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Paolo Giusto

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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)@mpici.bsky.social · last yr.

Our scientists decoded how #sodium is stored in battery anodes: ❌it doesn't intercalate btw material layers ✅it follows a 3-stage process inside hard carbon In perspective: + efficient #anode materials based on hard #carbon for optimized 🔋 performance #energystorage #chemsky tinyurl.com/kev2jun5

An enhanced three-stage model for sodium storage in hard carbons

A comprehensive understanding of the sodium storage mechanism in hard carbons is essential for developing more efficient anode materials and improving the electrochemical performance of sodium-ion bat...

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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)@mpici.bsky.social · last yr.

Great to have our alumnus, Prof. Manny Shalom (Ben-Gurion Univ.), share how he tackles #energy conversion & storage: – strategies for generating polymeric #CarbonNitride films – rational synthesis of transition metals – advances in zinc-air #batteries, peroxide-based & alkaline water electrolyzers

Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)@mpici.bsky.social · 2y ago

How do water molecules interact w. #CarbonNitride in #ArtificialPhotosynthesis❓ & how can fine-tuning the surface chemistry of catalysts achieve #CleanFuels (like #hydrogen) in the future❓ @natureportfolio.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44d7hfx6

Carbon nitride caught in the act of artificial photosynthesis - Nature Communications

In-situ monitoring of artificial photosynthesis with carbon nitride thin films reveal the critical role of surface interactions which alter surface electron density and electronic properties and facil...

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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI)@mpici.bsky.social · 2y ago

Inspired by #Staudinger: #carbon materials for 🔋sodium ion #batteries 🔋 w. controlled properties from highly reactive &electron-rich #ketenes. Applications: #energyStorage + conversion, water filtration, environmental remediation #chemsky @angewandtechemie.bsky.social tinyurl.com/m2rj67dj

Reductive Carbon Materials: Tailoring Chemistry and Electronic Properties to Improve Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Ketenes are electron-rich and highly reactive molecules that are widely used in organic chemistry. Here, electron-rich ketenes are used to synthesize reductive carbon materials, which are carbon mate...

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