ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-05-08DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500005
Chanho Kim, Inyoung Jang
{"title":"Application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Diagnostics in Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Batteries","authors":"Chanho Kim, Inyoung Jang","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With global energy demand increasing alongside population growth, the importance of efficient, clean energy conversion systems like fuel cells and batteries intensifies. Fuel cells are recognized for their ability to generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, with water as the only byproduct, and can also function in reverse as energy storage systems by producing hydrogen. Batteries chemically store energy and enable zero-carbon emissions through their closed-loop functionality. As demand grows, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is more actively used for investigating various electrochemical and physicochemical properties within electrochemical systems. Furthermore, EIS can serve as an in situ analysis method during operation, making it even more impactful in the near future. This article reviews the studies and applications of EIS, an advanced technique that provides insights into the electrochemical reaction at the interfaces and charge transfer processes within these systems. In addition, it provides an overview of the electrochemical principles governing these technologies, with a focus on the distinct roles and mechanisms of their components. The review offers a deeper understanding of EIS applications for studying electrochemical performance and physicochemical properties while also covering advancements in state-of-the-art technologies for fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fe7S8 Nanoparticles Embedded in Sulfur–Nitrogen Codoped Carbon Nanotubes: A High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Multilevel Confinement Structure","authors":"Xingyun Zhao, Mingzhu Wang, Shuyu Yue, Yaoyan Wu, Yaohui Zhang, Yaqian Dong, Tiehua Ma","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fe<sub>7</sub>S<sub>8</sub> nanoparticle-embedded sulfur–nitrogen codoped carbon nanotube composite (Fe<sub>7</sub>S<sub>8</sub>@CT-NS) has been successfully designed as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries through a multistage confinement strategy. Constructed with a nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube framework derived from melamine and a sulfurization process controlled via a polydopamine (PDA) intermediate layer, this composite features Fe<span></span>S<span></span>C covalent bonding at the interface and a hierarchical porous structure. This multilevel confinement strategy integrates physical encapsulation within a nitrogen–sulfur codoped carbon framework and chemical stabilization via Fe<span></span>S<span></span>C covalent bonding to synergistically enhance electrochemical performances. Electrochemical performance tests show that Fe<sub>7</sub>S<sub>8</sub>@CT-NS retains a capacity of 527.9 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> after 1000 cycles at a high current density of 5 A g<sup>−1</sup>, demonstrating excellent reversibility and high-rate performance across a wide current density range. This material, with its unique structural confinement, chemical bonding, and functional synergy, provides new insights into the development of high-stability, high-power lithium-ion battery anode materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500020
Qijun Liu, Changjun Tuo, Mingsheng Qin, Jun Yang, Ziqi Zeng, Shijie Cheng, Jia Xie
{"title":"Synergistic Additives Design for High-Voltage and Broad-Temperature Propylene Carbonate-Based Electrolytes in Practical Lithium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Qijun Liu, Changjun Tuo, Mingsheng Qin, Jun Yang, Ziqi Zeng, Shijie Cheng, Jia Xie","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), widely used in electric vehicles (EVs) and other applications, are increasingly expected to deliver higher energy densities and stable performance over a wide temperature range, posing stringent challenges for advanced electrolyte design. However, achieving these properties remains challenging with currently commercialized ethylene carbonate (EC)-based electrolytes. Herein, a propylene carbonate (PC)-based electrolyte system is reported, employing hexafluorobenzene (HFB) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) as synergistic additives. Specifically, HFB facilitates compatibility with graphite anodes through selective interfacial adsorption, while the decomposition of FEC stabilizes the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), mitigating the formation of high-impedance interfaces. This tailored electrolyte exhibits superior ionic conductivity, excellent oxidative stability, and broad temperature tolerance. When validated at 4.5 V, high-loading NCM811/graphite cells achieve nearly full capacity over 100 cycles at low temperatures (−20 °C), with pouch cells retaining 80% of their capacity after 470 cycles. These findings underscore the effectiveness of strategic additive engineering in advancing the development of PC-based electrolytes for practical LIBs.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500063
Tianci Chen, Xiaoxiao Chen, Mingming Yu, Chuan-Ying Li
{"title":"Electrochemical Methylthiolation of Terminal Alkynes Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide","authors":"Tianci Chen, Xiaoxiao Chen, Mingming Yu, Chuan-Ying Li","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A protocol for terminal alkyne methylthiolation has been developed, utilizing an electrochemical strategy with dimethyl sulfoxide as both the solvent and the methylthiolating reagent. This organic electrochemical reaction, which employs commercially available reagents, proceeds efficiently at room temperature under transition-metal-free, external oxidant/reductant-free, and base-free conditions. The method affords a diverse array of alkyne sulfides in satisfactory yields and exhibits broad functional group compatibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500003
Mark A. Buckingham, Yi Li, Ben F. Spencer, Sarah Wall, Allan Mathews, David J. Lewis
{"title":"Exploring Electrodeposition of Copper Oxide Nanomaterials and Self-Assembled Monolayer Formation from Aliphatic and Aromatic Thiols","authors":"Mark A. Buckingham, Yi Li, Ben F. Spencer, Sarah Wall, Allan Mathews, David J. Lewis","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The superhydrophobic modification of Cu<sub>2</sub>O electrodes has shown great promise in enhancing CO<sub>2</sub> reduction due to the formation of a triple phase boundary at the surface, allowing high concentrations of CO<sub>2</sub>, which is not achievable in typical aqueous media. Herein, a two-step study is undertaken to investigate and optimize hydrophobic modification of electrodeposited Cu<sub>2</sub>O nanomaterial electrodes. First, the electrochemical deposition potentials are altered in equivalent electrolyte conditions, which is found to alter the size of the deposited nanomaterials and the corresponding electrode surface roughness. Second, the electrodes are soaked in thiol-containing solutions containing a range of both aromatic and aliphatic thiols to achieve chemically modified self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on the electrode surfaces. The surface and morphological properties of the electrodeposited electrodes are assessed with scanning electron microscopy, laser confocal, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging. Confocal and AFM also allow the determination of the surface roughness of the electrodes at both the microscale and the nanoscale. The presence of SAM-modification is determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and water contact angles are also measured on the nonthiol-modified and thiol-modified electrodes, and the contact angle is found to increase from 70°–100° to 130°–140°, close to superhydrophobic levels of contact angles.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front Cover: Synergetic Interlayer in Li-S Batteries: Polysulfide-Impeding Effect of Conductive Carbon Cloth Supporting Topological-Phase Bi2Se3 (ChemElectroChem 9/2025)","authors":"Heng Wang, Huichao Dong, Ting Kan, Hewei Luo, Ji Yan, Hirofumi Yoshikawa","doi":"10.1002/celc.202580901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202580901","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The front cover picture</b> shows Li-S batteries with high energy density, high specific energy, and long cycle life, and are considered a promising candidate for electric vehicles, large-scale stationary energy storage, and drones. The upper-left figure shows a Li-S battery with a carbon cloth supporting a Bi<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> interlayer. Li-S batteries with such an interlayer demonstrate a strong electrocatalytic effect to suppress the shuttle effect of polysulfides and exhibit significantly enhanced electrochemical properties. More details can be found in the Research Article by Ji Yan, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400578).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202580901","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500036
Rifael Z. Snitkoff-Sol, Lior Elbaz
{"title":"Facilitating Electroactive Site Density Determination during Fuel-Cell Testing","authors":"Rifael Z. Snitkoff-Sol, Lior Elbaz","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The increase in performance and durability the platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts makes them a viable alternative to PGM catalysts at the cathodes of low-temperature fuel cells. The fuel-cell performance strongly depends on the number of electroactive sites. Recently, a methodology for its quantification during fuel cell testing was presented based on applying low-frequency Fourier-transformed ac voltammetry (FTacV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. Herein, a physics-based model that describes the potential drop in the catalyst layer is developed and the effects of the cell parameters on the higher harmonic components generated in FTacV measurements are numerically investigated. Herein, the model used in the previous work is validated and quantitative boundaries for its application to extract the number of electroactive sites in a fuel cell, enabling more precise analysis of this important and highly relevant quantity, are given.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400704
Arslan Akbar, Irfan Ullah, Salman Noshear Arshad, Muhammad Zaheer
{"title":"Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity through Linker Functionalization in Manganese-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks (Mn-MOFs)","authors":"Arslan Akbar, Irfan Ullah, Salman Noshear Arshad, Muhammad Zaheer","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400704","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Developing efficient and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) remains a critical bottleneck for economic and large-scale production of green hydrogen. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with their unique structural tunability, redox properties, and high surface area have emerged as promising candidates for the OER process. In this work, a presentation on how linker functionalization in rather unexplored manganese-based MOFs leads to enhanced OER activity is given. A series of manganese-based MOFs in rarely reported MIL-88B structure (Mn-MIL-88-X) is synthesized using functionalized linkers [X = NH<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub>, Br]. The objective is to modulate the electronic structure and hydrophilicity of the MOFs leading to enhanced OER activity. Among functionalized MOFs, Mn-MIL-88-NH<sub>2</sub> shows remarkable performance, requiring only 260 mV of overpotential to reach a current density of 10 mA cm<sup>−</sup><sup>2</sup> and a small Tafel slope of 73 mV dec<sup>−</sup><sup>1</sup>. The improvement in OER activity of Mn-MIL-88-NH<sub>2</sub> is ascribed to the higher oxidation states of manganese (Mn<sup>3</sup><sup>+</sup>/Mn<sup>4</sup><sup>+</sup>) and the presence of the amino group (-NH<sub>2</sub>) as confirmed through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This work paves the way for the designing and exploring of mixed-valence state metal-based MOFs as advanced electrode materials for electrocatalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400704","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances in Polymer Interlayers for Zinc Metal Anode Protection-A Mini-Review","authors":"Yamei Luo, Lanya Zhao, Dandan Yin, Peng Yang, Yongxian Zhang, Xiaowei Liu, Shujiang Ding, Hongyang Zhao","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400692","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zn metal anode faces numerous challenges that severely limit its practical application. Polymer interlayer is one of the mostly used strategies to enhance the Zn anode performance. The chemical structure, physical properties, as well as the morphology of these polymer interlayers significantly influenced on the effectiveness of zinc anode protection. Considering the complexity of the polymer and their composite materials used in this field, it is highly needed to summarize the current progresses and strategies in polymer interlayers of zinc anodes. This paper reviews recent advances in the design of polymer interlayers that stabilize the Zn anode from different perspectives, including hydrogel interlayer, porous interlayer, conductive interlayer and composite polymer interlayers. Finally, this review outlines possible future developments and challenges in this field towards commercialization of practical zinc anode.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400692","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2025-04-28DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500022
Hila Sagi-Cohen, Pavel Savchenko, Daniel Mandler
{"title":"Studying the Ingress of Ag Nanoparticles into Imprinted Nanocavities by Nanoimpact Electrochemistry","authors":"Hila Sagi-Cohen, Pavel Savchenko, Daniel Mandler","doi":"10.1002/celc.202500022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202500022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The significance of nanoimpact electrochemistry (NIE) lies in its simplicity and effectiveness in providing crucial information about the properties of nanoparticles (NPs), such as their sizing. Herein, NIE is applied for the first time to study the ingress of NPs into well-defined nanocavities. The latter are formed using the NP-imprinted matrix approach, where Ag NPs adsorbed on a microelectrode are surrounded by an electropolymerized aryldiazonium matrix followed by the anodic dissolution of the NPs. The ingress of Ag NPs into the empty cavities is detected chronoamperometrically by applying a constant voltage microelectrode. It is found that the nanocavities show high selectivity, where only NPs having the same size and capping agents as those used for the imprinting can be detected by NIE. A high match of 84% between the size of the Ag NPs entering the same size of nanocavities is observed for a mixture of two-sized Ag NPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"12 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202500022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}