Fluids and electrolytes under confinement in single-digit nanopores

NR Aluru, F Aydin, MZ Bazant, D Blankschtein… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics
and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important …

The many deaths of supercapacitors: degradation, aging, and performance fading

E Pameté, L Köps, FA Kreth… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance electrochemical applications have expedited the research in high‐power
devices. As such, supercapacitors, including electrical double‐layer capacitors (EDLCs) and …

Hydrogen-bond chemistry in rechargeable batteries

T Sun, Q Nian, X Ren, Z Tao - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Since the hydrogen bond (HB) was proposed and confirmed by chemists in the 1920s, it has
played a very important role in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials …

New concepts in electrolytes

M Li, C Wang, Z Chen, K Xu, J Lu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Over the past decades, Li-ion battery (LIB) has turned into one of the most important
advances in the history of technology due to its extensive and in-depth impact on our life. Its …

The hydrogen evolution reaction: from material to interfacial descriptors

N Dubouis, A Grimaud - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of sustainable hydrogen with water electrolyzers is envisaged as one of the
most promising ways to match the continuously growing demand for renewable electricity …

Electrochemical energy storage devices working in extreme conditions

M Chen, Y Zhang, G Xing, SL Chou… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The energy storage system (ESS) revolution has led to next-generation personal electronics,
electric vehicles/hybrid electric vehicles, and stationary storage. With the rapid application of …

Uncharted waters: super-concentrated electrolytes

O Borodin, J Self, KA Persson, C Wang, K Xu - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
As a legacy left behind by classical analytical electrochemistry in pursuit of ideal electrodics,
and classical physical electrochemistry in pursuit of the most conductive ionics, the study of …

Modular dimerization of organic radicals for stable and dense flow battery catholyte

XL Lv, PT Sullivan, W Li, HC Fu, R Jacobs, CJ Chen… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) hold promise for safe, sustainable and cost-
effective grid energy storage. However, developing catholyte redox molecules with the …

Implicit solvation methods for catalysis at electrified interfaces

S Ringe, NG Hormann, H Oberhofer… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Implicit solvation is an effective, highly coarse-grained approach in atomic-scale simulations
to account for a surrounding liquid electrolyte on the level of a continuous polarizable …

The applications of water‐in‐salt electrolytes in electrochemical energy storage devices

T Liang, R Hou, Q Dou, H Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐in‐salt electrolytes (WISEs) have attracted widespread attention due to their non‐
flammability, environmental friendliness, and wider electrochemical stability window than …