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- Gustavsson, John, 1979-, et al.
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In-situ activation of hydrogen evolution in pH-neutral electrolytes by additions of multivalent cations
- 2012
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Ingår i: International journal of hydrogen energy. - : Elsevier. - 0360-3199 .- 1879-3487. ; 37:12, s. 9496-9503
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Activation of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in close to pH-neutral electrolytes can be achieved by addition of trivalent cations. This activation has been investigated using steady state polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and chemical analysis of cathode films for yttrium. Several multivalent cations were included in this study, such as Al(III), Mg(II), Y(III), Sm(III), La(III) and Sc(III). In general the more acidic the metal ions the larger is the activation. Metal hydroxide films formed in the alkaline diffusion layer at the cathode surface can have a negative impact on the magnitude of this activation, and therefore complicate the interpretation of the results. The activation corresponds to a transport of metal ion complexes to the electrode surface and the reduction of bound ligand water to form hydrogen.
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- Johannisson, Wilhelm, et al.
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A screen-printing method for manufacturing of current collectors for structural batteries
- 2021
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Ingår i: Multifunctional Materials. - : IOP Publishing. - 2399-7532. ; 4:3, s. 035002-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Structural carbon fibre composite batteries are a type of multifunctional batteries that combine the energy storage capability of a battery with the load-carrying ability of a structural material. To extract the current from the structural battery cell, current collectors are needed. However, current collectors are expensive, hard to connect to the electrode material and add mass to the system. Further, attaching the current collector to the carbon fibre electrode must not affect the electrochemical properties negatively or requires time-consuming, manual steps. This paper presents a proof-of-concept method for screen-printing of current collectors for structural carbon fibre composite batteries using silver conductive paste. Current collectors are screen-printed directly on spread carbon fibre tows and a polycarbonate carrier film. Experimental results show that the electrochemical performance of carbon fibre vs lithium metal half-cells with the screen-printed collectors is similar to reference half-cells using metal foil and silver adhered metal-foil collectors. The screen-printed current collectors fulfil the requirements for electrical conductivity, adhesion to the fibres and flexible handling of the fibre electrode. The screen-printing process is highly automatable and allows for cost-efficient upscaling to large scale manufacturing of arbitrary and complex current collector shapes. Hence, the screen-printing process shows a promising route to realization of high performing current collectors in structural batteries and potentially in other types of energy storage solutions.
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- Acevedo Gomez, Yasna, et al.
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Performance Recovery after Contamination with Nitrogen Dioxide in a PEM Fuel Cell
- 2020
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Ingår i: Molecules. - : MDPI. - 1431-5157 .- 1420-3049. ; 25:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While the market for fuel cell vehicles is increasing, these vehicles will still coexist with combustion engine vehicles on the roads and will be exposed to an environment with significant amounts of contaminants that will decrease the durability of the fuel cell. To investigate different recovery methods, in this study, a PEM fuel cell was contaminated with 100 ppm of NO2 at the cathode side. The possibility to recover the cell performance was studied by using different airflow rates, different current densities, and by subjecting the cell to successive polarization curves. The results show that the successive polarization curves are the best choice for recovery; it took 35 min to reach full recovery of cell performance, compared to 4.5 h of recovery with pure air at 0.5 A cm(-2) and 110 mL min(-1). However, the performance recovery at a current density of 0.2 A cm(-2) and air flow 275 mL min(-1) was done in 66 min, which is also a possible alternative. Additionally, two operation techniques were suggested and compared during 7 h of operation: air recovery and air depletion. The air recovery technique was shown to be a better choice than the air depletion technique.
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- Acevedo Gomez, Yasna, et al.
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PERFORMANCE RECOVERY FROM NO2 EXPOSURE IN PEM FUEL CELL
- 2017
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Ingår i: EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference. - : ENEA. ; , s. 157-158
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market is projected to increase in the coming years, and fuel cell vehicles will operate in an environment where they coexist with combustion engine vehicles. In this context, the PEM fuel cell will be exposed to significant amounts of contaminants on the roads that will decrease its performance and durability. In the present study the PEM fuel cell is exposed to 100 ppm of nitrogen dioxide in the airflow. Different methods for recovery of performance were tested; recovery during constant current load and by subjecting the cell to successive polarization curves. The results showed that the successive polarization curves are the best choice for recovery. However, recovery at low current density and high potential is also a good alternative.
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- Ajpi, Cesario, et al.
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Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of poly[tris(mu(4)-benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato)tetrakis(di-methylformamide)tr inickel(II)] : a two-dimensional coordination network
- 2019
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Ingår i: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications. - : International Union of Crystallography. - 2056-9890. ; 75, s. 1839-1843
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ni-3(C8H4O4)(3)(C3H7NO)(4)], is a two-dimensional coordination network formed by trinuclear linear Ni-3(tp)(3)(DMF)(4) units (tp = terephthalate = benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate and DMF = dimethyl-formamide) displaying a characteristic coordination mode of acetate groups in polynuclear metal-organic compounds. Individual trinuclear units are connected through tp anions in a triangular network that forms layers. One of the DMF ligands points outwards and provides interactions with equivalent planes above and below, leaving the second ligand in a structural void much larger than the DMF molecule, which shows positional disorder. Parallel planes are connected mainly through weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O, H center dot center dot center dot H and H center dot center dot center dot C interactions between DMF molecules, as shown by Hirshfeld surface analysis.
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- Ajpi Condori, Cesario, 1978-
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Hybrid materials for lithium-ion batteries
- 2022
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Lithium‐ion batteries are the most important power source for electronic devices as electronics, storage and the different electric vehicles. The research and development of new materials for different applications has increased, especially in the development of materials with better electrochemical properties (Specific capacity, rate capability, high energy density and cyclability). Inorganic materials such as LiFePO4, LiMn2O4 and organic materials such as Li4C6O6, quinones and anthraquinones, polyaniline (PANI) and others have been extensively studied. Improvement of the electrochemical properties involve different aspects as: control in the particle size of the materials, doping with other elements and the combination of the different properties of the organic an inorganic materials. The development of hybrids materials with improved electrochemical properties need a combination between of inorganic and organic structures. This type of hybrids materials are a very attractive option for the development of advanced materials. For the design of this type of hybrid materials it is necessary to form interactions between the inorganic and organic part (supramolecular chemistry). This opens up for using an immense amount of organic materials such as conductive polymers and PANI (Polyaniline) are attractive alternatives in the development of hybrid materials due to their excellent electronic conductivity. Other attractive types of hybrid materials are compounds based on metal-organic frameworks (MOF), coordination polymers (CP) and coordination networks (CN).This thesis work is focused in the synthesis, structural characterization and electrochemical characterization of two groups of hybrid materials: 1) LiFePO4-PANI synthetized by different methods.2) Metal-organic compounds M-BDC-DMF with M=Ni2+, Fe2+, C8H4O2=Terephthalate=BDC=Benzene dicarboxylate, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide.The materials were synthesized by chemical oxidation methods combined with thermal treatment (LiFePO4-PANI-Li hybrid powder) and by solvothermal methods (M-BDC-DMF). The materials were characterized by SCXRD, PXRD, FTIR, SEM and electrochemical methods and the electrochemical characterization was carried out using CV, EIS and galvanostatics methods. The specific capacities of PANI was 95 mAh/g, of LiFePO4 was 120 mAh/g and of LiFePO4-PANI was 145 mAh/g at 0.1C. At 2C the capacity of LiFePO4 was 70 mAh/g and LiFePO4-PANI was 100 mAh/g. The specific capacities of Ni3(C8H4O4)3(C3H7NO)4 is ~50 mAh/g and Fe-BDC-DMF was ~175 mAh/g. The work has shown that PANI can improve the performance of LFP also at higher discharges rates. For M-BDC-DMF stability seems to be an issue which should be studied more in the future.
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- Ajpi Condori, Cesario, et al.
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Synthesis and Characterization of LiFePO4-PANI Hybrid Material as Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- 2020
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Ingår i: Materials. - : MDPI AG. - 1996-1944. ; 13:12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This work focuses on the synthesis of LiFePO4-PANI hybrid materials and studies their electrochemical properties (capacity, cyclability and rate capability) for use in lithium ion batteries. PANI synthesis and optimization was carried out by chemical oxidation (self-assembly process), using ammonium persulfate (APS) and H3PO4, obtaining a material with a high degree of crystallinity. For the synthesis of the LiFePO4-PANI hybrid, a thermal treatment of LiFePO(4)particles was carried out in a furnace with polyaniline (PANI) and lithium acetate (AcOLi)-coated particles, using Ar/H(2)atmosphere. The pristine and synthetized powders were characterized by XRD, SEM, IR and TGA. The electrochemical characterizations were carried out by using CV, EIS and galvanostatic methods, obtaining a capacity of 95 mAhg(-1)for PANI, 120 mAhg(-1)for LiFePO(4)and 145 mAhg(-1)for LiFePO4-PANI, at a charge/discharge rate of 0.1 C. At a charge/discharge rate of 2 C, the capacities were 70 mAhg(-1)for LiFePO(4)and 100 mAhg(-1)for LiFePO4-PANI, showing that the PANI also had a favorable effect on the rate capability.
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- Ajpi Condori, Cesario, et al.
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Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of Fe3+-BDC metal organic framework as material for lithium ion batteries
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Molecular Structure. - : Elsevier B.V.. - 0022-2860 .- 1872-8014. ; 1272
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This work presents synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a new metal-organic framework (MOF). The compound Fe-BDC-DMF was synthetized by the solvothermal method and prepared via a reaction between FeCl3.6H2O and benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (H2BDC) or terephthalic acid using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent. The powder was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) analysis. The electrochemical properties were investigated in a typical lithium-ion battery electrolyte by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and galvanostatic charging and discharging. The synthetized Fe-BDC-DMF metal-organic framework (MOF) contains a mixture of three phases, identified by PXRD as: MOF-235, and MIL-53(Fe) monoclinic with C2/c and P21/c space groups. The structure of the Fe-BDC is built up from Fe3+ ions, terephalates (BDC) bridges and in-situ-generated DMF ligands. The electrochemical measurements conducted in the potential range of 0.5–3.5 V vs. Li+/Li0 show the voltage profiles of Fe-BDC and a plateau capacity of around 175 mAh/g. © 2022 The Author(s)
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- Ajpi Condori, Cesario, et al.
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Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of NiII coordination network : Poly-[tris(µ4-Benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato)-tetrakis(µ1-dimethylformamide-κ1O)-trinickel(II)] as material for lithium ion batteries
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Molecular Structure. - : Elsevier B.V.. - 0022-2860 .- 1872-8014. ; 1265
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The compound Ni3(C8H4O4)3(C3H7NO)3, poly-[tris(µ4-Benzene-1,4-dicarboxylato)-tetrakis(µ1-dimethylformamide-κ1O)-trinickel(II)], was synthesized by the solvothermal method prepared via reaction between NiCl2•6H2O and terephthalic acid using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent. The structure was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy analyses. The electrochemical properties as a potential active material in lithium-ion batteries were characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic charge-discharge curves in a battery half-cell. The characterization results show that the coordination network contains one independent structure in the asymmetric unit. It is constructed from Ni2+ ions, terephthalate bridges and in-situ-generated DMF ligands, forming two similar two-dimensional (2D) layer structures. These similar 2D layers are in an alternating arrangement and are linked with each other by dense H—H interactions (45%) to generate a three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular framework with ordered and disordered DMF molecules. The electrochemical measurements, conducted in the potential range of 0.5–3.5 V vs Li/Li+, show that Ni3(C8H4O4)3(C3H7NO)4 has good electrochemical properties and can work as anode in lithium-ion batteries. The material presents an initial specific capacity of ∼420 mAh g−1, which drops during consecutive scans but stabilizes at ∼50 mAh g−1. However, due to the wide potential range there are indications of a gradual collapse of the structure. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy shows an increase of charge transfer resistance from 24 to 1190 Ohms after cycling likely due to this collapse.
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- Andersson, Malin, et al.
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Electrochemical model-based aging-adaptive fast charging of automotive lithium-ion cells
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Fast charging of electric vehicles remains a compromise between charging time and degradation penalty. Conventional battery management systems use experience-based charging protocols that are expected to meet vehicle lifetime goals. Novel electrochemical model-based battery fast charging uses a model to observe internal battery states. This enables control of charging rates based on states such as the lithium-plating potential but relies on an accurate model as well as accurate model parameters. However, the impact of battery degradation on the model’s accuracy and therefore the fitness of the estimated optimal charging procedure is often not considered. In this work, we therefore investigate electrochemical model-based aging-adaptive fast charging of automotive lithium-ion cells. First, an electrochemical model is identified at the beginning of life for 6 automotive prototype cells and the electrochemically constrained fast-charge is designed. The model parameters are then periodically re-evaluated during a cycling study and the charging procedure is updated to account for cell degradation. The proposed method is compared with two reference protocols to investigate both the effectiveness of selected electrochemical constraints as well as the benefit of aging-adaptive usage. Finally, post-mortem characterization is presented to highlight the benefit of aging-adaptive battery utilization.
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