Review
Electrochemistry
Peter M. Attia, Alexander Bills, Ferran Brosa Planella, Philipp Dechent, Goncalo dos Reis, Matthieu Dubarry, Paul Gasper, Richard Gilchrist, Samuel Greenbank, David Howey, Ouyang Liu, Edwin Khoo, Yuliya Preger, Abhishek Soni, Shashank Sripad, Anna G. Stefanopoulou, Valentin Sulzer
Summary: This article reviews the phenomenon of "knees" in the aging trajectories of lithium-ion batteries and discusses their pathways, key design and usage sensitivities, as well as the challenges and opportunities for knee modeling and prediction.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Zhuanghua Yu, Zhangyin Yan, Fuhao Zhang, Junxiang Wang, Qian Shao, Vignesh Murugadoss, A. Alhadhrami, Gaber A. M. Mersal, Mohamed M. Ibrahim, Zeinhom M. El-Bahy, Yifan Li, Mina Huang, Zhanhu Guo
Summary: Waterborne acrylic resin modified with both IA and KH571 was successfully synthesized by seeded emulsion polymerization. The addition of IA and KH571 greatly improved the water resistance and other properties of the resin coating, making it a potential candidate for waterproof and anticorrosive coatings.
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shifa Wang, Maoyuan Li, Huajing Gao, Zijuan Yin, Chaoli Chen, Hua Yang, Leiming Fang, Jagadeesha Angadi, Zao Yi, Dengfeng Li
Summary: A simple two-step method was developed to fabricate ternary heterojunctions of YMnO3/CeO2/MgAl2O4 composite photocatalysts, which exhibited good adsorption capacity and photocatalytic activity. The GA model showed the best predictive ability for the adsorption capacity. The YCM photocatalysts displayed high optical absorption coefficient, charge carrier transfer and separation efficiency, adsorbed oxygen concentration and interface defect, high adsorption capacity, and photocatalytic activity. This study demonstrated the huge potential of YCM composite photocatalysts for eco-friendly adsorption of dye and degradation of drugs.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bing Yan, Li Feng, Jiaojiao Zheng, Qian Zhang, Yizhou Dong, Yichun Ding, Weisen Yang, Jingquan Han, Shaohua Jiang, Shuijian He
Summary: This study presents a dual-strategy to enhance the performance of cellulose-derived carbon electrodes by combining free-standing nitrogen-doped carbon nano-wire array coating and pore engineering. The designed electrodes possess high specific capacitance and stable performance, making it a promising breakthrough in the field of biomass-based electrodes for supercapacitors.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Junling Wang, Yanfang Cao, Zhirong Wang, Haobo Zhou, Yuxin Zhou, Xiaoxi Zheng, Xinrui He, Chao Wang
Summary: By designing a hierarchical ternary structure, the fire hazard of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) can be effectively reduced, leading to decreases in heat release, smoke production rate, and toxic gases release.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
T. P. Rasitha, John Philip
Summary: This paper presents a simple, cost-effective, fast, scalable, and sustainable method for fabricating mechanically durable superhydrophobic surfaces on titanium. By utilizing rapid breakdown anodization and molten stearic acid chemical modification, the preparation time is reduced to just one minute. The optimized process results in a highly hierarchical micro-nanostructure with excellent superhydrophobic properties and abrasion resistance.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yabin Jiang, Zongzhao Sun, Qianwen Chen, Chi Cao, Yun Zhao, Wensheng Yang, Lei Zeng, Limin Huang
Summary: A highly efficient photocatalyst, TOCN, with S-scheme heterojunction was prepared through a facile phase interfacial reaction, showing higher water splitting activity under sunlight. The formation of S-scheme heterojunction is the key factor in enhancing photocatalytic performance.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Guangzhao Wang, Wenyi Tang, Wenjie Xie, Qin Tang, Yongtong Wang, Hao Guo, Peng Gao, Suihu Dang, Junli Chang
Summary: The design of two-dimensional heterostructures is an effective way to modify the properties of 2D materials. In this study, CdS/PtSSe heterostructures were investigated for their photocatalytic activity using first-principles calculations. The results showed that the small lattice mismatches and negative interface formation energies made the CdS/PtSSe heterostructures feasible, with small bandgaps allowing them to efficiently absorb visible light. The stacking configurations had little effect on the electronic structures, but the contact sides could switch between type-I and type-II heterostructures. The type-II CdS/PtSSe heterostructures promoted the separation of photogenerated carriers, while the band edges fulfilled the thermodynamic requirements for photocatalytic water-splitting, achieving solar-to-hydrogen efficiencies of up to 37.5%.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
T. P. Rasitha, S. C. Vanithakumari, D. Nanda Gopala Krishna, R. P. George, R. Srinivasan, John Philip
Summary: A mechanically robust superhydrophobic aluminum surface with enhanced corrosion resistance and reduced biofouling was successfully fabricated and characterized. The new coating structure consists of a top hydrophobic layer of nano-silica modified with hexamethyldisilazane and a middle connecting layer, providing excellent superhydrophobicity, corrosion resistance, and anti-bacterial attachment properties.
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shuang Zhang, Yi Yu, Mingjiang Xie, Cheng Du, Jian Chen, Liu Wan, Yan Zhang
Summary: Activated carbon (HCDC) produced from household expired food shows excellent electrochemical performance and has potential applications in supercapacitors and energy storage devices.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jiaojiao Zheng, Bing Yan, Li Feng, Qian Zhang, Chunmei Zhang, Weisen Yang, Jingquan Han, Shaohua Jiang, Shuijian He
Summary: In this work, hierarchical porous carbon materials are synthesized by carbonizing a mixture of starch rich biomass precursor and potassium citrate. The addition of potassium citrate greatly enhances the specific surface area of carbon material, and the resulting APCs-750 exhibits excellent capacitance performance, rate performance, and stability.
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zheng Xu, Weilong Shi, Yuxing Shi, Haoran Sun, Lingling Li, Feng Guo, Huabing Wen
Summary: This study presents a ternary ZnIn2S4/carbon dots/ g-C3N4 (ZIS/CDs/CN) S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for efficient photocatalytic water splitting. The carbon dots act as a co-catalyst with dual roles of solid-state electron mediator and electron acceptor, resulting in enhanced H2 evolution efficiency. The role of carbon dots in promoting S-scheme heterojunction is confirmed, and the catalyst exhibits excellent practicality and structural stability in seawater.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Md. Shad Salman, Md. Chanmiya Sheikh, Md. Munjur Hasan, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Khadiza Tul Kubra, Ariyan Islam Rehan, Mrs Eti Awual, Adiba Islam Rasee, R. M. Waliullah, Mohammed Sohrab Hossain, Md. Abdul Khaleque, Abdulmohsen K. D. Alsukaibi, Hamed M. Alshammari, Md. Rabiul Awual
Summary: This study focuses on the use of chitosan-treated cotton composite material for the removal of toxic dyes in contaminated water. The results reveal that the chitosan-cotton composite has a high adsorption capacity and can efficiently remove dyes, achieving a decolorization effect.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Hanan Alexandra Hsain, Younghwan Lee, Monica Materano, Terence Mittmann, Alexis Payne, Thomas Mikolajick, Uwe Schroeder, Gregory N. Parsons, Jacob L. Jones
Summary: This review summarizes the process knowledge accumulated in the field of ferroelectric HfO2 over the past 10 years. It examines the effect of process parameters in different deposition methods on film microstructure, phase evolution, defect concentration, and electrical properties. The goal is to provide a comprehensive guide for the design of future HfO2-based ferroelectric materials and devices.
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shuntong Jiang, Zhenyuan Zhao, Jinfeng Chen, Yang Yang, Chunyan Ding, Yiqiong Yang, Yuxin Wang, Ning Liu, Lu Wang, Xiaodong Zhang
Summary: By virtue of diverse structures and tunable properties, MIL-88(Fe) and modified materials have extensive applications in biosensors, energy storage, catalytic oxidation, and emulsion separation. The synthesis of MIL-88(Fe) and their derived nanomaterials has provided an opportunity for outstanding advanced oxidation performances due to their easily accessible inner surface, controllable composition, and pore structure.
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Xuzheng Zhu, Yongzhi Cheng, Junpeng Fan, Fu Chen, Hui Luo, Ling Wu
Summary: This paper proposes and numerically investigates a graphene metasurface based on split-ring resonators (SRRs) structure, which can achieve highly efficient switchability of anomalous refraction and planar focusing effects. Numerical simulation results show that the proposed metasurface can realize polarization conversion with a transmission amplitude of about 0.4 and achieve a full 2 pi phase shift by changing the geometrical parameters of the SRRs structure. Furthermore, the efficiency of cross polarization transmission is highly dependent on the Fermi energy level of graphene. By designing a spatially phase profile and arrangement of unit-cell structure, anomalous refraction and planar focusing effect can be achieved, with the efficiencies switched by changing the Fermi energy level rather than the physical size.
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yun Qiu, Haibo Yang, Yan Cheng, Bo Wen, Ying Lin
Summary: Manufacturing microwave absorbers with controllable microstructure is of continuous interest, as shown in the study where cobalt hexacyanoferrate submicrocubes with different structures were obtained through adjusting reaction solvents. The results highlight the importance of morphology and structure in enhancing microwave absorption properties, with the optimal absorption performance reaching -73.63 dB and an effective absorption bandwidth of 5.0 GHz for the CoFe@C submicrocubes with mesoporous structure.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Simin Huang, Xue-Rong Shi, Chunyan Sun, Xiangrui Zhang, Mengru Huang, Ruiqi Liu, Hui Wang, Shusheng Xu
Summary: This study successfully prepared high mass loading NiCo-MOFs electrode materials with excellent performance in supercapacitors. The design using mixed organic linkers and binder-free technique achieved high areal capacitance and outstanding cycle stability.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jiaming Wang, Ying Huang, Xiaopeng Han, Zengyong Li, Shuai Zhang, Meng Zong
Summary: By optimizing porous bamboo carbons, a flexible and high-performance Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitor was successfully constructed, showing superior specific capacitance and high energy density, as well as remarkable cycling stability and the ability to withstand various deformations.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shuai Liu, Guijian Xiao, Ouchuan Lin, Yi He, Shayu Song
Summary: A new and efficient method of laser belt processing was proposed for the preparation of Inconel 718 surfaces with ultrahigh adhesion and anisotropic wettability. The microgroove depth could be increased without changing processing parameters, and microporous structures with nanoparticles were introduced. The results showed that the surface wetting state was between the Wenzel and Cassie wetting states, and van der Waals forces provided ultrahigh adhesion. Anisotropic wettability increased with increasing laser power, and the presence of nanoparticles enhanced the anisotropy.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
