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High Density Electrochemical Energy Storage via Regenerative Fuels (2019)
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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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© 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)
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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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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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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.

Dental resin monomer enables unique NbO2 /carbon lithium?ion battery negative electrode with exceptional performance (2019)
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Niobium dioxide (NbO2) features a high theoretical capacity and an outstanding electron conductivity, which makes it a promising alternative to the commercial graphite negative electrode. However, studies on NbO2 based lithium?ion battery negative el... Read More about Dental resin monomer enables unique NbO2 /carbon lithium?ion battery negative electrode with exceptional performance.

Mechano‐Fenton–Piranha Oxidation of Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Application (2019)
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Emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from chemical processing of materials is a serious environmental concern, frustrating the development of many innovative technologies. For example, sulfonitric oxidation is the most widely used method for processing... Read More about Mechano‐Fenton–Piranha Oxidation of Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Application.

A novel “holey-LFP / graphene / holey-LFP” sandwich nanostructure with significantly improved rate capability for lithium storage (2019)
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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.

Physicochemical and Electrochemical Properties of 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-Tetrafluoropropyl Ether as a Co-Solvent for High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Electrolytes (2019)
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© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Although high-voltage positive electrode materials for high energy density lithium-ion batteries have gained a great attention, the lack of compatible electrolytes with sufficiently high oxidative s... Read More about Physicochemical and Electrochemical Properties of 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-Tetrafluoropropyl Ether as a Co-Solvent for High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Electrolytes.

New Precursors Derived Activated Carbon and Graphene for Aqueous Supercapacitors with Unequal Electrode Capacitances (2019)
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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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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.

Assessment of toxicity reduction in ZnS substituted CdS:P3HT bulk heterojunction solar cells fabricated using a single-source precursor deposition (2019)
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Utilisation of cadmium sulphide (CdS) for the preparation of hybrid bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is limited due to its high human, soil and marine toxicity. This work aims to reduce the toxicity of the cadmium based hybrid bulk heterojunctio... Read More about Assessment of toxicity reduction in ZnS substituted CdS:P3HT bulk heterojunction solar cells fabricated using a single-source precursor deposition.

Anion-binding-induced electrochemical signal transduction in ferrocenylimidazolium: combined electrochemical experimental and theoretical investigation (2019)
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Five ferrocene alkymethylimidazolium cations 1a–1d and 2 with different alkyl spacer lengths were reinvestigated using voltammetry and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The voltammetric responses of ligand 2 toward various anions are desc... Read More about Anion-binding-induced electrochemical signal transduction in ferrocenylimidazolium: combined electrochemical experimental and theoretical investigation.