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Design and optimization of electrochemical cell potential for hydrogen gas production (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences This study deals with the optimization of best working conditions in molten melt for the production of hydrogen (H2) gas. Limited research has been carried out... Read More about Design and optimization of electrochemical cell potential for hydrogen gas production.

Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites (2020)
Journal Article

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The highly efficient treatment of azo dye contaminated wastewater from the textile industry is an important but challenging problem. Herein, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microparticles, incorporating m... Read More about Synergetic treatment of dye contaminated wastewater using microparticles functionalized with carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide nanocomposites.

Effects of pore widening versus oxygenation on capacitance of activated carbon in aqueous sodium sulfate electrolyte (2020)
Journal Article

The commercial activated carbon has a relatively low specific capacitance in the Na2SO4 electrolyte, which hinder the development of asymmetrical supercapacitors with high voltage. Re-activation and oxidative etching methods were applied to change th... Read More about Effects of pore widening versus oxygenation on capacitance of activated carbon in aqueous sodium sulfate electrolyte.

Effects of Pore Widening vs Oxygenation on Capacitance of Activated Carbon in Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Electrolyte (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Electrochemical Society ("ECS"). Published on behalf of ECS by IOP Publishing Limited. The commercial activated carbon has a relatively low specific capacitance in the Na2SO4 electrolyte, which hinder the development of asymmetrical superc... Read More about Effects of Pore Widening vs Oxygenation on Capacitance of Activated Carbon in Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Electrolyte.

Supercapatteries as High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices (2020)
Journal Article

The development of novel electrochemical energy storage (EES) technologies to enhance the performance of EES devices in terms of energy capacity, power capability and cycling life is urgently needed. To address this need, supercapatteries are being d... Read More about Supercapatteries as High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices.

Supercapatteries as High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices (2020)
Journal Article

Abstract: The development of novel electrochemical energy storage (EES) technologies to enhance the performance of EES devices in terms of energy capacity, power capability and cycling life is urgently needed. To address this need, supercapatteries a... Read More about Supercapatteries as High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices.

Environmental assessment of the near-net-shape electrochemical metallisation process and the Kroll-electron beam melting process for titanium manufacture (2020)
Journal Article

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The enforcement of environmental policies, in recent years, has become one of the major driving forces for industrial upgrading. Therefore, this study is focused on the evaluation of the environmental... Read More about Environmental assessment of the near-net-shape electrochemical metallisation process and the Kroll-electron beam melting process for titanium manufacture.

A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Lithium-sulfur batteries have emerged as extraordinarily favorable energy storage devices due to their high specific capacity and energy density, safety and low cost. Unfortunately, the wide applications of lithium-sulfur batteri... Read More about A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Microfluidic formation of highly monodispersed multiple cored droplets using needle-based system in parallel mode (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Scale-up in droplet microfluidics achieved by increasing the number of devices running in parallel or increasing the droplet makers in the same device can compromise the narrow droplet-size distribu... Read More about Microfluidic formation of highly monodispersed multiple cored droplets using needle-based system in parallel mode.

Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process (2020)
Book Chapter

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The original patent of the Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge process was published in 1999, whilst the past 2decades have witnessed significant progresses in many aspects, including commercialisation and lab... Read More about Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process.

Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrodes for low energy and high-temperature steam splitting is of great interest for hydrogen fuel production without anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. This study has bee... Read More about Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode.

High Density Electrochemical Energy Storage via Regenerative Fuels (2019)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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.