JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Zijun Yi,Bo Xiao,Xin Li,Yubo Luo,Qinghui Jiang,Junyou Yang
The severe non-radiative recombination loss caused by SnO 2 /perovskite interface defects greatly hinders the further improvement of the performance and stability of flexible perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, a series of halides KM (M = F, Cl, Br, I) were inserted as interface layers to modulate the SnO 2 /perovskite interface. Both experimental and theoretical calculation demonstrated that F − exhibited stronger interface coupling effect between the SnO 2 and perovskite than other halide ions (Cl − , Br − , I − ). The F − had unique effects in effectively depressing SnO 2 /perovskite interface defects ascribed to the simultaneous formation of Sn F bonds and hydrogen bonds , resulting in reduced non-radiative recombination and improved interfacial contact. In consequence, the champion KF-modified flexible and rigid PSCs delivered outstanding PCE of 18.16 % and 21.36 %, accompanied by the enhanced V OC of 1.14 V and 1.16 V, respectively. Meanwhile, the stability of flexible PSCs was significantly ameliorated after KF modification, and about 84 % of the original efficiency could be retained even after 3000 bending cycles. This work provides a facile and efficient strategy for interface modulation to achieve high-performance and stable flexible PSCs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米界面工程
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能源材料
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半导体器件物理
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2022
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IF 13.599
Xi Wang,Yong Wang,Yiyu Wu,Yunmiao Fan,Yang Tian
Li 6.4 La 3 Zr 1.4 Ta 0.6 O 12 (LLZTO) solid garnet-type electrolyte has been widely reported due to its outstanding safety and electrochemical stability. However, the inherent rigidity and brittleness of LLZTO lead to poor contact with anode/cathode and the operation failure of full cells. Herein, the dual-interlayers are constructed as the fast interfacial ion-migration channel by using Ti 3 C 2 T x (MXene, T x is –O, –OH, –F) with trace ionic liquid (IL), which promote the intimate contact between LLZTO and anode/cathode and suppress Li-dendrites growth. Notably, IL can wet the cathode to promote intimate interface contact and be decomposed into some inorganic compounds (such as Li 3 N, LiF, and Li 2 S x ), resulting in reduced interfacial resistance and fast Li-ion transportation. Consequently, in the prepared Li-symmetric cell, the interfacial resistance on the anode side plunges to 33.1 Ω cm −2 , and stably maintains over 1000 h without short circuit at 0.05 mA cm −2 . The full cell of Li|LiFePO 4 delivers a high initial capacity of 158.52 mA h g −1 and outstanding retention of 90.18% after 100 cycles at 60 °C and 0.2 C. Our work provides an efficient strategy to design dual-interlayers between LLZTO and anode/cathode for the interfacial modification to enhance the performance of solid garnet batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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固态电池
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界面工程
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能源材料
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Qing Zhang,Zhenping Ma,Xin Jing,Hao-Yang Mi,Yuejun Liu,Songwei Li
The polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes prepared by interfacial polymerization at a free aqueous–organic interface always suffer from polymerization instability on the free-interface and low chlorine resistance. Focusing on these problems, in this study, a new approach was proposed which introduced an additional buffer layer to assist the free-interfacial polymerization (BLFIP). And due to the adjustment of the mitigation of the organic phase and water phase on the free-interface, defect-free PA membranes with significantly improved surface smoothness were successfully prepared by the proposed BLFIP process and the resultant membranes demonstrated superior desalination performance compared to the PA membranes prepared with the previous technique. With the optimized concentration of 0.3 wt.% trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and 0.6 wt.%, m-xylylenediamine, the prepared BLFIP PA membrane showed salt rejection rate of 92.55%, 92.01%, 83.99% and 95.16%, to Na 2 SO 4 , MgSO 4 , NaCl and methyl orange, respectively at 5 bar, while maintained a water flux of about 2 Lm –2 h –1 bar –1 . More importantly, the BLFIP PA membrane possesses excellent long-term stability, and chlorine resistance comparing with traditional PA membranes based on TMC and m-phenylenediamine, which demonstrated the new method in this study paved a facile way for preparing RO filtration membranes with outstanding performance in seawater desalination.
研究领域:
材料科学
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膜分离技术
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环境工程
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水处理
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高分子化学
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界面化学
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SOLID STATE SCIENCES
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2024
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IF 3.4
Kaiwu Fu,Dandan Ma,Nan Zhang,Jiacheng Cao,Xiaonan Chen,Min Zhu,Peiqing La
Oxide thermoelectric materials have a wide range of applications due to their excellent stability, low cost, and non-toxic properties. However, their low thermoelectric conversion efficiency limits their practical use. Therefore, improving the performance of oxide thermoelectric materials has become the focus of current research. Interface engineering is an important approach to enhance thermoelectric properties by optimizing electrical transport properties through multiphase composite regulation of phase interface structure. A series of Sr 0.6 La 0.4 Nb 2 O 6-δ /x wt% graphite (x = 0, 0.6, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) composite ceramics thermoelectric materials were prepared, and the mechanism for improving their thermoelectric properties was explored. Graphite serves as an electron momentum amplifier within the Sr 0.6 Ba 0.4 Nb 2 O 6-δ matrix, thereby augmenting both conductivity and power factor values significantly. Notably, the incorporation of 1.5 wt% graphite led to a remarkable enhancement in the thermoelectric power factor at 1073 K, reaching an impressive value of 254.84 μW/K 2 m - representing a notable increase of approximately 51 % compared to the unmodified sample - primarily attributed to the elevated electrical conductivity .
研究领域:
材料科学
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无机非金属材料
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热电转换
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固态物理
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功能陶瓷
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.116
Chuankai Fu,Shuaifeng Lou,Yi Cao,Yulin Ma,Chunyu Du,Pengjian Zuo,Xinqun Cheng,Weiping Tang,Yongmin Wu,Yunzhi Gao,Hua Huo,Geping Yin
Recently, rechargeable lithium metal polymer battery (LMPB) attracts increasing attention because of its high safety and energy density properties. However, the high contact interfacial resistance of solid-state electrode and electrolyte is still an obstacle to satisfy the demand of high current density and long cycle stability, especially at room and lower temperature. Here, we develop a simple and efficient heat treatment method, to improve the interfacial compatibility between electrode and electrolyte in all-solid-state LMPB, successfully realizing workable LMPB at a reduced temperature (30 °C). The LMPB shows excellent cycling performance and rate capability in the voltage range of 2.5–4.2 V. The behavior of Li + plating/stripping on the surface of lithium metal anode is greatly enhanced. Meanwhile, the interfacial resistance of the LMPB decrease significantly after the heat treatment process .
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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固态电池
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界面工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
·Vol. 51
·期 8
·10774-10782
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IF 5.1
Jitao Yi,Xinyue Zhang,Shanliang Chen,Ting Sun,Qinghui Jiang,Yong Liu
BiCuSeO-based materials show great promise for thermoelectric generators in waste heat recovery due to their excellent thermoelectric properties. However, the limited focus on device development has hindered their industrial-scale implementation. Here, high-performance BiCuSeO-based compounds with exceptional thermal stability were synthesized and remained stable aging for 400 h, making them suitable for investigation in the device bonding process. The BiCu80AgP is identified as the optimal solder from eight candidates, effectively connecting the copper (Cu) electrode with BiCuSeO-based compounds. The optimized bonding process substantially resulted in an impressive interfacial shear strength of about 15 MPa and reduced interfacial resistance to 2.2 mΩ cm 2 . Interface analysis revealed the formation of diverse, complex compounds, with variations in their concentrations greatly affecting joint performance. Achieving a uniform distribution of these compounds effectively mitigated thermal expansion mismatches and extended joint longevity by a factor of 6.6. This research proposes a novel fabrication method for BiCuSeO-based thermoelectric devices utilizing BCu80AgP solder, providing a foundation for future advancements in this field.
研究领域:
材料科学
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热电转换
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固态物理
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能源材料
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界面工程
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COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
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2020
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IF 6.444
Baowei Qiu,Tong Sun,Muxuan Li,Yang Chen,Shengtai Zhou,Mei Liang,Huawei Zou
The interface performance of carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) is one of the key factors that affect their properties. In order to improve the interface adhesion between CF and epoxy (EP), a green method is proposed. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and graphene oxide (GO) are introduced to the CF surface through the hydrogen bonds, and they can form high micromechanical interlocking composite architectures, which can enhance the micromechanical interaction in the interface of CF and EP. It is found that CMC and GO can significantly improve the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) and interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of EP/CF composite. This means that it has great potential to improve the interface of CFRPs and strengthen their performance by natural cellulose fibers. This modification method does no harm to CF and is environmental friendliness, which lays a research foundation for using natural cellulose to enhance the interface performance of CFRPs.
研究领域:
复合材料科学
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高分子材料
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界面工程
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纳米材料
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绿色制造
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Lichun Ma,Nan Li,Guangshun Wu,Guojun Song,Xiaoru Li,Ping Han,Gang Wang,Yudong Huang
A novel amine-based functionalization method was developed to improve the interfacial adhesion between TiO 2 NWs and CFs in supercritical water. The microstructure, morphology and mechanical properties of CFs were investigated. It was found that introducing hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) dendrimers and branched polyethyleneimine (PEI) on CF could increase significantly the adhesion strength between CF and TiO 2 NWs and their interfacial shear strength with epoxy resin, and the order is CF-PEI-TiO 2 NWs > CF-HMTA-TiO 2 NWs > CF-COOH-TiO 2 NWs > CF-TiO 2 NW. Meanwhile, the reinforcing mechanisms and interfacial failure modes have also been discussed. We believe that these effective methods may provide theoretical foundation for the preparation of high performance composite materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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复合材料界面工程
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纳米材料修饰
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高分子基复合材料
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DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
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2020
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IF 2.65
Xiao-yu Zhang,Min Xu,Sheng-zhu Cao,Wen-bo Chen,Wen-yao Yang,Qin-yu Yang
Diamond/copper composite has been considered as one of the next generation thermal management materials. Interfacial modification is an essential means of ameliorating interface wettability and bonding of diamond/copper composite for improving its thermal conductivity . In the present work, Diamond/copper composite was manufactured by using spark plasma sintering (SPS) technology with 60% volume fraction of diamond mixed with 40% volume fraction of copper power, chromium powder (0.7 wt%) and scandium oxide powder (0.21 wt%). A series of material analysis methods were used to characterize the microstructure, interfacial layer , phase compositions and distributions of Diamond/copper composite. The total and partial electron density of states (DOS) for Diamond-Cr-Sc 2 O 3 interfacial model was investigated by means of first-principles calculations from CASTEP modules. The results showed Sc 2 O 3 made a 5–20 nm well-arranged and uniformly distributed interfacial chromium carbide layer in the interface region, which played a critical role in increasing the amount of reactive interfacial bonding and decreasing defect. The addition of Sc 2 O 3 brought the increasing number of heat transfer carriers at the interface and made the interface energy system more stable. The obtained diamond/copper composite exhibited that the wettability between diamond particles and copper was effectively improved. The thermal conductivity of diamond/copper is 872 W/(m·K) and the possible reasons for doping rare-earths Sc 2 O 3 to improve the thermal conductivity were discussed.
研究领域:
材料科学
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复合材料工程
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界面科学
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热管理材料
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粉末冶金
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计算材料学
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Energy & Environmental Materials
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2022
·Vol. 6
·期 3
·e12351
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IF 13.443
Qiyu Wang,Xiangqun Xu,Bo Hong,Maohui Bai,Jie Li,Zhian Zhang,Yanqing Lai
Quasi-solid-state lithium metal battery is a promising candidate for next generation high energy density and high safety power supply. Despite intensive efforts on electrolytes, uncontrolled interfacial reactions on lithium with electrolyte and patchy interfacial contacts still hinder its practical process. Herein, we bring in rationally designed F contained groups into polymer skeleton via in-situ gelation for the first time to establish quasi-solid-state battery. This method achieves a capacity retention of 90% after 1000 cycles at 0.5C with LiFePO 4 cathodes. The interface constructed by polymer skeleton and reaction with –CF 3 lead to the predicted solid electrolyte interface species with high stability. Furthermore, we optimize molecular reactivity and interface stability with regulating F contained end groups in the polymer. Comparisons on different structures reveal that high performance solid stable lithium metal batteries rely on chemical modification as well as stable polymer skeleton, which is more critical to construct robust and steady SEI with uniform lithium deposition. New approach with functional groups regulation proposes a more stable cycling process with a capacity retention of 94.2% at 0.5C and 87.6% at 1C after 1000 cycles with LiFePO 4 cathodes, providing new insights for the practical development of quasi-solid-state lithium metal battery.
研究领域:
电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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界面化学
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高分子化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 6
·2979-2984
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IF 11.9
Wu Wei,Zhihong Wang,Liyun Yao,Hao Jiang,Chunzhong Li
Development of Ni-rich and Co-poor cathodes (Ni ≥ 80%, Co ≤ 5%) is indispensable for the next-generation lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to the serious impact of scarce resources and fragile supply chain of cobalt, but they suffer from a more prominent lattice oxygen emission with serious Li/Ni intermixing as well as worsening crystal and interface structure. Herein, CeO2−x-coated LiNi0.9Co0.045Mn0.045Al0.01O2 has been demonstrated to stabilize lattice oxygen by the well-dispersed Al–O bonds and the reversible oxygen-storage protective layer. The in situ DEMS and ex situ spectral analyses verified the negligible O2 and CO2 emission, even charging to 4.4 V, and the formation of stable cathode–electrolyte interfacial membrane. The as-obtained cathode exhibited a reversible specific capacity as high as 223 mA h g−1 at 0.1C and 140 mA h g−1 even at 10C with 96.7% capacity retention at 1C after 100 cycles in a coin-type half-cell. About 90.1% capacity retention could still be obtained at 1C in a pouch-type full-cell after 300 cycles. This work provides a viable cathode for durable LIBs by stabilizing the lattice oxygen of Ni-rich and Co-poor cathodes.
研究领域:
电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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锂离子电池
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固态化学
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表面科学
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电极材料
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2023
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IF 9.2
Tianyao Ding,Dong Zheng,Huainan Qu,Weixiao Ji,Xiaoxiao Zhang,Dongping Lu,Gongwei Wang,Deyang Qu
An in-situ electrochemical optical diagnosis is the key to the investigation of electrode interface during a redox reaction . Because the morphology changes particularly, dendrite formation, dendrite shapes, solid electrolyte interface formation and gas generation can be revealed visually. The challenge of ensuring uniform current density on a flat Li anode in a liquid electrolyte is addressed and uniform Li plating is demonstrated. The dendrite shape change under different reduction current density is discussed. The Li dendrite shape change and the performance of Li anodes with a surface lamination of graphite and red phosphate are used as examples to demonstrate the capability of the in-situ optical cell. An in-situ electrochemical optical cell used in the investigation of the increasingly popular solid-state Li batteries has its own challenges. Due to the untransparent nature of a solid-state electrolyte, an optical investigation on a solid-state electrolyte Li battery needs to be done by exposing the cross-section of the cell. In addition, it is very difficult to assemble an optical cell with a brittle and fragile solid-state electrolyte in a glove box. A set of formation and transfer dies, and an optical cell are introduced. The Li dendrite growth at the interface can be observed in a solid-state Li cell.
研究领域:
电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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固态电池
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界面科学
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