficiency, yet it is challenging to modulate SACs with highly dispersed single-atoms, mesopores, and well-regulated coordination environment simultaneously and ultimately maximize their catalytic efficiency. Here, a generalized strategy to construct highly active ferric-centered SACs (Fe-SACs) is developed successfully via a biomineralization strategy that enables the homogeneous encapsulation of metalloproteins within metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) followed by pyrolysis. The results demonstrate that the constructed metalloprotein-MOF-templated Fe-SACs achieve up to 23-fold and 47-fold higher activity compared to those using metal ions as the single-atom source and those with large mesopores induced by Zn evaporation, respectively, as well as up to a 25-fold and 1900-fold higher catalytic efficiency compared to natural enzymes and natural-enzyme-immobilized MOFs. Furthermore, this strategy can be generalized to a variety of metal-containing metalloproteins and enzymes. The enhanced catalytic activity of Fe-SACs benefits from the highly dispersed atoms, mesopores, as well as the regulated coordination environment of single-atom active sites induced by metalloproteins. Furthermore, the developed Fe-SACs act as an excellent and effective therapeutic platform for suppressing tumor cell growth. This work advances the development of highly efficient SACs using metalloproteins-MOFs as a template with diverse biotechnological applications.
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- Jieying Liang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Advanced Interdisciplinary Institute of Environment and Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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Li H, Rongwei M, guo Y, ye C, Kong D, Johannessen B, Jaroniec M, Qiao S. Unraveling the Catalyst‐Solvent Interactions in Lean‐Electrolyte Sulfur Reduction Electrocatalysis for Li−S Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202213863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Huan Li
- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials AUSTRALIA
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- Tianjin University School of Chemical Engineering and Technology CHINA
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- Tianjin University School of Chemical Engineering and Technology CHINA
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- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials AUSTRALIA
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- China University of Petroleum Beijing College of New Energy CHINA
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- ANSTO: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Synchrotron AUSTRALIA
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- Kent State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute UNITED STATES
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- The University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering Engineering North, The University of Adelaide 5005 Adelaide AUSTRALIA
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Tian Y, Li M, Wu Z, Sun Q, Yuan D, Johannessen B, Xu L, Wang Y, Dou Y, Zhao H, Zhang S. Edge‐hosted Atomic Co−N4 Sites on Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Highly Selective Two‐electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202213296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yuhui Tian
- Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- Griffith University - GC Campus: Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- The University of Queensland Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis AUSTRALIA
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- Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- The Australian Synchrotron Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization AUSTRALIA
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- Jiangsu University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Institute for Energy Research CHINA
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- Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Institute of Energy Materials Science CHINA
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- Griffith University - GC Campus: Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus School of Environment and Science AUSTRALIA
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- Griffith University Griffith School of Environment Parklands Drive 4222 Gold Coast AUSTRALIA
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Simondson D, Chatti M, Gardiner JL, Kerr BV, Hoogeveen DA, Cherepanov PV, Kuschnerus IC, Nguyen TD, Johannessen B, Chang SLY, MacFarlane DR, Hocking RK, Simonov AN. Mixed Silver–Bismuth Oxides: A Robust Oxygen Evolution Catalyst Operating at Low pH and Elevated Temperatures. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Darcy Simondson
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 3122, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 3122, Victoria, Australia
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Liang G, Olsson E, Zou J, Wu Z, Li J, Lu C, D'Angelo AM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Cowie B, Peterson VK, Cai Q, Pang WK, Guo Z. Introducing 4
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Orbital Hybridization to Stabilize Spinel Oxide Cathodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201969. [PMID: 35467801 PMCID: PMC9320803 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gemeng Liang
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Surrey Guildford GU2 7XH UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, VIC Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, VIC Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, VIC Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, VIC Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Sydney Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Surrey Guildford GU2 7XH UK
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia
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Du HL, Chatti M, Kerr B, Nguyen CK, Tran-Phu T, Hoogeveen DA, Cherepanov PV, Chesman ASR, Johannessen B, Tricoli A, Hocking RK, MacFarlane DR, Simonov AN. Durable electrooxidation of acidic water catalysed by a cobalt‐bismuth‐based oxide composite: an unexpected role of the F‐doped SnO2 substrate. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology AUSTRALIA
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- Australian National University Research School of Chemistry AUSTRALIA
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- Swinburne University of Technology - Hawthorn Campus: Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology AUSTRALIA
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- Monash University School of Chemistry and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Wellington Road 3800 Clayton AUSTRALIA
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Hao J, Yuan L, Johannessen B, Zhu Y, Jiao Y, Ye C, Xie F, Qiao SZ. Studying the Conversion Mechanism to Broaden Cathode Options in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25114-25121. [PMID: 34553459 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) are regarded as alternatives to Li-ion batteries benefiting from both improved safety and environmental impact. The widespread application of ZIBs, however, is compromised by the lack of high-performance cathodes. Currently, only the intercalation mechanism is widely reported in aqueous ZIBs, which significantly limits cathode options. Beyond Zn-ion intercalation, we comprehensively study the conversion mechanism for Zn2+ storage and its diffusion pathway in a CuI cathode, indicating that CuI occurs a direct conversion reaction without Zn2+ intercalation due to the high energy barrier for Zn2+ intercalation and migration. Importantly, this direct conversion reaction mechanism can be readily generalized to other high-capacity cathodes, such as Cu2 S (336.7 mA h g-1 ) and Cu2 O (374.5 mA h g-1 ), indicating its practical universality. Our work enriches the Zn-ion storage mechanism and significantly broadens the cathode horizons towards next-generation ZIBs.
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- Junnan Hao
- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Liang G, Peterson VK, Wu Z, Zhang S, Hao J, Lu CZ, Chuang CH, Lee JF, Liu J, Leniec G, Kaczmarek SM, D'Angelo AM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Pang WK, Guo Z. Crystallographic-Site-Specific Structural Engineering Enables Extraordinary Electrochemical Performance of High-Voltage LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 Spinel Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2101413. [PMID: 34480499 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The development of reliable and safe high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries is hindered by the structural instability of cathode materials during cycling, arising as a result of detrimental phase transformations occurring at high operating voltages alongside the loss of active materials induced by transition metal dissolution. Originating from the fundamental structure/function relation of battery materials, the authors purposefully perform crystallographic-site-specific structural engineering on electrode material structure, using the high-voltage LiNi0.5 Mn1.5 O4 (LNMO) cathode as a representative, which directly addresses the root source of structural instability of the Fd 3 ¯ m structure. By employing Sb as a dopant to modify the specific issue-involved 16c and 16d sites simultaneously, the authors successfully transform the detrimental two-phase reaction occurring at high-voltage into a preferential solid-solution reaction and significantly suppress the loss of Mn from the LNMO structure. The modified LNMO material delivers an impressive 99% of its theoretical specific capacity at 1 C, and maintains 87.6% and 72.4% of initial capacity after 1500 and 3000 cycles, respectively. The issue-tracing site-specific structural tailoring demonstrated for this material will facilitate the rapid development of high-energy-density materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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- Gemeng Liang
- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, New South Wales, 2234, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Department of Nanomaterials for Energy Storage, Material & Chemical Research Laboratory, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, 310401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, USA
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- Department of Technical Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Al. Piastów 48, Szczecin, 70-311, Poland
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- Department of Technical Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Al. Piastów 48, Szczecin, 70-311, Poland
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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Hao J, Yuan L, Johannessen B, Zhu Y, Jiao Y, Ye C, Xie F, Qiao S. Studying the Conversion Mechanism to Broaden Cathode Options in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Junnan Hao
- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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Ekanayake RSK, Chantler CT, Sier D, Schalken MJ, Illig AJ, de Jonge MD, Johannessen B, Kappen P, Tran CQ. High-accuracy measurement of mass attenuation coefficients and the imaginary component of the atomic form factor of zinc from 8.51 keV to 11.59 keV, and X-ray absorption fine structure with investigation of zinc theory and nanostructure. J Synchrotron Radiat 2021; 28:1492-1503. [PMID: 34475296 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521005981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-accuracy X-ray mass attenuation coefficients were measured from the first X-ray Extended Range Technique (XERT)-like experiment at the Australian Synchrotron. Experimentally measured mass attenuation coefficients deviate by ∼50% from the theoretical values near the zinc absorption edge, suggesting that improvements in theoretical tabulations of mass attenuation coefficients are required to bring them into better agreement with experiment. Using these values the imaginary component of the atomic form factor of zinc was determined for all the measured photon energies. The zinc K-edge jump ratio and jump factor are determined and results raise significant questions regarding the definitions of quantities used and best practice for background subtraction prior to X-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) analysis. The XAFS analysis shows excellent agreement between the measured and tabulated values and yields bond lengths and nanostructure of zinc with uncertainties of from 0.1% to 0.3% or 0.003 Å to 0.008 Å. Significant variation from the reported crystal structure was observed, suggesting local dynamic motion of the standard crystal lattice. XAFS is sensitive to dynamic correlated motion and in principle is capable of observing local dynamic motion beyond the reach of conventional crystallography. These results for the zinc absorption coefficient, XAFS and structure are the most accurate structural refinements of zinc at room temperature.
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- ANSTO, Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne, Australia
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Ekanayake RSK, Chantler CT, Sier D, Schalken MJ, Illig AJ, de Jonge MD, Johannessen B, Kappen P, Tran CQ. High-accuracy mass attenuation coefficients and X-ray absorption spectroscopy of zinc - the first X-ray Extended Range Technique-like experiment in Australia. J Synchrotron Radiat 2021; 28:1476-1491. [PMID: 34475295 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521005993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The first X-ray Extended Range Technique (XERT)-like experiment at the Australian Synchrotron, Australia, is presented. In this experiment X-ray mass attenuation coefficients are measured across an energy range including the zinc K-absorption edge and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS). These high-accuracy measurements are recorded at 496 energies from 8.51 keV to 11.59 keV. The XERT protocol dictates that systematic errors due to dark current nonlinearities, correction for blank measurements, full-foil mapping to characterize the absolute value of attenuation, scattering, harmonics and roughness are measured over an extended range of experimental parameter space. This results in data for better analysis, culminating in measurement of mass attenuation coefficients across the zinc K-edge to 0.023-0.036% accuracy. Dark current corrections are energy- and structure-dependent and the magnitude of correction reached 57% for thicker samples but was still large and significant for thin samples. Blank measurements scaled thin foil attenuation coefficients by 60-500%; and up to 90% even for thicker foils. Full-foil mapping and characterization corrected discrepancies between foils of up to 20%, rendering the possibility of absolute measurements of attenuation. Fluorescence scattering was also a major correction. Harmonics, roughness and bandwidth were explored. The energy was calibrated using standard reference foils. These results represent the most extensive and accurate measurements of zinc which enable investigations of discrepancies between current theory and experiments. This work was almost fully automated from this first experiment at the Australian Synchrotron, greatly increasing the possibility for large-scale studies using XERT.
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia
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- ANSTO, Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne, Australia
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Brown A, Schwaighofer B, Avdeev M, Johannessen B, Radosavljevic-Evans I, Ling C. Expanded chemistry and mixed ionic–electronic conductivity in vanadium-substituted variants of γ-Ba 4Nb 2O 9. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2021. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767321086220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shang S, Xiong W, Yang C, Johannessen B, Liu R, Hsu HY, Gu Q, Leung MKH, Shang J. Atomically Dispersed Iron Metal Site in a Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. ACS Nano 2021; 15:9670-9678. [PMID: 34024096 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rational design of photocatalysts for efficient nitrogen (N2) fixation at ambient conditions is important for revolutionizing ammonia production and quite challenging because the great difficulty lies in the adsorption and activation of the inert N2. Inspired by a biological molecule, chlorophyll, featuring a porphyrin structure as the photosensitizer and enzyme nitrogenase featuring an iron (Fe) atom as a favorable binding site for N2via π-backbonding, here we developed a porphyrin-based metal-organic framework (PMOF) with Fe as the active center as an artificial photocatalyst for N2 reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions. The PMOF features aluminum (Al) as metal node imparting high stability and Fe incorporated and atomically dispersed by residing at each porphyrin ring promoting the adsorption and the activation of N2, termed Al-PMOF(Fe). Compared with the pristine Al-PMOF, Al-PMOF(Fe) exhibits a substantial enhancement in NH3 yield (635 μg g-1cat.) and production rate (127 μg h-1 g-1cat.) of 82% and 50%, respectively, on par with the best-performing MOF-based NRR catalysts. Three cycles of photocatalytic NRR experimental results corroborate a stable photocatalytic activity of Al-PMOF(Fe). The combined experimental and theoretical results reveal that the Fe-N site in Al-PMOF(Fe) is the active photocatalytic center that can mitigate the difficulty of the rate-determining step in photocatalytic NRR. The possible reaction pathways of NRR on Al-PMOF(Fe) were established. Our study of porphyrin-based MOF for the photocatalytic NRR will provide insight into the rational design of catalysts for artificial photosynthesis.
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- Shanshan Shang
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, 8 Yuexing first Road, Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO), 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, 8 Yuexing first Road, Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, 8 Yuexing first Road, Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, People's Republic of China
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- Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO), 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, 8 Yuexing first Road, Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, People's Republic of China
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Li J, Zhao S, Zhang L, Jiang SP, Yang SZ, Wang S, Sun H, Johannessen B, Liu S. Cobalt Single Atoms Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol by Activated Peroxymonosulfate. Small 2021; 17:e2004579. [PMID: 33464724 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The development of novel single atom catalyst (SAC) is highly desirable in organic synthesis to achieve the maximized atomic efficiency. Here, a Co-based SAC on nitrogen-doped graphene (SACo@NG) with high Co content of 4.1 wt% is reported. Various characterization results suggest that the monodispersed Co atoms are coordinated with N atoms to form robust and highly effective catalytic centers to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for organic selective oxidation. The catalytic performance of the SACo@NG/PMS system is conducted on the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol (BzOH) showing high efficiency with over 90% conversion and benzaldehyde selectivity within 180 min under mild conditions. Both radical and non-radical processes occurred in the selective oxidation of BzOH, but the non-radical oxidation plays the dominant role which is accomplished by the adsorption of BzOH/PMS on the surface of SACo@NG and the subsequent electron transfer through the carbon matrix. This work provides new insights to the preparation of efficient transition metal-based single atom catalysts and their potential applications in PMS mediated selective oxidation of alcohols.
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- Jiaquan Li
- WA Schools of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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- WA Schools of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- WA Schools of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
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- Eyring Materials Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia
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- WA Schools of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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Liu J, Johannessen B, Brand HEA, Andersen HL, Sharma N. The Sc 2W xMo 3−xO 12 series as electrodes in alkali-ion batteries. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00318f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, the series Sc2WxMo3−xO12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 3) is synthesised and the structure and electrochemical performance in alkali-ion batteries is characterised.
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- Junnan Liu
- School of Chemistry
- UNSW Australia
- Sydney
- Australia
- Yantai Research Institute & Graduate School of Harbin Engineering University
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Su B, Liang H, Liu J, Wu J, Sharma N, Gu Q, Johannessen B, Yu DYW. Novel structurally-stable Na-rich Na 4V 2O 7 cathode material with high reversible capacity by utilization of anion redox activity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:8245-8248. [PMID: 32558831 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02816a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A sodium-rich vanadium compound, Na4V2O7, is investigated as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, which delivers a high reversible capacity of 194 mA h g-1 after activating to 4.7 V. By limiting the cut-off voltage to 4.4 V, a good capacity retention of 93% after 50 cycles is achieved. The material exhibits a negligible volume variation of 1.04% during Na+ (de-)intercalation, demonstrating that Na4V2O7 is structurally-stable.
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- Bizhe Su
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Xia Q, Naeyaert PJP, Avdeev M, Schmid S, Liu H, Johannessen B, Ling CD. Manganese Metaphosphate Mn(PO
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- Qingbo Xia
- School of Chemistry The University of Sydney Sydney 2006 Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Kirrawee 2232 Australia
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- School of Chemistry The University of Sydney Sydney 2006 Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Kirrawee 2232 Australia
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- School of Chemistry The University of Sydney Sydney 2006 Australia
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis The University of Sydney Sydney 2006 Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Clayton 3168 Australia
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- School of Chemistry The University of Sydney Sydney 2006 Australia
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Li Y, Tan X, Hocking RK, Bo X, Ren H, Johannessen B, Smith SC, Zhao C. Implanting Ni-O-VOx sites into Cu-doped Ni for low-overpotential alkaline hydrogen evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2720. [PMID: 32483179 PMCID: PMC7264301 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16554-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Nickel-based catalysts are most commonly used in industrial alkaline water electrolysis. However, it remains a great challenge to address the sluggish reaction kinetics and severe deactivation problems of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Here, we show a Cu-doped Ni catalyst implanted with Ni-O-VOx sites (Ni(Cu)VOx) for alkaline HER. The optimal Ni(Cu)VOx electrode exhibits a near-zero onset overpotential and low overpotential of 21 mV to deliver –10 mA cm−2, which is comparable to benchmark Pt/C catalyst. Evidence for the formation of Ni-O-VOx sites in Ni(Cu)VOx is established by systematic X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies. The VOx can cause a substantial dampening of Ni lattice and create an enlarged electrochemically active surface area. First-principles calculations support that the Ni-O-VOx sites are superactive and can promote the charge redistribution from Ni to VOx, which greatly weakens the H-adsorption and H2 release free energy over Ni. This endows the Ni(Cu)VOx electrode high HER activity and long-term durability. Producing H2 from water using electricity and earth-abundant elements is necessary for worldwide renewable fuel production, yet most electrocatalysts have sluggish activities or poor stabilities. Here, authors show vanadium oxide modified copper-doped nickel to enable active and durable H2 evolution.
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- Yibing Li
- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Integrated Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ATC, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Centre for Translational Atomaterials and ARC Training Centre for Surface Engineering for Advanced Material SEAM, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- ANSTO Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Integrated Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ATC, 2601, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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Liang G, Wu Z, Didier C, Zhang W, Cuan J, Li B, Ko K, Hung P, Lu C, Chen Y, Leniec G, Kaczmarek SM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Peterson VK, Pang WK, Guo Z. A Long Cycle‐Life High‐Voltage Spinel Lithium‐Ion Battery Electrode Achieved by Site‐Selective Doping. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202001454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Gemeng Liang
- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Sydney NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Graduate School at Shenzhen Tsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin Poland
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization 800 Blackburn Road Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization 800 Blackburn Road Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Sydney NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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Liang G, Wu Z, Didier C, Zhang W, Cuan J, Li B, Ko K, Hung P, Lu C, Chen Y, Leniec G, Kaczmarek SM, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Peterson VK, Pang WK, Guo Z. A Long Cycle‐Life High‐Voltage Spinel Lithium‐Ion Battery Electrode Achieved by Site‐Selective Doping. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10594-10602. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Gemeng Liang
- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Sydney NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Graduate School at Shenzhen Tsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute Hsinchu Taiwan) (China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Al. Piastów 17, 70-310 Szczecin Poland
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization 800 Blackburn Road Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization 800 Blackburn Road Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Sydney NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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Zhou G, Zhao S, Wang T, Yang SZ, Johannessen B, Chen H, Liu C, Ye Y, Wu Y, Peng Y, Liu C, Jiang SP, Zhang Q, Cui Y. Theoretical Calculation Guided Design of Single-Atom Catalysts toward Fast Kinetic and Long-Life Li-S Batteries. Nano Lett 2020; 20:1252-1261. [PMID: 31887051 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are promising next-generation energy storage technologies due to their high theoretical energy density, environmental friendliness, and low cost. However, low conductivity of sulfur species, dissolution of polysulfides, poor conversion from sulfur reduction, and lithium sulfide (Li2S) oxidation reactions during discharge-charge processes hinder their practical applications. Herein, under the guidance of density functional theory calculations, we have successfully synthesized large-scale single atom vanadium catalysts seeded on graphene to achieve high sulfur content (80 wt % sulfur), fast kinetic (a capacity of 645 mAh g-1 at 3 C rate), and long-life Li-S batteries. Both forward (sulfur reduction) and reverse reactions (Li2S oxidation) are significantly improved by the single atom catalysts. This finding is confirmed by experimental results and consistent with theoretical calculations. The ability of single metal atoms to effectively trap the dissolved lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and catalytically convert the LiPSs/Li2S during cycling significantly improved sulfur utilization, rate capability, and cycling life. Our work demonstrates an efficient design pathway for single atom catalysts and provides solutions for the development of high energy/power density Li-S batteries.
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- Guangmin Zhou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, and Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- Fuels and Energy Technology Institute and WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia 6102 , Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing , 100191 , P.R. China
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- Materials Science and Technology Division , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , 37831 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Advanced Carbon Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang , Liaoning 110016 , China
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- Fuels and Energy Technology Institute and WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering , Curtin University , Perth , Western Australia 6102 , Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing , 100191 , P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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Boldt K, Bartlett S, Kirkwood N, Johannessen B. Quantification of Material Gradients in Core/Shell Nanocrystals Using EXAFS Spectroscopy. Nano Lett 2020; 20:1009-1017. [PMID: 31960678 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Core/shell nanocrystals with a graded interface between core and shell exhibit improved optoelectronic properties compared with particles with an abrupt, sharp interface. Material gradients mitigate interfacial defects and define the shape of the confinement potential. So far, few works exist that allow to quantify the width of the gradient. In this study, ZnSe/CdS nanocrystals with graded shells made at different temperatures are characterized using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and Raman spectroscopies. The average coordination number of the probed element with respect to the two possible counterions is fit to a simple, geometric model. It is shown that at the lower temperature limit for shell growth (260 °C), substantial interfacial alloying can be attributed mainly to cation migration. At higher temperature (290 °C), strain minimization leads to atomic ordering of the metal ions and an anomalously low degree of phase mixing.
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- Klaus Boldt
- Department of Chemistry & Zukunftskolleg, Box 710 , University of Konstanz , 78457 Konstanz , Germany
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- Diamond Light Source , Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , United Kingdom
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- ARC Centre in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- ANSTO Australian Synchrotron , 800 Blackburn Rd , Clayton , Victoria 3168 , Australia
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Wu Z, Liang G, Pang WK, Zhou T, Cheng Z, Zhang W, Liu Y, Johannessen B, Guo Z. Coupling Topological Insulator SnSb 2 Te 4 Nanodots with Highly Doped Graphene for High-Rate Energy Storage. Adv Mater 2020; 32:e1905632. [PMID: 31777986 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Topological insulators have spurred worldwide interest, but their advantageous properties have scarcely been explored in terms of electrochemical energy storage, and their high-rate capability and long-term cycling stability still remain a significant challenge to harvest. p-Type topological insulator SnSb2 Te4 nanodots anchoring on few-layered graphene (SnSb2 Te4 /G) are synthesized as a stable anode for high-rate lithium-ion batteries and potassium-ion batteries through a ball-milling method. These SnSb2 Te4 /G composite electrodes show ultralong cycle lifespan (478 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1 after 1000 cycles) and excellent rate capability (remaining 373 mAh g-1 even at 10 A g-1 ) in Li-ion storage owing to the rapid ion transport accelerated by the PN heterojunction, virtual electron highways provided by the conductive topological surface state, and extraordinary pseudocapacitive contribution, whose excellent phase reversibility is confirmed by synchrotron in situ X-ray powder diffraction. Surprisingly, durable lifespan even at practical levels of mass loading (>10 mg cm-2 ) for Li-ion storage and excellent K-ion storage performance are also observed. This work provides new insights for designing high-rate electrode materials by boosting conductive topological surfaces, atomic doping, and the interface interaction.
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- Zhibin Wu
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
- School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
- School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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He H, Huang D, Gan Q, Hao J, Liu S, Wu Z, Pang WK, Johannessen B, Tang Y, Luo JL, Wang H, Guo Z. Anion Vacancies Regulating Endows MoSSe with Fast and Stable Potassium Ion Storage. ACS Nano 2019; 13:11843-11852. [PMID: 31545592 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Vacancy engineering is a promising approach for optimizing the energy storage performance of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) due to the unique properties of vacancies in manipulating the electronic structure and active sites. Nevertheless, achieving effective introduction of anion vacancies with adjustable vacancy concentration on a large scale is still a big challenge. Herein, MoS2(1-x)Se2x alloys with anion vacancies introduced in situ have been achieved by a simple alloying reaction, and the vacancy concentration has been optimized through adjusting the chemical composition. Experimental and density functional theory calculation results suggest that the anion vacancies in MoS2(1-x)Se2x alloys could enhance the electronic conductivity, induce more active sites, and alleviate structural variation in the alloys during the potassium storage process. When applied as potassium ion battery anodes, the most optimized vacancy-rich MoSSe alloy delivered high reversible capacities of 517.4 and 362.4 mAh g-1 at 100 and 1000 mA g-1, respectively. Moreover, a reversible capacity of 220.5 mAh g-1 could be maintained at 2000 mA g-1 after 1000 cycles. This work demonstrates a practical approach to modifying the electronic and defect properties of TMDs, providing an effective strategy for constructing advanced electrode materials for battery systems.
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- Hanna He
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Novel Energy Materials and Related Technology, Guangxi Novel Battery Materials Research Center of Engineering Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-Ferrous Metallic and Featured Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology , Guangxi University , Nanning , 530004 , People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering , Shenzhen University , 1066 Xueyuan Avenue , Shenzhen 518055 , Guangdong Province , People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 1H9 , Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Central South University , Changsha 410083 , People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering , University of Wollongong , Wollongong , New South Wales 2522 , Australia
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Cheng Y, He S, Lu S, Veder J, Johannessen B, Thomsen L, Saunders M, Becker T, De Marco R, Li Q, Yang S, Jiang SP. Iron Single Atoms on Graphene as Nonprecious Metal Catalysts for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2019; 6:1802066. [PMID: 31131190 PMCID: PMC6523390 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201802066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Iron single atom catalysts (Fe SACs) are the best-known nonprecious metal (NPM) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), but their practical application has been constrained by the low Fe SACs loading (<2 wt%). Here, a one-pot pyrolysis method is reported for the synthesis of iron single atoms on graphene (FeSA-G) with a high Fe SAC loading of ≈7.7 ± 1.3 wt%. The as-synthesized FeSA-G shows an onset potential of 0.950 V and a half-wave potential of 0.804 V in acid electrolyte for the ORR, similar to that of Pt/C catalysts but with a much higher stability and higher phosphate anion tolerance. High temperature SiO2 nanoparticle-doped phosphoric acid/polybenzimidazole (PA/PBI/SiO2) composite membrane cells utilizing a FeSA-G cathode with Fe SAC loading of 0.3 mg cm-2 delivers a peak power density of 325 mW cm-2 at 230 °C, better than 313 mW cm-2 obtained on the cell with a Pt/C cathode at a Pt loading of 1 mg cm-2. The cell with FeSA-G cathode exhibits superior stability at 230 °C, as compared to that with Pt/C cathode. Our results provide a new approach to developing practical NPM catalysts to replace Pt-based catalysts for fuel cells.
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- Yi Cheng
- Department of Environmental EngineeringSchool of Metallurgy and EnvironmentCentral South UniversityChangsha410083China
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- Fuels and Energy Technology Institute & Western Australia School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical EngineeringCurtin UniversityPerthWestern Australia6102Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio‐inspired Energy Materials and DevicesSchool of Space and EnvironmentBeihang UniversityBeijing100191P. R. China
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- John de Laeter CentreCurtin UniversityPerthWestern Australia6102Australia
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- Australian SynchrotronClaytonVictoria3168Australia
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- Centre for MicroscopyCharacterization and Analysis (CMCA) and School of Molecular SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences/Curtin Institute of Functional Molecules and InterfacesCurtin UniversityPerthWestern Australia6102Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringUniversity of Sunshine CoastMaroochydore DCQueensland4558Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiosciencesThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQueensland4072Australia
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- Department of Energy Conversion and StorageTechnical University of DenmarkLyngby2800Denmark
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- Materials Science and Technology DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTN37831USA
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- Fuels and Energy Technology Institute & Western Australia School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical EngineeringCurtin UniversityPerthWestern Australia6102Australia
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Chatti M, Gardiner JL, Fournier M, Johannessen B, Williams T, Gengenbach TR, Pai N, Nguyen C, MacFarlane DR, Hocking RK, Simonov AN. Intrinsically stable in situ generated electrocatalyst for long-term oxidation of acidic water at up to 80 °C. Nat Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-019-0277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Liang J, Levina A, Jia J, Kappen P, Glover C, Johannessen B, Lay PA. Reactivity and Transformation of Antimetastatic and Cytotoxic Rhodium(III)–Dimethyl Sulfoxide Complexes in Biological Fluids: An XAS Speciation Study. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:4880-4893. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Jun Liang
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Eilertsen I, Sveen A, Hektoen M, Strømme J, Johannessen B, Skotheim R, Nesbakken A, Lothe R. PO-505 Prognostic impact of KRAS splicing in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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