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Huang C, Yu J, Zhang CY, Cui Z, Chen J, Lai WH, Lei YJ, Nan B, Lu X, He R, Gong L, Li J, Li C, Qi X, Xue Q, Zhou JY, Qi X, Balcells L, Arbiol J, Cabot A. Electronic Spin Alignment within Homologous NiS 2/NiSe 2 Heterostructures to Promote Sulfur Redox Kinetics in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Adv Mater 2024:e2400810. [PMID: 38569213 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400810] [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: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
The catalytic activation of the Li-S reaction is fundamental to maximize the capacity and stability of Li-S batteries (LSBs). Current research on Li-S catalysts mainly focuses on optimizing the energy levels to promote adsorption and catalytic conversion, while frequently overlooking the electronic spin state influence on charge transfer and orbital interactions. Here, hollow NiS2/NiSe2 heterostructures encapsulated in a nitrogen-doped carbon matrix (NiS2/NiSe2@NC) are synthesized and used as a catalytic additive in sulfur cathodes. The NiS2/NiSe2 heterostructure promotes the spin splitting of the 3d orbital, driving the Ni3+ transformation from low to high spin. This high spin configuration raises the electronic energy level and activates the electronic state. This accelerates the charge transfer and optimizes the adsorption energy, lowering the reaction energy barrier of the polysulfides conversion. Benefiting from these characteristics, LSBs based on NiS2/NiSe2@NC/S cathodes exhibit high initial capacity (1458 mAh·g⁻1 at 0.1C), excellent rate capability (572 mAh·g⁻1 at 5C), and stable cycling with an average capacity decay rate of only 0.025% per cycle at 1C during 500 cycles. Even at high sulfur loadings (6.2 mg·cm⁻2), high initial capacities of 1173 mAh·g⁻1 (7.27 mAh·cm⁻2) are measured at 0.1C, and 1058 mAh·g⁻1 is retained after 300 cycles.
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- Chen Huang
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Analysis and Testing Center, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
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- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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Viana D, Walston ST, Masvidal-Codina E, Illa X, Rodríguez-Meana B, Del Valle J, Hayward A, Dodd A, Loret T, Prats-Alfonso E, de la Oliva N, Palma M, Del Corro E, Del Pilar Bernicola M, Rodríguez-Lucas E, Gener T, de la Cruz JM, Torres-Miranda M, Duvan FT, Ria N, Sperling J, Martí-Sánchez S, Spadaro MC, Hébert C, Savage S, Arbiol J, Guimerà-Brunet A, Puig MV, Yvert B, Navarro X, Kostarelos K, Garrido JA. Nanoporous graphene-based thin-film microelectrodes for in vivo high-resolution neural recording and stimulation. Nat Nanotechnol 2024; 19:514-523. [PMID: 38212522 PMCID: PMC11026161 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01570-5] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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One of the critical factors determining the performance of neural interfaces is the electrode material used to establish electrical communication with the neural tissue, which needs to meet strict electrical, electrochemical, mechanical, biological and microfabrication compatibility requirements. This work presents a nanoporous graphene-based thin-film technology and its engineering to form flexible neural interfaces. The developed technology allows the fabrication of small microelectrodes (25 µm diameter) while achieving low impedance (∼25 kΩ) and high charge injection (3-5 mC cm-2). In vivo brain recording performance assessed in rodents reveals high-fidelity recordings (signal-to-noise ratio >10 dB for local field potentials), while stimulation performance assessed with an intrafascicular implant demonstrates low current thresholds (<100 µA) and high selectivity (>0.8) for activating subsets of axons within the rat sciatic nerve innervating tibialis anterior and plantar interosseous muscles. Furthermore, the tissue biocompatibility of the devices was validated by chronic epicortical (12 week) and intraneural (8 week) implantation. This work describes a graphene-based thin-film microelectrode technology and demonstrates its potential for high-precision and high-resolution neural interfacing.
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- Damià Viana
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona, IMB-CNM (CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Secció de Fisiologia, Department de Bioquímica i Fisiologia, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nanomedicine Lab, National Graphene Institute and Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester, UK
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- Nanomedicine Lab, National Graphene Institute and Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester, UK
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- Nanomedicine Lab, National Graphene Institute and Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester, UK
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- Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona, IMB-CNM (CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nanomedicine Lab, National Graphene Institute and Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester, UK
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona, IMB-CNM (CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
- Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Nanomedicine Lab, National Graphene Institute and Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Manchester, UK.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ramanandan SP, Reñé Sapera J, Morelle A, Martí-Sánchez S, Rudra A, Arbiol J, Dubrovskii VG, Fontcuberta I Morral A. Control of Ge island coalescence for the formation of nanowires on silicon. Nanoscale Horiz 2024; 9:555-565. [PMID: 38353654 PMCID: PMC10962639 DOI: 10.1039/d3nh00573a] [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: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
Germanium nanowires could be the building blocks of hole-spin qubit quantum computers. Selective area epitaxy enables the direct integration of Ge nanowires on a silicon chip while controlling the device design, density, and scalability. For this to become a reality, it is essential to understand and control the initial stages of the epitaxy process. In this work, we highlight the importance of surface treatment in the reactor prior to growth to achieve high crystal quality and connected Ge nanowire structures. In particular, we demonstrate that exposure to AsH3 during the high-temperature treatment enhances lateral growth of initial Ge islands and promotes faster formation of continuous Ge nanowires in trenches. The Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami crystallization model supports our explanation of Ge coalescence. These results provide critical insight into the selective epitaxy of horizontal Ge nanowires on lattice-mismatched Si substrates, which can be translated to other material systems.
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- Santhanu Panikar Ramanandan
- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
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- Solid State Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Embankment 13B, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Pastor E, Lian Z, Xia L, Ecija D, Galán-Mascarós JR, Barja S, Giménez S, Arbiol J, López N, García de Arquer FP. Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface. Nat Rev Chem 2024; 8:159-178. [PMID: 38388837 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00575-5] [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] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
The functions of electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices rely on the dynamic junction between a solid and a fluid: the electrochemical interface (EI). Many experimental techniques have been developed to probe the EI, but they provide only a partial picture. Building a full mechanistic understanding requires combining multiple probes, either successively or simultaneously. However, such combinations lead to important technical and theoretical challenges. In this Review, we focus on complementary optoelectronic probes and modelling to address the EI across different timescales and spatial scales - including mapping surface reconstruction, reactants and reaction modulators during operation. We discuss how combining these probes can facilitate a predictive design of the EI when closely integrated with theory.
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- Ernest Pastor
- CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), University of Rennes, Rennes, France.
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL2015, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- ICIQ-Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Tarragona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- ICIQ-Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Tarragona, Spain
- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials, Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM), University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- ICIQ-Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Tarragona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
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El-Refaei SM, Rauret DL, Manjón AG, Spanos I, Zeradjanin A, Dieckhöfer S, Arbiol J, Schuhmann W, Masa J. Ni-Xides (B, S, and P) for Alkaline OER: Shedding Light on Reconstruction Processes and Interplay with Incidental Fe Impurities as Synergistic Activity Drivers. ACS Appl Energy Mater 2024; 7:1369-1381. [PMID: 38425378 PMCID: PMC10900598 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c03114] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Ni-Xides (X = B, P, or S) exhibit intriguing properties that have endeared them for electrocatalytic water splitting. However, the role of B, P, and S, among others, in tailoring the catalytic performance of the Ni-Xides remains vaguely understood, especially if they are studied in unpurified KOH (Un-KOH) because of the renowned impact of incidental Fe impurities. Therefore, decoupling the effect induced by Fe impurities from inherent material reconstruction processes necessitates investigation of the materials in purified KOH solutions (P-KOH). Herein, studies of the OER on Ni2B, Ni2P, and Ni3S2 in P-KOH and Un-KOH coupled with in situ Raman spectroscopy, ex situ post-electrocatalysis, and online dissolution studies by ICP-OES are used to unveil the distinctive role of Ni-Xide reconstruction and the role of Fe impurities and their interplay on the electrocatalytic behavior of the three Ni-Xide precatalysts during the OER. There was essentially no difference in the OER activity and the electrochemical Ni2+/Ni3+ redox activation fingerprints of the three precatalysts via cyclic voltammetry in P-KOH, whereas their OER activity was considerably higher in Un-KOH with marked differences in the intrinsic activity and evolution of the Ni2+/Ni3+ fingerprint redox peaks. Thus, in the absence of Fe in the electrolyte (P-KOH), neither the nature of the guest element (B, P, and S) nor the underlying reconstruction processes are decisive activity drivers. This underscores the crucial role played by incidental Fe impurities on the OER activity of Ni-Xide precatalysts, which until now has been overlooked. In situ Raman spectroscopy revealed that the nickel hydroxide derived from Ni2B exhibits higher disorder than in the case of Ni2P and Ni3S2, both exhibiting a similar degree of disorder. The guest elements thus influence the degree of disorder of the formed nickel oxyhydroxides, which through their synergistic interaction with incidental Fe impurities concertedly realize high OER performance.
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- Sayed Mahmoud El-Refaei
- Max-Planck-Institut
für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Analytical
Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Analytical
Chemistry, Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Gong L, Zhang CY, Li J, Montaña-Mora G, Botifoll M, Guo T, Arbiol J, Zhou JY, Kallio T, Martínez-Alanis PR, Cabot A. Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Benzaldehyde to Benzyl Alcohol on Pd@Ni-MOF by Modifying the Adsorption Configuration. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:6948-6957. [PMID: 38305160 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13920] [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] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) approaches under ambient temperature and pressure offer significant potential advantages over thermal hydrogenation processes but require highly active and efficient hydrogenation electrocatalysts. The performance of such hydrogenation electrocatalysts strongly depends not only on the active phase but also on the architecture and surface chemistry of the support material. Herein, Pd nanoparticles supported on a nickel metal-organic framework (MOF), Ni-MOF-74, are prepared, and their activity toward the ECH of benzaldehyde (BZH) in a 3 M acetate (pH 5.2) aqueous electrolyte is explored. An outstanding ECH rate up to 283 μmol cm-2 h-1 with a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 76% is reached. Besides, higher FEs of up to 96% are achieved using a step-function voltage. Materials Studio and density functional theory calculations show these outstanding performances to be associated with the Ni-MOF support that promotes H-bond formation, facilitates water desorption, and induces favorable tilted BZH adsorption on the surface of the Pd nanoparticles. In this configuration, BZH is bonded to the Pd surface by the carbonyl group rather than through the aromatic ring, thus reducing the energy barriers of the elemental reaction steps and increasing the overall reaction efficiency.
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- Li Gong
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials and Structures, Ministry of Education, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies─ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 16100, Aalto FI-00076, Finland
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research─IREC Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies─ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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Jenkinson K, Spadaro MC, Golovanova V, Andreu T, Morante JR, Arbiol J, Bals S. Direct Operando Visualization of Metal Support Interactions Induced by Hydrogen Spillover During CO 2 Hydrogenation. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2306447. [PMID: 37865834 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306447] [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: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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The understanding of catalyst active sites is a fundamental challenge for the future rational design of optimized and bespoke catalysts. For instance, the partial reduction of Ce4+ surface sites to Ce3+ and the formation of oxygen vacancies are critical for CO2 hydrogenation, CO oxidation, and the water gas shift reaction. Furthermore, metal nanoparticles, the reducible support, and metal support interactions are prone to evolve under reaction conditions; therefore a catalyst structure must be characterized under operando conditions to identify active states and deduce structure-activity relationships. In the present work, temperature-induced morphological and chemical changes in Ni nanoparticle-decorated mesoporous CeO2 by means of in situ quantitative multimode electron tomography and in situ heating electron energy loss spectroscopy, respectively, are investigated. Moreover, operando electron energy loss spectroscopy is employed using a windowed gas cell and reveals the role of Ni-induced hydrogen spillover on active Ce3+ site formation and enhancement of the overall catalytic performance.
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- Kellie Jenkinson
- EMAT and NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- IREC, Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- IREC, Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1-11, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- IREC, Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1-11, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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- EMAT and NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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Olšteins D, Nagda G, Carrad DJ, Beznasyuk DV, Petersen CEN, Martí-Sánchez S, Arbiol J, Jespersen TS. Cryogenic multiplexing using selective area grown nanowires. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7738. [PMID: 38007553 PMCID: PMC10676361 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43551-1] [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: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023] Open
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Bottom-up grown nanomaterials play an integral role in the development of quantum technologies but are often challenging to characterise on large scales. Here, we harness selective area growth of semiconductor nanowires to demonstrate large-scale integrated circuits and characterisation of large numbers of quantum devices. The circuit consisted of 512 quantum devices embedded within multiplexer/demultiplexer pairs, incorporating thousands of interconnected selective area growth nanowires operating under deep cryogenic conditions. Multiplexers enable a range of new strategies in quantum device research and scaling by increasing the device count while limiting the number of connections between room-temperature control electronics and the cryogenic samples. As an example of this potential we perform a statistical characterization of large arrays of identical quantum dots thus establishing the feasibility of applying cross-bar gating strategies for efficient scaling of future selective area growth quantum circuits. More broadly, the ability to systematically characterise large numbers of devices provides new levels of statistical certainty to materials/device development.
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- Dāgs Olšteins
- Center For Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center For Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Passeig de Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center For Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Maltoni P, Baričić M, Barucca G, Spadaro MC, Arbiol J, Yaacoub N, Peddis D, Mathieu R. Tunable particle-agglomeration and magnetic coupling in bi-magnetic nanocomposites. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27817-27828. [PMID: 37814895 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03689h] [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: 10/11/2023]
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A set of non-stoichiometric Zn-Co-ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) was prepared by thermal decomposition of metallic complexes, in the presence of oleic acid, and, after a ligand-exchange process, was coated by a hydrophilic surfactant: these NPs were used as seeds in a sol-gel self-combustion synthesis to prepare nanocomposites (NCs) with a fixed weight ratio. Our focus here is the development of an efficient synthetic approach to control the magnetic coupling between a hard-magnetic matrix (Sr-ferrite) and NPs. The physico-chemical synthetic conditions (temperature, pH, colloidal stability) were optimized in order to tune their effect on the final particles' agglomeration in the matrix. We demonstrate that our synthetic approach is a novel way to produce strongly magnetically coupled NCs, where the final extrinsic properties could be tuned by controlling (i) the agglomeration of seeds in the matrix and (ii) their elemental doping.
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- Pierfrancesco Maltoni
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University, Box 35, Uppsala, 751 03, Sweden.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale & INSTM, nM2-Lab, Università degli Studi di, Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genova, 1-16146, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia dell'Ambiente ed Urbanistica - SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Strttura della Materia, nM2-lab, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00015, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia dell'Ambiente ed Urbanistica - SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona 60131, Italy
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08020, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Le Mans Université, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, CNRS UMR-6283, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, Le Mans, 72085, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale & INSTM, nM2-Lab, Università degli Studi di, Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genova, 1-16146, Italy.
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Strttura della Materia, nM2-lab, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00015, Italy
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University, Box 35, Uppsala, 751 03, Sweden.
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Di Mari G, Spadaro MC, Salutari F, Arbiol J, Bruno L, Mineo G, Bruno E, Strano V, Mirabella S. Low-Cost, High-Yield Zinc Oxide-Based Nanostars for Alkaline Overall Water Splitting. ACS Omega 2023; 8:37023-37031. [PMID: 37841157 PMCID: PMC10568701 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03958] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
The investigation of high-efficiency and sustainable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media is critical for renewable energy technologies. Here, we report a low-cost and high-yield method to obtain ZnOHF-ZnO-based 2D nanostars (NSs) by means of chemical bath deposition (CBD). The obtained NSs, cast onto graphene paper substrates, were used as active materials for the development of a full water splitting cell. For the HER, NSs were decorated with an ultralow amount of Pt nanoparticles (11.2 μg cm-2), demonstrating an overpotential of 181 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. The intrinsic activity of Pt was optimized, thanks to the ZnO supporting nanostructures, as outlined by the mass activity of Pt (0.9 mA mgPt-1) and its turnover frequency (0.27 s-1 for a Pt loading of 11.2 μg cm-2). For the OER, bare NSs showed a remarkable result of 355 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline media. Pt-decorated and bare NSs were used as the cathode and anode, respectively, for alkaline electrochemical water splitting, assessing a stable overpotential of 1.7 V at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. The reported data pave the way toward large-scale production of low-cost electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production.
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- Gisella
Maria Di Mari
- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università degli Studi di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123Catania, Italy
- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento
SIMAU, Università Politecnica delle
Marche, Piazza Roma 22, 60121 Ancona, Italy
- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università degli Studi di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123Catania, Italy
- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università degli Studi di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123Catania, Italy
- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università degli Studi di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123Catania, Italy
- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Università degli Studi di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123Catania, Italy
- CNR-IMM,
Catania (University) Unit, via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Tandava VSRK, Spadaro MC, Arbiol J, Murcia-López S, Morante JR. Hydrothermal Fabrication of Carbon-Supported Oxide-Derived Copper Heterostructures: A Robust Catalyst System for Enhanced Electro-Reduction of CO 2 to C 2 H 4. ChemSusChem 2023; 16:e202300344. [PMID: 37306621 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300344] [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: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Anthropogenic CO2 can be converted to alternative fuels and value-added products by electrocatalytic routes. Copper-based catalysts are found to be the star materials for obtaining longer-chain carbon compounds beyond 2e- products. Herein, we report a facile hydrothermal fabrication of a highly robust electrocatalyst: in-situ grown heterostructures of plate-like CuO-Cu2 O on carbon black. Simultaneous synthesis of copper-carbon catalysts with varied amounts of copper was conducted to determine the optimum blend. It is observed that the optimum ratio and structure have aided in achieving the state of art faradaic efficiency for ethylene >45 % at -1.6 V vs. RHE at industrially relevant high current densities over 160 to 200 mA ⋅ cm-2 . It is understood that the in-situ modification of CuO to Cu2 O during the electrolysis is the driving force for the highly selective conversion of CO2 to ethylene through the *CO intermediates at the onset potentials followed by C-C coupling. The excellent distribution of Cu-based platelets on the carbon structure enables rapid electron transfer and enhanced catalytic efficiency. It is inferred that choosing the right composition of the catalyst by tuning the catalyst layer over the gas diffusion electrode can substantially affect the product selectivity and promote reaching the potential industrial scale.
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- Venkata S R K Tandava
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
- Faculty of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Catalonia, Spain
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Sun Q, Zeng G, Li J, Wang S, Botifoll M, Wang H, Li D, Ji F, Cheng J, Shao H, Tian Y, Arbiol J, Cabot A, Ci L. Is Soft Carbon a More Suitable Match for SiO x in Li-Ion Battery Anodes? Small 2023; 19:e2302644. [PMID: 37144432 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302644] [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: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Silicon oxide (SiOx ), inheriting the high-capacity characteristic of silicon-based materials but possessing superior cycling stability, is a promising anode material for next-generation Li-ion batteries. SiOx is typically applied in combination with graphite (Gr), but the limited cycling durability of the SiOx /Gr composites curtails large-scale applications. In this work, this limited durability is demonstrated in part related to the presence of a bidirectional diffusion at the SiOx /Gr interface, which is driven by their intrinsic working potential differences and the concentration gradients. When Li on the Li-rich surface of SiOx is captured by Gr, the SiOx surface shrinks, hindering further lithiation. The use of soft carbon (SC) instead of Gr can prevent such instability is further demonstrated. The higher working potential of SC avoids bidirectional diffusion and surface compression thus allowing further lithiation. In this scenario, the evolution of the Li concentration gradient in SiOx conforms to its spontaneous lithiation process, benefiting the electrochemical performance. These results highlight the focus on the working potential of carbon as a strategy for rational optimization of SiOx /C composites toward improved battery performance.
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- Qing Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Singapore, 179102, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Photonic-Thermal-Electrical Energy Materials and Devices, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao SAR, 999078, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
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Zhang CY, Lu X, Han X, Yu J, Zhang C, Huang C, Balcells L, Manjón AG, Jacas Biendicho J, Li J, Arbiol J, Sun G, Zhou JY, Cabot A. Identifying the Role of the Cationic Geometric Configuration in Spinel Catalysts for Polysulfide Conversion in Sodium-Sulfur Batteries. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18992-19004. [PMID: 37603793 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
An AB2X4 spinel structure, with tetrahedral A and octahedral B sites, is a paradigmatic class of catalysts with several possible geometric configurations and numerous applications, including polysulfide conversion in metal-sulfur batteries. Nonetheless, the influence of the geometric configuration and composition on the mechanisms of catalysis and the precise manner in which spinel catalysts facilitate the conversion of polysulfides remain unknown. To enable controlled exposure of single active configurations, herein, Cotd2+ and Cooh3+ in Co3O4 catalysts for sodium polysulfide conversion are in large part replaced by Fetd2+ and Feoh3+, respectively, generating FeCo2O4 and CoFe2O4. Through an examination of electrochemical activation energies, the characterization of symmetric cells, and theoretical calculations, we determine that Cooh3+ serves as the active site for the breaking of S-S bonds, while Cotd2+ functions as the active site for the formation of S-Na bonds. The current study underlines the subtle relationship between activity and geometric configurations of spinel catalysts, providing unique insights for the rational development of improved catalysts by optimizing their atomic geometric configuration.
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- Chao Yue Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education & School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Xing C, Yang L, He R, Spadaro MC, Zhang Y, Arbiol J, Li J, Poudel B, Nozariasbmarz A, Li W, Lim KH, Liu Y, Llorca J, Cabot A. Brookite TiO 2 Nanorods as Promising Electrochromic and Energy Storage Materials for Smart Windows. Small 2023:e2303639. [PMID: 37608461 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303639] [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] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
Abstract
Electrochromic smart windows (ESWs) offer an attractive option for regulating indoor lighting conditions. Electrochromic materials based on ion insertion/desertion mechanisms also present the possibility for energy storage, thereby increasing overall energy efficiency and adding value to the system. However, current electrochromic electrodes suffer from performance degradation, long response time, and low coloration efficiency. This work aims to produce defect-engineered brookite titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) nanorods (NRs) with different lengths and investigate their electrochromic performance as potential energy storage materials. The controllable synthesis of TiO2 NRs with inherent defects, along with smaller impedance and higher carrier concentrations, significantly enhances their electrochromic performance, including improved resistance to degradation, shorter response times, and enhanced coloration efficiency. The electrochromic performance of TiO2 NRs, particularly longer ones, is characterized by fast switching speeds (20 s for coloration and 12 s for bleaching), high coloration efficiency (84.96 cm2 C-1 at a 600 nm wavelength), and good stability, highlighting their potential for advanced electrochromic smart window applications based on Li+ ion intercalation.
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- Congcong Xing
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Departament d'Enginyeria Electronica i Biomedica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Departament d'Enginyeria Electronica i Biomedica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610106, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou, Zhejiang, 324000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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Fernández-Climent R, Redondo J, García-Tecedor M, Spadaro MC, Li J, Chartrand D, Schiller F, Pazos J, Hurtado MF, de la Peña O’Shea V, Kornienko N, Arbiol J, Barja S, Mesa CA, Giménez S. Highly Durable Nanoporous Cu 2-xS Films for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis under Mild pH Conditions. ACS Catal 2023; 13:10457-10467. [PMID: 37564127 PMCID: PMC10411506 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01673] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
Copper-based hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts are promising materials to scale-up hydrogen production due to their reported high current densities; however, electrode durability remains a challenge. Here, we report a facile, cost-effective, and scalable synthetic route to produce Cu2-xS electrocatalysts, exhibiting hydrogen evolution rates that increase for ∼1 month of operation. Our Cu2-xS electrodes reach a state-of-the-art performance of ∼400 mA cm-2 at -1 V vs RHE under mild conditions (pH 8.6), with almost 100% Faradaic efficiency for hydrogen evolution. The rise in current density was found to scale with the electrode electrochemically active surface area. The increased performance of our Cu2-xS electrodes correlates with a decrease in the Tafel slope, while analyses by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, operando X-ray diffraction, and in situ spectroelectrochemistry cooperatively revealed the Cu-centered nature of the catalytically active species. These results allowed us to increase fundamental understanding of heterogeneous electrocatalyst transformation and consequent structure-activity relationship. This facile synthesis of highly durable and efficient Cu2-xS electrocatalysts enables the development of competitive electrodes for hydrogen evolution under mild pH conditions.
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- Roser Fernández-Climent
- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, Av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12006 Castelló, Spain
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- Department
of Polymers and Advanced Materials, Centro de Física de Materiales, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Department
of Surface and Plasma Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, Av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12006 Castelló, Spain
- Photoactivated
Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute,
Parque Tecnológico de Móstoles, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and BIST Campus
UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 1375 Ave. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 1375 Ave. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, Canada
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- Centro
de Física de Materiales and Material Physics Center CSIC/UPV-EHU, Manuel Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia
International Physics Center, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Research
Cluster on Converging Sciences and Technologies (NBIC), Departamento
de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Central, Calle 5 No 21-38, Bogotá 110311, Colombia
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- Research
Cluster on Converging Sciences and Technologies (NBIC), Departamento
de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Central, Calle 5 No 21-38, Bogotá 110311, Colombia
- Materials
Chemistry Area, Civil Engineering Department, Corporación Universitaria
Minuto de Dios, Calle 80, Main Sede Bogotá, Colombia. −
Nanotechnology Applications Area, Environmental Engineering Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Km 2 via Cajicá, Zipaquirá 110311, Colombia
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- Photoactivated
Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute,
Parque Tecnológico de Móstoles, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, 28935 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 1375 Ave. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, Canada
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and BIST Campus
UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department
of Polymers and Advanced Materials, Centro de Física de Materiales, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia
International Physics Center, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, Av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12006 Castelló, Spain
- Research
Cluster on Converging Sciences and Technologies (NBIC), Departamento
de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Central, Calle 5 No 21-38, Bogotá 110311, Colombia
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I, Av. de Vicente Sos Baynat, s/n, 12006 Castelló, Spain
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Khan SA, Martí-Sánchez S, Olsteins D, Lampadaris C, Carrad DJ, Liu Y, Quiñones J, Chiara Spadaro M, Sand Jespersen T, Krogstrup P, Arbiol J. Epitaxially Driven Phase Selectivity of Sn in Hybrid Quantum Nanowires. ACS Nano 2023. [PMID: 37317984 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02733] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowires constitute a pervasive platform for studying gate-tunable superconductivity and the emergence of topological behavior. Their low dimensionality and crystal structure flexibility facilitate unique heterostructure growth and efficient material optimization, crucial prerequisites for accurately constructing complex multicomponent quantum materials. Here, we present an extensive study of Sn growth on InSb, InAsSb, and InAs nanowires and demonstrate how the crystal structure of the nanowires drives the formation of either semimetallic α-Sn or superconducting β-Sn. For InAs nanowires, we observe phase-pure superconducting β-Sn shells. However, for InSb and InAsSb nanowires, an initial epitaxial α-Sn phase evolves into a polycrystalline shell of coexisting α and β phases, where the β/α volume ratio increases with Sn shell thickness. Whether these nanowires exhibit superconductivity or not critically relies on the β-Sn content. Therefore, this work provides key insights into Sn phases on a variety of semiconductors with consequences for the yield of superconducting hybrids suitable for generating topological systems.
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- Sabbir A Khan
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Fundamental Metrology, Kogle Alle 5, 2970 Ho̷rsholm, Denmark
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building, Lyngby, 310, 2800 Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building, Lyngby, 310, 2800 Denmark
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- NNF Quantum Computing Programme, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Díez-García MI, Montaña-Mora G, Botifoll M, Cabot A, Arbiol J, Qamar M, Morante JR. Cobalt-Iron Oxyhydroxide Obtained from the Metal Phosphide: A Highly Effective Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at High Current Densities. ACS Appl Energy Mater 2023; 6:5690-5699. [PMID: 37323204 PMCID: PMC10266373 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c00032] [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: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The development of high current density anodes for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is fundamental to manufacturing practical and reliable electrochemical cells. In this work, we have developed a bimetallic electrocatalyst based on cobalt-iron oxyhydroxide that shows outstanding performance for water oxidation. Such a catalyst is obtained from cobalt-iron phosphide nanorods that serve as sacrificial structures for the formation of a bimetallic oxyhydroxide through phosphorous loss concomitantly to oxygen/hydroxide incorporation. CoFeP nanorods are synthesized using a scalable method using triphenyl phosphite as a phosphorous precursor. They are deposited without the use of binders on nickel foam to enable fast electron transport, a highly effective surface area, and a high density of active sites. The morphological and chemical transformation of the CoFeP nanoparticles is analyzed and compared with the monometallic cobalt phosphide in alkaline media and under anodic potentials. The resulting bimetallic electrode presents a Tafel slope as low as 42 mV dec-1 and low overpotentials for OER. For the first time, an anion exchange membrane electrolysis device with an integrated CoFeP-based anode was tested at a high current density of 1 A cm-2, demonstrating excellent stability and Faradaic efficiency near 100%. This work opens up a way for using metal phosphide-based anodes for practical fuel electrosynthesis devices.
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- María Isabel Díez-García
- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià
del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià
del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia 08193, Spain
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià
del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain
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- Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Catalonia
Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià
del Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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Liu Y, Niu R, Majchrowski A, Roleder K, Cordero-Edwards K, Cairney JM, Arbiol J, Catalan G. Translational Boundaries as Incipient Ferrielectric Domains in Antiferroelectric PbZrO_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:216801. [PMID: 37295088 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.216801] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the archetypal antiferroelectric PbZrO_{3}, antiparallel electric dipoles cancel each other, resulting in zero spontaneous polarization at the macroscopic level. Yet in actual hysteresis loops, the cancellation is rarely perfect and some remnant polarization is often observed, suggesting the metastability of polar phases in this material. In this work, using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy methods on a PbZrO_{3} single crystal, we uncover the coexistence of the common antiferroelectric phase and a ferrielectric phase featuring an electric dipole pattern of ↓↑↓. This dipole arrangement, predicted by Aramberri et al. to be the ground state of PbZrO_{3} at 0 K, appears at room temperature in the form of translational boundaries. The dual nature of the ferrielectric phase, both a distinct phase and a translational boundary structure, places important symmetry constraints on its growth. These are overcome by sideways motion of the boundaries, which aggregate to form arbitrarily wide stripe domains of the polar phase embedded within the antiferroelectric matrix.
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- Ying Liu
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, Ulica Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Ulica 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
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- School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona 08010, Catalunya, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona 08010, Catalunya, Spain
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Xing C, Zhang Y, Xiao K, Han X, Liu Y, Nan B, Ramon MG, Lim KH, Li J, Arbiol J, Poudel B, Nozariasbmarz A, Li W, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. Thermoelectric Performance of Surface-Engineered Cu 1.5-xTe-Cu 2Se Nanocomposites. ACS Nano 2023; 17:8442-8452. [PMID: 37071412 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00495] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cu2-xS and Cu2-xSe have recently been reported as promising thermoelectric (TE) materials for medium-temperature applications. In contrast, Cu2-xTe, another member of the copper chalcogenide family, typically exhibits low Seebeck coefficients that limit its potential to achieve a superior thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, particularly in the low-temperature range where this material could be effective. To address this, we investigated the TE performance of Cu1.5-xTe-Cu2Se nanocomposites by consolidating surface-engineered Cu1.5Te nanocrystals. This surface engineering strategy allows for precise adjustment of Cu/Te ratios and results in a reversible phase transition at around 600 K in Cu1.5-xTe-Cu2Se nanocomposites, as systematically confirmed by in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction combined with differential scanning calorimetry analysis. The phase transition leads to a conversion from metallic-like to semiconducting-like TE properties. Additionally, a layer of Cu2Se generated around Cu1.5-xTe nanoparticles effectively inhibits Cu1.5-xTe grain growth, minimizing thermal conductivity and decreasing hole concentration. These properties indicate that copper telluride based compounds have a promising thermoelectric potential, translated into a high dimensionless zT of 1.3 at 560 K.
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- Congcong Xing
- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, People's Republic of China
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 99 Zheda Rd., Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, 610106 Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Li J, Li L, Ma X, Han X, Xing C, Qi X, He R, Arbiol J, Pan H, Zhao J, Deng J, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Cabot A. Selective Ethylene Glycol Oxidation to Formate on Nickel Selenide with Simultaneous Evolution of Hydrogen. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2300841. [PMID: 36950758 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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There is an urgent need for cost-effective strategies to produce hydrogen from renewable net-zero carbon sources using renewable energies. In this context, the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction can be boosted by replacing the oxygen evolution reaction with the oxidation of small organic molecules, such as ethylene glycol (EG). EG is a particularly interesting organic liquid with two hydroxyl groups that can be transformed into a variety of C1 and C2 chemicals, depending on the catalyst and reaction conditions. Here, a catalyst is demonstrated for the selective EG oxidation reaction (EGOR) to formate on nickel selenide. The catalyst nanoparticle (NP) morphology and crystallographic phase are tuned to maximize its performance. The optimized NiS electrocatalyst requires just 1.395 V to drive a current density of 50 mA cm-2 in 1 m potassium hydroxide (KOH) and 1 m EG. A combination of in situ electrochemical infrared absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) to monitor the electrocatalytic process and ex situ analysis of the electrolyte composition shows the main EGOR product is formate, with a Faradaic efficiency above 80%. Additionally, C2 chemicals such as glycolate and oxalate are detected and quantified as minor products. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the reaction process show the glycol-to-oxalate pathway to be favored via the glycolate formation, where the CC bond is broken and further electro-oxidized to formate.
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- Junshan Li
- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08910, Spain
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Science and Technology, Nanyang, 473004, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Control on Surface and Interface, College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research-IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08910, Spain
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Montaña-Mora G, Qi X, Wang X, Chacón-Borrero J, Martinez-Alanis PR, Yu X, Li J, Xue Q, Arbiol J, Ibáñez M, Cabot A. Phosphorous incorporation into palladium tin nanoparticles for the electrocatalytic formate oxidation reaction. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117369] [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: 03/30/2023]
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Paquelet Wuetz B, Degli Esposti D, Zwerver AMJ, Amitonov SV, Botifoll M, Arbiol J, Sammak A, Vandersypen LMK, Russ M, Scappucci G. Author Correction: Reducing charge noise in quantum dots by using thin silicon quantum wells. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1921. [PMID: 37024480 PMCID: PMC10079671 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37548-z] [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: 04/08/2023] Open
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- Brian Paquelet Wuetz
- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
- QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Delft, The Netherlands
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08020, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands.
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Genç A, Patarroyo J, Sancho-Parramon J, Arenal R, Bastús NG, Puntes V, Arbiol J. Asymmetrical Plasmon Distribution in Hybrid AuAg Hollow/Solid Coded Nanotubes. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:992. [PMID: 36985887 PMCID: PMC10051431 DOI: 10.3390/nano13060992] [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: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Morphological control at the nanoscale paves the way to fabricate nanostructures with desired plasmonic properties. In this study, we discuss the nanoengineering of plasmon resonances in 1D hollow nanostructures of two different AuAg nanotubes, including completely hollow nanotubes and hybrid nanotubes with solid Ag and hollow AuAg segments. Spatially resolved plasmon mapping by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) revealed the presence of high order resonator-like modes and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) modes in both nanotubes. The experimental findings accurately correlated with the boundary element method (BEM) simulations. Both experiments and simulations revealed that the plasmon resonances are intensely present inside the nanotubes due to plasmon hybridization. Based on the experimental and simulated results, we show that the novel hybrid AuAg nanotubes possess two significant coexisting features: (i) LSPRs are distinctively generated from the hollow and solid parts of the hybrid AuAg nanotube, which creates a way to control a broad range of plasmon resonances with one single nanostructure, and (ii) the periodicity of the high-order modes are disrupted due to the plasmon hybridization by the interaction of solid and hollow parts, resulting in an asymmetrical plasmon distribution in 1D nanostructures. The asymmetry could be modulated/engineered to control the coded plasmonic nanotubes.
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- Aziz Genç
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-U de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- ARAID Foundation, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), 08035 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Wang X, Li J, Xue Q, Han X, Xing C, Liang Z, Guardia P, Zuo Y, Du R, Balcells L, Arbiol J, Llorca J, Qi X, Cabot A. Sulfate-Decorated Amorphous-Crystalline Cobalt-Iron Oxide Nanosheets to Enhance O-O Coupling in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Nano 2023; 17:825-836. [PMID: 36562698 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a fundamental role in several energy technologies, which performance and cost-effectiveness are in large part related to the used OER electrocatalyst. Herein, we detail the synthesis of cobalt-iron oxide nanosheets containing controlled amounts of well-anchored SO42- anionic groups (CoFexOy-SO4). We use a cobalt-based zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-67) as the structural template and a cobalt source and Mohr's salt ((NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6H2O) as the source of iron and sulfate. When combining the ZIF-67 with ammonium iron sulfate, the protons produced by the ammonium ion hydrolysis (NH4+ + H2O = NH3·H2O + H+) etch the ZIF-67, dissociating its polyhedron structure, and form porous assemblies of two-dimensional nanostructures through a diffusion-controlled process. At the same time, iron ions partially replace cobalt within the structure, and SO42- ions are anchored on the material surface by exchange with organic ligands. As a result, ultrathin CoFexOy-SO4 nanosheets are obtained. The proposed synthetic procedure enables controlling the amount of Fe and SO4 ions and analyzing the effect of each element on the electrocatalytic activity. The optimized CoFexOy-SO4 material displays outstanding OER activity with a 10 mA cm-2 overpotential of 268 mV, a Tafel slope of 46.5 mV dec-1, and excellent stability during 62 h. This excellent performance is correlated to the material's structural and chemical parameters. The assembled nanosheet structure is characterized by a large electrochemically active surface area, a high density of reaction sites, and fast electron transportation. Meanwhile, the introduction of iron increases the electrical conductivity of the catalysts and provides fast reaction sites with optimum bond energy and spin state for the adsorption of OER intermediates. The presence of sulfate ions at the catalyst surface modifies the electronic energy level of active sites, regulates the adsorption of intermediates to reduce the OER overpotential, and promotes the surface charge transfer, which accelerates the formation of oxygenated intermediates. Overall, the present work details the synthesis of a high-efficiency OER electrocatalyst and demonstrates the introduction of nonmetallic anionic groups as an excellent strategy to promote electrocatalytic activity in energy conversion technologies.
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- Xiang Wang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Zhang T, Liu H, Han X, Biset-Peiró M, Yang Y, Imaz I, Maspoch D, Yang B, Morante JR, Arbiol J. Improvement of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction by Crystal Surface Modification of ZIF-8. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:5234-5242. [PMID: 36974616 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00185g] [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: 03/17/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) possessed high CO2 adsorption properties are considered as promising candidate for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR). However, their insufficient selectivity and current density constrain the further...
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- Ting Zhang
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Information Functional Materials, 2020 X-Lab, ShangHai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China.
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Valentini M, Borovkov M, Prada E, Martí-Sánchez S, Botifoll M, Hofmann A, Arbiol J, Aguado R, San-Jose P, Katsaros G. Majorana-like Coulomb spectroscopy in the absence of zero-bias peaks. Nature 2022; 612:442-447. [PMID: 36517713 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05382-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hybrid semiconductor-superconductor devices hold great promise for realizing topological quantum computing with Majorana zero modes1-5. However, multiple claims of Majorana detection, based on either tunnelling6-10 or Coulomb blockade (CB) spectroscopy11,12, remain disputed. Here we devise an experimental protocol that allows us to perform both types of measurement on the same hybrid island by adjusting its charging energy via tunable junctions to the normal leads. This method reduces ambiguities of Majorana detections by checking the consistency between CB spectroscopy and zero-bias peaks in non-blockaded transport. Specifically, we observe junction-dependent, even-odd modulated, single-electron CB peaks in InAs/Al hybrid nanowires without concomitant low-bias peaks in tunnelling spectroscopy. We provide a theoretical interpretation of the experimental observations in terms of low-energy, longitudinally confined island states rather than overlapping Majorana modes. Our results highlight the importance of combined measurements on the same device for the identification of topological Majorana zero modes.
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- Marco Valentini
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.,Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.,Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Barcelona, Spain.,ICREA, Passeig de Lluís, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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Botifoll M, Pinto-Huguet I, Arbiol J. Machine learning in electron microscopy for advanced nanocharacterization: current developments, available tools and future outlook. Nanoscale Horiz 2022; 7:1427-1477. [PMID: 36239693 DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00377e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In the last few years, electron microscopy has experienced a new methodological paradigm aimed to fix the bottlenecks and overcome the challenges of its analytical workflow. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are answering this call providing powerful resources towards automation, exploration, and development. In this review, we evaluate the state-of-the-art of machine learning applied to electron microscopy (and obliquely, to materials and nano-sciences). We start from the traditional imaging techniques to reach the newest higher-dimensionality ones, also covering the recent advances in spectroscopy and tomography. Additionally, the present review provides a practical guide for microscopists, and in general for material scientists, but not necessarily advanced machine learning practitioners, to straightforwardly apply the offered set of tools to their own research. To conclude, we explore the state-of-the-art of other disciplines with a broader experience in applying artificial intelligence methods to their research (e.g., high-energy physics, astronomy, Earth sciences, and even robotics, videogames, or marketing and finances), in order to narrow down the incoming future of electron microscopy, its challenges and outlook.
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- Marc Botifoll
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Li J, Han X, Wang D, Zhu L, Ha‐Thi M, Pino T, Arbiol J, Wu L, Nawfal Ghazzal M. A Deprotection-free Method for High-yield Synthesis of Graphdiyne Powder with In Situ Formed CuO Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202210242. [PMID: 35985984 PMCID: PMC9825875 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202210242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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With a direct band gap, superior charge carrier mobility, and uniformly distributed pores, graphdiyne (GDY) has stimulated tremendous interest from the scientific community. However, its broad application is greatly limited by the complicated multistep synthesis process including complex deprotection of hexakis-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzene (HEB-TMS) and peeling of GDY from the substrates. Here, we describe a deprotection-free strategy to prepare GDY powder by directly using HEB-TMS as the monomer. When CuCl was used as the catalysts in DMF solvent, the yield of GDY powder reached ≈100 %. More interestingly, uniformly dispersed CuO nanoparticles with an average diameter of ≈2.9 nm were in situ formed on GDY after the reaction. The prepared CuO/GDY was demonstrated an excellent co-catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, comparable to the state-of-art Pt co-catalyst. The deprotection-free approach will widen the use of GDY and facilitate its scaling up to industrial level.
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- Jian Li
- Université Paris-SaclayUMR 8000 CNRSInstitut de Chimie Physique91405OrsayFrance
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)CSIC and BISTCampus UABBellaterra08193 Barcelona, CataloniaSpain
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nano safetyInstitute of High Energy PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
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- Université Paris-SaclayCNRSInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay91405OrsayFrance
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- Université Paris-SaclayCNRSInstitut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay91405OrsayFrance
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)CSIC and BISTCampus UABBellaterra08193 Barcelona, CataloniaSpain,ICREAPg. Lluís Companys 2308010Barcelona, CataloniaSpain
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic MaterialsTechnical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
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Li J, Han X, Wang D, Zhu L, Ha‐Thi M, Pino T, Arbiol J, Wu L, Nawfal Ghazzal M. Inside Cover: A Deprotection‐free Method for High‐yield Synthesis of Graphdiyne Powder with In Situ Formed CuO Nanoparticles (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43/2022). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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- Jian Li
- Université Paris-Saclay UMR 8000 CNRS Institut de Chimie Physique 91405 Orsay France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and BIST Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nano safety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Université Paris-Saclay CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay 91405 Orsay France
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- Université Paris-Saclay CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay 91405 Orsay France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and BIST Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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Li J, Han X, Wang D, Zhu L, Ha‐Thi M, Pino T, Arbiol J, Wu L, Nawfal Ghazzal M. A Deprotection‐free Method for High‐yield Synthesis of Graphdiyne Powder with In Situ Formed CuO Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202213877] [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: 11/06/2022]
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- Jian Li
- Université Paris-Saclay UMR 8000 CNRS Institut de Chimie Physique 91405 Orsay France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and BIST Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nano safety Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Université Paris-Saclay CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay 91405 Orsay France
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- Université Paris-Saclay CNRS Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay 91405 Orsay France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and BIST Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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Wang X, Han X, Du R, Xing C, Qi X, Liang Z, Guardia P, Arbiol J, Cabot A, Li J. Cobalt Molybdenum Nitride-Based Nanosheets for Seawater Splitting. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:41924-41933. [PMID: 36074387 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The development of cost-effective bifunctional catalysts for water electrolysis is both a crucial necessity and an exciting scientific challenge. Herein, a simple approach based on a metal-organic framework sacrificial template to preparing cobalt molybdenum nitride supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets is reported. The porous structure of produced composite enables fast reaction kinetics, enhanced stability, and high corrosion resistance in critical seawater conditions. The cobalt molybdenum nitride-based electrocatalyst is tested toward both oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction half-reactions using the seawater electrolyte, providing excellent performances that are rationalized using density functional theory. Subsequently, the nitride composite is tested as a bifunctional catalyst for the overall splitting of KOH-treated seawater from the Mediterranean Sea. The assembled system requires overpotentials of just 1.70 V to achieve a current density of 100 mA cm-2 in 1 M KOH seawater and continuously works for over 62 h. This work demonstrates the potential of transition-metal nitrides for seawater splitting and represents a step forward toward the cost-effective implementation of this technology.
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- Xiang Wang
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Catalonia, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, Catalonia, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluis Companys, Catalonia, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, 610106 Chengdu, China
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Zhao L, Tang P, Luo D, Dar MI, Eickemeyer FT, Arora N, Hu Q, Luo J, Liu Y, Zakeeruddin SM, Hagfeldt A, Arbiol J, Huang W, Gong Q, Russell TP, Friend RH, Grätzel M, Zhu R. Enabling full-scale grain boundary mitigation in polycrystalline perovskite solids. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabo3733. [PMID: 36054361 PMCID: PMC10848950 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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There exists a considerable density of interaggregate grain boundaries (GBs) and intra-aggregate GBs in polycrystalline perovskites. Mitigation of intra-aggregate GBs is equally notable to that of interaggregate GBs as intra-aggregate GBs can also cause detrimental effects on the photovoltaic performances of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we demonstrate full-scale GB mitigation ranging from nanoscale intra-aggregate to submicron-scale interaggregate GBs, by modulating the crystallization kinetics using a judiciously designed brominated arylamine trimer. The optimized GB-mitigated perovskite films exhibit reduced nonradiative recombination, and their corresponding mesostructured PSCs show substantially enhanced device efficiency and long-term stability under illumination, humidity, or heat stress. The versatility of our strategy is also verified upon applying it to different categories of PSCs. Our discovery not only specifies a rarely addressed perspective concerning fundamental studies of perovskites at nanoscale but also opens a route to obtain high-quality solution-processed polycrystalline perovskites for high-performance optoelectronic devices.
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- Lichen Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- State Key Laboratory of Information Functional Materials, 2020 X-Lab, ShangHai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Microelectronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Solar Energy Research Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Catalonia, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Chang C, Liu Y, Ho Lee S, Chiara Spadaro M, Koskela KM, Kleinhanns T, Costanzo T, Arbiol J, Brutchey RL, Ibáñez M. Surface Functionalization of Surfactant-Free Particles: A Strategy to Tailor the Properties of Nanocomposites for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207002. [PMID: 35799379 PMCID: PMC9542085 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The broad implementation of thermoelectricity requires high-performance and low-cost materials. One possibility is employing surfactant-free solution synthesis to produce nanopowders. We propose the strategy of functionalizing "naked" particles' surface by inorganic molecules to control the nanostructure and, consequently, thermoelectric performance. In particular, we use bismuth thiolates to functionalize surfactant-free SnTe particles' surfaces. Upon thermal processing, bismuth thiolates decomposition renders SnTe-Bi2 S3 nanocomposites with synergistic functions: 1) carrier concentration optimization by Bi doping; 2) Seebeck coefficient enhancement and bipolar effect suppression by energy filtering; and 3) lattice thermal conductivity reduction by small grain domains, grain boundaries and nanostructuration. Overall, the SnTe-Bi2 S3 nanocomposites exhibit peak z T up to 1.3 at 873 K and an average z T of ≈0.6 at 300-873 K, which is among the highest reported for solution-processed SnTe.
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- Cheng Chang
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and BIST, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Chang C, Liu Y, Ho Lee S, Chiara Spadaro M, Koskela KM, Kleinhanns T, Costanzo T, Arbiol J, Brutchey RL, Ibáñez M. Surface Functionalization of Surfactant-Free Particles: A Strategy to Tailor the Properties of Nanocomposites for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance. Angew Chem Weinheim Bergstr Ger 2022; 134:e202207002. [PMID: 38505739 PMCID: PMC10947131 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207002] [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: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The broad implementation of thermoelectricity requires high-performance and low-cost materials. One possibility is employing surfactant-free solution synthesis to produce nanopowders. We propose the strategy of functionalizing "naked" particles' surface by inorganic molecules to control the nanostructure and, consequently, thermoelectric performance. In particular, we use bismuth thiolates to functionalize surfactant-free SnTe particles' surfaces. Upon thermal processing, bismuth thiolates decomposition renders SnTe-Bi2S3 nanocomposites with synergistic functions: 1) carrier concentration optimization by Bi doping; 2) Seebeck coefficient enhancement and bipolar effect suppression by energy filtering; and 3) lattice thermal conductivity reduction by small grain domains, grain boundaries and nanostructuration. Overall, the SnTe-Bi2S3 nanocomposites exhibit peak z T up to 1.3 at 873 K and an average z T of ≈0.6 at 300-873 K, which is among the highest reported for solution-processed SnTe.
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- Cheng Chang
- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)CSIC, and BIST08193Barcelona, CataloniaSpain
- ICREAPg. Lluís Companys 2308010Barcelona, CataloniaSpain
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90089USA
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- Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAm Campus 13400KlosterneuburgAustria
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Arbiol J. 2D nanostructures at atomic scale: from energy and environmental applications to quantum devices. Acta Cryst Sect A 2022. [DOI: 10.1107/s2053273322094645] [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: 03/19/2023]
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Li J, Han X, Wang D, Zhu L, Ha-Thi MH, Pino T, Arbiol J, Wu LZ, Ghazzal MN. A Deprotection‐free Method for High‐yield Synthesis of Graphdiyne Powder with in‐situ Formed CuO Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202210242] [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: 11/06/2022]
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- Jian Li
- Université Paris-Saclay UFR Sciences: Universite Paris-Saclay Faculte des Sciences d'Orsay Institut de Chimie Physique FRANCE
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnologia Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology FRANCE
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences CHINA
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry key laboratory of photochemical conversion and optoelectronic materials CHINA
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- Paris-Saclay University Faculty of Science Orsay: Universite Paris-Saclay Faculte des Sciences d'Orsay ISMO FRANCE
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- Paris-Saclay University Faculty of Science Orsay: Universite Paris-Saclay Faculte des Sciences d'Orsay ISMO FRANCE
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia ICREA SPAIN
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry CAS: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences CHINA
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- Université Paris-Saclay Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay: Universite Paris-Saclay Faculte des Sciences d'Orsay Institut de chimie physique UMR8000 - Université Paris-Saclay Bâtiment 349 - Campus d’Orsay15, avenue Jean Perrin 91405 Orsay FRANCE
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Li J, Tian X, Wang X, Zhang T, Spadaro MC, Arbiol J, Li L, Zuo Y, Cabot A. Electrochemical Conversion of Alcohols into Acidic Commodities on Nickel Sulfide Nanoparticles. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:13433-13441. [PMID: 35983854 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01695] [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: 11/28/2022]
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The electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols is a potentially cost-effective strategy for the synthesis of valuable chemicals at the anode while simultaneously generating hydrogen at the cathode. For this approach to become commercially viable, high-activity, low-cost, and stable catalysts need to be developed. Herein, we demonstrate an electrocatalyst based on earth-abundant nickel and sulfur elements. Experimental investigations reveal the produced NiS displays excellent electrocatalytic performance associated with a higher electrochemical surface area (ECSA) and the presence of sulfate ions on the formed NiOOH surface in basic media. The current densities reached for the oxidation of ethanol and methanol at 1.6 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) are up to 175.5 and 145.1 mA cm-2, respectively. At these high current densities, the Faradaic efficiency of methanol to formate conversion is 98% and that of ethanol to acetate is 81%. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate the presence of the generated sulfate groups to modify the electronic properties of the NiOOH surface, improving electroconductivity and electron transfer. Besides, calculations are used to determine the reaction energy barriers, revealing the dehydrogenation of ethoxy groups to be more favorable than that of methoxy on the catalyst surface, which explains the highest current densities obtained for ethanol oxidation.
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- Junshan Li
- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia 08930, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia 08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia 08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia 08193, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia 08930, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia 08930, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain
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Yu J, Garcés-Pineda FA, González-Cobos J, Peña-Díaz M, Rogero C, Giménez S, Spadaro MC, Arbiol J, Barja S, Galán-Mascarós JR. Author Correction: Sustainable oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in aqueous 1 M H 2SO 4 with earth abundant nanostructured Co 3O 4. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4687. [PMID: 35948560 PMCID: PMC9365853 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32399-6] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Jiahao Yu
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel. lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.,Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon, UMR 5256, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 2 Avenue A. Einstein, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centro de Física de Materiales, CFM/MPC, (UPV/EHU-CSIC), 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales, CFM/MPC, (UPV/EHU-CSIC), 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, 12006, Castelló, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,ICREA, Passeig Lluis Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Polímeros y Materiales Avanzados: Física, Química y Tecnología, Centro de Física de Materiales, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain. .,Donostia International Physics Center, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain. .,ICREA, Passeig Lluis Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
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Yang D, Li M, Zheng X, Han X, Zhang C, Jacas Biendicho J, Llorca J, Wang J, Hao H, Li J, Henkelman G, Arbiol J, Morante JR, Mitlin D, Chou S, Cabot A. Phase Engineering of Defective Copper Selenide toward Robust Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano 2022; 16:11102-11114. [PMID: 35758405 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The shuttling of soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPS) and the sluggish Li-S conversion kinetics are two main barriers toward the practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Herein, we propose the addition of copper selenide nanoparticles at the cathode to trap LiPS and accelerate the Li-S reaction kinetics. Using both computational and experimental results, we demonstrate the crystal phase and concentration of copper vacancies to control the electronic structure of the copper selenide, its affinity toward LiPS chemisorption, and its electrical conductivity. The adjustment of the defect density also allows for tuning the electrochemically active sites for the catalytic conversion of polysulfide. The optimized S/Cu1.8Se cathode efficiently promotes and stabilizes the sulfur electrochemistry, thus improving significantly the LSB performance, including an outstanding cyclability over 1000 cycles at 3 C with a capacity fading rate of just 0.029% per cycle, a superb rate capability up to 5 C, and a high areal capacity of 6.07 mAh cm-2 under high sulfur loading. Overall, the present work proposes a crystal phase and defect engineering strategy toward fast and durable sulfur electrochemistry, demonstrating great potential in developing practical LSBs.
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- Dawei Yang
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus, UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, 610106 Chengdu, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 United States
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus, UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Han X, Zhang T, Biset-Peiró M, Zhang X, Li J, Tang W, Tang P, Morante JR, Arbiol J. Engineering the Interfacial Microenvironment via Surface Hydroxylation to Realize the Global Optimization of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:32157-32165. [PMID: 35815662 PMCID: PMC9305709 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The adsorption and activation of CO2 on the electrode interface is a prerequisite and key step for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR). Regulating the interfacial microenvironment to promote the adsorption and activation of CO2 is thus of great significance to optimize overall conversion efficiency. Herein, a CO2-philic hydroxyl coordinated ZnO (ZnO-OH) catalyst is fabricated, for the first time, via a facile MOF-assisted method. In comparison to the commercial ZnO, the as-prepared ZnO-OH exhibits much higher selectivity toward CO at lower applied potential, reaching a Faradaic efficiency of 85% at -0.95 V versus RHE. To the best of our knowledge, such selectivity is one of the best records in ZnO-based catalysts reported till date. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the coordinated surficial -OH groups are not only favorable to interact with CO2 molecules but also function in synergy to decrease the energy barrier of the rate-determining step and maintain a higher charge density of potential active sites as well as inhibit undesired hydrogen evolution reaction. Our results indicate that engineering the interfacial microenvironment through the introduction of CO2-philic groups is a promising way to achieve the global optimization of eCO2 RR via promoting adsorption and activation of CO2.
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- Xu Han
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193 Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193 Catalonia, Spain
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs,Barcelona, 08930 Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs,Barcelona, 08930 Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering EPFL, Station 9, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237 Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Functional Materials, 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050 Shanghai, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, Sant Adrià del Besòs,Barcelona, 08930 Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028 Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193 Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010 Catalonia, Spain
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Yang D, Liang Z, Tang P, Zhang C, Tang M, Li Q, Biendicho JJ, Li J, Heggen M, Dunin-Borkowski RE, Xu M, Llorca J, Arbiol J, Morante JR, Chou SL, Cabot A. A High Conductivity 1D π-d Conjugated Metal-Organic Framework with Efficient Polysulfide Trapping-Diffusion-Catalysis in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2108835. [PMID: 35043500 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202108835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The shuttling behavior and sluggish conversion kinetics of the intermediate lithium polysulfides (LiPS) represent the main obstructions to the practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs). Herein, a 1D π-d conjugated metal-organic framework (MOF), Ni-MOF-1D, is presented as an efficient sulfur host to overcome these limitations. Experimental results and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that Ni-MOF-1D is characterized by a remarkable binding strength for trapping soluble LiPS species. Ni-MOF-1D also acts as an effective catalyst for S reduction during the discharge process and Li2 S oxidation during the charging process. In addition, the delocalization of electrons in the π-d system of Ni-MOF-1D provides a superior electrical conductivity to improve electron transfer. Thus, cathodes based on Ni-MOF-1D enable LSBs with excellent performance, for example, impressive cycling stability with over 82% capacity retention over 1000 cycles at 3 C, superior rate performance of 575 mAh g-1 at 8 C, and a high areal capacity of 6.63 mAh cm-2 under raised sulfur loading of 6.7 mg cm-2 . The strategies and advantages here demonstrated can be extended to a broader range of π-d conjugated MOFs materials, which the authors believe have a high potential as sulfur hosts in LSBs.
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- Dawei Yang
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg, Institute Forschungszentrum Jü lich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Information Functional Materials, 2020 X-Lab, ShangHai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg, Institute Forschungszentrum Jü lich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg, Institute Forschungszentrum Jü lich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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Liu Y, Calcabrini M, Yu Y, Lee S, Chang C, David J, Ghosh T, Spadaro MC, Xie C, Cojocaru-Mirédin O, Arbiol J, Ibáñez M. Defect Engineering in Solution-Processed Polycrystalline SnSe Leads to High Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Nano 2022; 16:78-88. [PMID: 34549956 PMCID: PMC8793148 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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SnSe has emerged as one of the most promising materials for thermoelectric energy conversion due to its extraordinary performance in its single-crystal form and its low-cost constituent elements. However, to achieve an economic impact, the polycrystalline counterpart needs to replicate the performance of the single crystal. Herein, we optimize the thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SnSe produced by consolidating solution-processed and surface-engineered SnSe particles. In particular, the SnSe particles are coated with CdSe molecular complexes that crystallize during the sintering process, forming CdSe nanoparticles. The presence of CdSe nanoparticles inhibits SnSe grain growth during the consolidation step due to Zener pinning, yielding a material with a high density of grain boundaries. Moreover, the resulting SnSe-CdSe nanocomposites present a large number of defects at different length scales, which significantly reduce the thermal conductivity. The produced SnSe-CdSe nanocomposites exhibit thermoelectric figures of merit up to 2.2 at 786 K, which is among the highest reported for solution-processed SnSe.
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- Yu Liu
- IST
Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- RWTH
Aachen, I. Physikalisches Institut (IA), Sommerfeldstraße 14, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- IST
Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- IST
Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- IST
Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department
of Physics, INTE & Barcelona Multiscale Res. Center, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Avda. Eduard Maristany 16, 08930 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- RWTH
Aachen, I. Physikalisches Institut (IA), Sommerfeldstraße 14, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Catalan
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- IST
Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Stutz EZ, Ramanandan SP, Flór M, Paul R, Zamani M, Escobar Steinvall S, Sandoval Salaiza DA, Xifra Montesinos C, Spadaro MC, Leran JB, Litvinchuk AP, Arbiol J, Fontcuberta I Morral A, Dimitrievska M. Stoichiometry modulates the optoelectronic functionality of Zinc Phosphide (Zn 3-xP 2+x). Faraday Discuss 2022; 239:202-218. [PMID: 36305553 PMCID: PMC9614774 DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00055e] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Predictive synthesis–structure–property relationships are at the core of materials design for novel applications. In this regard, correlations between the compositional stoichiometry variations and functional properties are essential for enhancing the performance of devices based on these materials. In this work, we investigate the effect of stoichiometry variations and defects on the structural and optoelectronic properties of monocrystalline zinc phosphide (Zn3P2), a promising compound for photovoltaic applications. We use experimental methods, such as electron and X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, along with density functional theory calculations, to showcase the favorable creation of P interstitial defects over Zn vacancies in P-rich and Zn-poor compositional regions. Photoluminescence and absorption measurements show that these defects create additional energy levels at about 180 meV above the valence band. Furthermore, they lead to the narrowing of the bandgap, due to the creation of band tails in the region of around 10–20 meV above the valence and below the conduction band. The ability of zinc phosphide to form off-stoichiometric compounds provides a new promising opportunity for tunable functionality that benefits applications. In that regard, this study is crucial for the further development of zinc phosphide and its application in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, and should pave the way for defect engineering in this kind of material. Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is a promising material for photovoltaic applications. Here, we investigate the effect of stoichiometry variations and defects on the structural and optoelectronic properties of monocrystalline Zn3P2.![]()
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- Elias Z Stutz
- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5002, USA
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Zhang W, Han N, Luo J, Han X, Feng S, Guo W, Xie S, Zhou Z, Subramanian P, Wan K, Arbiol J, Zhang C, Liu S, Xu M, Zhang X, Fransaer J. Critical Role of Phosphorus in Hollow Structures Cobalt-Based Phosphides as Bifunctional Catalysts for Water Splitting. Small 2022; 18:e2103561. [PMID: 34761518 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Cobalt phosphides electrocatalysts have great potential for water splitting, but the unclear active sides hinder the further development of cobalt phosphides. Wherein, three different cobalt phosphides with the same hollow structure morphology (CoP-HS, CoP2 -HS, CoP3 -HS) based on the same sacrificial template of ZIF-67 are prepared. Surprisingly, these cobalt phosphides exhibit similar OER performances but quite different HER performances. The identical OER performance of these CoPx -HS in alkaline solution is attributed to the similar surface reconstruction to CoOOH. CoP-HS exhibits the best catalytic activity for HER among these CoPx -HS in both acidic and alkaline media, originating from the adjusted electronic density of phosphorus to affect absorption-desorption process on H. Moreover, the calculated ΔGH* based on P-sites of CoP-HS follows a quite similar trend with the normalized overpotential and Tafel slope, indicating the important role of P-sites for the HER process. Moreover, CoP-HS displays good performance (cell voltage of 1.67 V at a current density of 50 mA cm-2 ) and high stability in 1 M KOH. For the first time, this work detailly presents the critical role of phosphorus in cobalt-based phosphides for water splitting, which provides the guidance for future investigations on transition metal phosphides from material design to mechanism understanding.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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- School of Applied Physics and Materials, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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Spadaro MC, Escobar Steinvall S, Dzade NY, Martí-Sánchez S, Torres-Vila P, Stutz EZ, Zamani M, Paul R, Leran JB, Fontcuberta I Morral A, Arbiol J. Rotated domains in selective area epitaxy grown Zn 3P 2: formation mechanism and functionality. Nanoscale 2021; 13:18441-18450. [PMID: 34751695 PMCID: PMC8900489 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06190a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is an ideal absorber candidate for solar cells thanks to its direct bandgap, earth-abundance, and optoelectronic characteristics, albeit it has been insufficiently investigated due to limitations in the fabrication of high-quality material. It is possible to overcome these factors by obtaining the material as nanostructures, e.g. via the selective area epitaxy approach, enabling additional strain relaxation mechanisms and minimizing the interface area. We demonstrate that Zn3P2 nanowires grow mostly defect-free when growth is oriented along the [100] and [110] of the crystal, which is obtained in nanoscale openings along the [110] and [010] on InP(100). We detect the presence of two stable rotated crystal domains that coexist in the structure. They are due to a change in the growth facet, which originates either from the island formation and merging in the initial stages of growth or lateral overgrowth. These domains have been visualized through 3D atomic models and confirmed with image simulations of the atomic scale electron micrographs. Density functional theory simulations describe the rotated domains' formation mechanism and demonstrate their lattice-matched epitaxial relation. In addition, the energies of the shallow states predicted closely agree with transition energies observed by experimental studies and offer a potential origin for these defect transitions. Our study represents an important step forward in the understanding of Zn3P2 and thus for the realisation of solar cells to respond to the present call for sustainable photovoltaic technology.
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- Maria Chiara Spadaro
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT Cardiff, UK
- Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain.
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain.
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Li M, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Han X, Xiao K, Nabahat M, Arbiol J, Llorca J, Ibañez M, Cabot A. PbS-Pb-Cu xS Composites for Thermoelectric Application. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:51373-51382. [PMID: 34665616 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Composite materials offer numerous advantages in a wide range of applications, including thermoelectrics. Here, semiconductor-metal composites are produced by just blending nanoparticles of a sulfide semiconductor obtained in aqueous solution and at room temperature with a metallic Cu powder. The obtained blend is annealed in a reducing atmosphere and afterward consolidated into dense polycrystalline pellets through spark plasma sintering (SPS). We observe that, during the annealing process, the presence of metallic copper activates a partial reduction of the PbS, resulting in the formation of PbS-Pb-CuxS composites. The presence of metallic lead during the SPS process habilitates the liquid-phase sintering of the composite. Besides, by comparing the transport properties of PbS, the PbS-Pb-CuxS composites, and PbS-CuxS composites obtained by blending PbS and CuxS nanoparticles, we demonstrate that the presence of metallic lead decisively contributes to a strong increase of the charge carrier concentration through spillover of charge carriers enabled by the low work function of lead. The increase in charge carrier concentration translates into much higher electrical conductivities and moderately lower Seebeck coefficients. These properties translate into power factors up to 2.1 mW m-1 K-2 at ambient temperature, well above those of PbS and PbS + CuxS. Additionally, the presence of multiple phases in the final composite results in a notable decrease in the lattice thermal conductivity. Overall, the introduction of metallic copper in the initial blend results in a significant improvement of the thermoelectric performance of PbS, reaching a dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT = 1.1 at 750 K, which represents about a 400% increase over bare PbS. Besides, an average ZTave = 0.72 in the temperature range 320-773 K is demonstrated.
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- Mengyao Li
- Catalonia Energy Research Institute─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230009 Hefei, China
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute─IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Jirovec D, Hofmann A, Ballabio A, Mutter PM, Tavani G, Botifoll M, Crippa A, Kukucka J, Sagi O, Martins F, Saez-Mollejo J, Prieto I, Borovkov M, Arbiol J, Chrastina D, Isella G, Katsaros G. A singlet-triplet hole spin qubit in planar Ge. Nat Mater 2021; 20:1106-1112. [PMID: 34083775 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01022-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Spin qubits are considered to be among the most promising candidates for building a quantum processor. Group IV hole spin qubits are particularly interesting owing to their ease of operation and compatibility with Si technology. In addition, Ge offers the option for monolithic superconductor-semiconductor integration. Here, we demonstrate a hole spin qubit operating at fields below 10 mT, the critical field of Al, by exploiting the large out-of-plane hole g-factors in planar Ge and by encoding the qubit into the singlet-triplet states of a double quantum dot. We observe electrically controlled g-factor difference-driven and exchange-driven rotations with tunable frequencies exceeding 100 MHz and dephasing times of 1 μs, which we extend beyond 150 μs using echo techniques. These results demonstrate that Ge hole singlet-triplet qubits are competing with state-of-the-art GaAs and Si singlet-triplet qubits. In addition, their rotation frequencies and coherence are comparable with those of Ge single spin qubits, but singlet-triplet qubits can be operated at much lower fields, emphasizing their potential for on-chip integration with superconducting technologies.
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- Daniel Jirovec
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Laboratory for Epitaxial Nanostructures on Silicon and Spintronics, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Laboratory for Epitaxial Nanostructures on Silicon and Spintronics, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory for Epitaxial Nanostructures on Silicon and Spintronics, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy
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- Laboratory for Epitaxial Nanostructures on Silicon and Spintronics, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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Li J, Zitolo A, Garcés-Pineda FA, Asset T, Kodali M, Tang P, Arbiol J, Galán-Mascarós JR, Atanassov P, Zenyuk IV, Sougrati MT, Jaouen F. Metal Oxide Clusters on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon are Highly Selective for CO 2 Electroreduction to CO. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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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- Jingkun Li
- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier 34090, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’orme des Merisiers, BP 48, Saint Aubin, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona 43007, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine 92697, United States
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona 43007, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine 92697, United States
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier 34090, France
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Ros C, Murcia-López S, Garcia X, Rosado M, Arbiol J, Llorca J, Morante JR. Facing Seawater Splitting Challenges by Regeneration with Ni-Mo-Fe Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. ChemSusChem 2021; 14:2872-2881. [PMID: 33826792 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrogen, produced by water splitting, has been proposed as one of the main green energy vectors of the future if produced from renewable energy sources. However, to substitute fossil fuels, large amounts of pure water are necessary, scarce in many world regions. In this work, we fabricate efficient and earth-abundant electrodes, study the challenges of using real seawater, and propose an electrode regeneration method to face undesired salt deposition. Ni-Mo-Fe trimetallic electrocatalyst is deposited on non-expensive graphitic carbon felts both for hydrogen (HER) and oxygen evolution reactions (OER) in seawater and alkaline seawater. Cl- pitting and the chlorine oxidation reaction are suppressed on these substrates and alkalinized electrolyte. Precipitations on the electrodes, mainly CaCO3 , originating from seawater-dissolved components have been studied, and a simple regeneration technique is proposed to rapidly dissolve undesired deposited CaCO3 in acidified seawater. Under alkaline conditions, Ni-Mo-Fe-based catalyst is found to reconfigure, under cathodic bias, into Ni-Mo-Fe alloy with a cubic crystalline structure and Ni : Fe(OH)2 redeposits whereas, under anodic bias, it is transformed into a follicular Ni:FeOOH structure. High productivities over 300 mA cm-2 and voltages down to 1.59 V@10 mA cm-2 for the overall water splitting reaction have been shown, and electrodes are found stable for over 24 h without decay in alkaline seawater conditions and with energy efficiency higher than 61.5 % which makes seawater splitting promising and economically feasible.
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- Carles Ros
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Li M, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Han X, Zhang T, Zuo Y, Xie C, Xiao K, Arbiol J, Llorca J, Ibáñez M, Liu J, Cabot A. Effect of the Annealing Atmosphere on Crystal Phase and Thermoelectric Properties of Copper Sulfide. ACS Nano 2021; 15:4967-4978. [PMID: 33645986 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cu2-xS has become one of the most promising thermoelectric materials for application in the middle-high temperature range. Its advantages include the abundance, low cost, and safety of its elements and a high performance at relatively elevated temperatures. However, stability issues limit its operation current and temperature, thus calling for the optimization of the material performance in the middle temperature range. Here, we present a synthetic protocol for large scale production of covellite CuS nanoparticles at ambient temperature and atmosphere, and using water as a solvent. The crystal phase and stoichiometry of the particles are afterward tuned through an annealing process at a moderate temperature under inert or reducing atmosphere. While annealing under argon results in Cu1.8S nanopowder with a rhombohedral crystal phase, annealing in an atmosphere containing hydrogen leads to tetragonal Cu1.96S. High temperature X-ray diffraction analysis shows the material annealed in argon to transform to the cubic phase at ca. 400 K, while the material annealed in the presence of hydrogen undergoes two phase transitions, first to hexagonal and then to the cubic structure. The annealing atmosphere, temperature, and time allow adjustment of the density of copper vacancies and thus tuning of the charge carrier concentration and material transport properties. In this direction, the material annealed under Ar is characterized by higher electrical conductivities but lower Seebeck coefficients than the material annealed in the presence of hydrogen. By optimizing the charge carrier concentration through the annealing time, Cu2-xS with record figures of merit in the middle temperature range, up to 1.41 at 710 K, is obtained. We finally demonstrate that this strategy, based on a low-cost and scalable solution synthesis process, is also suitable for the production of high performance Cu2-xS layers using high throughput and cost-effective printing technologies.
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- Mengyao Li
- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, INTE & Barcelona Multiscale Res. Center, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Avda. Eduard Maristany 16, 08930 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, P. R. China
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, 08930 Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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