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Development of catalytic systems for reduction of electrochemically inert inorganic molecules: Carbon dioxide and nitrogen

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101657

Pawel J. Kulesza , Iwona A. Rutkowska , Anna Chmielnicka , Beata Rytelewska , Olena Siamuk , Adam Gorczynski , Violetta Patroniak

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Recent developments in modeling the electric double layer with density functional theory

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101654

Mikael Maraschin , Mahsa Askari , Veena S. Chauhan , Luis H.Z. Feistel , Samuel A. Olusegun , Jessica Ortega-Ramos , Joseph A. Gauthier

{"title":"Recent developments in modeling the electric double layer with density functional theory","authors":"Mikael Maraschin , Mahsa Askari , Veena S. Chauhan , Luis H.Z. Feistel , Samuel A. Olusegun , Jessica Ortega-Ramos , Joseph A. Gauthier","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101654","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101654","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Improving our fundamental understanding of charge transfer processes at the electrified double layer currently relies heavily on density functional theory (DFT) simulations as many <em>in situ</em> and <em>operando</em> spectroscopic methods are hindered by the aqueous electrolyte. However, modeling charged states with semi-local DFT faces serious challenges, and several bifurcating strategies have been developed in an attempt to address them. In this mini review, we present a highly abridged overview of some of the challenges faced when modeling charge transfer processes across the electric double layer with DFT. Focusing primarily on charge transfer kinetics, we highlight polarizable continuum models (PCMs) and their use in evaluating energetics in the adiabatic limit of electron transfer, i.e. treating electrons grand canonically during a coupled proton-electron transfer (CPET) reaction. We highlight their use in understanding electrocatalytic processes, in particular the ability to localize transition states at constant potential. Finally, we present our outlook on opportunities for improvement in this critical research area, and nascent methods being developed to test the validity of PCMs and evaluating energetics in the grand canonical ensemble.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101654"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143436693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From dual-mode to multi-modal electrochemical based sensors: A path toward accurate sensing

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101655

Wafa Aidli , Daniele Fumagalli , Valentina Pifferi , Luigi Falciola

{"title":"From dual-mode to multi-modal electrochemical based sensors: A path toward accurate sensing","authors":"Wafa Aidli , Daniele Fumagalli , Valentina Pifferi , Luigi Falciola","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101655","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101655","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, the chemical sensing field has seen the rise of a new class of sensors that utilize more than unique transduction modes. Known as ‘dual-mode’ or ‘bimodal’ sensors, these devices integrate two distinct mechanisms within the same platform, providing separate signals to detect or quantify the same analyte. This approach offers built-in cross-validation, significantly enhancing the precision and accuracy of the sensors. These self-checked systems have unlocked the potential of nanomaterials with versatile properties, enabling their simultaneous use across various sensing mechanisms. Electrochemical sensors, in particular, have leveraged this approach, leading to the development of dual-mode electrochemical-based sensors that pair electrochemistry with techniques such as Colorimetry, Fluorescence, Photoelectrochemistry, or even two different Electrochemical methods. The evolution of these technologies has also led to the emergence of multi-modal sensors, incorporating more than two modes within a single system. This review explores the latest advancements in multi-modal electrochemical-based sensors, examining their design strategies and highlighting recent work published in this evolving field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101655"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143388173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of electrochemistry in solving the mystery of the relationship between molecular structure and anaesthetic potency

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101652

Gabriele Melegari , Anu Gupta , Camilla Ferrari , Neha Kumari , Suryakant Mishra , Enrico Giuliani , Alberto Barbieri , Claudio Fontanesi

{"title":"The role of electrochemistry in solving the mystery of the relationship between molecular structure and anaesthetic potency","authors":"Gabriele Melegari , Anu Gupta , Camilla Ferrari , Neha Kumari , Suryakant Mishra , Enrico Giuliani , Alberto Barbieri , Claudio Fontanesi","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this communication, we demonstrate how conventional electrochemical measurements can be exploited in an unconventional way: the goal is the pursuit of a relationship between molecular structure of anaesthetics and the relevant anaesthetic potency. To this end, cyclic voltammetry and linear scan voltammetry curves are recorded in the presence in solution of molecules, like <span><math><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>H</mi><msub><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>l</mi></mrow><mn>3</mn></msub></mrow></math></span>, with a significant spin-orbit coupling (SOC), aiming to single out the role of spin in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Indeed, compounds featuring high SOC values reduce the efficiency of the ORR, yielding a substantial decrease in the ORR current. ORR spin-dependence is also investigated using spin-polarized currents, employing ferromagnetic nickel and chiral gold surfaces, exploiting the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect. Remarkably, halothane, which is a well-known anaesthetic has a pronounced effect on ORR current reduction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101652"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143350227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Electrochemical CO2 reduction: Predicting the selectivity

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101642

Michael Mirabueno Albrechtsen, Alexander Bagger

{"title":"Electrochemical CO2 reduction: Predicting the selectivity","authors":"Michael Mirabueno Albrechtsen, Alexander Bagger","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101642","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction can lower the global carbon footprint while producing value-added products. The success of this approach is dependent on the development of highly selective electrocatalysts. Recently, descriptor-based approaches have been able to determine the selectivity of the major product groups. This work expands on the descriptor-based selectivity approach by using machine learning to create a mapping for experimentally determined product distributions. We report to accurately be able to predict product distributions based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) -based descriptors. Using our model, we predict areas of high ethanol faradaic efficiency and using an ensemble of models we quantify the model uncertainty in this area. <em>Post hoc</em> model analysis allows for model interpretation and determining feature importance, which gives a chemical insight into what determines the selectivity of CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reaction. The descriptor-based machine learning approach allows for accurate screening of selective catalyst candidates without a complete understanding of the complex reaction mechanistics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101642"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143350226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Amorphous crystalline heterostructure in electrocatalytic 2D platinum group metals

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101653

Soumen Dutta

{"title":"Amorphous crystalline heterostructure in electrocatalytic 2D platinum group metals","authors":"Soumen Dutta","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101653","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are widely explored for developing clean energy technologies, have also undergone extensive morphology and composition tuning to enhance catalytic efficiency. Recently, increasing focus has been placed on phase regulation, particularly in identifying amorphous materials or other unconventional phases with favorable atomic arrangements for electrocatalysis. However, amorphous materials typically suffer from poor stability and insufficient electrical conductivity. To address this, amorphous crystalline (<strong><em>ac</em></strong>)–heterophased PGM-based catalysts, especially in their two-dimensional (2D) morphologies, have been developed, balancing the benefits of both phases with abundantly distributed active sites and fast charge carriers across the hetero-interfaces, offering enhanced electrochemical activity and stability compared with their single-phase counterparts. This review examines the design of heterophased <strong>2D (<em>ac</em>)-PGMs</strong>, either through post-synthetic modification of crystalline nanosheets or via confined-growth/<em>in situ</em> amorphization. It further highlights their significant impact on electrochemical energy storage and conversion and also emphasizes the current challenges and future directions in the development of these advanced materials for energy applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101653"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143395434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The world impact of boron doped diamond electrodes and low-cost strategies for novel production systems for sustainable wastewater treatment

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101648

Kaíque S.G.C. Oliveira , Elisama Vieira dos Santos , Luis D. Loor-Urgilés , Amir Shabanloo , Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle

{"title":"The world impact of boron doped diamond electrodes and low-cost strategies for novel production systems for sustainable wastewater treatment","authors":"Kaíque S.G.C. Oliveira , Elisama Vieira dos Santos , Luis D. Loor-Urgilés , Amir Shabanloo , Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101648","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101648","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conductive diamond films appeared as promising materials with exceptional electrochemical properties that allowed significant advances in scientific and engineering domains. Therefore, in this opinion, we have explored the world's impact of boron doped diamond electrodes regarding its use in wastewater and disinfection from the point of view of the published scientific communications, preparation methodologies and the commercialization of these materials by several companies in different countries. A brief discussion about the scientific centers and institutes that have dedicated efforts to investigate diamond electrochemistry and its applications, has been included. More specifically, an opinion about the improvements in the fabrication of novel BDD electrodes and the design and construction of small electrochemical devices with different BDD materials. Trends on electrochemical technologies, using home-built and commercial BDD electrodes in environmental applications, have been also explored. The most important low-cost strategies for novel production systems for sustainable wastewater treatment and disinfection have been summarized and described. Finally, some examples of the types and devices of use of BDD electrodes are presented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101648"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143369768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Innovative methods in electrochemistry 2024 multidisciplinary solutions to electrochemistry

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101644

Christine Kranz, Bing-Wei Mao

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Electrochemical fingerprints of the electronic band structure of two-dimensional materials

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101650

Matěj Velický

{"title":"Electrochemical fingerprints of the electronic band structure of two-dimensional materials","authors":"Matěj Velický","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101650","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101650","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two-dimensional (2D) materials and their unique tunable properties have captivated scientists for two decades. Electrochemistry is a mature research field that has succeeded in tackling many of the modern scientific topics. The convergence of these two scientific disciplines has crystallized into a unique interdisciplinary field with rewarding outcomes. The topics covered by the electrochemistry of 2D materials include examination of the electrocatalytic activity at different surfaces, electrochemical tunneling through 2D layers, and charge carrier density modulation by electrolyte gating. Most recently, the prospect of observing electrochemical effects arising from the features of the electronic band structure has driven much of the research on the spectroelectrochemistry of 2D semiconductors, dual-gate control over the electrochemical reactions, and electrochemistry of moiré heterostructures. Although the investigation of these electrochemical fingerprints of the electronic band structure faces challenges related to involved sample fabrication, advanced instrumentation, and intellectual stumbling blocks, it has already unveiled the enormous potential worthy of future research efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101650"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143436692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Isolated proteins in biohybrid photovoltaics: Where do we go from here?

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101647

Nahush Modak, Vincent M. Friebe, Rafał Białek

{"title":"Isolated proteins in biohybrid photovoltaics: Where do we go from here?","authors":"Nahush Modak, Vincent M. Friebe, Rafał Białek","doi":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101647","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coelec.2025.101647","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biohybrid photovoltaics, which harness photosynthetic proteins such as reaction centers to convert light into electricity, have progressed significantly over the years. Recent efforts have focused on a deeper understanding of the underlying operational mechanisms and identifying key limitations and bottlenecks, leading to revealing poor wiring as a primary factor limiting efficiency and guiding strategies for improvement. However, despite these insights, experimental advances have only led to incremental progress, leaving critical issues unresolved and raising doubts about the viability of biohybrid photovoltaics for large-scale energy production. This ongoing performance gap highlights the need for a breakthrough to move the field forward. Nonetheless, the knowledge gained is crucial for future innovations, particularly in developing more stable, complex systems such as living-cell-based devices. Additionally, these findings suggest that biohybrid systems may be better suited for specialized applications like biosensing or driving high-value chemical production, where their unique properties can be more effectively utilized.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11028,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Electrochemistry","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 101647"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143310434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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