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Microstructure - Electrochemical Surface Reactivity Relationship of Electrochemically Grown Manganese Oxides Films

Roberto Cestaro

This Thesis provides a comprehensive and correlative investigation of the microstructure, chemical state, and electrochemical reactivity of manganese oxide (MnOx) films, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the deposition and dissolution mechanism of M ...

EPFL2024

Artificial Hydrophilic Organic and Dendrite-Suppressed Inorganic Hybrid Solid Electrolyte Interface Layer for Highly Stable Zinc Anodes

Lei Zhang, Kangning Zhao

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained significant attentions for their inherent safety and cost-effectiveness. However, challenges, such as dendrite growth and anodic corrosion at the Zn anode, hinder their commercial viability. In this paper, an ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Ionic Liquid Gating of SrTiO3 Lamellas Fabricated with a Focused Ion Beam

Philip Johannes Walter Moll, Amelia Emily-Kay Estry

In this work, we combine two previously incompatible techniques for defining electronic devices: shaping three-dimensional crystals by focused ion beam (FIB), and two-dimensional electrostatic accumulation of charge carriers. The principal challenge for th ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Heterostructure as a Multifunctional Protective Layer for High Performance Zinc Metal Anode

Kangning Zhao

Dendrite growth and side reactions of Zn metal anodes remain unresolved obstacles for practical application of aqueous Zn ion batteries. Herein, a two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic heterostructure with controlled thickness was constructed as a protect ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Synergic Effect of Dendrite-Free and Zinc Gating in Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers-MXene Layer Enabling Long-Cycle-Life Zinc Metal Batteries

Kangning Zhao

Uncontrollable zinc dendrite growth and parasitic reactions have greatly hindered the development of high energy and long life rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Herein, the synergic effect of a bifunctional lignin-containing cellulose nanofiber (LCN ...

WILEY2022

Emergence of Potential-Controlled Cu-Nanocuboids and Graphene-Covered Cu-Nanocuboids under Operando CO2 Electroreduction

Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Karla Banjac, Thanh Hai Phan

The electroreduction of CO2 (CO2RR) is a promising strategy toward sustainable fuels. Cu is the only Earth-abundant and pure metal capable of catalyzing CO2-to-hydrocarbons conversion with significant Faradaic efficiencies; yet, its dynamic structure under ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Bridge enhancement by means of the UHPFRC Technology: concepts and recent applications

Eugen Brühwiler

Existing bridges in reinforced concrete (RC) need to be enhanced in order to comply with utilization and safety requirements of future use, in particular for higher traffic loads. Such enhancements comprise strengthening to increase the structural resistan ...

Taylor & Francis2021

Investigation of Biogenic Passivating Layers on Corroded Iron

Julien Maillard

This study evaluates mechanisms of biogenic mineral formation induced by bacterial iron reduction for the stabilization of corroded iron. As an example, the Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1 was employed to treat corroded coupons presenting urban na ...

2020

Understanding Surface Recombination Processes Using Intensity-Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

Kevin Sivula, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Yongpeng Liu

Converting solar energy into hydrogen through photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting offers a promising route towards a fully renewable energy economy. A fundamental understanding of photogenerated charge recombination processes in semiconducting photo ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Vanadium‐manganese redox flow battery: Study of Mn(III) disproportionation in the presence of other metallic ions

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Danick Reynard, Sunny Isaïe Maye, Solène Cindy Gentil

The Mn(III)/Mn(II) redox couple with a standard potential of +1.51 V vs . SHE has drawn interest for the design of V/Mn redox flow battery (RFB). However, Mn(III) disproportionation leads to a loss of capacity, an increase of pressure drop and electrode pa ...

Wiley2020

Fabrication of clamped-clamped beam resonators with embedded fluidic nanochannel

Philippe Renaud, Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Annalisa De Pastina, Damien Maillard, Stefano Silvio Giovanni Varricchio, Davide Scaiola

Suspended nanochannel resonators (SNRs) are promising devices able to characterize mass down to the attogram scale, thus being able to detect nanoparticles or biomolecules. In this paper, we present a flexible fabrication process for SNRs based on a sacrif ...

ELSEVIER2020

Soluble and Solid Iron Reduction Assays with Desulfitobacterium hafniense

Julien Maillard

There is a pressing need to develop sustainable and efficient methods to protect and stabilize iron objects. To develop a conservation-restoration method for corroded iron objects, this bio-protocol presents the steps to investigate reductive dissolution o ...

2018

Bacterial iron reduction and biogenic mineral formation for the stabilisation of corroded iron objects

Julien Maillard, Arnaud Michel Gelb

Exploiting bacterial metabolism for the stabilisation of corroded iron artefacts is a promising alternative to conventional conservation-restoration methods. Bacterial iron reduction coupled to biogenic mineral formation has been shown to promote the conve ...

Nature Research2018

Photogenerated Charge Harvesting and Recombination in Photocathodes of Solvent-Exfoliated WSe2

Kevin Sivula, Xiaoyun Yu

Understanding and optimizing the effects of edge states and nanoflake dimensions on the photon harvesting efficiency in ultrathin transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductor photoelectrodes is critical to assessing their practical viability for sol ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

VUV/UV light inducing accelerated phenol degradation with a low electric input

Juan Kiwi

This study presents the first evidence for the accelerated degradation of phenol by Fenton's reagent in a minifluidic VUV/UV photoreaction system (MVPS). A low-pressure mercury lamp used in the MVPS led to a complete degradation of phenol within 4-6 min. T ...

RSC Publishing2017

The electronic, chemical and electrocatalytic processes and intermediates on iron oxide surfaces during photoelectrochemical water splitting

Michael Graetzel, Yelin Hu, Florent Alexandre Boudoire

We re-assess experimental soft X-ray absorption spectra of the oxygen K-shell which we recorded operando from iron oxide during photoelectrochemical water splitting in KOH electrolyte. In particular, we refer to recently reported transitional electron hole ...

Elsevier2016

Iron oxide nanoparticles supported on activated carbon fibers catalyze chemoselective reduction of nitroarenes under mild conditions

Lioubov Kiwi, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Oliver Anthony Beswick

Highly dispersed iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles (NPs) have been immobilized on structured supports of activated carbon fibers (ACF). Systematic catalyst characterizations suggest that ACF-based catalysts remain ultra-microporous after Fe2O3 NPs (similar ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

Electrochemical behaviour of ferrocenes in tributylmethylphosphonium methyl sulfate mixtures with water and 1,2-dichloroethane

Thomas James Stockmann, Zhifeng Ding

Electron transfer (ET) reactions in ionic liquid (IL)vertical bar organic solvent (1,2-dichloroethane, DCE) and IL vertical bar water mixtures were investigated using a Pt disk ultramicroelectrode (UME) along with ferrocene (Fc) and ferrocenemethanol (FcCH ...

Canadian Science Publishing, Nrc Research Press2015

Flow microcapillary plasma mass spectrometry-based investigation of new Al–Cr–Fe complex metallic alloy passivation

Christian Ludwig, Noémie Elise Ott

Al-Cr-Fe complex metallic alloys are new intermetallic phases with low surface energy, low friction, and high corrosion resistance down to very low pH values (0-2). Flow microcapillary plasma mass spectrometry under potentiostatic control was used to chara ...

Elsevier2014

Optical properties of anodically degraded ZnO

Christophe Ballif, Sylvain Nicolay

We discuss the optical properties of non-degraded and anodically degraded boron-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:B) deposited by low-pressure chemical vapour deposition on soda-lime glass. The optical model used to simulate the infrared reflectance in the wavelength ...

American Institute of Physics2014