One-pot electroless galvanic cell deposition of a 3D hierarchical semiconductor-metal-semiconductor interlaced nanoarray is demonstrated. The fabricated 3D photoanode deviates from the typical planar geometry, and aims to optimize the effective surface area for light harvesting and long-range charge transfer-collection pathways.
Currently, only two types of hybrid Mg-Na electrolytes are known. Herein, we report a new hybrid Mg-Na electrolyte, based on Mg(TFSI) 2 and NaBF 4 salts in diglyme solvent, which engenders non-dendritic cycling of Mg metal when used in hybrid Mg-Na cells. Using NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 as sodium intercalation-type cathode, NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C vs Mg cell delivered discharge capacity approaching 120 mAh/g with flat plateau at 1.25 V vs Mg/Mg 2+ , along with relatively good rate performance and cycling stability. © 2018 The Electrochemical Society. [DOI: 10.1149/2.1091805jes] Manuscript submitted December 18, 2017; revised manuscript received March 30, 2018. Published April 7, 2018 Recently, different 'hybrid batteries' have gained attention as they combine benefits of different battery chemistries such as Mg//LiFePO 4 , Zn//LiMn 2 O 4 etc.1,2 Hybrid batteries based on Mg and Na chemistries may be particularly attractive from cost perspective as both Mg and Na resources are earth-abundant while Li resources are scarcer and current Li-ion cathodes production expensive. Such hybrid magnesium-sodium batteries (HMNBs) offer the benefits of high volumetric/gravimetric specific capacity associated with Mg metal as anode (3833 mAh/cm 3 /2234 mAh/g), while also enjoying the kinetically facile Na-ion cathodes.1 This is because such HMNBs operate by reversible Mg plating/stripping at Mg anode and Na + extraction/insertion at the cathode during each charge/discharge cycle.1 Due to higher reduction potential of Mg/Mg 2+ vs Na/Na + redox couple (−2.37 V for Mg/Mg 2+ and −2.71 V for Na/Na + vs S.H.E), Mg 2+ (and not Na + ) will reduce first at the anode thus getting plated during charging and correspondingly getting stripped during discharging upon oxidation. HMNBs also ensures much higher specific energy density vs that of Na metal batteries (for same cathode) on account of the higher volumetric/gravimetric specific capacity of Mg metal as anode vs that of Na metal as anode (1128 mAh/cm 3 /1166 mAh/g). The lynchpin for the HMNB concept is the dual-salt electrolyte which enables simultaneous transport of Na + and Mg 2+ ions. HMNBs were first reported by Walter et al. using FeS 2 as Na-ion cathode, Mg metal as anode and borohydride salts (Mg(BH 4 ) 2 and NaBH 4 ) in diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (diglyme) as dual-salt electrolyte.3 Afterwards, there have been three other reports of HMNBs using either borohydrides-based electrolyte and TiS 2 cathode, 4 or [Mg 2 Cl 2 ][AlCl 4 ] 2 and NaAlCl 4 in dimethoxyethane (monoglyme) electrolyte and either Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 or FeFe(CN) 6 cathode. 5,6 These reports demonstrated good cycling performance of HMNBs.In this contribution, we investigated dual-salt HMNB electrolytes based on magnesium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Mg(TFSI) 2 ) as Mg(TFSI) 2 -based electrolytes have been reported to be good candidates for rechargeable Mg batteries with good cycle life till 100 cycles. 7,8 The observed cycling performance of a novel HMNB configuration, NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C vs Mg (NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C//...
A precise facetted growth of epitaxially interfaced semiconductor–metal–semiconductor (S–M–S) interconnected nanoarray is demonstrated in a novel one‐pot electroless galvanic process, in article 1604417 by G. W. Ho and co‐workers. The quasi‐continuous conductive nanoplates interfaced with photoactive nanorods render a new structural concept, with unified/integrated attributes of photon absorption and trapping with enhanced charge separation and transfer. This results in efficient photoluminescence quenching and emission lifetime reduction for high photoreactivity.
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