Biphasic Graphene‐Oxide Liquid Metal Powder: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Energy Storage DOI Creative Commons
Afsaneh L. Sanati, André F. Silva, Miguel Maranha

et al.

Energy & environment materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

Nanodroplets of Gallium‐Based Liquid Metal (LM) have applications in stretchable electronics, electrochemical sensors, energy storage, hyperthermia, and rapid polymerization. The gallium oxide layer around LMNDs prevents aggregation. However, LM nanodroplets (LMNDs) are neither mechanically nor chemically stable. ultrathin ruptures under slight pressure, hindering their use electronics. shell also dissolves slightly acidic/alkaline solutions, making them unstable for storage sensing. We demonstrate the synthesis a dry powder with an core reduced graphene shell. Graphene provides excellent mechanical chemical stability permits electrical conductivity. Its porous structure does not block ion exchange between droplets environment, allowing to be used resulting EGaIn powders benefit from higher surface long‐term stability, addressing LMND limitations. report using GO@EGaIn nanocomposite as anode alkali‐ion batteries novel Ag‐EGaIn cell impressive capacity. combination liquid deformability LMNDs, area nano form, expands metals electronics storage.

Language: Английский

Smart Eutectic Gallium–Indium: From Properties to Applications DOI
Zhibin Zhao, Saurabh Soni, Takhee Lee

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Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 35(1)

Published: Aug. 29, 2022

Eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal with melting point close to or below room temperature, has attracted extensive attention in recent years due its excellent properties such as fluidity, high conductivity, thermal stretchability, self-healing capability, biocompatibility, and recyclability. These features of EGaIn can be adjusted by changing the experimental condition, various composite materials extended further obtained mixing other materials. In this review, not only are unique introduced, but also working principles for EGaIn-based devices illustrated developments EGaIn-related techniques summarized. The applications fields, flexible electronics (sensors, antennas, electronic circuits), molecular (molecular memory, opto-electronic switches, reconfigurable junctions), energy catalysis (heat management, motors, generators, batteries), biomedical science (drug delivery, tumor therapy, bioimaging neural interfaces) reviewed. Finally, critical discussion main challenges development discussed, potential new fields prospected.

Language: Английский

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Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia Conversion at an InSn‐Enriched Liquid‐Metal Electrode DOI
Jessica Crawford,

Hanqing Yin,

Aijun Du

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 61(23)

Published: March 24, 2022

The renewable energy driven electrochemical conversion of nitrates to ammonia is emerging as a viable route for the creation this hydrogen carrier. However, highly efficient electrocatalysts that show prolonged stability an ongoing challenge. Here we room temperature liquid metal Galinstan can be used and stable electrocatalyst nitrate achieving rates up 2335 μg h-1 cm-2 with Faradaic efficiency 100 %. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations experimental observation indicated activity due InSn alloy enrichment within occurs during electrocatalytic reaction. This high selectivity NH3 also additional suppression competing evolution reaction at identified In3 Sn active site. work adds increasing applicability metals based on Ga clean technologies.

Language: Английский

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The Native Oxide Skin of Liquid Metal Ga Nanoparticles Prevents Their Rapid Coalescence during Electrocatalysis DOI
Valery Okatenko, Laia Castilla-Amorós, Dragos Stoian

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Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 144(22), P. 10053 - 10063

Published: May 26, 2022

Liquid metals (LMs) have been used in electrochemistry since the 19th century, but it is only recently that they emerged as electrocatalysts with unique properties, such inherent resistance to coke poisoning, which derives from dynamic nature of their surface. The use LM nanoparticles (NPs) highly desirable enhance any surface-related phenomena. However, NPs are expected rapidly coalesce, similarly liquid drops, makes implementation electrocatalysis hard envision. Herein, we demonstrate Ga (18 nm, 26 39 nm) drive electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) while remaining well-separated each other. CO generated a maximum faradaic efficiency around 30% at −0.7 VRHE, similar bulk Ga. combination electrochemical, microscopic, and spectroscopic techniques, including operando X-ray absorption, indicates native oxide skin still present during CO2RR provides barrier coalescence operation. This discovery an avenue for future development Ga-based new class electrocatalysts.

Language: Английский

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Research progress of metal-organic frameworks-based materials for CO2 capture and CO2-to-alcohols conversion DOI

Xinmeng Xu,

Qiuhua Wei, Zuoshuai Xi

et al.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 495, P. 215393 - 215393

Published: Aug. 21, 2023

Language: Английский

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Controllable Flow and Manipulation of Liquid Metals DOI Creative Commons
Yahua He, Jing You, Michael D. Dickey

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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(31)

Published: Oct. 20, 2023

Abstract This review summarizes the controllable flow and manipulation of gallium‐based liquid metals (e.g., eutectic gallium indium, EGaIn). There are generally only a few ways to handle fluids, but offer versatile control due their properties: 1) excellent fluidity, 2) adjustable surface tension, 3) electrically chemically oxides, 4) metallic electrical thermal conductivity, 5) ability alloy with other magnetic particles). These all‐in‐one properties empower exhibit in confined microchannels (steerable flow) from nozzles (printable flow), make susceptible various energy fields, including electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, wave, light fields. Consequently, enable intriguing morphological changes formation droplets/plugs, jets, fibers) motion jumping, bouncing, directional locomotion, rotation) new fluidic phenomena practical applications such as soft electronics robotics. aims present selective framework provide an insightful understanding for controlling shaping metals, thereby stimulating further research generating increased interest this topic.

Language: Английский

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Liquid Metal-Based Electronics for On-Skin Healthcare DOI Creative Commons
Jinwei Cao, Xin Li, Yiwei Liu

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Biosensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 84 - 84

Published: Jan. 3, 2023

Wearable devices are receiving growing interest in modern technologies for realizing multiple on-skin purposes, including flexible display, e-textiles, and, most importantly, epidermal healthcare. A '

Language: Английский

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Liquid Metal‐Based Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications DOI Creative Commons
Sina Jamalzadegan, Soo‐Young Kim, Noor Mohammad

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Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(31)

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

Abstract Biosensors are analytical tools for monitoring various parameters related to living organisms, such as humans and plants. Liquid metals (LMs) have emerged a promising new material biosensing applications in recent years. LMs attractive physical chemical properties deformability, high thermal electrical conductivity, low volatility, viscosity. LM‐based biosensors represent strategy particularly wearable real‐time sensing. While early demonstrations of LM focus on strain, motion, temperature, examples show can be an excellent sensing biochemical biomolecular detection well. In this review, the progress personalized healthcare disease via both signaling is survey. It started with brief introduction fundamentals LMs, followed by discussion different mechanisms which transduce biological or physiological signals. Next, it reviewed example that been used real systems, ranging from on‐skin target‐specific detection. Finally, challenges future directions LM‐integrated biosensor platforms discussed.

Language: Английский

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Liquid Metal‐Enhanced Highly Adhesive Electrodes for Multifunctional Epidermal Bioelectronics DOI
Chunyan Cao, Changshun Hou,

Xiong Wang

et al.

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(40)

Published: April 27, 2024

Abstract Liquid metal (LM) bioelectronics find widespread uses in healthcare devices and medical implants. However, the current LM‐based electrodes suffer from achieving a combination of features including stable conductivity, high tissue adhesion, stability, good biocompatibility, degradability, recyclability. In this work, LM electrode is prepared with an extremely adhesion strength (8.9 MPa), which tunable wide range by introducing adhesive ureidopyrimidinone (UPy)‐based polymer to harvest abovementioned properties. With help dynamic particle‐polymer interactions matrix, LMs can not only enhance properties but also form percolated network at low loading (38 vol%) achieve conductance stability (R/R 0 = 0.76 100% strain). The provides highly electrical connection rigid components stretchability 1154% when mounting resistor, while relatively makes it comfortable wounded skin‐interfaced for accelerating wound healing. Taking advantage their surface as‐prepared provide more reliable friendly approach development devices.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing catalytic CO2 reduction to carbon performance of nano-MnFe2O4 prepared from high-silica manganese ores via MgO phase reconstruction strategy DOI Creative Commons
Jia Wang, Yuanbo Zhang, Jian Su

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Journal of Materiomics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101045 - 101045

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Reviewing the impact of halides on electrochemical CO2reduction DOI Creative Commons

Zebi Zhao,

Jiguang Zhang, Ming Lei

et al.

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 2, P. e9120044 - e9120044

Published: Nov. 14, 2022

Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising technology for mitigating global warming and storing renewable energy. Designing low-cost efficient electrocatalysts with high selectivity priority to facilitate conversion. Halide ion (F–, Cl–, Br–, I–) modified potential strategy promote suppress the competitive hydrogen evolution (HER). Therefore, comprehensive review of role mechanism halide ions in CO2RR process can help better guide future design electrocatalysts. In this review, we first discuss on structure morphology Secondly, relationship between valence states active sites catalyst surface further elaborated on. Thirdly, mechanisms enhancing conversion efficiency are also summarized, including involvement electron transfer their influence pathway. Finally, conclude summary outlook.

Language: Английский

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