Can aqueous zinc–air batteries work at sub‐zero temperatures?

CX Zhao, JN Liu, N Yao, J Wang, D Ren… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient energy storage at low temperatures starves for competent battery techniques.
Herein, inherent advantages of zinc–air batteries on low‐temperature electrochemical …

Evaluation of B3LYP, X3LYP, and M06-class density functionals for predicting the binding energies of neutral, protonated, and deprotonated water clusters

VS Bryantsev, MS Diallo, ACT Van Duin… - Journal of Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
In this paper we assess the accuracy of the B3LYP, X3LYP, and newly developed M06-L,
M06-2X, and M06 functionals to predict the binding energies of neutral and charged water …

Effect of cations (Na+, Ca2+, Fe3+) on the conductivity of a Nafion membrane

K Hongsirikarn, JG Goodwin Jr, S Greenway… - Journal of power …, 2010 - Elsevier
It is known that trace amounts of cations have a detrimental effect on the liquid-phase
conductivity of perfluorosulfonated membranes at room temperature. However, the …

Eigen and Zundel forms of small protonated water clusters: structures and infrared spectra

M Park, I Shin, NJ Singh, KS Kim - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The spectral properties of protonated water clusters, especially the difference between
Eigen (H3O+) and Zundel (H5O2+) conformers and the difference between their unhydrated …

Hydrated Alkali-Metal Cations: Infrared Spectroscopy and ab Initio Calculations of M+(H2O)x=2−5Ar cluster ions for M = Li, Na, K, and Cs

DJ Miller, JM Lisy - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 - ACS Publications
A delicate balance between competing and cooperating noncovalent interactions
determines the three-dimensional structure of hydrated alkali-metal ion clusters. With a …

The structure of aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions: A combined solution x-ray diffraction and simulation study

T Megyes, S Bálint, T Grósz, T Radnai, I Bakó… - The Journal of chemical …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
To determine the structure of aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions, results obtained from x-
ray diffraction and computer simulation (molecular dynamics and Car-Parrinello) have been …

Comprehensive Study on the Solvation of Mono- and Divalent Metal Cations: Li+, Na+, K+, Be2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+

JS Rao, TC Dinadayalane, J Leszczynski… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Hydration of mono-and divalent metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Be2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) has been
studied using the DFT (B3LYP), second-order Møller− Plesset (MP2) and CCSD (T) …

Synthesis of pH-responsive inorganic Janus nanoparticles and experimental investigation of the stability of their Pickering emulsions

W Xue, H Yang, Z Du - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pickering emulsions exhibit outstanding stability, especially those prepared with Janus
particles, whose desorption energy is expected to be up to 3-fold greater than emulsions of …

Complete basis set limit of Ab initio binding energies and geometrical parameters for various typical types of complexes

SK Min, EC Lee, HM Lee, DY Kim… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Using basis‐set extrapolation schemes for a given data set, we evaluated the binding
energies and geometries at the complete basis set (CBS) limit at the levels of the second …

Hydrated cation–π interactions of π-electrons with hydrated Li+, Na+, and K+ cations

L Mu, Y Yang, J Liu, W Du, J Chen, G Shi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cation–π interactions are essential for many chemical, biological, and material processes,
and these processes usually involve an aqueous salt solution. However, there is still a lack …