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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zihao Zhou, Xiaoying Zheng, Manna Liu, Peng Liu, Shengbo Han, Yingru Chen, Bang Lan, Ming Sun, Lin Yu
Summary: In this study, an amorphous/crystalline layered manganese oxide (ACMO) was designed and demonstrated to have excellent oxygen reduction and evolution activities, as well as stability. When used as the air-electrode material for rechargeable zinc-air batteries, ACMO showed outstanding cycling stability and performance.
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Tiandong Zhang, Zhuangzhuang Shi, Chao Yin, Changhai Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yongquan Zhang, Qingguo Chen, Qingguo Chi
Summary: In this work, doping smaller ions of Li+-Al3+ to substitute Pb2+ and lowering the annealing temperature were proposed to improve the energy storage performances of AFE PZO films. The doped P(1-x)(L(0.5)A(0.5))(x)ZO films exhibited FE-like character, significantly increasing the energy storage density. Low-temperature annealing resulted in linear-like polarization behavior and improved breakdown strength, leading to superior energy storage performance and excellent stability.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED CERAMICS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chongyang Li, Jikang Liu, Long Lin, Wangfeng Bai, Shiting Wu, Peng Zheng, Jingji Zhang, Jiwei Zhai
Summary: The development of high-performance lead-free dielectric ceramic capacitors is crucial for advanced electronics and electrical power systems. However, a significant challenge is how to achieve large recoverable energy density, ultrahigh efficiency, and satisfactory temperature stability for next-generation high/pulsed power capacitors applications.
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Chemistry, Physical
Kelvin Randhir, Michael Hayes, Philipp Schimmels, Joerg Petrasch, James Klausner
Summary: This work presents a unique thermochemical process for charging magnesium-manganese-oxide-based solid-state rechargeable redox fuel. The high-temperature heating of the system can be driven by renewable electricity or concentrated solar power. The main focus of this work is achieving solid flowability at high temperatures and extracting chemically charged solid at ambient temperature with minimal energy loss. The operation strategies described in this work have achieved high system and thermal-to-chemical efficiency, which are the highest reported to date for thermochemical fuels.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ivan K. Ilic, Valerio Galli, Leonardo Lamanna, Pietro Cataldi, Lea Pasquale, Valerio F. Annese, Athanassia Athanassiou, Mario Caironi
Summary: Edible electronics is a growing field that aims to produce digestible devices using only food ingredients and additives. The development of fully edible electronic devices could revolutionize gastrointestinal tract monitoring, therapeutics, and food quality monitoring. A rechargeable edible battery, made from common food ingredients and dietary supplements, has been created, providing a power source for small electronic devices. This proof-of-concept battery opens up new opportunities for safer medical diagnostics, treatments, and innovative food quality monitoring.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fangwang Ming, Hanfeng Liang, Gang Huang, Zahra Bayhan, Husam N. Alshareef
Summary: MXenes have shown great potential as electrode materials in next-generation batteries, with their unique properties and versatile applications. Researchers have proposed various comprehensive utilization methods and also provided a perspective on future research directions for MXenes and MXene-based materials.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2021)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jie Wang, Yan Wang, Chaofeng Zhu, Bo Liu
Summary: This research reports a rational design of a photorechargeable lithium-ion battery (photo-LIB) using LiV2O5 as a photocathode, which works in both photoassisted fast charging and photo-only charging modes. The photo-LIB achieves a high specific capacity and a high photo-energy conversion efficiency under illumination.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Weiyao Zhang, Xin Yang, Shiyu Zhang
Summary: A high-potential catholyte was designed for RFBs, where charged and discharged species are both gaseous nitrogen oxides (NOx). The NOx species can be liberated from the liquid electrolyte and stored in a separate gas container, allowing scale-up of storage capacity without increasing the concentration and volume of the electrolyte.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Chaoqiong Zhu, Ziming Cai, Bingcheng Luo, Xu Cheng, Limin Guo, Ying Jiang, Xiuhua Cao, Zhenxiao Fu, Longtu Li, Xiaohui Wang
Summary: Multiphase engineering controlled by the two-step sintering heating rate is adopted to achieve high polarization and breakdown strength in BNTSZNN ceramics. The coexistence of tetragonal and rhombohedral phases improves temperature stability. Increasing heating rate reduces diffusion and enhances polarization while finer grain size enhances breakdown strength.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pin Wang, Mengfan Xue, Dongjian Jiang, Yanliang Yang, Junzhe Zhang, Hongzheng Dong, Gengzhi Sun, Yingfang Yao, Wenjun Luo, Zhigang Zou
Summary: This study reports a photovoltage memory effect in a Si/CoOx/KBi(aq)/MnOx Faradaic junction solar rechargeable device, which can record the value of the photovoltage and minimize interface energy loss, leading to higher performance. Moreover, a portable device with the highest volumetric energy density in the dark state is achieved.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Keiko Kato, Anand B. Puthirath, Ali Mojibpour, Mikhail Miroshnikov, Sitakanta Satapathy, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, Liangliang Dong, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, George John, Palash Bharadwaj, Ganguli Babu, Pulickel M. Ajayan
Summary: The study reports a photorechargeable lithium battery using nature-derived organic molecules as both photoactive and lithium storage electrode material, allowing charging through absorption of sunlight of a desired frequency. The dual functionality of the electrode material in both light absorption and lithium storage, with careful selection of optimal bandgap and Li-ion reversible functional groups, is crucial for the progress of solar rechargeable batteries.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qi Yang, Xiaofeng Qu, Huilin Cui, Xincheng He, Yuan Shao, Yong Zhang, Xun Guo, Ao Chen, Ze Chen, Rong Zhang, Duanyang Kong, Zhicong Shi, Jun Liu, Jieshan Qiu, Chunyi Zhi
Summary: This article reports a rechargeable aqueous Mn-metal battery enabled by a well-designed electrolyte and robust inorganic-organic interfaces. The battery achieves superior plating/stripping stability and higher output voltage, indicating the possibility of increasing the energy density of aqueous batteries through using a Mn anode.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Pengzhou Li, Meng Liao, Jiaxin Li, Lei Ye, Xiangran Cheng, Bingjie Wang, Huisheng Peng
Summary: Rechargeable micro-batteries (MBs) are considered the most promising candidate for high-performance micropower sources, due to their high energy density and stable voltage output. The rise of wearable and implantable microelectronics has posed new challenges for the design and application of MBs, calling for a summary of current research and discussion on future solutions.
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Chemistry, Physical
Buddha Deka Boruah, Michael De Volder
Summary: This study reports on the use of zinc oxide and vanadium dioxide synthesized photocathodes, which significantly improve photo-conversion efficiency and maintain 73% capacity after 500 cycles. The proposed stacked photocathodes reduce the battery light charging time by 3-fold, making this technology more viable.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Michael J. D'Ambrose, Damon E. Turney, Gautam G. Yadav, Michael Nyce, Sanjoy Banerjee
Summary: The cycling performance and failure mechanisms of zinc alkaline electrodes vary significantly with different zinc utilization rates. Irreversible side reactions and zinc microstructural evolution are identified as the main causes of cell failure.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)