ElectrochemPub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.3390/electrochem4010005
Yaniv Shlosberg, Kimi C. Rubino, Nathan S. Nasseri, Andrea S. Carlini
{"title":"Photocurrent Production from Cherries in a Bio-Electrochemical Cell","authors":"Yaniv Shlosberg, Kimi C. Rubino, Nathan S. Nasseri, Andrea S. Carlini","doi":"10.3390/electrochem4010005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem4010005","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, clean energy technologies that meet ever-increasing energy demands without the risk of environmental contamination has been a major interest. One approach is the utilization of plant leaves, which release redox-active NADPH as a result of photosynthesis, to generate photocurrent. In this work, we show for the first time that photocurrent can be harvested directly from the fruit of a cherry tree when associated with a bio-electrochemical cell. Furthermore, we apply electrochemical and spectroscopic methods to show that NADH in the fruit plays a major role in electric current production.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136156537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2023-02-04DOI: 10.3390/electrochem4010004
Ítala M. G. Marx
{"title":"Emerging Trends of Electrochemical Sensors in Food Analysis","authors":"Ítala M. G. Marx","doi":"10.3390/electrochem4010004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem4010004","url":null,"abstract":"Food quality and safety pose an increasing threat to human health worldwide [...]","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82975158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2023-01-30DOI: 10.3390/electrochem4010003
M. Hasan
{"title":"Environment-Friendly Ascorbic Acid Fuel Cell","authors":"M. Hasan","doi":"10.3390/electrochem4010003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem4010003","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, ascorbic acid (AA) has been studied as an environment-friendly fuel for energy conversion devices. This review article has deliberated an overview of ascorbic acid electrooxidation and diverse ion exchange types of AA-based fuel cells for the first time. Metal and carbon-based catalysts generated remarkable energy from environment-friendly AA fuel. The possibility of using AA in a direct liquid fuel cell (DLFC) without emitting any hazardous pollutants is discussed. AA fuel cells have been reviewed based on carbon nanomaterials, alloys/bimetallic nanoparticles, and precious and nonprecious metal nanoparticles. Finally, the obstacles and opportunities for using AA-based fuel cells in practical applications have also been incorporated.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"343 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79577183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.3390/electrochem4010002
Gongshin Qi, Jiazhi Hu, Michael Balogh, Lei Wang, Devendrasinh Darbar, Wei Li
{"title":"Impact of Ni Content on the Electrochemical Performance of the Co-Free, Li and Mn-Rich Layered Cathode Materials","authors":"Gongshin Qi, Jiazhi Hu, Michael Balogh, Lei Wang, Devendrasinh Darbar, Wei Li","doi":"10.3390/electrochem4010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem4010002","url":null,"abstract":"Li and Mn-rich layered cathode (LLC) materials show great potential as the next generation cathode materials because of their high, practical and achievable specific capacity of ~250 mAh/g, thermal stability and lower raw material cost. However, LLC materials suffer from degradation of specific capacity, voltage fading due to phase transformation upon cycling and transition-metal dissolution, which presents a significant barrier for commercialization. Here, we report the effects of Ni content on the electrochemical performance, structural and thermal stability of a series of Co-free, LLC materials (Li1.2NixMn0.8-xO2, x = 0.12, 0.18, 0.24, 0.30 and 0.36) synthesized via a sol-gel method. Our study shows that the structure of the material as well as the electrochemical and thermal stability properties of the LLC materials are strongly dependent on the Ni or Mn content. An increase in the Ni to Mn ratio results in an increase in the average discharge voltage and capacity, as well as improved structural stability but decreased thermal stability.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135995814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2023-01-11DOI: 10.3390/electrochem4010001
Muneendra Prasad Arcot, Magnus Cronin, M. Fowler, M. Pritzker
{"title":"Morphological Characteristics of Catalyst Layer Defects in Catalyst-Coated Membranes in PEM Fuel Cells","authors":"Muneendra Prasad Arcot, Magnus Cronin, M. Fowler, M. Pritzker","doi":"10.3390/electrochem4010001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem4010001","url":null,"abstract":"Catalyst layer defects and irregularities in catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) electrodes affect the lifetime of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) during their operation. Thus, catalyst layer defects are important concerns for fuel cell manufacturers and prompt the development of quality control systems with the aim of fabricating defect-free electrodes. Consequently, the objective of this study is to gain a fundamental understanding of the morphological changes of real catalyst layer defects that have developed during CCM production. In this paper, missing catalyst layer defects (MCLD) formed during the decal transfer process are investigated through a nondestructive method using reflected light microscopy. The geometric features of the defects are quantified, and their growth is measured at regular time intervals from beginning-of-life (BOL) to end-of-life (EOL) until the OCV has dropped by 20% of its initial value as per a DOE-designed protocol. Overall, two types of degradation are observed: surface degradation caused by catalyst erosion and crack degradation caused by membrane mechanical deformation. Furthermore, catalyst layer defects formed during the decal transfer process were found to exhibit a higher growth rate at middle-of-life (MOL-1) and stabilize by EOL. This type of study will provide manufacturers with baseline information to allow them to select and reject CCMs, ultimately increasing the lifetime of fuel cell stacks.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82449748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2022-12-14DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3040055
K. W. Ahmed, M. Jang, S. Habibpour, Zhongwei Chen, M. Fowler
{"title":"NiFeOx and NiFeCoOx Catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis","authors":"K. W. Ahmed, M. Jang, S. Habibpour, Zhongwei Chen, M. Fowler","doi":"10.3390/electrochem3040055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem3040055","url":null,"abstract":"Hydrogen production using an Anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer allows the use of non-platinum group metal catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Nickel and Cobalt-based oxides are active in an alkaline environment for OER and are relatively inexpensive compared to IrO2 catalysts used in Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis. Mixed metal oxide catalysts NiFeOx and NiFeCoOx catalysts were synthesized by the coprecipitation method using NaOH. X-ray diffraction results showed mainly NiO diffraction peaks for the NiFeOx catalyst due to the low concentration of Fe, for the NiFeCoOx catalyst, NiCo2O4 diffraction peaks were observed. NiFeCoOx catalysts showed a higher Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) performance compared to NiFeOx and commercial NiO, the highest current density at 2 V was 802 mA cm−2 at 70 °C using 1 M KOH as an electrolyte. The effect of electrolyte concentration was studied by using 0.01 M, 0.1 M and 1 M KOH concentrations in an electrolysis operation. Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy was performed along with the equivalent circuit fitting to calculate ohmic and activation resistances, the results showed a decrease in ohmic and activation resistances with the increase in electrolyte concentration. Commercially available AEM (Fumasep FAA-3-50 and Sustainion dioxide membrane X-37-50 grade T) were tested at similar conditions and their performance was compared. EIS results showed that X-37-50 offered lower ohmic resistance than the FAA-3-50 membrane.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"1814 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86527203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2022-12-13DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3040054
Onisha Thapa, Jamuna Thapa Magar, H. Oli, Anil Rajaure, Durga Nepali, D. Bhattarai, Tanka Mukhiya
{"title":"Alkaloids of Solanum xanthocarpum Stem as Green Inhibitor for Mild Steel Corrosion in One Molar Sulphuric Acid Solution","authors":"Onisha Thapa, Jamuna Thapa Magar, H. Oli, Anil Rajaure, Durga Nepali, D. Bhattarai, Tanka Mukhiya","doi":"10.3390/electrochem3040054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem3040054","url":null,"abstract":"The residual ions of the acid cleaning processes induce the further corrosion of the metals, and this could be minimized using green inhibitors. Alkaloids extracted from plant parts could be cost effective and efficient inhibitors. In this work, alkaloids from Solanum xanthocarpum stem were successfully extracted, and they were characterized by qualitative chemical tests and spectroscopic measurements. As-extracted alkaloids were employed as green corrosion inhibitors for mild steel. The effectiveness of the inhibitor was determined by the weight loss and electrochemical measurement methods. From the weight loss measurement, the maximum inhibition efficiency of 93.14% was achieved. The temperature effect study revealed that the inhibitor can work up to a temperature of 58 °C. This could be one of the highest working temperatures among the reported green inhibitors. The electrochemical measurement reveals that the alkaloids could inhibit effectively up to 98.14% of the corrosion and serve as a mixed-type green inhibitor. A study on the kinetic parameters reflects that the inhibitor forms a potential barrier for the protection of a mild steel surface against corrosion. The values obtained from the thermodynamic parameters study reflect that the process is a spontaneous endothermic process. Based on the findings, it is revealed that the alkaloids extracted from S. xanthocarpum can serve as an excellent, eco-friendly and a promising green inhibitor against mild steel corrosion.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73142209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2022-12-02DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3040052
André H. B. Dourado
{"title":"Electric Double Layer: The Good, the Bad, and the Beauty","authors":"André H. B. Dourado","doi":"10.3390/electrochem3040052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem3040052","url":null,"abstract":"The electric double layer (EDL) is the most important region for electrochemical and heterogeneous catalysis. Because of it, its modeling and investigation are something that can be found in the literature for a long time. However, nowadays, it is still a hot topic of investigation, mainly because of the improvement in simulation and experimental techniques. The present review aims to present the classical models for the EDL, as well as presenting how this region affects electrochemical data in everyday experimentation, how to obtain and interpret information about EDL, and, finally, how to obtain some molecular point of view insights on it.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85040247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2022-12-02DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3040053
Daniela Nunes da Silva, A. Pereira
{"title":"Development of a Chemically Modified Electrode with Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MagMIP) for 17-β-Estradiol Determination in Water Samples","authors":"Daniela Nunes da Silva, A. Pereira","doi":"10.3390/electrochem3040053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem3040053","url":null,"abstract":"The present work consisted of the development of an electrode based on carbon paste modified with magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (CPE-MagMIP) for 17-β-estradiol (E2) detection. The incorporation of magnetic material (MagMIP) improved sensor performance, an increase of over 317%. The proposed method resulted in a linear response range from 0.5 to 14.0 μM, and the detection limit (LOD) and quantification limit (LOQ) were equal to 0.13 and 0.44 μM, respectively. Under optimized conditions, the developed sensor obtained satisfactory parameters in E2 determination in water samples, demonstrating selectivity, accuracy, and precision, making it a promising method for monitoring E2 in environmental samples.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82144704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ElectrochemPub Date : 2022-11-18DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3040051
M. Javadipour, Toshan Wickramanayake, S. A. Alavi, K. Mehran
{"title":"A Novel Online State of Health Estimation Method for Electric Vehicle Pouch Cells Using Magnetic Field Imaging and Convolution Neural Networks","authors":"M. Javadipour, Toshan Wickramanayake, S. A. Alavi, K. Mehran","doi":"10.3390/electrochem3040051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem3040051","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are used as the main power source in electric vehicles (EVs). Despite their high energy density and commercial availability, LiBs chronically suffer from non-uniform cell ageing, leading to early capacity fade in the battery packs. In this paper, a non-invasive, online characterisation method based on deep learning models is proposed for cell-level SoH estimation. For an accurate measurement of the state of health (SoH), we need to characterize electrochemical capacity fade scenarios carefully. Then, with the help of real-time monitoring, the control systems can reduce the LiB’s degradation. The proposed method, which is based on convolutional neural networks (CNN), characterises the changes in current density distributions originating from the positive electrodes in different SoH states. For training and classification by the deep learning model, current density images (CDIs) were experimentally acquired in different ageing conditions. The results confirm the efficiency of the proposed approach in online SoH estimation and the prediction of the capacity fade scenarios.","PeriodicalId":11612,"journal":{"name":"Electrochem","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79676099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}