Article
Chemistry, Physical
Gozde Oney, Jacob Olchowka, Arnaud Demortiere, Francois Weill, Laurence Croguennec
Summary: In this work, we successfully prepared impurity-free platelet-like LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4via molten salt synthesis. These platelets show multiple surface orientations, including {111}, {112}, and other high-indexed facets, and exhibit energy storage performance equivalent to that of octahedral particles. This ability to tune particle morphology and orientation will provide new opportunities to investigate mechanisms at the individual particle level using spectroscopy and microscopy techniques.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Oleg A. Drozhzhin, Anastasia M. Alekseeva, Vitalii A. Shevchenko, Dmitry Chernyshov, Artem M. Abakumov, Evgeny Antipov
Summary: The study demonstrates that spinel-layered Li1+xNi0.5Mn1.5O4 materials have similar capacity values and phase transition sequences to Li2Ni0.5Mn1.5O4 materials. Li2Ni0.5Mn1.5O4 is mainly composed of Li-rich layered oxide, providing better cycling stability compared to the single-phase LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high-voltage cathode material.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yi Chen, Yuwen Li, Yuanjing Cui, Guodong Qian
Summary: Optimizing the adsorption free energy and promoting the active phase transition are significant for enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. This study successfully achieved these goals by modulating the electronic structure and crystal configuration, as well as introducing dislocations through the molten salt with the bound water method. The resulting dislocation layered double hydroxides (D-NiFe LDH) exhibited outstanding OER activity and stability.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
P. Prieto, A. Serrano, R. E. Rojas-Hernandez, S. Gorgojo, J. E. Prieto, L. Soriano
Summary: In this study, (111)-oriented NixFe3-xOy thin films were successfully grown on alpha-Al2O3 substrates by ion beam sputtering. The structure of the films transitions from an ordered spinel phase to a disordered rock-salt phase with increasing nickel content. The changes in electrical and optical properties support this structural transition.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Hiroyuki Usui, Yasuhiro Domi, Yuya Yamamoto, Takeo Hoshi, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Naoto Oishi, Noriko Nitta, Hiroki Sakaguchi
Summary: The effect of Ni doping on the Li+ diffusion behavior and its impact on high-rate and long-term performances of Li-ion batteries were investigated.
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Noto Susanto Gultom, Hairus Abdullah, Jhih-Cheng Xie, Hardy Shuwanto, Dong-Hau Kuo
Summary: This study systematically investigates the effect of nickel doping on the crystal structure and photocatalytic hydrogen production of ZnInOS/In(OH)(3) nanocomposite. It is found that nickel doping can transform the crystal structure and enhance the hydrogen production rate. The 10% nickel-doped ZI-50 catalyst shows the highest hydrogen evolution reaction rate.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Huixian Xie, Liping Tan, Zhuo Yao, Jiaxiang Cui, Xiaokai Ding, Zuhao Zhang, Dong Luo, Zhan Lin
Summary: Phosphorylation treatment is an effective strategy to enhance the performance of Li-rich Mn-based layered oxides in high-energy Li-ion batteries, improving rate capability, voltage decay, and capacity retention.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhuo Li, Jinlian Lu, Lei Jin, Jan Rusz, Vancho Kocevski, Hideto Yanagihara, Eiji Kita, Joachim Mayer, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Hongjun Xiang, Xiaoyan Zhong
Summary: Spinel ferrites are important materials with magnetic properties relevant for industrial applications. However, antiphase boundaries commonly found in spinel ferrite films can hinder their use in spintronic devices and sensors due to their impact on magnetic degradation and magnetoresistance. Novel imaging techniques and computational methods have been employed to investigate the atomic structure and magnetic properties of individual antiphase boundaries, providing insights into magnetic coupling at the atomic scale.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hao Lin, Beatriz Moreno, Kamil Kucuk, Sensen Zhang, Shankar Aryal, Zheng Li, Carlo U. Segre, Jassiel Rodriguez, Dhanya Puthusseri, Lirong Cai, Xuechen Jiao, Vilas G. Pol
Summary: The study focuses on a high capacity cation-disordered positive electrode Li1.2Ni0.4Nb0.4O2 to investigate the intrinsic reaction mechanism, kinetics, thermal stability, and structural evolution of disordered rock-salt cathodes. By utilizing various techniques including XAS, XPS, DSC, GITT, CV, and XRD, comprehensive insights into the disordered rock-salt cathode are provided for designing new positive electrodes.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jing Shi, Aming Lin, Xiaowei Wu, Su-Huai Wei, Yi-Yang Sun
Summary: In this study, the atomic structures of Li-excess disordered rock-salt (DRS) materials, such as LixV2O5, were investigated using dynamical statistics. It was found that the Li ions primarily occupy octahedral sites, with only excess Li ions occupying tetrahedral sites, which differs from the previously proposed redistribution mechanism based on static statistics. Furthermore, when x > 3, the off-centering of Li ions at the octahedral sites is observed, benefiting their diffusion. When x = 5, the volume expansion was found to be as high as 20%, significantly higher than the previously reported value of 5.9%, suggesting a potential overestimation of Li3V2O5's actual capacity as an anode material.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Mingjun Xie, Xiao Li, Yuanming Lai, Cong Qi, Jun Yin, Weiping Gong, Yuanxun Li, Qian Liu, Chongsheng Wu
Summary: “In this study, high-entropy spinel-type ceramics were synthesized and their microwave dielectric properties were investigated. The high-entropy ceramics exhibited good dielectric performance, which was influenced by factors such as sintering temperature, lattice distortion, and grain size.”
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jingang Yang, Yubin Niu, Xi Wang, Maowen Xu
Summary: Lithium-rich layered oxide materials show promise as cathode candidates for high energy Li-ion batteries due to their high specific capacities and reasonable working voltage. However, challenges such as low initial coulombic efficiency and severe capacity and voltage fading limit their commercialization. This review provides an overview of the reaction mechanism, challenges, strategies, and prospects for Li-rich materials based on existing research on their electrochemistry.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xin Cao, Haifeng Li, Yu Qiao, Zhi Chang, Pengfei Wang, Chao Li, Xiyan Yue, Ping He, Jordi Cabana, Haoshen Zhou
Summary: A Li-O-Na configuration was introduced in Li-based layered oxides for stable oxygen redox chemistry, achieving enhanced discharge capacity and superior structural and electrochemical stability.
ACS ENERGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Duojie Wu, Xuming Yang, Shihui Feng, Yuanmin Zhu, Meng Gu
Summary: Layered sodium manganese-based oxides are promising cathode materials for high capacity and cost-effectiveness, but performance degradation due to unwanted structural evolution remains a major challenge. Cobalt substitution is shown to alleviate lattice stress and maintain the layered structure, while nickel substitution results in various defects and irreversible phase transitions. The critical evidence of cation mixing leading to capacity loss highlights the complexity of interplay between different transition metals in the oxides.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
J. B. Wang, X. Liu, Q. Zhang, Z. P. Song
Summary: The study investigates the energy evolution characteristics of salt rock during deformation and failure under different loading rates, revealing three stages of energy evolution. With increasing loading rates, total energy density and dissipated energy density decrease while elastic energy density increases. Furthermore, a greater dissipated strain energy results in a larger number of fragments produced after rock failure.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)