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Shi J, Pršlja P, Jin B, Suominen M, Sainio J, Jiang H, Han N, Robertson D, Košir J, Caro M, Kallio T. Experimental and Computational Study Toward Identifying Active Sites of Supported SnO x Nanoparticles for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Using Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2402190. [PMID: 38794869 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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SnOx has received great attention as an electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), however; it still suffers from low activity. Moreover, the atomic-level SnOx structure and the nature of the active sites are still ambiguous due to the dynamism of surface structure and difficulty in structure characterization under electrochemical conditions. Herein, CO2RR performance is enhanced by supporting SnO2 nanoparticles on two common supports, vulcan carbon and TiO2. Then, electrolysis of CO2 at various temperatures in a neutral electrolyte reveals that the application window for this catalyst is between 12 and 30 °C. Furthermore, this study introduces a machine learning interatomic potential method for the atomistic simulation to investigate SnO2 reduction and establish a correlation between SnOx structures and their CO2RR performance. In addition, selectivity is analyzed computationally with density functional theory simulations to identify the key differences between the binding energies of *H and *CO2 -, where both are correlated with the presence of oxygen on the nanoparticle surface. This study offers in-depth insights into the rational design and application of SnOx-based electrocatalysts for CO2RR.
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- Junjie Shi
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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Paolucci V, De Santis J, Ricci V, Lozzi L, Giorgi G, Cantalini C. Bidimensional Engineered Amorphous a-SnO 2 Interfaces: Synthesis and Gas Sensing Response to H 2S and Humidity. ACS Sens 2022; 7:2058-2068. [PMID: 35757893 PMCID: PMC9315963 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and metal chalcogenides (MCs), despite their excellent gas sensing properties, are subjected to spontaneous oxidation in ambient air, negatively affecting the sensor's signal reproducibility in the long run. Taking advantage of spontaneous oxidation, we synthesized fully amorphous a-SnO2 2D flakes (≈30 nm thick) by annealing in air 2D SnSe2 for two weeks at temperatures below the crystallization temperature of SnO2 (T < 280 °C). These engineered a-SnO2 interfaces, preserving all the precursor's 2D surface-to-volume features, are stable in dry/wet air up to 250 °C, with excellent baseline and sensor's signal reproducibility to H2S (400 ppb to 1.5 ppm) and humidity (10-80% relative humidity (RH)) at 100 °C for one year. Specifically, by combined density functional theory and ab initio molecular dynamics, we demonstrated that H2S and H2O compete by dissociative chemisorption over the same a-SnO2 adsorption sites, disclosing the humidity cross-response to H2S sensing. Tests confirmed that humidity decreases the baseline resistance, hampers the H2S sensor's signal (i.e., relative response (RR) = Ra/Rg), and increases the limit of detection (LOD). At 1 ppm, the H2S sensor's signal decreases from an RR of 2.4 ± 0.1 at 0% RH to 1.9 ± 0.1 at 80% RH, while the LOD increases from 210 to 380 ppb. Utilizing a suitable thermal treatment, here, we report an amorphization procedure that can be easily extended to a large variety of TMDs and MCs, opening extraordinary applications for 2D layered amorphous metal oxide gas sensors.
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- Valentina Paolucci
- Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila and UdR INSTM of L'Aquila, Via G. Gronchi 18, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila and UdR INSTM of L'Aquila, Via G. Gronchi 18, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila and UdR INSTM of L'Aquila, Via G. Gronchi 18, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila (AQ), Italy
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (DICA), Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy.,CNR-SCITEC, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila and UdR INSTM of L'Aquila, Via G. Gronchi 18, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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Thermal, Viscoelastic and Surface Properties of Oxidized Field's Metal for Additive Microfabrication. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14237392. [PMID: 34885549 PMCID: PMC8658616 DOI: 10.3390/ma14237392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Field's metal, a low-melting-point eutectic alloy composed of 51% In, 32.5 Bi% and 16.5% Sn by weight and with a melting temperature of 333 K, is widely used as liquid metal coolant in advanced nuclear reactors and in electro-magneto-hydrodynamic two-phase flow loops. However, its rheological and wetting properties in liquid state make this metal suitable for the formation of droplets and other structures for application in microfabrication. As with other low-melting-point metal alloys, in the presence of air, Field's metal has an oxide film on its surface, which provides a degree of malleability and stability. In this paper, the viscoelastic properties of Field's metal oxide skin were studied in a parallel-plate rheometer, while surface tension and solidification and contact angles were determined using drop shape analysis techniques.
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Abla F, Kanan SM, Park Y, Han C, Omastova M, Chehimi MM, Mohamed AA. Exceptionally redox-active precursors in the synthesis of gold core-tin oxide shell nanostructures. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lin TC, Dawson A, King SC, Yan Y, Ashby DS, Mazzetti JA, Dunn BS, Weker JN, Tolbert SH. Understanding Stabilization in Nanoporous Intermetallic Alloy Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries Using Operando Transmission X-ray Microscopy. ACS NANO 2020; 14:14820-14830. [PMID: 33137258 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tin-based alloying anodes are exciting due to their high energy density. Unfortunately, these materials pulverize after repetitive cycling due to the large volume expansion during lithiation and delithiation; both nanostructuring and intermetallic formation can help alleviate this structural damage. Here, these ideas are combined in nanoporous antimony-tin (NP-SbSn) powders, synthesized by a simple and scalable selective-etching method. The NP-SbSn exhibits bimodal porosity that facilitates electrolyte diffusion; those void spaces, combined with the presence of two metals that alloy with lithium at different potentials, further provide a buffer against volume change. This stabilizes the structure to give NP-SbSn good cycle life (595 mAh/g after 100 cycles with 93% capacity retention). Operando transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) showed that during cycling NP-SbSn expands by only 60% in area and then contracts back nearly to its original size with no physical disintegration. The pores shrink during lithiation as the pore walls expand into the pore space and then relax back to their initial size during delithiation with almost no degradation. Importantly, the pores remained open even in the fully lithiated state, and structures are in good physical condition after the 36th cycle. The results of this work should thus be useful for designing nanoscale structures in alloying anodes.
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- Terri C Lin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- The California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- The California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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Ede SR, Bijoy TK, Sankar SS, Murugan P, Kundu S. Rational Design of Highly Efficient Perovskite Hydroxide for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:4816-4824. [PMID: 32186865 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The production of hydrogen from ecofriendly renewable technologies like water electrolysis and fuel cells involves oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which plays a major role, but the slow kinetics of OER is a bottleneck of commercialization of such technologies. Herein, we have reported the formation of an efficient OER catalyst from SnCo(OH)6 (SCH) by leaching of Sn atoms during electrochemical OER studies. According to density functional theory calculations, adsorption of OH* species on Sn atoms is energetically more favorable than that of Co atoms, and as a result, highly active CoOOH is generated by leaching of Sn atoms from surface layers. We observed enhanced OER performance with superior mass activity by blending SCH with activated charcoal, which displays a low overpotential of 293 mV and higher mass activity than that of pristine SCH. More importantly, it outperforms Co(OH)2 and RuO2 having the same carbon composition because of the formation of thermodynamically stable and amorphous CoOOH on the surface of single-crystalline SCH and strong tethering ability of activated charcoal.
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- Sivasankara Rao Ede
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), New Delhi, India.,Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), New Delhi, India.,Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), New Delhi, India.,Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), New Delhi, India.,Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), New Delhi, India.,Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Mai L, Zanders D, Subaşı E, Ciftyurek E, Hoppe C, Rogalla D, Gilbert W, Arcos TDL, Schierbaum K, Grundmeier G, Bock C, Devi A. Low-Temperature Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Tin(IV) Oxide from a Functionalized Alkyl Precursor: Fabrication and Evaluation of SnO 2-Based Thin-Film Transistor Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:3169-3180. [PMID: 30624887 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A bottom-up process from precursor development for tin to plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) for tin(IV) oxide and its successful implementation in a working thin-film transistor device is reported. PEALD of tin(IV) oxide thin films at low temperatures down to 60 °C employing tetrakis-(dimethylamino)propyl tin(IV) [Sn(DMP)4] and oxygen plasma is demonstrated. The liquid precursor has been synthesized and thoroughly characterized with thermogravimetric analyses, revealing sufficient volatility and long-term thermal stability. [Sn(DMP)4] demonstrates typical saturation behavior and constant growth rates of 0.27 or 0.42 Å cycle-1 at 150 and 60 °C, respectively, in PEALD experiments. Within the ALD regime, the films are smooth, uniform, and of high purity. On the basis of these promising features, the PEALD process was optimized wherein a 6 nm thick tin oxide channel material layer deposited at 60 °C was applied in bottom-contact bottom-gate thin-film transistors, showing a remarkable on/off ratio of 107 and field-effect mobility of μFE ≈ 12 cm2 V-1 s-1 for the as-deposited thin films deposited at such low temperatures.
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- Abteilung für Materialwissenschaft, Institut für Experimentelle Physik der kondensierten Materie , Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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- Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry , University of Paderborn , 33098 Paderborn , Germany
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- Abteilung für Materialwissenschaft, Institut für Experimentelle Physik der kondensierten Materie , Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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- Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry , University of Paderborn , 33098 Paderborn , Germany
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- Abteilung für Materialwissenschaft, Institut für Experimentelle Physik der kondensierten Materie , Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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- Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry , University of Paderborn , 33098 Paderborn , Germany
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Qin B, Zhang H, Diemant T, Geiger D, Raccichini R, Behm RJ, Kaiser U, Varzi A, Passerini S. Ultrafast Ionic Liquid-Assisted Microwave Synthesis of SnO Microflowers and Their Superior Sodium-Ion Storage Performance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:26797-26804. [PMID: 28731318 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tin oxide (SnO) is considered one of the most promising metal oxides for utilization as anode material in sodium ion batteries (SIBs), because of its ease of synthesis, high specific gravimetric capacity, and satisfactory cycling performance. However, to aim at practical applications, the Coulombic efficiency during cycling needs to be further improved, which requires a deeper knowledge of its working mechanism. Here, a microflower-shaped SnO material is synthesized by means of an ultrafast ionic liquid-assisted microwave method. The as-prepared SnO anode active material exhibits excellent cycling performance, good Coulombic efficiency as well as a large capacity delivered at low potential, which is fundamental to maximize the energy output of SIBs. These overall merits were never reported before for pure SnO anodes (i.e., not in a composite with, for example, graphene). Additionally, by combining ex situ XRD and XPS, it is clearly demonstrated for the first time that the Sn-Na alloy, which is formed during the initial sodium sodiation, desodiates in two successive but fully separated steps. Totally different from the previous report, the pristine SnO phase is not regenerated upon desodiation up to 3 V vs Na/Na+. The newly disclosed reaction route provides an alternative view of the complex reaction mechanism of these families of metal oxides for sodium ion batteries.
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- Bingsheng Qin
- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University , Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University , Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) , Helmholtzstraße 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Cook JB, Detsi E, Liu Y, Liang YL, Kim HS, Petrissans X, Dunn B, Tolbert SH. Nanoporous Tin with a Granular Hierarchical Ligament Morphology as a Highly Stable Li-Ion Battery Anode. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:293-303. [PMID: 28005328 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Next generation Li-ion batteries will require negative electrode materials with energy densities many-fold higher than that found in the graphitic carbon currently used in commercial Li-ion batteries. While various nanostructured alloying-type anode materials may satisfy that requirement, such materials do not always exhibit long cycle lifetimes and/or their processing routes are not always suitable for large-scale synthesis. Here, we report on a high-performance anode material for next generation Li-ion batteries made of nanoporous Sn powders with hierarchical ligament morphology. This material system combines both long cycle lifetimes (more than 72% capacity retention after 350 cycles), high capacity (693 mAh/g, nearly twice that of commercial graphitic carbon), good charging/discharging capabilities (545 mAh/g at 1 A/g, 1.5C), and a scalable processing route that involves selective alloy corrosion. The good cycling performance of this system is attributed to its nanoporous architecture and its unique hierarchical ligament morphology, which accommodates the large volume changes taking place during lithiation, as confirmed by synchrotron-based ex-situ X-ray 3D tomography analysis. Our findings are an important step for the development of high-performance Li-ion batteries.
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Garino N, Sacco A, Castellino M, Muñoz-Tabares JA, Chiodoni A, Agostino V, Margaria V, Gerosa M, Massaglia G, Quaglio M. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide/SnO2 Nanocomposite for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:4633-43. [PMID: 26812440 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report on an easy, fast, eco-friendly, and reliable method for the synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/SnO2 nanocomposite as cathode material for application in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The material was prepared starting from graphene oxide that has been reduced to graphene during the hydrothermal synthesis of the nanocomposite, carried out in a microwave system. Structural and morphological characterizations evidenced the formation of nanocomposite sheets, with SnO2 crystals of few nanometers integrated in the graphene matrix. Physico-chemical analysis revealed the formation of SnO2 nanoparticles, as well as the functionalization of the graphene by the presence of nitrogen atoms. Electrochemical characterizations put in evidence the ability of such composite to exploit a cocatalysis mechanism for the oxygen reduction reaction, provided by the presence of both SnO2 and nitrogen. In addition, the novel composite catalyst was successfully employed as cathode in seawater-based MFCs, giving electrical performances comparable to those of reference devices employing Pt as catalyst.
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- Nadia Garino
- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino , Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino , Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino , Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Space Human Robotics @Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Trento 21, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Chew C, Bishop P, Salcianu C, Carmalt CJ, Parkin IP. Aerosol-assisted deposition of gold nanoparticle-tin dioxide composite films. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra46828c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Composite gold/tin oxide films were successfully grown from a simple one-pot solution by chemical vapour deposition.
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- Clair Chew
- Materials Chemistry Research Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
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- Materials Chemistry Research Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
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- Materials Chemistry Research Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
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