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Inorganics, Volume 10, Issue 5

May 2022 - 12 articles

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Cover Story: Hybrid solid-state batteries, consisting of a bilayer of two different electrolyte materials, may offer advantages over using a single solid electrolyte as the interfaces can be tailored to both the anode and cathode. However, this introduces a new interface between the two electrolytes, which can strongly impede Li+ transport. In this work, the interfaces between a polymer electrolyte and two different ceramic electrolytes, an oxide and a sulfide, are investigated both electrochemically and chemically. At the polymer electrolyte/sulfide electrolyte interface, a relatively low resistance to Li+ transport is observed, despite the electrolytes having reacted chemically to form an interphase. By contrast, at the polymer electrolyte/oxide electrolyte interface, no chemical reactivity is observed, but the resistance to Li+ transport is relatively high. View this paper

Articles (12)

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,803 Views
19 Pages

TiO2-La2O3 as Photocatalysts in the Degradation of Naproxen

  • Adriana Marizcal-Barba,
  • Isaias Limón-Rocha,
  • Arturo Barrera,
  • José Eduardo Casillas,
  • O. A. González-Vargas,
  • José Luis Rico,
  • Claudia Martinez-Gómez and
  • Alejandro Pérez-Larios

The indiscriminate use of naproxen as an anti-inflammatory has been the leading cause of pollution in sewage effluents. Conversely, titanium dioxide is one of the most promising photocatalyst for the degradation of pollutants. Ti-La mixed oxides cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,361 Views
11 Pages

A Tetranuclear Dysprosium Schiff Base Complex Showing Slow Relaxation of Magnetization

  • Mamo Gebrezgiabher,
  • Sören Schlittenhardt,
  • Cyril Rajnák,
  • Assefa Sergawie,
  • Mario Ruben,
  • Madhu Thomas and
  • Roman Boča

A tetranuclear dysprosium Schiff base complex was isolated by reacting dysprosium chloride with 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde and 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine in-situ under basic conditions. The isolated Dy(III) complex was characterized by elemental an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,437 Views
14 Pages

Spontaneous Adsorption and Efficient Photodegradation of Indigo Carmine under Visible Light by Bismuth Oxyiodide Nanoparticles Fabricated Entirely at Room Temperature

  • Mohamed R. Elamin,
  • Khalid H. Ibnaouf,
  • Nuha Y. Elamin,
  • Fatima A. Adam,
  • Abdulrahman H. Alolayan and
  • Babiker Y. Abdulkhair

Bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) is a targeted material for its relative safety and photocatalytic activity under visible light. In this study, a successful simple and energy-saving route was applied to prepare BiOI through a sonochemical process at room tem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,383 Views
8 Pages

Quantifying Lithium Ion Exchange in Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) on Graphite Anode Surfaces

  • Janet S. Ho,
  • Zihua Zhu,
  • Philip Stallworth,
  • Steve G. Greenbaum,
  • Sheng S. Zhang and
  • Kang Xu

Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) has been identified as the most important and least understood component in lithium-ion batteries. Despite extensive studies in the past two decades, a few mysteries remain: what is the chemical form of and degree o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,442 Views
15 Pages

Functionalization of Porphyrins Using Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation

  • Aleksey N. Kiselev,
  • Sergey A. Syrbu,
  • Natalia Sh. Lebedeva and
  • Yury A. Gubarev

The review is devoted to the C–H functionalization of porphyrins. Porphyrins exhibit the properties of organic semiconductors, light energy converters, chemical and electrochemical catalysts, and photocatalysts. The review describes the iridium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,520 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Polymorphism on the Electrochemical Behavior of Dilithium (2,3-Dilithium-oxy)-terephthalate vs. Li

  • Lou Bernard,
  • Alia Jouhara,
  • Eric Quarez,
  • Yanis Levieux-Souid,
  • Sophie Le Caër,
  • Pierre Tran-Van,
  • Stéven Renault and
  • Philippe Poizot

Organic electrode materials offer obvious opportunities to promote cost-effective and environmentally friendly rechargeable batteries. Over the last decade, tremendous progress has been made thanks to the use of molecular engineering focused on the t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,709 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Temperature on the Adhesion and Bactericidal Activities of Ag+-Doped BiVO4 Ceramic Tiles

  • Ying Zhang,
  • Xuhuan Zhao,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Shiqi Fu,
  • Xiulong Lv,
  • Qian He,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Fangying Ji and
  • Xuan Xu

The aim of this research was to study the effect of temperature on the adhesion and disinfection activities of an Ag+-doped BiVO4 (Ag+/BiVO4) coating. Ag+/BiVO4 was prepared by a sol–gel method, and spraying was used as the deposition method of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,667 Views
13 Pages

Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries

  • Dominic Spencer Jolly,
  • Dominic L. R. Melvin,
  • Isabella D. R. Stephens,
  • Rowena H. Brugge,
  • Shengda D. Pu,
  • Junfu Bu,
  • Ziyang Ning,
  • Gareth O. Hartley,
  • Paul Adamson and
  • Patrick S. Grant
  • + 2 authors

Hybrid solid-state batteries using a bilayer of ceramic and solid polymer electrolytes may offer advantages over using a single type of solid electrolyte alone. However, the impedance to Li+ transport across interfaces between different electrolytes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,407 Views
12 Pages

Sacrificial Zinc Oxide Strategy-Enhanced Mesoporosity in MIL-53-Derived Iron–Carbon Composite for Methylene Blue Adsorption

  • Sander Dekyvere,
  • Mohamed Elhousseini Hilal,
  • Somboon Chaemchuen,
  • Serge Zhuiykov and
  • Francis Verpoort

MOF-derived carbon-based materials have attracted widespread attention due to their relatively large surface area, morphology, and their stability in water. Considering these advantages, these materials present themselves as excellent adsorbents. In...

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