Properties of aqueous electrolyte solutions at carbon electrodes: effects of concentration and surface charge on solution structure, ion clustering and thermodynamics in the electric double layer

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00133D, Paper
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Aaron R. Finney, Matteo Salvalaglio
CμMD simulations demonstrate the effect of applied surface charge and solution concentration on the structure and thermodynamic properties of ions and water in the electric double layer.
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Understanding the impact of ammonium ion substitutions on heterogeneous ice nucleation

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00097D, Paper
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Katarina E. Blow, Thomas F. Whale, David Quigley, Gabriele C. Sosso
We investigate the changes in enthalpy and configurational entropy under the insertion of an ammonium ion into ice. For a reasonable surface charge the most energetically stable configuration of ammonium in ice increases the configurational entropy.
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How do water-mediated interactions and osmotic second virial coefficients vary with particle size?

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00104K, Paper
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Hidefumi Naito, Tomonari Sumi, Kenichiro Koga
The solute-size dependence of the osmotic second virial coefficient is calculated and the effect of the strength of solute–solvent attraction on the effective pair potential between solutes of varying size is examined.
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Engineering considerations for practical lithium–air electrolytes

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00091E, Paper
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James H. J. Ellison, Clare P. Grey
We consider the requirements to be placed on an electrolyte for it be used in a practical lithium–air battery. Ways to ease these requirements by refining cell design and improving transport as well as motifs for future electrolytes are discussed.
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Chemical conditions on Hycean worlds

Faraday Discuss., 2023, 245,80-111
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00075C, Paper
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Nikku Madhusudhan, Julianne I. Moses, Frances Rigby, Edouard Barrier
We investigate possible chemical conditions on a canonical Hycean world, focusing on the present and primordial molecular composition of the atmosphere, and the inventory of bioessential elements for the origin and sustenance of life in the ocean.
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Convergence of dissolving and melting at the nanoscale

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00095H, Paper
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C. Chen, X. Wang, K. Binder, U. Pöschl, H. Su, Y. Cheng
The structure of dissolved NaCl ions in an aqueous nanodroplet resembles the structure of a molten NaCl nanoparticle. With decreasing size, the similarity grows and the potential energy of NaCl in solution, the molten phase and the crystal phase converges.
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Toward solid-state Limetal–air batteries; an SOFC perspective of solid 3D architectures, heterogeneous interfaces, and oxygen exchange kinetics

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00119A, Paper
Eric D. Wachsman, George V. Alexander, Roxanna Moores, Gibson Scisco, Christopher R. Tang, Michael Danner
Solid-state Li–O2 battery, 3D architecture and cycling performance.
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Raman and IR spectra of water under graphene nanoconfinement at ambient and extreme pressure–temperature conditions: a first-principles study

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00111C, Paper
Rui Hou, Chu Li, Ding Pan
We compute the Raman and IR spectra of water nanoconfined by graphene at ambient and extreme pressure–temperature conditions using ab initio simulations.
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Evaluation of performance metrics for high energy density rechargeable lithium–oxygen batteries

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00082F, Paper
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Shoichi Matsuda, Eiki Yasukawa, Shin Kimura, Shoji Yamaguchi, Kohei Uosaki
The ratio of electrolyte amount against areal capacity (E/C) has a large impact on the performance of stacked-type lithium–oxygen batteries. The unique cell degradation behavior during the charging process under low E/C conditions was also demonstrated.
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Are SAXS and SANS suitable to extract information on the role of water for electric-double-layer formation at the carbon–aqueous-electrolyte interface?

Faraday Discuss., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00124E, Paper
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Malina Seyffertitz, Sebastian Stock, Max Valentin Rauscher, Christian Prehal, Sylvio Haas, Lionel Porcar, Oskar Paris
This study reports on the applicability of X-ray transmission, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering and small-angle neutron scattering for investigating processes in the working electrode of an electric double-layer capacitor at different applied potentials.
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