{"title":"Influence of caprolactam on the tin electrodeposition on a dispersed carbon support and preparation of Pt/(SnO2/C) catalysts","authors":"D. Mauer, S. Belenov","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.009","url":null,"abstract":"Composite SnO2/C materials obtained by electrodeposition of tin on Vulcan XC72 particles were used to fabricate a platinum catalyst for the oxygen electroreduction reaction (ORR). Thermogravimetry and X-ray diffraction methods made it possible to determine the composition of materials and the size of platinum and tin oxide crystallites. The use of the SnO2/C composite obtained in the presence of e-caprolactam (CPL) as a support made it possible to increase the electrochemically active surface area (ESA) of platinum and the mass activity of the Pt/SnO2/C catalyst in ORR.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125172138","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}
D. Markovskaya, N. Sidorenko, A. Zhurenok, E. Kozlova
{"title":"Studying effects of external conditions of electrochemical measurements on the photoelectrochemical properties of semiconductors: cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, and Mott – Schottky method","authors":"D. Markovskaya, N. Sidorenko, A. Zhurenok, E. Kozlova","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.013","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the dependences of the semiconductors’ photoelectrochemical properties on the experimental conditions were studied for the solid solution of CdS and ZnS, graphitic carbon nitride, and the platinized carbon nitride. The cyclic voltammograms were obtained under different scan rates. The sample investigations were carried out by two ways, at the constant external voltage and varied amplitudes and at different external voltages and the fixed amplitude. The Mott – Schottky dependences were studied at different frequencies. The basic dependences of the changes in the photoelectrode target characteristics on the experimental condition were found. Some recommendations for the correct comparison of qualitative and quantitative photoelectrochemical data were formulated.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125131532","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}
{"title":"H/D exchange studies of methane activation mechanisms in heterogeneous catalysis","authors":"D. Zakharov","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.014","url":null,"abstract":"The development of technologies for the efficient conversion of methane and other light hydrocarbons is becoming vital to the chemical industry. The main technologies for methane conversion are based on solid and liquid catalysts such as metals, oxides and oxide-supported metals. Methane is a highly stable molecule, and the analysis of the catalytic activity of materials with respect to the C-H bond cleavage in methane is of paramount importance for the development of novel methane conversion catalysts. One of the most promising methods for studying methane activation over a catalyst is H/D isotope exchange between the gas and condensed phases. The method provides reliable in situ information on the cleavage of chemical bonds in molecules and allows researchers to elucidate the elementary steps of catalytic methane activation and the stable intermediates involved in the activation process. This paper focuses on the critical analysis of H/D isotope exchange studies of the methane activation mechanism over various metals, oxides, composites, and other catalysts, from the earlier studies to the recent advances in the field. The existing theoretical and experimental approaches to study the H/D exchange between methane and a catalyst are discussed in the paper. A critical analysis of the structure-composition-catalytic activity relationships of the catalysts with respect to methane activation is provided.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115409468","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}
{"title":"Fitting the pair potentials for molten salts: A review in brief","authors":"D. Zakiryanov","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.010","url":null,"abstract":"In vitro and in silico studies should supplement each other in order to obtain reliable and comprehensive data on physicochemical properties of molten salts. To attain the aim, the appropriate simulation technique is needed. Because of the computational speed that classical molecular dynamics could deliver, this method is often the most suitable for calculation of the transport properties. The accuracy of calculation is to a high degree depending on parameters of the potential. In this paper, we review the basics of the pair potential fitting procedure. As an example, a molten lithium chloride is considered. The comparison of different pair potentials in terms of potential energy and per-atomic forces is performed, with the reference data were obtained by means of the density functional theory. Among the macroscopic properties, the melting temperature and viscosity are calculated.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114670427","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}
{"title":"Recent advances in electrophoretic deposition of thin-film electrolytes for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells","authors":"E. Pikalova, E. Kalinina, N. Pikalova","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.011","url":null,"abstract":"Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have been attracting considerable attention as ecologically friendly and highly efficient power sources with a variety of applications. Modern directions in the SOFCs technology are related to lowering the SOFC operating temperature that require both advanced materials design and development of versatile technologies to fabricate SOFC with thin-film electrolyte membrane to decrease ohmic losses at decreased temperatures. Electrophoretic deposition (EDP) is one of the most technologically flexible and cost-effective methods for the thin film formation currently available. This review highlights challenges and approaches presented in literature to the formation dense thin films based on oxygen-conducting and proton conducting electrolytes, as well as multilayer and composite electrolyte membranes.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127579438","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}
{"title":"Molecular dynamic study of the applicability of silicene lithium ion battery anodes: A review","authors":"A. Galashev","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.012","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the main energy storage devices that have found wide application in the electrical, electronics, automotive and even aerospace industries. In practical applications, silicene has been put forward as an active anode material for LIBs. This is facilitated by its high theoretical capacitance, strength, and small volume change during lithiation. Thin-film materials containing two-layer silicene and intended for use in the LIB anode have been studied by the method of classical molecular dynamics. Among the important characteristics obtained is the fillability of the silicene anode (under the influence of an electric field), which was determined depending on the type of vacancy defects in silicene and the type of substrate used. Both metallic (Ag, Ni, Cu, Al) and non-metallic (graphite, silicon carbide) substrates are considered. The behavior of the self-diffusion coefficient of intercalated lithium atoms in a silicene channel as it is filled has been studied. Based on the construction of Voronoi polyhedra, the packing of lithium atoms and the state of the walls in the channel has been studied in detail. The change in the shape of silicene sheets, as well as the stresses in them caused by lithium intercalation, are analyzed. It has been established that two-layer silicene with monovacancies on a nickel substrate is the most optimum variant of the anode material. The results of this work may be useful in the development of new anode materials for new generation LIBs.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133800060","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}
Yuriy Zaikov, V. P. Batukhtin, N. I. Shurov, A. Suzdaltsev
{"title":"High-temperature electrochemistry of calcium","authors":"Yuriy Zaikov, V. P. Batukhtin, N. I. Shurov, A. Suzdaltsev","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2022.1.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2022.1.007","url":null,"abstract":"Electrolytically produced calcium is one of the most demanded materials in obtaining pure materials. At the same time, the existing technologies and devices for the electrolytic production of calcium were developed in the last century, and at present there are practically no works aimed at optimizing them. However, increasing the capacity and efficiency of existing devices for the production of calcium is in demand. To analyze possible ways to improve calcium production, a comprehensive understanding of the processes occurring at the electrodes and in the electrolyte during electrolytic production of calcium is required. This review briefly outlines the main points concerning the electrolytic production of calcium: from a brief history of the development of methods for the electrolytic production of calcium and established ideas about its physicochemical processes to information about new developments using the electrolysis of CaCl2-based melts. Review content: brief history of process development; base electrolyte for calcium production, including preparation of CaCl2 and influence of additions on it physicochemical properties; data on calcium solubility in CaCl2; information about alternative electrolytes for calcium production; short description of electrode processes in the CaCl2-based melts; proposed technologies and devices for the electrolytic production of calcium.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129907174","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}
{"title":"Heterovalent and isovalent doping of bilayer proton-conducting perovskite SrLa2Sc2O7","authors":"N. Tarasova","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2023.2.015","url":null,"abstract":"Perovskite or perovskite-related structural materials are widely studied for their many functional properties. They can be used as components of energy sources such as solid oxide fuel cells. Along with classical perovskites, layered perovskites can also carry out high-temperature proton transport and are promising materials for use in electrochemical power engineering. In this paper, the possibility of heterovalent and isovalent doping of La and Sc sublattices of bilayer perovskite SrLa2Sc2O7 was made for the first time. It was shown that electrical conductivity increases in the row of bilayer perovskites SrLa2ScInO7 – SrLa2Sc2O7 – BaLa2In2O7 – BaNd2In2O7.","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"142 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114091046","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}
{"title":"Preface by the rector of the Ural Federal University Viktor A. Koksharov","authors":"V. Koksharov","doi":"10.15826/elmattech.2022.1.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15826/elmattech.2022.1.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347425,"journal":{"name":"Electrochemical Materials and Technologies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124979768","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}