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High Density Electrochemical Energy Storage via Regenerative Fuels (2019)
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Lan, X., & Chen, G. (2019). High Density Electrochemical Energy Storage via Regenerative Fuels. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 40(s1), S111-S119

The ever-increasing consumption of finite resources of fossil fuels and global environmental concerns have accelerated the efforts to develop efficient and affordable electrochemical energy storage and electricity generation devices. Electrochemical... Read More about High Density Electrochemical Energy Storage via Regenerative Fuels.

Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials (2019)
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Jiang, T., Xu, X., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 47, 46-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2019.11.005

© 2019 Silicon has a large impact on the energy supply and economy in the modern world. In industry, high purity silicon is firstly prepared by carbothermic reduction of silica with the produced raw silicon being further refined by a modified Siemens... Read More about Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials.

Electrochemical investigation of novel reference electrode Ni/Ni(OH)? in comparison with silver and platinum inert quasi-reference electrodes for electrolysis in eutectic molten hydroxide (2019)
Journal Article
Al-Shara, N. K., Sher, F., Yaqoob, A., & Chen, G. Z. (2019). Electrochemical investigation of novel reference electrode Ni/Ni(OH)? in comparison with silver and platinum inert quasi-reference electrodes for electrolysis in eutectic molten hydroxide. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(50), 27224-27236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.08.248

An efficient and green energy carrier hydrogen (H2) generation via water splitting reaction has become a major area of focus to meet the demand of clean and sustainable energy sources. In this research, the splitting steam via eutectic molten hydroxi... Read More about Electrochemical investigation of novel reference electrode Ni/Ni(OH)? in comparison with silver and platinum inert quasi-reference electrodes for electrolysis in eutectic molten hydroxide.

Inter-Particle Electronic and Ionic Modifications of the Ternary Ni-Co-Mn Oxide for Efficient and Stable Lithium Storage (2019)
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Zhu, Y., Zhou, Y., Tian, X., Huang, X., Yu, R., Wu, G., & Chen, G. Z. (2019). Inter-Particle Electronic and Ionic Modifications of the Ternary Ni-Co-Mn Oxide for Efficient and Stable Lithium Storage. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(14), A3162-A3167. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0111914jes

A combined electronic and ionic interparticular modification strategy is designed for the improvement of lithium storage in the layer structured ternary Ni-Co-Mn oxide (LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2) in the form of spherical particles. In this design, a thin l... Read More about Inter-Particle Electronic and Ionic Modifications of the Ternary Ni-Co-Mn Oxide for Efficient and Stable Lithium Storage.

Synthesis and performance optimisation of spray coated Cu2ZnSnS4 absorbing layers from single-source xanthate precursors (2019)
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Bishop, M., Zhang, L., Dolganov, A., Chen, G., Peng, C., & Hu, D. (2019). Synthesis and performance optimisation of spray coated Cu2ZnSnS4 absorbing layers from single-source xanthate precursors. Thin Solid Films, 690, Article 137530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137530

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a promising non-toxic and cheap absorber layer for the use in photovoltaic cells. In this work copper, zinc and tin xanthates were synthesised and deposited using a single-source spray coating technique to produce CZTS thin films,... Read More about Synthesis and performance optimisation of spray coated Cu2ZnSnS4 absorbing layers from single-source xanthate precursors.

A novel “holey-LFP / graphene / holey-LFP” sandwich nanostructure with significantly improved rate capability for lithium storage (2019)
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Lu, J., Tian, X., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Y., Tang, Z., Ma, B., …Chen, G. Z. (2019). A novel “holey-LFP / graphene / holey-LFP” sandwich nanostructure with significantly improved rate capability for lithium storage. Electrochimica Acta, 320, Article 134566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134566

The development of high-performance and new-structure electrode materials is vital for the wide application of rechargeable lithium batteries in electric vehicles. In this work, we design a special composite electrode structure with the macroporous t... Read More about A novel “holey-LFP / graphene / holey-LFP” sandwich nanostructure with significantly improved rate capability for lithium storage.

New Precursors Derived Activated Carbon and Graphene for Aqueous Supercapacitors with Unequal Electrode Capacitances (2019)
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Yao, C., & Zheng, C. G. (2019). New Precursors Derived Activated Carbon and Graphene for Aqueous Supercapacitors with Unequal Electrode Capacitances. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 36(2), https://doi.org/10.3866/PKU.WHXB201904025

Carbon materials can offer various micro-and nano-structures, and bulk and surface functionalities, and hence remain most popular for manufacturing supercapacitors. This article reviews critically recent development in preparation of carbon materials... Read More about New Precursors Derived Activated Carbon and Graphene for Aqueous Supercapacitors with Unequal Electrode Capacitances.

Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolytes for Supercapacitor and Supercapattery (2019)
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Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2019). Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolytes for Supercapacitor and Supercapattery. Frontiers in Chemistry, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00272

There is a strong desire to replace or complement aqueous and organic electrolytes by ionic liquids (ILs) in electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices to achieve high operating voltages and hence high energy capacity. ILs are regarded as the inher... Read More about Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolytes for Supercapacitor and Supercapattery.