Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107988
Logan S. Breton, Jake Amoroso
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of rhenium chalcogenides for nuclear waste management","authors":"Logan S. Breton, Jake Amoroso","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new synthetic approach to binary rhenium (Re) chalcogenides was investigated to aid in the preparation of analogous technetium (Tc) compounds for Tc waste management efforts. The Boron-Chalcogen Mixture (BCM) method was utilized for the first time to prepare polycrystalline powders of ReS<sub>2</sub>, ReSe<sub>2</sub>, and Re<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>5</sub> using a perrhenate, NaReO<sub>4</sub>, as a rhenium source. Single crystals of ReS<sub>2</sub> were also synthesized using the combined BCM and molten flux methods by adding a K<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> flux to the reagent mixture. Thermal analysis using TGA/DSC revealed negligible changes from ambient temperature up to ∼300 °C followed by the oxidation of the Re chalcogenides. High Temperature PXRD was used to investigate the crystallinity of ReS<sub>2</sub> at various temperatures revealing an increase in crystallinity up to 275 °C followed by a decrease in crystallinity due to oxidation. The research presented herein demonstrates a significant step towards technetium waste treatment efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107988"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144134494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107979
Na Qin , Laura Carter , Yuxin Zhou , Fan Zhang
{"title":"Purification of Pb2+ in water by magnetic strontium hydroxyapatite nanorods","authors":"Na Qin , Laura Carter , Yuxin Zhou , Fan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, magnetic hydroxyapatite nanorods Sr<sub>5</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(OH)/Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, called FSP for short, with different magnetic contents were synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method. FSP materials were then investigated as effective adsorbents for adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> from aqueous solution. FSP materials with 2 wt% magnetic content (denoted as FSP2) exhibited high magnetic separation efficiency and Pb<sup>2+</sup> removal capacity. Then, FSP2 were further characterized by SEM, EDS, XRD, PPMS, BET, and Zeta potential. FSP2 demonstrated a leaching rate of ∼5 % at pH 5, indicating excellent chemical stability in aqueous environments. Effects of two influence parameters (temperature and material dosage) were studied and the optimized adsorption conditions were 25 °C and material dosage of 0.05 g. The kinetic and isotherm data accorded with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Temkin model, respectively. The EDS and XRD results of mechanism study indicated that the adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> involves ion exchange and surface adsorption. Ion exchange Pb<sup>2+</sup> for Sr<sup>2+</sup> was predominant. The results of application research showed that the adsorption capacity of Pb<sup>2+</sup> by FSP2 in environmental water samples was all higher than 600 mg g<sup>−1</sup>. Due to their easy preparation method and good adsorption capability, magnetic FSP2 are regarded as promising composite materials for the adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> from solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107979"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144178555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107980
Gökçe Borand , Berk Şenyurt , Duygu Ağaoğulları , Deniz Uzunsoy , Nazlı Akçamlı
{"title":"Investigation of the structural properties and corrosion behavior of few-layered graphene reinforced Al-Zn matrix P/M composites","authors":"Gökçe Borand , Berk Şenyurt , Duygu Ağaoğulları , Deniz Uzunsoy , Nazlı Akçamlı","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A powder metallurgical production route was employed to produce Al-7.5 wt% Zn matrix composites reinforced with few-layered graphene (FLG). The in-house synthesized FLG by the electric arc discharge (EAD) method was incorporated into the Al-7.5Zn matrix through mechanical alloying (MA) in varying amounts (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 wt%). The mechanically alloyed (MAed) powders were consolidated by uniaxial pressing, and they were subjected to pressureless sintering at 635 °C for 2 h. The effects of FLG contents (0, 0.5, 1, and 2 wt%) and MA duration (0, 2, 4, and 8 h) were investigated regarding the microstructural, mechanical, tribological, and corrosion properties of bulk composites. The hardness values of 4 h MAed FLG/Al-7.5Zn composites having graphene in amounts of 0, 0.5, 1, and 2 wt% were determined as 77, 89, 107, and 119 HV, respectively. Compared to Al-7.5Zn alloy, 2 wt% FLG addition significantly increased the hardness of 4 h MAed Al-7.5Zn composites by approximately 54 %. In line with the hardness results, the addition of FLG notably and gradually enhanced the wear resistance of the composites. The Al-7.5Zn matrix displayed an ultimate compressive strength (σ<sub>ucs</sub>) of 180 MPa, which significantly rose to 287 MPa for the Al-7.5Zn-1FLG composite, indicating a 1.6-times enhancement. Moreover, the addition of this amount of graphene did not degrade the corrosion performance of the Al-Zn matrix; in fact, it resulted in a slight improvement in the corrosion resistance of the composites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107980"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144130845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107978
M. Magesh , P. Vijayakumar , P. Ramasamy , S. Sahaya Jude Dhas
{"title":"Potential Harnessing of structural, optical, thermal, electrical, and nonlinear optical characteristics of ZnIn2Se4 crystal grown by Bridgman-Stockbarger method","authors":"M. Magesh , P. Vijayakumar , P. Ramasamy , S. Sahaya Jude Dhas","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107978","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The exploration of materials with multifunctional properties is essential for technological advancements so that the ever-growing demand for optoelectronics, photonics, and energy conversion systems can be met. On this count, the vertical Bridgman-Stockbarger technique was employed to grow the ZnIn<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>4</sub> crystals. The lattice parameters and phase formation of the as-grown crystal were verified by implementing single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction techniques. The ZnIn<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>4</sub> crystal's optical transmission was determined, and a Tauc plot was utilized to determine the band gap. According to the FTIR analysis, the ZnIn<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>4</sub> crystal exhibits relatively high transmittance. Employing TG/DSC analysis, the melting and solidification temperatures were ascertained. By utilizing energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, the stoichiometry of the grown crystal was determined. Hall measurement was performed to determine the sample's electrical characteristics. From the range of temperatures 300 K–370 K, the dielectric constant and loss were measured for the grown crystal. At 1064 nm, the laser damage threshold value was determined to be 57.86 GW/cm<sup>2</sup>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107978"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107976
Yulia Perets , Ludmila Vovchenko , Tetyana Len , Ludmila Matzui , Volodymyr Zagorodnii , Olena Yakovenko , Larysa Kaykan , Antoni Żywczak , Julia Mazurenko
{"title":"Study of dielectric and magnetic properties of epoxy composites with combined nanocarbon/magnetic fillers","authors":"Yulia Perets , Ludmila Vovchenko , Tetyana Len , Ludmila Matzui , Volodymyr Zagorodnii , Olena Yakovenko , Larysa Kaykan , Antoni Żywczak , Julia Mazurenko","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107976","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107976","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The permittivity and permeability of epoxy composites with graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) and different types of magnetic particles (carbonyl iron Fe and cobalt oxide Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) were studied in the frequency range of 1–500 MHz. The real <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>ε</mi><mo>′</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> and imaginary <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>ε</mi><mo>″</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> parts of the permittivity increase with the increase of GNP content in the composite, and their spectra have a monotonically decreasing character. <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>ε</mi><mo>″</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> values in GNP/30 %Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-epoxy(L285) composite are 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than in GNP/30 %Fe-L285 composite in accordance with higher electrical conductivity and high conduction loss (<span><math><mrow><msubsup><mi>ε</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>C</mi></mrow><mo>″</mo></msubsup></mrow></math></span>). Experimental AC electrical conductivity spectra and relaxation phenomena in GNP/magnetic particles/L285 composites were analyzed within the Dyre model. GNP/Fe-L285 composites show ferromagnetic behavior with saturation magnetization Ms and coercive field Hc values consistent with Fe content in composite. At the same time, the composites filled with GNPs and Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles display a weak ferromagnetic behavior contrary to the bulk Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> with antiferromagnetic properties. The permeability of three-phase composites is determined both by the magnetic properties of the filler and its content in the composite. <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>μ</mi><mo>′</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><msup><mi>μ</mi><mo>″</mo></msup></mrow></math></span> values are the greatest for the three-phase GNP/30 wt%Fe-L285 composites compared to other tested materials and gradually decrease when the nanocarbon content increases. By varying the nanocarbon filler content, the type, size, morphology, electrical and magnetic nature of the inorganic filler in the polymer matrix, it is possible to controllably influence the percolation and formation of a 3D conductive filler network as well as the electromagnetic response in these composites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107976"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107977
Dursun Ekren
{"title":"A simple approach for the synthesis of NiO nanoparticles with both improved OER performance and superparamagnetic behaviour","authors":"Dursun Ekren","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107977","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107977","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Synthesis of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts with comparable or better properties than expensive IrO<sub>2</sub> and RuO<sub>2</sub> is crucial for large scale applications of alkaline water electrolysis. In this regard, NiO is one of the candidates for such applications and provides unique magnetic properties as well. In this study, NiO nanoparticles were synthesised using a simple co-precipitation + calcination approach to obtain particles with sizes suitable for both improved OER activity and superparamagnetic behaviour. The sample prepared with NaOH was single phase and had smaller crystallite size in comparison to the use of oxalic acid, which led to the formation of minor amount of Ni secondary phase. Electrodes prepared using nickel plated steel substrates with NiO catalyst exhibited an OER overpotential of 309.5 mV at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> current density, and the Tafel slope was calculated to be 131.2 mV dec<sup>−1</sup>. These results were comparable to the best OER performance for NiO. However, the presence of minor secondary nickel phase had a detrimental effect on the OER performance for the sample prepared with oxalic acid. Moreover, NiO electrocatalyst exhibited exceptional stability for 24 h of OER operation at 310 mV overpotential with minimal change in the current density. In addition, nanoparticles prepared using NaOH had smaller sizes and exhibited superparamagnetic behaviour while the use of oxalic acid led to a larger crystallite size and combined with the Ni secondary phase this led to a ferromagnetic behaviour.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107975
Teng Wang , Xingshuang Zhang , Meng Gao , Dongwei Li , Jing Zhang , Xiaoping Jiang , Yuanyuan Tao
{"title":"Phase inversion assisted scalable covalent organic frameworks based porous high processable solid-state electrolytes for lithium metal batteries","authors":"Teng Wang , Xingshuang Zhang , Meng Gao , Dongwei Li , Jing Zhang , Xiaoping Jiang , Yuanyuan Tao","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107975","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107975","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) with properties of high ionic conductivity, large electrochemical windows and outstanding mechanical strength are essential for high energy density and safety solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs). Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is a kind of well-defined crystalline porous frameworks, considered as ideal materials for transporting ions. Whereas, COFs based solid-state electrolytes are generally fabricated via powder pressing process, resulting to fragile nature. Herein, we carry a kind of sp<sup>2</sup> carbon bond linked nitrile substituted COFs (COFs-CN) to fabricate the solid-state electrolytes CPPSSEs via facile phase inversion process and in-situ polymerization in which polymer poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) as matrix and 1M polyvinylene carbonate@lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)-imide (LiTFSI) (1M PVC@LiTFSI) as polymer electrolytes. Electrolyte CPPSSEs exhibit excellent electrochemical properties with a high ionic conductivity up to 4.5 × 10<sup>−4</sup> S cm<sup>−1</sup>, 0.2 eV activation energy, as well as high Li<sup>+</sup> transference number of 0.75, and enlarged electrochemical windows of 4.85 V at 25 °C. Additionally, the mechanical strength of CPPSSEs is also outstanding with tensile stress 1.22 MPa and tensile strain 92 %. For the symmetric cells Li/CPPSSEs/Li, CPPSSEs has excellent compatibility with lithium metal electrode for over 200 h at the current densities of 0.05, 0.1 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>. Finally, LiFeO<sub>4</sub> (LFP), CPPSSEs and lithium anodes are used to assemble cells LFP||Li, which can work stably with high specific capacity. The COFs-CN based CPPSSEs via phase inversion and in-situ polymerization could be a kind of highly promising outstanding SSEs for solid-state LMBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107975"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solid State SciencesPub Date : 2025-05-15DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107969
Sujeet Kumar Pandey , Vipin Amoli , Amit Ranjan
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of zinc titanate-graphene oxide composites prepared under ambient and hydrothermal conditions","authors":"Sujeet Kumar Pandey , Vipin Amoli , Amit Ranjan","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107969","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107969","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We prepare reduced graphene oxide-zinc titanate (ZTO) composite powders by mixing ZTO with 1 wt% graphene oxide (GO) in solid and liquid states under open environments, and under hydrothermal conditions. The treatment temperature was 400 °C in the first two cases and 180 °C in hydrothermal. Structural and chemical characterizations performed using XRD, SEM, BET, XPS, DRS, and PL are correlated with their photocatalytic performance. Mixing leads to significant structural and chemical changes in GO and ZTO particles but of different natures depending on the process. All the mixing routes reduce GO to r-GO. Unlike hydrothermal mixing, mixing under an open environment converts the rhombohedral ZnTiO<sub>3</sub> to cubic Zn2TiO<sub>4</sub> due to loss of oxygen. However, hydrothermal mixing leads to a loss in crystallinity of the ZnTiO<sub>3</sub> particles resulting into a larger specific surface area. XPS results suggest good binding between the r-GO sheets and the oxide particles. Liquid state mixing leads to the highest reduction in bandgap, probably due to maximal oxygen vacancy formation in this process. Mott-Schottky analysis is done to estimate the charge carrier density in all the samples. EIS shows that the hydrothermally prepared composite has the smallest R<sub>ct</sub>. High surface area, less conversion to Zn<sub>2</sub>TiO<sub>4</sub>, changes in bandgap, good binding of ZTO with GO sheets, and more facile charge transfer in hydrothermally prepared composites have important implications in photocatalytic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107969"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MXene/tungsten-functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets as conductive platforms for FeNi-Co-doped MnO2 Nanocomposites: Toward high-performance supercapacitor electrodes","authors":"N.D. Raskar , D.V. Dake , V.A. Mane , R.B. Sonpir , V.D. Mote , M. Vasundhara , P.C. Zine , M.D. Shirsat , K.P. Gattu , B.N. Dole","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present manuscript has synthesized the innovative nanocomposite of tungsten decorated reduced graphene oxide (TGO) based FeNi codoped MnO<sub>2</sub> (TGO-3 % FeNi-MnO<sub>2</sub>) which has better supercapacitor performance than the tungsten carbide (TC) MXene-based nanocomposite sample (TC-3 % FeNi-MnO<sub>2</sub>). The first motive of the manuscript is to manufacture lower-cost materials with better properties with higher stability. Nowadays, worldwide researchers are focusing on MXene materials and reporting the best smart material for multiple applications but the present manuscript has done an innovative study and found that the graphene-based materials have good properties with higher stability like MXene samples. The prepared nanocomposite samples have been characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, BET, XPS, Fluorescence spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. X-ray diffraction (XRD) investigation demonstrated that mixed phases of tetragonal α-MnO<sub>2</sub> and cubic α-Mn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> were observed. The nanocomposite of tungsten decorated reduced graphene oxide-based FeNi codoped MnO<sub>2</sub> has a nanorod-like morphology which was better than all synthesized samples. The higher capacitance found for the tungsten decorated reduced graphene oxide-based Fe-Ni codoped MnO<sub>2</sub> sample is 883 F g<sup>−1</sup>. The impact of the surface area (317.42 m<sup>2</sup>/g), defects, and structural parameters on capacitance enhancement was studied in detail. The TGO-3 % FeNi-MnO<sub>2</sub> sample has higher surface defects which was attributed by XPS and fluorescence spectroscopy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107974"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conductive MWCNTs-decorated KVPO4F@C nanocomposite as a high-property cathode for potassium energy storage","authors":"Yanmei Zuo, Xiaomeng Kang, Deqi Huang, Zhifang Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107968","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107968","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Potassium vanadium fluorophosphate (KVPO<sub>4</sub>F) has been regarded as one of the most promising cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries due to its advantages of high theoretical capacity, high operating voltage and high energy density. However, the low electrical conductivity of pristine KVPO<sub>4</sub>F cathode remains a major issue that needs to be addressed. In this research, conductive MWCNTs-modified KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C (MWCNTs-KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C) nanocomposite has been firstly fabricated using a simple approach. SEM and TEM results indicate that the added one-dimensional MWCNTs are uniformly dispersed among the KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C nanoparticles. Benefiting from the excellent electrical conductivity of MWCNTs, the fabricated MWCNTs-KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C electrode exhibits good potassium storage performances including cyclic stability and high-rate capability. The initial discharge capacities of MWCNTs-KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C can reach 122.9 and 89.5 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at 0.05 and 0.5 A g<sup>−1</sup>, respectively. Even at a high rate of 1 A g<sup>−1</sup> for 600 cycles, its capacity retention ratio still reaches 92.5 %. These results prove that the fabricated MWCNTs-KVPO<sub>4</sub>F@C material has feasibility in potassium energy storage high specialty cathode materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":432,"journal":{"name":"Solid State Sciences","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107968"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}