In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy along with electrochemical measurements (CV and RDE) and previously published EQCN data provide further understanding of the nature of chloride poisoning on different faces/ sites of carbon supported platinum clusters (1-2 nm) in acidic medium (HClO4). Chloride is shown to adsorb in 3-fold sites on the Pt(111) faces at the investigated Clconcentrations (10-...

A possible mechanism of the formation of spongy zinc electrodeposits is considered. The confirmation of the proposed semiquantitative mathematical model is performed in zinc electrodeposition onto copper wire from a 0.1 M zincate solution in 1.0 M KOH at room temperature. It was shown by SEM analysis of the deposit that the spongy growth was caused by mass transfer limitations under low nucleat...

Transient analytical solutions are presented for the overpotential and the voltage for a porous electrode that includes both double-layer charging and a faradaic reaction. In addition, a simplified dynamic model is developed for the same process based on a second order, three-parameter polynomial approximate model. The effects of the parameters such as dimensionless exchange current density, co...

Front cover image: Lithium sulfide (Li2S)-based Li-S battery is a promising candidate for next-generation batteries. However, the insulating Li2S requires high overpotential its first activation and so far, therefore, it rarely reported to achieve long-life batteries in loading. In article number cey2.308, Kim et al. propose high-loading, energy, cathode featuring three-dimensional (3D) uniform...

For the first time, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalytic performances of incompressible γ-Mo0.5W0.5C, prepared by high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) synthesis, were investigated in the electrolyte. The polarization curve of the γ-Mo0.5W0.5C cathode exhibits the current density of 50 mA·cm−2 at an overpotential value of 320 mV. The corresponding Tafel slope of the incompres...

Indicating the imminent battery depletion of wireless sensor nodes is beneficial for many applications. But corresponding depth of discharge estimation approaches are either complex, constraint or rather imprecise. We present, implement and evaluate a novel approach which is to observe the battery’s overpotential — the change of the voltage under a load in comparison to the unloaded battery — w...