{"title":"A composite hydrogel with porous and homogeneous structure for efficient osmotic energy conversion","authors":"Guilong Li, Wenbo Ma, Jialing Zhou, Caiqin Wu, Chenling Yao, Huan Zeng, Jian Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the impact of energy crisis and environmental problems, it is urgent to develop green sustainable energy. Osmotic energy stored in the salinity difference between seawater and river water is one of the sustainable, abundant, and renewable energy. However, the membranes used to capture osmotic energy by reverse electrodialysis (RED) always suffer from low ion selectivity, low stability and low power. Hydrogels with three-dimensional (3D) networks have shown great potential for ion transportation and energy conversion. In this work, based on the homogeneity and porosity characteristics of acrylamide (AM) hydrogel, as well as the remarkable stability and abundant negative charge of 3-sulfopropyl acrylate potassium salt (SPAK), a high-performance AM/SPAK cation-selective hydrogel membrane was successfully developed for harvesting osmotic energy. Compared to AM hydrogels, utilizing AM/SPAK as a monomer mixture greatly facilitated the preparation of homogeneous polymers, exhibiting a porous structure, exceptional ion selectivity, and remarkable stability. A maximum output power density of 13.73 W/m<sup>2</sup> was achieved at a 50-fold NaCl concentration gradient, exceeding the commercial requirement of 5 W/m<sup>2</sup>. This work broadens the idea for the construction and application of composite hydrogel in high efficiency osmotic energy conversion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 110449"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142656935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiaojiao Liang , Youming Peng , Zhichao Xu , Yufei Wang , Menglong Liu , Xin Liu , Di Huang , Yuehua Wei , Zengxi Wei
{"title":"Boron/phosphorus co-doped nitrogen-rich carbon nanofiber with flexible anode for robust sodium-ion battery","authors":"Jiaojiao Liang , Youming Peng , Zhichao Xu , Yufei Wang , Menglong Liu , Xin Liu , Di Huang , Yuehua Wei , Zengxi Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flexible energy storage devices have been paid much attention and adapts to apply in various fields. Benefiting from the active sites of boron (B) and phosphorus (P) doping materials, co-doped carbon materials are widely used in energy storage devices for the enhanced electrochemical performance. Herein, B and P co-doped flexible carbon nanofibers with nitrogen-rich (B-P/NC) are investigated with electrospinning for sodium-ion battery. The flexible of binderless B-P/NC with annealing of 600 °C (B-P/NC-600) exhibits the remarkable performance for the robust capacity of 200 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g after 500 cycles and a durable reversible capacity of 160 mAh/g even at 1 A/g after 12,000 cycles, exhibiting the equally commendable stability of flexible B-P/NC-600. In addition, B-P/NC-600 delivers the reversible capacity of 265 mAh/g with the test temperature of 60 °C. More importantly, the flexible B-P/NC-600 is fabricated as anode for the whole battery, delivering the capacity of 90 mAh/g at 1 A/g after 200 cycles. Meanwhile, theoretical calculation further verified that boron and phosphorus co-doping can improve the adsorption capacity of nitrogen carbon materials. The favorable performance of flexible B-P/NC-600 can be ascribed to the nitrogen-rich carbon nanofibers with three-dimensional network matrix for the more active site of boron and phosphorus co-doping. Our work paves the way for the improvement of flexible anodes and wide-operating temperature of sodium-ion batteries by doping approach of much heteroatom.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 110452"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haiming Wu , Gaya N. Andrew , Rajini Anumula , Zhixun Luo
{"title":"Corrigendum to ‘How ligand coordination and superatomic-states accommodate the structure and property of a metal cluster: Cu4 (dppy)4 Cl2 vs. Cu21 (dppy)10 with altered photoluminescence’ Chin. Chem. Lett. 2024, 35, 108340","authors":"Haiming Wu , Gaya N. Andrew , Rajini Anumula , Zhixun Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109912","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109912","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 12","pages":"Article 109912"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001841724004315/pdfft?md5=ddf8d2e38282e482f6f6d14749a4ac75&pid=1-s2.0-S1001841724004315-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142172859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xi Tang , Chunlei Zhu , Yulu Yang , Shihan Qi , Mengqiu Cai , Abdullah N. Alodhayb , Jianmin Ma
{"title":"Additive regulating Li+ solvation structure to construct dual LiF−rich electrode electrolyte interphases for sustaining 4.6 V Li||LiCoO2 batteries","authors":"Xi Tang , Chunlei Zhu , Yulu Yang , Shihan Qi , Mengqiu Cai , Abdullah N. Alodhayb , Jianmin Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The battery energy density can be improved by raising the operating voltage, however, which may lead to rapid capacity decay due to the continuous electrolyte decomposition and the thickening of electrode electrolyte interphases. To address these challenges, we proposed tripropyl phosphate (TPP) as an additive−regulating Li<sup>+</sup> solvation structure to construct a stable LiF–rich electrode carbonate−based electrolyte interphases for sustaining 4.6 V Li||LiCoO<sub>2</sub> batteries. This optimized interphases could help reduce the resistance and achieve better rate performance and cycling stability. As expected, the Li||LiCoO<sub>2</sub> battery retained 79.4 % capacity after 100 cycles at 0.5 C, while the Li||Li symmetric cell also kept a stable plating/stripping process over 450 h at the current density of 1.0 mA/cm<sup>2</sup> with a deposited amount of 0.5 mAh/cm<sup>2</sup>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 12","pages":"Article 110014"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142168021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Wang , Jiaqi Zhang , Xiaofeng Wu , Sibo Wang , Masakazu Anpo , Yuanxing Fang
{"title":"Elucidating oxygen evolution and reduction mechanisms in nitrogen-doped carbon-based photocatalysts","authors":"Yan Wang , Jiaqi Zhang , Xiaofeng Wu , Sibo Wang , Masakazu Anpo , Yuanxing Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110439","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110439","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Solar-induced water oxidation reaction (WOR) for oxygen evolution is a critical step in the transformation of Earth's atmosphere from a reducing to an oxidation one during its primordial stages. WOR is also associated with important reduction reactions, such as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which leads to the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). These transitions are instrumental in the emergence and evolution of life. In this study, transition metals were loaded onto nitrogen-doped carbon (NDC) prepared under the primitive Earth's atmospheric conditions. These metal-loaded NDC samples were found to catalyze both WOR and ORR under light illumination. The chemical pathways initiated by the pristine and metal-loaded NDC were investigated. This study provides valuable insights into potential mechanisms relevant to the early evolution of our planet.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 110439"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142656936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fe3+ ion quantification with reusable bioinspired nanopores","authors":"Yanqiong Wang , Yaqi Hou , Fengwei Huo , Xu Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110428","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110428","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Excessive Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion concentrations in wastewater pose a long-standing threat to human health. Achieving low-cost, high-efficiency quantification of Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion concentration in unknown solutions can guide environmental management decisions and optimize water treatment processes. In this study, by leveraging the rapid, real-time detection capabilities of nanopores and the specific chemical binding affinity of tannic acid to Fe<sup>3+</sup>, a linear relationship between the ion current and Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion concentration was established. Utilizing this linear relationship, quantification of Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion concentration in unknown solutions was achieved. Furthermore, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt was employed to displace Fe<sup>3+</sup> from the nanopores, allowing them to be restored to their initial conditions and reused for Fe<sup>3+</sup> ion quantification. The reusable bioinspired nanopores remain functional over 330 days of storage. This recycling capability and the long-term stability of the nanopores contribute to a significant reduction in costs. This study provides a strategy for the quantification of unknown Fe<sup>3+</sup> concentration using nanopores, with potential applications in environmental assessment, health monitoring, and so forth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 110428"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142656938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bing Niu , Honggao Huang , Liwei Luo , Li Zhang , Jianbo Tan
{"title":"Coating colloidal particles with a well-defined polymer layer by surface-initiated photoinduced polymerization-induced self-assembly and the subsequent seeded polymerization","authors":"Bing Niu , Honggao Huang , Liwei Luo , Li Zhang , Jianbo Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110431","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Core-shell colloidal particles with a polymer layer have broad applications in different areas. Herein, we developed a two-step method combining aqueous surface-initiated photoinduced polymerization-induced self-assembly and photoinduced seeded reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization to prepare a diverse set of core-shell colloidal particles with a well-defined polymer layer. Chemical compositions, structures, and thicknesses of polymer layers could be conveniently regulated by using different types of monomers and feed [monomer]/[chain transfer agent] ratios during seeded RAFT polymerization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 110431"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142656937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shan Jiang , Lingchen Meng , Wenyue Ma , Qingkai Qi , Wei Zhang , Bin Xu , Leijing Liu , Wenjing Tian
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Morphology controllable conjugated network polymers based on AIE-active building block for TNP detection”","authors":"Shan Jiang , Lingchen Meng , Wenyue Ma , Qingkai Qi , Wei Zhang , Bin Xu , Leijing Liu , Wenjing Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108998","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 12","pages":"Article 108998"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S100184172300788X/pdfft?md5=7b2fd6712dfae77b1d0fbf30c42a8345&pid=1-s2.0-S100184172300788X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guihuang Fang , Ying Liu , Yangyang Feng , Ying Pan , Hongwei Yang , Yongchuan Liu , Maoxiang Wu
{"title":"Tuning the ion-dipole interactions between fluoro and carbonyl (EC) by electrolyte design for stable lithium metal batteries","authors":"Guihuang Fang , Ying Liu , Yangyang Feng , Ying Pan , Hongwei Yang , Yongchuan Liu , Maoxiang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110385","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110385","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ethylene carbonate (EC) is the conventional and promising solvent to achieve high energy lithium metal battery. However, the innate low energy level of lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) in EC makes it incompatible with lithium metal, causing uncontrolled lithium growth and low Coulombic efficiency (CE). Herein, we introduced bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) carbonate (TFEC), a carbonate with a strong electron-withdrawing effect (-CF<sub>3</sub>), which enhances the stability of EC at electrode interface by reducing ion-dipole interactions between Li<sup>+</sup> and EC. As the interaction between Li and EC weakens, TFEC and more PF<sub>6<sup>−</sup></sub> anions coordinate with Li⁺, promoting the formation of contact ion pairs (CIPs) and aggregates (AGGs), thereby increasing the inorganic composition within the solid electrolyte interphase. Additionally, the distinct solvated sheath structure favors the decomposition of fluorinated solvents and PF<sub>6−</sub> anions, forming inorganic-rich electrode-electrolyte interfaces (SEI and CEI), thereby ensuring high stability for both the Li anode and high-voltage cathode. Hence, when applied in the full-cell Li||LiMn<sub>0.8</sub>Fe<sub>0.2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>, it displays consistent cycling performance, exhibiting minimal capacity decay with a retention rate of 62.5% after 800 cycles, substantially surpassing that of cells using base electrolytes (29.8%).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 110385"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cucurbituril and cyclodextrin co-confinement-based multilevel assembly for single-molecule phosphorescence resonance energy transfer behavior","authors":"Siwei Wang , Wei-Lei Zhou , Yong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10088,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Chemical Letters","volume":"35 12","pages":"Article 110261"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142097424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}