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Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte (2024)
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Dimogiannis, K., Sankowski, A., Holc, C., Parmenter, C. D., Newton, G. N., Walsh, D. A., O'Shea, J., Khlobystov, A. N., & Johnson, L. R. (2024). Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte. Energy Storage Materials, 67, Article 103280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103280

The volumetric energy density of magnesium exceeds that of lithium, making magnesium batteries particularly promising for next-generation energy storage. However, electrochemical cycling of magnesium electrodes in common battery electrolytes is coulo... Read More about Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte.

Nucleation Regulation and Mesoscopic Dielectric Screening in α-FAPbI (2023)
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Tian, R., Liu, C., Meng, Y., Wang, Y., Cao, R., Tang, B., Walsh, D., Do, H., Wu, H., Wang, K., Sun, K., Yang, S., Zhu, J., Li, X., & Ge, Z. (2024). Nucleation Regulation and Mesoscopic Dielectric Screening in α-FAPbI. Advanced Materials, 36(13), Article 2309998. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202309998

While significant advancements in power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of α-FAPbI perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been made, attaining controllable perovskite crystallization is still a considerable hurdle. This challenge stems from the initial f... Read More about Nucleation Regulation and Mesoscopic Dielectric Screening in α-FAPbI.

Electrochemistry of ethanol and dimethyl ether at a Pt electrode in a protic ionic liquid: the electrode poisoning mechanism (2023)
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Muhammad, S., & Walsh, D. A. (2023). Electrochemistry of ethanol and dimethyl ether at a Pt electrode in a protic ionic liquid: the electrode poisoning mechanism. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(32), 21509-21520. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02645k

A protic ionic liquid (PIL), N,N-diethyl-N-methyl ammonium trifluoromethane sulfonate, [dema][TfO] was synthesized and confirmed using 1H-NMR and ion chromatography (IC). The surface electrocatalysis of ethanol (EtOH) and dimethyl ether (DME) was inv... Read More about Electrochemistry of ethanol and dimethyl ether at a Pt electrode in a protic ionic liquid: the electrode poisoning mechanism.

A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator (2023)
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Jordan, J. W., Vailaya, G., Holc, C., Jenkins, M., McNulty, R. C., Puscalau, C., Tokay, B., Laybourn, A., Gao, X., Walsh, D. A., Newton, G. N., Bruce, P. G., & Johnson, L. R. (2024). A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator. Faraday Discussions, 248, 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00137g

The lithium-air (Li-air) battery offers one of the highest practical specific energy densities of any battery system at >400 W h kgsystem−1. The practical cell is expected to operate in air, which is flowed into the positive porous electrode where it... Read More about A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator.

Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery (2023)
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McNulty, R. C., Jones, K. D., Holc, C., Jordan, J. W., Bruce, P. G., Walsh, D. A., Newton, G. N., Lam, H. W., & Johnson, L. R. (2023). Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 13(3), Article 2300579. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202300579

Understanding and eliminating degradation of the electrolyte solution is arguably the major challenge in the development of high energy density lithium–air batteries. The use of acetonitrile provides cycle stability comparable to current state-of-the... Read More about Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery.

Voltammetric Evidence of Proton Transport through the Sidewalls of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2023)
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Jordan, J. W., Mortiboy, B., Khlobystov, A. N., Johnson, L. R., Newton, G. N., & Walsh, D. A. (2023). Voltammetric Evidence of Proton Transport through the Sidewalls of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(16), 9052–9058. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00554

Understanding ion transport in solid materials is crucial in the design of electrochemical devices. Of particular interest in recent years is the study of ion transport across 2-dimensional, atomically thin crystals. In this contribution, we describe... Read More about Voltammetric Evidence of Proton Transport through the Sidewalls of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response (2022)
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Wadge, M. D., Bird, M. A., Sankowski, A., Constantin, H., Fay, M. W., Cooper, T. P., O'Shea, J. N., Khlobystov, A. N., Walsh, D. A., Johnson, L. R., Felfel, R. M., Ahmed, I., & Grant, D. M. (2023). Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(5), Article 2201523. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201523

This study describes the chemical conversion and heat treatment of Ti6Al4V microspheres (Ti6_MS), and the resulting effects on their electrocatalytic properties. The wet-chemical conversion (5.0m NaOH, 60°C, 24h; Sample label: Ti6_TC) converts the to... Read More about Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response.

Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces (2022)
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Amin, S. S., Cameron, J. M., Cousins, R. B., Wrigley, J., Liirò-Peluso, L., Sans, V., Walsh, D. A., & Newton, G. N. (2022). Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 9(8), 1777-1784. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qi00174h

The self-assembly of hierarchical nanostructures on surfaces is a promising strategy for the development of a wide range of new technologies, such as energy-storage devices and sensors. In this work we show that amphiphilic, organofunctionalized hybr... Read More about Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces.

Electrochemical Oscillatory Baffled Reactors Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing for Efficient Continuous-Flow Oxidations (2022)
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Alvarez, E., Romero-Fernandez, M., Iglesias, D., Martinez-Cuenca, R., Okafor, O., Delorme, A., Lozano, P., Goodridge, R., Paradisi, F., Walsh, D. A., & Sans, V. (2022). Electrochemical Oscillatory Baffled Reactors Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing for Efficient Continuous-Flow Oxidations. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 10(7), 2388-2396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06799

Electrochemical continuous-flow reactors offer a great opportunity for enhanced and sustainable chemical syntheses. Here, we present a novel application of electrochemical continuous-flow oscillatory baffled reactors (ECOBRs) that combines advanced m... Read More about Electrochemical Oscillatory Baffled Reactors Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing for Efficient Continuous-Flow Oxidations.

Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2022)
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Jordan, J. W., Cameron, J. M., Lowe, G. A., Rance, G. A., Fung, K. L. Y., Johnson, L. R., Walsh, D. A., Khlobystov, A. N., & Newton, G. N. (2022). Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie, 134(8), Article e202115619. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202115619

We describe the preparation of hybrid redox materials based on polyoxomolybdates encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Polyoxomolybdates readily oxidize SWNTs under ambient conditions in solution, and here we study their charge-... Read More about Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes.