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Wright MA, Surta TW, Evans JA, Lim J, Jo H, Hawkins CJ, Bahri M, Daniels LM, Chen R, Zanella M, Chagas LG, Cookson J, Collier P, Cibin G, Chadwick AV, Dyer MS, Browning ND, Claridge JB, Hardwick LJ, Rosseinsky MJ. Accessing Mg-Ion Storage in V 2PS 10 via Combined Cationic-Anionic Redox with Selective Bond Cleavage. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400837. [PMID: 38446007 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400837] [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: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
Magnesium batteries attract interest as alternative energy-storage devices because of elemental abundance and potential for high energy density. Development is limited by the absence of suitable cathodes, associated with poor diffusion kinetics resulting from strong interactions between Mg2+ and the host structure. V2PS10 is reported as a positive electrode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Cyclable capacity of 100 mAh g-1 is achieved with fast Mg2+ diffusion of 7.2 × ${\times }$ 10-11-4 × ${\times }$ 10-14 cm2 s-1. The fast insertion mechanism results from combined cationic redox on the V site and anionic redox on the (S2)2- site; enabled by reversible cleavage of S-S bonds, identified by X-ray photoelectron and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Detailed structural characterisation with maximum entropy method analysis, supported by density functional theory and projected density of states analysis, reveals that the sulphur species involved in anion redox are not connected to the transition metal centres, spatially separating the two redox processes. This facilitates fast and reversible Mg insertion in which the nature of the redox process depends on the cation insertion site, creating a synergy between the occupancy of specific Mg sites and the location of the electrons transferred.
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- Matthew A Wright
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Research Technology Building, Elisabeth Street, Pembroke Place, L69 3GE, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH, Reading, UK
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH, Reading, UK
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH, Reading, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, OX11 0DE, Didcot, UK
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, CT2 7NH, Canterbury, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Research Technology Building, Elisabeth Street, Pembroke Place, L69 3GE, Liverpool, UK
- School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, L69 3GH, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZD, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK
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Han G, Vasylenko A, Daniels LM, Collins CM, Corti L, Chen R, Niu H, Manning TD, Antypov D, Dyer MS, Lim J, Zanella M, Sonni M, Bahri M, Jo H, Dang Y, Robertson CM, Blanc F, Hardwick LJ, Browning ND, Claridge JB, Rosseinsky MJ. Superionic lithium transport via multiple coordination environments defined by two-anion packing. Science 2024; 383:739-745. [PMID: 38359130 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh5115] [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] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Fast cation transport in solids underpins energy storage. Materials design has focused on structures that can define transport pathways with minimal cation coordination change, restricting attention to a small part of chemical space. Motivated by the greater structural diversity of binary intermetallics than that of the metallic elements, we used two anions to build a pathway for three-dimensional superionic lithium ion conductivity that exploits multiple cation coordination environments. Li7Si2S7I is a pure lithium ion conductor created by an ordering of sulphide and iodide that combines elements of hexagonal and cubic close-packing analogously to the structure of NiZr. The resulting diverse network of lithium positions with distinct geometries and anion coordination chemistries affords low barriers to transport, opening a large structural space for high cation conductivity.
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- Guopeng Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Research Technology Building, Elisabeth Street, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Research Technology Building, Elisabeth Street, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK
- School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, 51 Oxford Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 3NY, UK
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Hardwick LJ. Concluding remarks: a summary of the Faraday Discussion on rechargeable non-aqueous metal-oxygen batteries. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:412-422. [PMID: 38168952 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00170a] [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: 01/05/2024]
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The Faraday Discussion on rechargeable non-aqueous metal-oxygen batteries is summarised. The remarks paper highlights the specific science contributions made in the vital areas of oxygen reduction and evolution reaction mechanisms in non-aqueous electrolytes; material developments for stable metal-oxygen battery cathodes; achieving stable metal anodes and protected interfaces; and, finally, contributions concerning the progress towards practical metal-oxygen batteries. Key conclusions associated with these papers will be highlighted in an order such that readers can identify papers that they would like to explore in more detail.
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- Laurence J Hardwick
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, L69 7ZF Liverpool, UK.
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Fernández-Vidal J, Hardwick LJ, Cabello G, Attard GA. Effect of alkali-metal cation on oxygen adsorption at Pt single-crystal electrodes in non-aqueous electrolytes. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:102-118. [PMID: 37753622 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00084b] [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: 09/28/2023]
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The effect of Group 1 alkali-metal cations (Na+, K+, and Cs+) on the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER) using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-based electrolytes was investigated. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) utilising different Pt-electrode surfaces (polycrystalline Pt, Pt(111) and Pt(100)) was undertaken to investigate the influence of surface structure upon the ORR and OER. For K+ and Cs+, negligible variation in the CV response (in contrast to Na+) was observed using Pt(111), Pt(100) and Pt(poly) electrodes, consistent with a weak surface-metal/superoxide complex interaction. Indeed, changes in the half-wave potentials (E1/2) and relative intensities of the redox peaks corresponding to superoxy (O2-) and peroxy (O22-) ion formation were consistent with a solution-mediated mechanism for larger cations, such as Cs+. Support for this finding was obtained via in situ shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS). During the ORR and in the presence of Cs+, O2- and weakly adsorbed caesium superoxide (CsO2) species were detected. Because DMSO was found to strongly interact with the surface at potentials associated with the ORR, CsO2 was readily displaced at more negative potentials via increased solvent adsorption at the surface. This finding highlights the important impact of the solvent during ORR/OER reactions.
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- Julia Fernández-Vidal
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, L69 7ZF Liverpool, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, L69 7ZF Liverpool, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, L69 7ZF Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZD Liverpool, UK.
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Gao X, Grey CP, Hardwick LJ, Horwitz G, Johnson LR, Matsuda S, Menkin S, Neale AR, Ortiz-Vitoriano N, Richardson W, Sakamoto J, Uosaki K, Wachsman ED, Wu Y. Metal anodes and protected interfaces: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:298-304. [PMID: 38099856 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd90061d] [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: 01/30/2024]
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Attard GA, Bruce PG, Calvo EJ, Chen Y, Curtiss LA, Dewar D, Ellison JHJ, Fernández-Vidal J, Freunberger SA, Gao X, Grey CP, Hardwick LJ, Horwitz G, Janek J, Johnson LR, Jónsson E, Karunarathne S, Matsuda S, Menkin S, Mondal S, Nakanishi S, Ortiz-Vitoriano N, Peng Z, Rivera JP, Temprano I, Uosaki K, Wachsman ED, Wu Y, Ye S. Mechanism of ORR and OER in non-aqueous electrolytes: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:210-249. [PMID: 38186221 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd90060f] [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: 01/09/2024]
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Archer LA, Bruce PG, Calvo EJ, Dewar D, Ellison JHJ, Freunberger SA, Gao X, Hardwick LJ, Horwitz G, Janek J, Johnson LR, Jordan JW, Matsuda S, Menkin S, Mondal S, Qiu Q, Samarakoon T, Temprano I, Uosaki K, Vailaya G, Wachsman ED, Wu Y, Ye S. Towards practical metal-oxygen batteries: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:392-411. [PMID: 38112202 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd90062b] [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: 12/21/2023]
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Attard GA, Calvo EJ, Curtiss LA, Dewar D, Ellison JHJ, Gao X, Grey CP, Hardwick LJ, Horwitz G, Janek J, Johnson LR, Jordan JW, Matsuda S, Mondal S, Neale AR, Ortiz-Vitoriano N, Temprano I, Vailaya G, Wachsman ED, Wang HH, Wu Y, Ye S. Materials for stable metal-oxygen battery cathodes: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2024; 248:75-88. [PMID: 38109098 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd90059b] [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: 12/19/2023]
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Cabello G, Sazanovich IV, Siachos I, Bilton M, Mehdi BL, Neale AR, Hardwick LJ. Simultaneous Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering with a Kerr Gate for Fluorescence Suppression. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:608-615. [PMID: 38198646 PMCID: PMC10801684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02926] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
The combination of surface-enhanced and Kerr-gated Raman spectroscopy for the enhancement of the Raman signal and suppression of fluorescence is reported. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active gold substrates were demonstrated for the expansion of the surface generality of optical Kerr-gated Raman spectroscopy, broadening its applicability to the study of analytes that show a weak Raman signal in highly fluorescent media under (pre)resonant conditions. This approach is highlighted by the well-defined spectra of rhodamine 6G, Nile red, and Nile blue. The Raman spectra of fluorescent dyes were obtained only when SERS-active substrates were used in combination with the Kerr gate. To achieve enhancement of the weaker Raman scattering, Au films with different roughnesses or Au-core-shell-isolated nanoparticles (SHINs) were used. The use of SHINs enabled measurement of fluorescent dyes on non-SERS-active, optically flat Au, Cu, and Al substrates.
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- Gema Cabello
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, U.K.
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- Central
Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell,
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 OQX, U.K.
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- Department
of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GH, U.K.
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- SEM
Shared Research Facility, University of
Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GH, U.K.
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- Department
of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GH, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, U.K.
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Lim J, Zhou Y, Powell RH, Ates T, Passerini S, Hardwick LJ. Localised degradation within sulfide-based all-solid-state electrodes visualised by Raman mapping. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37283527 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01437a] [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: 06/08/2023]
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The distribution of degradation products, before and after cycling, within common sulfide-based solid electrolytes (β-Li3PS4, Li6PS5Cl and Li10GeP2S12) was mapped using Raman microscopy. All composite electrodes displayed the appearance of side reaction products after the initial charge-discharge cycle, located at the site of a LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 particle.
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- Jungwoo Lim
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, Ulm 89081, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe 76021, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, Ulm 89081, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe 76021, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK.
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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Karunakaran A, Francis KJ, Bowen CR, Ball RJ, Zhao Y, Wang L, McKeown NB, Carta M, Fletcher PJ, Castaing R, Isaacs MA, Hardwick LJ, Cabello G, Sazanovich IV, Marken F. Nanophase-photocatalysis: loading, storing, and release of H 2O 2 using graphitic carbon nitride. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37249207 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01442h] [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: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
A blue light mediated photochemical process using solid graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) in ambient air/isopropanol vapour is suggested to be linked to "nanophase" water inclusions and is shown to produce approx. 50 μmol H2O2 per gram of g-C3N4, which can be stored in the solid g-C3N4 for later release for applications, for example, in disinfection or anti-bacterial surfaces.
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- Akalya Karunakaran
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3JF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Swansea University, College of Science, Grove Building, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- University of Bath, Materials & Chemical Characterisation Facility, MC2, UK
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- University of Bath, Materials & Chemical Characterisation Facility, MC2, UK
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- HarwellXPS, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, UK
- The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA, UK
- Schlumberger Cambridge Research, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EL, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 OQX, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Lee GH, Lim J, Shin J, Hardwick LJ, Yang W. Towards commercialization of fluorinated cation-disordered rock-salt Li-ion cathodes. Front Chem 2023; 11:1098460. [PMID: 36711236 PMCID: PMC9880041 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1098460] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Cation-disordered rock-salt cathodes (DRX) are promising materials that could deliver high capacities (>250 mAh g-1) with Earth abundant elements and materials. However, their electrochemical performances, other than the capacity, should be improved to be competitive cathodes, and many strategies have been introduced to enhance DRXs. Fluorination has been shown to inhibit oxygen loss and increase power density. Nevertheless, fluorinated cation-disordered rock-salts still suffer from rapid material deterioration and low scalability which limit their practical applications. This mini-review highlights the key challenges for the commercialization of fluorinated cation-disordered rock-salts, discusses the underlying reasons behind material failure and proposes future development directions.
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- Gi-Hyeok Lee
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States,*Correspondence: Gi-Hyeok Lee, ; Wanli Yang,
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- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom,The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom,The Faraday Institution, Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States,*Correspondence: Gi-Hyeok Lee, ; Wanli Yang,
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Dodd LJ, Lima C, Costa-Milan D, Neale AR, Saunders B, Zhang B, Sarua A, Goodacre R, Hardwick LJ, Kuball M, Hasell T. Raman analysis of inverse vulcanised polymers. Polym Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py01408d] [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: 03/05/2023]
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Raman analysis has been found to provide otherwise hard to obtain information on inverse vulcanised polymers, including their homogeneity, sulfur rank, and unpolymerised sulfur content.
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- Liam J. Dodd
- University of Liverpool, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Crown Street, Liverpool, L697ZD, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Centre for Metabolomics Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, Crown Street, Liverpool, L697BE, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L697ZF, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L697ZF, Merseyside, UK
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- University College London, Department of Chemistry, Gower Street, London, WC1E6BT, UK
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- University of Liverpool, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Crown Street, Liverpool, L697ZD, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Bristol, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS81TL, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Centre for Metabolomics Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, Crown Street, Liverpool, L697BE, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Liverpool, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool, L697ZF, Merseyside, UK
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- University of Bristol, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS81TL, UK
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- University of Liverpool, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Crown Street, Liverpool, L697ZD, Merseyside, UK
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Jones LH, Xing Z, Swallow JEN, Shiel H, Featherstone TJ, Smiles MJ, Fleck N, Thakur PK, Lee TL, Hardwick LJ, Scanlon DO, Regoutz A, Veal TD, Dhanak VR. Band Alignments, Electronic Structure, and Core-Level Spectra of Bulk Molybdenum Dichalcogenides (MoS 2, MoSe 2, and MoTe 2). J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2022; 126:21022-21033. [PMID: 36561200 PMCID: PMC9761681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05100] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
A comprehensive study of bulk molybdenum dichalcogenides is presented with the use of soft and hard X-ray photoelectron (SXPS and HAXPES) spectroscopy combined with hybrid density functional theory (DFT). The main core levels of MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2 are explored. Laboratory-based X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to determine the ionization potential (IP) values of the MoX2 series as 5.86, 5.40, and 5.00 eV for MoSe2, MoSe2, and MoTe2, respectively, enabling the band alignment of the series to be established. Finally, the valence band measurements are compared with the calculated density of states which shows the role of p-d hybridization in these materials. Down the group, an increase in the p-d hybridization from the sulfide to the telluride is observed, explained by the configuration energy of the chalcogen p orbitals becoming closer to that of the valence Mo 4d orbitals. This pushes the valence band maximum closer to the vacuum level, explaining the decreasing IP down the series. High-resolution SXPS and HAXPES core-level spectra address the shortcomings of the XPS analysis in the literature. Furthermore, the experimentally determined band alignment can be used to inform future device work.
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- Leanne
A. H. Jones
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OxfordshireOX11 0DE, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OxfordshireOX11 0DE, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, LondonWC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolL69 7ZF, U.K.
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Martín‐Yerga D, Milan DC, Xu X, Fernández‐Vidal J, Whalley L, Cowan AJ, Hardwick LJ, Unwin PR. Dynamics of Solid‐Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Silicon Electrodes Revealed by Combinatorial Electrochemical Screening. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207184. [PMID: 35699678 PMCID: PMC9543478 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Revealing how formation protocols influence the properties of the solid‐electrolyte interphase (SEI) on Si electrodes is key to developing the next generation of Li‐ion batteries. SEI understanding is, however, limited by the low‐throughput nature of conventional characterisation techniques. Herein, correlative scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) and shell‐isolated nanoparticles for enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) are used for combinatorial screening of the SEI formation under a broad experimental space (20 sets of different conditions with several repeats). This novel approach reveals the heterogeneous nature and dynamics of the SEI electrochemical properties and chemical composition on Si electrodes, which evolve in a characteristic manner as a function of cycle number. Correlative SECCM/SHINERS has the potential to screen thousands of candidate experiments on a variety of battery materials to accelerate the optimization of SEI formation methods, a key bottleneck in battery manufacturing.
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- Daniel Martín‐Yerga
- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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- Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF UK
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- Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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- Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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- Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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- Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
- The Faraday Institution Quad One Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0RA UK
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Neale AR, Milan DC, Braga F, Sazanovich IV, Hardwick LJ. Lithium Insertion into Graphitic Carbon Observed via Operando Kerr-Gated Raman Spectroscopy Enables High State of Charge Diagnostics. ACS Energy Lett 2022; 7:2611-2618. [PMID: 35990412 PMCID: PMC9380014 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01120] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Monitoring the precise lithium inventory of the graphitic carbon electrode within the Li-ion battery, in order to assess cell aging, has remained challenging. Herein, operando electrochemical Kerr-gated Raman spectroscopy measurements on microcrystalline graphite during complete lithium insertion and extraction are reported and compared to conventional continuous-wave Raman microscopy. Suppression of the fluorescence emission signals via use of the Kerr gate enabled the measurement of the Raman graphitic bands of highly lithiated graphite where 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1 for Li x C6. The broad graphitic band initially centered at ca. 1590 cm-1 for Li0.5C6 linearly shifted to ca. 1564 cm-1 with further lithiation to LiC6, thus offering a sensitive diagnostic tool to interrogate high states of charge of graphitic carbon-based negative electrodes.
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- Alex R. Neale
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Central
Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
- The
Faraday Institution, Quad One, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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Yen CH, Neale AR, Lim J, Bresser D, Hardwick LJ, Hu CC. Corrosion suppression of aluminium current collectors within Li-ion cells using 3-methoxypropionitrile-based electrolytes. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fernández-Vidal J, Gómez-Marín AM, Jones LAH, Yen CH, Veal TD, Dhanak VR, Hu CC, Hardwick LJ. Long-Life and pH-Stable SnO 2-Coated Au Nanoparticles for SHINERS. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2022; 126:12074-12081. [PMID: 35928240 PMCID: PMC9340803 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02432] [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] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Shell-isolated nanoparticles (SHINs) with a 37 nm gold core and an 11 nm tin dioxide (SnO2) coating exhibited long-life Raman enhancement for 3 months and a wide pH stability of pH 2-13 in comparison with conventional SiO2-coated SHINs. Herein, Au-SnO2 is demonstrated as a more durable SHIN for use in the technique Shell-Isolated Nanoparticles for Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SHINERS).
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- Julia Fernández-Vidal
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Division of Fundamental Sciences
(IEF) Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) Praça Marechal
Eduardo Gomes, 50 CEP 12228-900 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, Peach Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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Martín-Yerga D, C. Milan D, Xu X, Fernández-Vidal J, Whalley L, Cowan AJ, Hardwick LJ, Unwin P. Dynamics of Solid‐Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Silicon Electrodes Revealed by Combinatorial Electrochemical Screening. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Martín-Yerga
- University of Warwick Department of Chemistry Gibbet Hill Rd CV4 7AL Coventry UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Liverpool Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry L69 7ZF Liverpool UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Warwick Department of Chemistry CV4 7AL Coventry UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Liverpool Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry L69 7ZF Liverpool UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Liverpool Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry L69 7ZF Liverpool UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Liverpool Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry L69 7ZF UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Liverpool Stephenson Institute of Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry L69 7ZF Liverpool UNITED KINGDOM
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- University of Warwick Chemistry University of Warwick CV4 7AL Coventry UNITED KINGDOM
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Gao H, Neale AR, Zhu Q, Bahri M, Wang X, Yang H, Xu Y, Clowes R, Browning ND, Little MA, Hardwick LJ, Cooper AI. A Pyrene-4,5,9,10-Tetraone-Based Covalent Organic Framework Delivers High Specific Capacity as a Li-Ion Positive Electrode. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:9434-9442. [PMID: 35588159 PMCID: PMC9164232 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Electrochemically active covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. However, improving the specific capacities of COF-based electrodes requires materials with increased conductivity and a higher concentration of redox-active groups. Here, we designed a series of pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraone COF (PT-COF) and carbon nanotube (CNT) composites (denoted as PT-COFX, where X = 10, 30, and 50 wt % of CNT) to address these challenges. Among the composites, PT-COF50 achieved a capacity of up to 280 mAh g-1 as normalized to the active COF material at a current density of 200 mA g-1, which is the highest capacity reported for a COF-based composite cathode electrode to date. Furthermore, PT-COF50 exhibited excellent rate performance, delivering a capacity of 229 mAh g-1 at 5000 mA g-1 (18.5C). Using operando Raman microscopy the reversible transformation of the redox-active carbonyl groups of PT-COF was determined, which rationalizes an overall 4 e-/4 Li+ redox process per pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraone unit, accounting for its superior performance as a Li-ion battery electrode.
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- Hui Gao
- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, Block C, 1-3 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Albert Crewe Centre, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, Block C, 1-3 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K.,Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool L7 3NY, U.K
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Rizo R, Fernández-Vidal J, Hardwick LJ, Attard GA, Vidal-Iglesias FJ, Climent V, Herrero E, Feliu JM. Investigating the presence of adsorbed species on Pt steps at low potentials. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2550. [PMID: 35538173 PMCID: PMC9090771 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30241-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The study of the OH adsorption process on Pt single crystals is of paramount importance since this adsorbed species is considered the main intermediate in many electrochemical reactions of interest, in particular, those oxidation reactions that require a source of oxygen. So far, it is frequently assumed that the OH adsorption on Pt only takes place at potentials higher than 0.55 V (versus the reversible hydrogen electrode), regardless of the Pt surface structure. However, by CO displacement experiments, alternating current voltammetry, and Raman spectroscopy, we demonstrate here that OH is adsorbed at more negative potentials on the low coordinated Pt atoms, the Pt steps. This finding opens a new door in the mechanistic study of many relevant electrochemical reactions, leading to a better understanding that, ultimately, can be essential to reach the final goal of obtaining improved catalysts for electrochemical applications of technological interest.
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- Rubén Rizo
- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain.
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain.
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain.
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Perez AJ, Vasylenko A, Surta TW, Niu H, Daniels LM, Hardwick LJ, Dyer MS, Claridge JB, Rosseinsky MJ. Ordered Oxygen Vacancies in the Lithium-Rich Oxide Li 4CuSbO 5.5, a Triclinic Structure Type Derived from the Cubic Rocksalt Structure. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:19022-19034. [PMID: 34870428 PMCID: PMC8693191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02882] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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Li-rich rocksalt
oxides are promising candidates as high-energy
density cathode materials for next-generation Li-ion batteries because
they present extremely diverse structures and compositions. Most reported
materials in this family contain as many cations as anions, a characteristic
of the ideal cubic closed-packed rocksalt composition. In this work,
a new rocksalt-derived structure type is stabilized by selecting divalent
Cu and pentavalent Sb cations to favor the formation of oxygen vacancies
during synthesis. The structure and composition of the oxygen-deficient
Li4CuSbO5.5□0.5 phase is characterized
by combining X-ray and neutron diffraction, ICP-OES, XAS, and magnetometry
measurements. The ordering of cations and oxygen vacancies is discussed
in comparison with the related Li2CuO2□1 and Li5SbO5□1 phases.
The electrochemical properties of this material are presented, with
only 0.55 Li+ extracted upon oxidation, corresponding to
a limited utilization of cationic and/or anionic redox, whereas more
than 2 Li+ ions can be reversibly inserted upon reduction
to 1 V vs Li+/Li, a large capacity attributed to a conversion
reaction and the reduction of Cu2+ to Cu0. Control
of the formation of oxygen vacancies in Li-rich rocksalt oxides by
selecting appropriate cations and synthesis conditions affords a new
route for tuning the electrochemical properties of cathode materials
for Li-ion batteries. Furthermore, the development of material models
of the required level of detail to predict phase diagrams and electrochemical
properties, including oxygen release in Li-rich rocksalt oxides, still
relies on the accurate prediction of crystal structures. Experimental
identification of new accessible structure types stabilized by oxygen
vacancies represents a valuable step forward in the development of
predictive models. Controlling
the composition and synthesis conditions of
Li-rich rocksalt oxides can lead to to new structure types stabilized
by oxygen vacancies. The complex atomic ordering of Li4CuSbO5.5 is described and discussed in the context of
other oxygen-deficient rocksalt oxides.
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- Arnaud J Perez
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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Han G, Vasylenko A, Neale AR, Duff BB, Chen R, Dyer MS, Dang Y, Daniels LM, Zanella M, Robertson CM, Kershaw Cook LJ, Hansen AL, Knapp M, Hardwick LJ, Blanc F, Claridge JB, Rosseinsky MJ. Extended Condensed Ultraphosphate Frameworks with Monovalent Ions Combine Lithium Mobility with High Computed Electrochemical Stability. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:18216-18232. [PMID: 34677973 PMCID: PMC8569803 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07874] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
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Extended anionic
frameworks based on condensation of polyhedral
main group non-metal anions offer a wide range of structure types.
Despite the widespread chemistry and earth abundance of phosphates
and silicates, there are no reports of extended ultraphosphate anions
with lithium. We describe the lithium ultraphosphates Li3P5O14 and Li4P6O17 based on extended layers and chains of phosphate, respectively.
Li3P5O14 presents a complex structure
containing infinite ultraphosphate layers with 12-membered rings that
are stacked alternately with lithium polyhedral layers. Two distinct
vacant tetrahedral sites were identified at the end of two distinct
finite Li6O1626– chains. Li4P6O17 features a new type of loop-branched
chain defined by six PO43– tetrahedra.
The ionic conductivities and electrochemical properties of Li3P5O14 were examined by impedance spectroscopy
combined with DC polarization, NMR spectroscopy, and galvanostatic
plating/stripping measurements. The structure of Li3P5O14 enables three-dimensional lithium migration
that affords the highest ionic conductivity (8.5(5) × 10–7 S cm–1 at room temperature for
bulk), comparable to that of commercialized LiPON glass thin film
electrolytes, and lowest activation energy (0.43(7) eV) among all
reported ternary Li–P–O phases. Both new lithium ultraphosphates
are predicted to have high thermodynamic stability against oxidation,
especially Li3P5O14, which is predicted
to be stable to 4.8 V, significantly higher than that of LiPON and
other solid electrolytes. The condensed phosphate units defining these
ultraphosphate structures offer a new route to optimize the interplay
of conductivity and electrochemical stability required, for example,
in cathode coatings for lithium ion batteries.
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- Guopeng Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Materials - Energy Storage Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom.,Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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Vasylenko A, Gamon J, Duff BB, Gusev VV, Daniels LM, Zanella M, Shin JF, Sharp PM, Morscher A, Chen R, Neale AR, Hardwick LJ, Claridge JB, Blanc F, Gaultois MW, Dyer MS, Rosseinsky MJ. Element selection for crystalline inorganic solid discovery guided by unsupervised machine learning of experimentally explored chemistry. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5561. [PMID: 34548485 PMCID: PMC8455628 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25343-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The selection of the elements to combine delimits the possible outcomes of synthetic chemistry because it determines the range of compositions and structures, and thus properties, that can arise. For example, in the solid state, the elemental components of a phase field will determine the likelihood of finding a new crystalline material. Researchers make these choices based on their understanding of chemical structure and bonding. Extensive data are available on those element combinations that produce synthetically isolable materials, but it is difficult to assimilate the scale of this information to guide selection from the diversity of potential new chemistries. Here, we show that unsupervised machine learning captures the complex patterns of similarity between element combinations that afford reported crystalline inorganic materials. This model guides prioritisation of quaternary phase fields containing two anions for synthetic exploration to identify lithium solid electrolytes in a collaborative workflow that leads to the discovery of Li3.3SnS3.3Cl0.7. The interstitial site occupancy combination in this defect stuffed wurtzite enables a low-barrier ion transport pathway in hexagonal close-packing.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
- Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design, Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Pai J, Ku H, Lin C, Chiang C, Hardwick LJ, Hu C. Porous polyimide separator promotes uniform lithium plating for lithium‐free cells. Electrochemical Science Adv 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Jui‐Yu Pai
- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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Lu YT, Neale AR, Hu CC, Hardwick LJ. Trapped interfacial redox introduces reversibility in the oxygen reduction reaction in a non-aqueous Ca 2+ electrolyte. Chem Sci 2021; 12:8909-8919. [PMID: 34257892 PMCID: PMC8246276 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06991d] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Electrochemical investigations of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) have been conducted in a Ca2+-containing dimethyl sulfoxide electrolyte. While the ORR appears irreversible, the introduction of a tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAClO4) co-salt in excess concentrations results in the gradual appearance of a quasi-reversible OER process. Combining the results of systematic cyclic voltammetry investigations, the degree of reversibility depends on the ion pair competition between Ca2+ and TBA+ cations to interact with generated superoxide (O2 -). When TBA+ is in larger concentrations, and large reductive overpotentials are applied, a quasi-reversible OER peak emerges with repeated cycling (characteristic of formulations without Ca2+ cations). In situ Raman microscopy and rotating ring-disc electrode (RRDE) experiments revealed more about the nature of species formed at the electrode surface and indicated the progressive evolution of a charge storage mechanism based upon trapped interfacial redox. The first electrochemical step involves generation of O2 -, followed primarily by partial passivation of the surface by Ca x O y product formation (the dominant initial reaction). Once this product matrix develops, the subsequent formation of TBA+--O2 - is contained within the Ca x O y product interlayer at the electrode surface and, consequently, undergoes a facile oxidation reaction to regenerate O2.
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- Yi-Ting Lu
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu 300044 Taiwan
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu 300044 Taiwan
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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Chang TC, Lu YT, Lee CH, Gupta JK, Hardwick LJ, Hu CC, Chen HYT. The Effect of Degrees of Inversion on the Electronic Structure of Spinel NiCo 2O 4: A Density Functional Theory Study. ACS Omega 2021; 6:9692-9699. [PMID: 33869949 PMCID: PMC8047663 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00295] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, electronic structure calculations and Bader charge analysis have been completed on the inverse, intermediate, and normal spinel structures of NiCo2O4 in both primitive and conventional cells, using density functional theory with Hubbard U correction. Three spinel structures have been computed in the primitive cell, where the fully inverse spinel, 50% intermediate spinel, and normal spinel can be acquired by swapping Ni and Co atoms on tetrahedral and octahedral sites. Furthermore, NiCo2O4 with different degrees of inversion in the conventional cells was also investigated, along with their doping energies. Confirmed by the assigned formal charges, magnetic moments, and decomposed density of state, our results suggest that the electronic properties of Ni and Co on the tetrahedral site can be altered by swapping Ni and Co atoms, whereas both Ni and Co on the octahedral site are uninfluenced. A simple and widely used model, crystal field theory, is also compared with our calculations and shows a consistent prediction about the cation distribution in NiCo2O4. This study analyzes the correlation between cation arrangements and formal charges, which could potentially be used to predict the desired electronic properties of NiCo2O4 for various applications.
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- Tzu-Chien Chang
- Department
of Engineering and System Science, National
Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science, National
Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Stephenson
Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZF, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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- Department
of Engineering and System Science, National
Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan
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Gao H, Tian B, Yang H, Neale AR, Little MA, Sprick RS, Hardwick LJ, Cooper AI. Crosslinked Polyimide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites as Long Cycle Life Positive Electrode for Lithium-Ion Cells. ChemSusChem 2020; 13:5571-5579. [PMID: 32725860 PMCID: PMC7693101 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Conjugated polymers with electrochemically active redox groups are a promising class of positive electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, most polymers, such as polyimides, possess low intrinsic conductivity, which results in low utilization of redox-active sites during charge cycling and, consequently, poor electrochemical performance. Here, it was shown that this limitation can be overcome by synthesizing polyimide composites (PIX) with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using an in situ polycondensation reaction. The polyimide composites showed increased charge-transfer performance and much larger specific capacities, with PI50, which contains 50 wt % of rGO, showing the largest specific capacity of 172 mAh g-1 at 500 mA g-1 . This corresponds to a high utilization of the redox active sites in the active polyimide (86 %), and this composite retained 80 % of its initial capacity (125 mAh g-1 ) after 9000 cycles at 2000 mA g-1 .
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- Hui Gao
- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool51 Oxford StLiverpoolL7 3NYUK
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of EducationInstitute of Microscale OptoelectronicsShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060P. R. China
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool51 Oxford StLiverpoolL7 3NYUK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable EnergyDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of LiverpoolPeach StLiverpoolL69 7ZDUK
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool51 Oxford StLiverpoolL7 3NYUK
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool51 Oxford StLiverpoolL7 3NYUK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable EnergyDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of LiverpoolPeach StLiverpoolL69 7ZDUK
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- Materials Innovation Factory and Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool51 Oxford StLiverpoolL7 3NYUK
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Galloway TA, Attard G, Hardwick LJ. An electrochemical investigation of oxygen adsorption on Pt single crystal electrodes in a non-aqueous Li+ electrolyte. Electrochem commun 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2020.106814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Saeed KH, Forster M, Li JF, Hardwick LJ, Cowan AJ. Water oxidation intermediates on iridium oxide electrodes probed by in situ electrochemical SHINERS. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1129-1132. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08284k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) is applied to the study of a state-of-the-art water oxidation electrocatalyst, IrOx, during oxygen evolution.
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- Khezar H. Saeed
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- China
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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Lu YT, Wu J, Lin ZX, You TH, Lin SC, Tiffany Chen HY, Hardwick LJ, Hu CC. Enhanced oxygen evolution performance of spinel Fe0.1Ni0.9Co2O4/Activated carbon composites. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cabo-Fernandez L, Neale AR, Braga F, Sazanovich IV, Kostecki R, Hardwick LJ. Kerr gated Raman spectroscopy of LiPF 6 salt and LiPF 6-based organic carbonate electrolyte for Li-ion batteries. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23833-23842. [PMID: 31538641 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02430a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fluorescent species are formed during cycling of lithium ion batteries as a result of electrolyte decomposition due to the instability of the non-aqueous electrolytes and side reactions that occur at the electrode surface. The increase in the background fluorescence due to the presence of these components makes it harder to analyse data due to the spectroscopic overlap of Raman scattering and fluorescence. Herein, Kerr gated Raman spectroscopy was shown to be an effective technique for the isolation of the scattering effect from the fluorescence enabling the collection of the Raman spectra of LiPF6 salt and LiPF6-based organic carbonate electrolyte, without the interference of the fluorescence component. Kerr gated Raman was able to identify POF3 on the LiPF6 particle surface, after the addition of trace water.
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- Laura Cabo-Fernandez
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK.
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Yi R, Lin X, Zhao Y, Liu C, Li Y, Hardwick LJ, Yang L, Zhao C, Geng X, Zhang Q. Fabrication of a Light‐Weight Dual‐Function Modified Separator towards High‐Performance Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Ruowei Yi
- Department of ChemistryXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of ChemistryXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou 215123 China
- Department of Electrical Engineering and ElectronicsUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3GJ UK
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou 215123 China
- Department of Electrical Engineering and ElectronicsUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3GJ UK
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- Dongguan Hongde Battery Ltd.Co. Dongguan 523649 China
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy Department of ChemistryUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZD UK
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- Department of ChemistryXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou 215123 China
- Department of Electrical Engineering and ElectronicsUniversity of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3GJ UK
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- Department of ChemistryXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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Cowan AJ, Hardwick LJ. Advanced Spectroelectrochemical Techniques to Study Electrode Interfaces Within Lithium-Ion and Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. Annu Rev Anal Chem (Palo Alto Calif) 2019; 12:323-346. [PMID: 31038984 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061318-115303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Lithium battery technologies have revolutionized mobile energy storage, but improvements in the technology are still needed. Critical to delivering new light weight, high capacity, safe devices is an improved understanding of the dynamic processes occurring at the electrode-electrolyte interfaces. Therefore, alongside advances in materials there has been a parallel progression in advanced characterization methods. Herein, recent developments for operando spectro-electrochemical techniques centered on Raman, infrared, and sum frequency generation are described within the context of lithium-ion and non-aqueous lithium-oxygen battery research. In particular, shell-isolated nanoparticles for enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS), surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS), and near-field infrared are explained and critically evaluated, and future opportunities discussed. The aim is to introduce the wider community to the developing range of methodologies and tools now available in the hope that it encourages greater usage across the sector.
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- Alexander J Cowan
- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom;
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Taylor ZN, Perez AJ, Coca-Clemente JA, Braga F, Drewett NE, Pitcher MJ, Thomas WJ, Dyer MS, Collins C, Zanella M, Johnson T, Day S, Tang C, Dhanak VR, Claridge JB, Hardwick LJ, Rosseinsky MJ. Stabilization of O-O Bonds by d 0 Cations in Li 4+ xNi 1- xWO 6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) Rock Salt Oxides as the Origin of Large Voltage Hysteresis. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:7333-7346. [PMID: 30974948 PMCID: PMC7007214 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Multinary lithium
oxides with the rock salt structure are of technological
importance as cathode materials in rechargeable lithium ion batteries.
Current state-of-the-art cathodes such as LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 rely on redox cycling of earth-abundant
transition-metal cations to provide charge capacity. Recently, the
possibility of using the oxide anion as a redox center in Li-rich
rock salt oxides has been established as a new paradigm in the design
of cathode materials with enhanced capacities (>200 mAh/g). To
increase
the lithium content and access electrons from oxygen-derived states,
these materials typically require transition metals in high oxidation
states, which can be easily achieved using d0 cations.
However, Li-rich rock salt oxides with high valent d0 cations
such as Nb5+ and Mo6+ show strikingly high voltage
hysteresis between charge and discharge, the origin of which is uninvestigated.
In this work, we study a series of Li-rich compounds, Li4+xNi1–xWO6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) adopting two new and
distinct cation-ordered variants of the rock salt structure. The Li4.15Ni0.85WO6 (x = 0.15) phase has a
large reversible capacity of 200 mAh/g, without accessing the Ni3+/Ni4+ redox couple, implying that more than two-thirds
of the capacity is due to anionic redox, with good cyclability. The
presence of the 5d0 W6+ cation affords extensive
(>2 V) voltage hysteresis associated with the anionic redox. We
present
experimental evidence for the formation of strongly stabilized localized
O–O single bonds that explain the energy penalty required to
reduce the material upon discharge. The high valent d0 cation
associates localized anion–anion bonding with the anion redox
capacity.
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , University of Liverpool , Chadwick Building, Peach Street , Liverpool L69 7ZF , United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , University of Liverpool , Chadwick Building, Peach Street , Liverpool L69 7ZF , United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , University of Liverpool , Chadwick Building, Peach Street , Liverpool L69 7ZF , United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source , Diamond House , Harwell Oxford, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source , Diamond House , Harwell Oxford, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , University of Liverpool , Chadwick Building, Peach Street , Liverpool L69 7ZF , United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , University of Liverpool , Chadwick Building, Peach Street , Liverpool L69 7ZF , United Kingdom
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Yi R, Liu C, Zhao Y, Hardwick LJ, Li Y, Geng X, Zhang Q, Yang L, Zhao C. A light-weight free-standing graphene foam-based interlayer towards improved Li-S cells. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Galloway TA, Dong JC, Li JF, Attard G, Hardwick LJ. Oxygen reactions on Pt{ hkl} in a non-aqueous Na + electrolyte: site selective stabilisation of a sodium peroxy species. Chem Sci 2019; 10:2956-2964. [PMID: 30996874 PMCID: PMC6427968 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05489d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
The oxygen reduction and evolution reaction in the presence of sodium ions in an organic solvent is studied on well-defined Pt electrode surfaces.
Sodium–oxygen battery cathodes utilise the reversible redox species of oxygen in the presence of sodium ions. However, the oxygen reduction and evolution reaction mechanism is yet to be conclusively determined. In order to examine the part played by surface structure in sodium–oxygen electrochemistry for the development of catalytic materials and structures, a method of preparing clean, well-defined Pt electrode surfaces for adsorption studies in aprotic solvents is described. Using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and in situ electrochemical shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS), the various stages of oxygen reduction as a function of potential have been determined. It is found that on Pt{111} and Pt{110}-(1 × 1) terraces, a long lived surface sodium peroxide species is formed reversibly, whereas on Pt{100} and polycrystalline electrodes, this species is not detected.
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- Thomas A Galloway
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , Department of Chemistry , University of Liverpool , UK .
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Solid Surfaces , University of Xiamen , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Solid Surfaces , University of Xiamen , China
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- Department of Physics , University of Liverpool , UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy , Department of Chemistry , University of Liverpool , UK .
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Harlow GS, Aldous IM, Thompson P, Gründer Y, Hardwick LJ, Lucas CA. Adsorption, surface relaxation and electrolyte structure at Pt(111) electrodes in non-aqueous and aqueous acetonitrile electrolytes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:8654-8662. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00499h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 01/17/2023]
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Application of synchrotron X-ray scattering to probe the atomic structure of the interface between Pt(111) electrodes and non-aqueous acetonitrile electrolytes.
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- Gary S. Harlow
- Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool
- UK
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Radjenovic PM, Hardwick LJ. Evaluating chemical bonding in dioxides for the development of metal–oxygen batteries: vibrational spectroscopic trends of dioxygenyls, dioxygen, superoxides and peroxides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:1552-1563. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04652b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Analysis of Raman and IR spectral bands of >200 dioxygen species highlighted the effect of the immediate chemical environment on O–O bonding.
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- Petar M. Radjenovic
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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Aldous IM, Hardwick LJ. Growth and dissolution of NaO 2 in an ether-based electrolyte as the discharge product in the Na-O 2 cell. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:3444-3447. [PMID: 29547214 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08201k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The deposition and dissolution of sodium superoxide (NaO2) was investigated by atomic force microscopy. Rectangular prisms consisting of 8 smaller sub-structures grew from NaO2 platelets, when discharged in 0.5 M NaClO4, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite. During oxidation the 8 sub-structures are conserved. Ring-like structures of Na2CO3 of 200 nm diameter remain at the end of oxidation.
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- Iain M Aldous
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK.
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Addicoat M, Atkin R, Canongia Lopes JN, Costa Gomes M, Firestone M, Gardas R, Halstead S, Hardacre C, Hardwick LJ, Holbrey J, Hunt P, Ivaništšev V, Jacquemin J, Jones R, Kirchner B, Lynden-Bell R, MacFarlane D, Marlair G, Medhi H, Mezger M, Pádua A, Pantenburg I, Perkin S, Reid JESJ, Rutland M, Saha S, Shimizu K, Slattery JM, Swadźba-Kwaśny M, Tiwari S, Tsuzuki S, Uralcan B, van den Bruinhorst A, Watanabe M, Wishart J. Structure and dynamics of ionic liquids: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2018; 206:291-337. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fd90092a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Radjenovic PM, Hardwick LJ. Time-resolved SERS study of the oxygen reduction reaction in ionic liquid electrolytes for non-aqueous lithium–oxygen cells. Faraday Discuss 2018; 206:379-392. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00170c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We use the Raman active bands of O2˙− to probe its changing Lewis basicity through its interaction with various ionic liquid electrolytes at the electrode surface.
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- Petar M. Radjenovic
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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Abbott A, Aldous L, Borisenko N, Coles S, Fontaine O, Gamarra Garcia JD, Gardas R, Hammond O, Hardwick LJ, Haumesser PH, Hausen F, Horwood C, Jacquemin J, Jones R, Jónsson E, Lahiri A, MacFarlane D, Marlair G, May B, Medhi H, Paschoal VH, Reid JESJ, Schoetz T, Tamura K, Thomas ML, Tiwari S, Uralcan B, van den Bruinhorst A, Watanabe M, Wishart J. Electrochemistry: general discussion. Faraday Discuss 2017; 206:405-426. [PMID: 29186221 DOI: 10.1039/c7fd90093g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Galloway TA, Cabo-Fernandez L, Aldous IM, Braga F, Hardwick LJ. Shell isolated nanoparticles for enhanced Raman spectroscopy studies in lithium–oxygen cells. Faraday Discuss 2017; 205:469-490. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00151g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A critical and detailed assessment of using Shell Isolated Nanoparticles for Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SHINERS) on different electrode substrates was carried out, providing relative enhancement factors, as well as an evaluation of the distribution of shell-isolated nanoparticles upon the electrode surfaces. The chemical makeup of surface layers formed upon lithium metal electrodes and the mechanism of the oxygen reduction reaction on carbon substrates relevant to lithium–oxygen cells are studied with the employment of the SHINERS technique. SHINERS enhanced the Raman signal at these surfaces showing a predominant Li2O based layer on lithium metal in a variety of electrolytes. The formation of LiO2and Li2O2, as well as degradation reactions forming Li2CO3, upon planar carbon electrode interfaces and upon composite carbon black electrodes were followed under potential control during the reduction of oxygen in a non-aqueous electrolyte based on dimethyl sulfoxide.
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- Thomas A. Galloway
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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Serwar M, Rana UA, Siddiqi HM, Ud-Din Khan S, Ahmed Ali FA, Al-Fatesh A, Adomkevicius A, Coca-Clemente JA, Cabo-Fernandez L, Braga F, Hardwick LJ. Template-free synthesis of nitrogen doped carbon materials from an organic ionic dye (murexide) for supercapacitor application. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra10954g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The present study describes a template-free single step carbonization route to prepare hierarchically structured nitrogen-doped carbon materials (NCMs) by using an organic ionic dye (OID), ammonium purpurate (murexide).
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- Monazza Serwar
- Department of Chemistry
- Quaid-I-Azam University
- Islamabad
- Pakistan
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
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- Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET) Centre
- College of Engineering
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11421
- Saudi Arabia
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- Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET) Centre
- College of Engineering
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11421
- Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- College of Engineering
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11421
- Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Engineering Department
- College of Engineering
- King Saud University
- Riyadh 11421
- Saudi Arabia
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Liverpool
- UK
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Zou J, Sole C, Drewett NE, Velický M, Hardwick LJ. In Situ Study of Li Intercalation into Highly Crystalline Graphitic Flakes of Varying Thicknesses. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:4291-4296. [PMID: 27740774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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: 05/25/2023]
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An in situ Raman spectroelectrochemical study of Li intercalation into graphite flakes with different thicknesses ranging from 1.7 nm (3 graphene layers) to 61 nm (ca. 178 layers) is presented. The lithiation behavior of these flakes was compared to commercial microcrystalline graphite with a typical flake thickness of ∼100 nm. Li intercalation into the graphitic flakes was observed under potential control via in situ optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. As graphite flakes decreased in thickness, a Raman response indicative of increased tensile strain along the graphene sheet was observed during the early stages of intercalation. A progressively negative wavenumber shift of the interior and bounding modes of the split G band (E2g2(i) and E2g2(b)) is interpreted as a weakening of the C-C bonding. Raman spectra of Li intercalation into thin graphitic flakes are presented and discussed in the context of implications for Li ion battery applications, given that intercalation induced strain may accelerate carbon negative electrode aging and reduce long-term cycle life.
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- Jianli Zou
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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Liu M, Chen L, Lewis S, Chong SY, Little MA, Hasell T, Aldous IM, Brown CM, Smith MW, Morrison CA, Hardwick LJ, Cooper AI. Three-dimensional protonic conductivity in porous organic cage solids. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12750. [PMID: 27619230 PMCID: PMC5027280 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Proton conduction is a fundamental process in biology and in devices such as proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To maximize proton conduction, three-dimensional conduction pathways are preferred over one-dimensional pathways, which prevent conduction in two dimensions. Many crystalline porous solids to date show one-dimensional proton conduction. Here we report porous molecular cages with proton conductivities (up to 10(-3) S cm(-1) at high relative humidity) that compete with extended metal-organic frameworks. The structure of the organic cage imposes a conduction pathway that is necessarily three-dimensional. The cage molecules also promote proton transfer by confining the water molecules while being sufficiently flexible to allow hydrogen bond reorganization. The proton conduction is explained at the molecular level through a combination of proton conductivity measurements, crystallography, molecular simulations and quasi-elastic neutron scattering. These results provide a starting point for high-temperature, anhydrous proton conductors through inclusion of guests other than water in the cage pores.
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- Ming Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
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Aldous IM, Hardwick LJ. Solvent-Mediated Control of the Electrochemical Discharge Products of Non-Aqueous Sodium-Oxygen Electrochemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:8254-7. [PMID: 27240015 PMCID: PMC4999043 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The reduction of dioxygen in the presence of sodium cations can be tuned to give either sodium superoxide or sodium peroxide discharge products at the electrode surface. Control of the mechanistic direction of these processes may enhance the ability to tailor the energy density of sodium-oxygen batteries (NaO2 : 1071 Wh kg(-1) and Na2 O2 : 1505 Wh kg(-1) ). Through spectroelectrochemical analysis of a range of non-aqueous solvents, we describe the dependence of these processes on the electrolyte solvent and subsequent interactions formed between Na(+) and O2 (-) . The solvents ability to form and remove [Na(+) -O2 (-) ]ads based on Gutmann donor number influences the final discharge product and mechanism of the cell. Utilizing surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques, we demonstrate an analysis of the response of Na-O2 cell chemistry with sulfoxide, amide, ether, and nitrile electrolyte solvents.
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- Iain M Aldous
- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK.
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