Liquid metals in catalysis for energy applications

K Zuraiqi, A Zavabeti, FM Allioux, J Tang, CK Nguyen… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
To keep up with the fast-paced transitioning of the global energy sector, which is constantly
thriving to enable reliable, economic, and sustainable energy production, catalysis research …

Light-controlled versatile manipulation of liquid metal droplets: a gateway to future liquid robots

H Ren, H Jin, J Shu, J Xie, E Wang, DA Ge… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The controlled actuation of liquid metal (LM) droplets has recently shown great potential in
developing smart actuating systems for applications in robotics. However, there is a lack of a …

Understanding and Expanding the Prospects for Electrosynthesis with Liquid Metal Electrodes

H Wu, JP Hazelnis, S Maldonado - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus This Account describes and summarizes the latest work from our laboratory on
developing and maturing strategies based on low-temperature liquid metals as reaction …

Role of chemisorbing species in growth at liquid metal-electrolyte interfaces revealed by in situ X-ray scattering

A Sartori, RP Giri, H Fujii, SC Hövelmann… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid interfaces offer intriguing possibilities for nanomaterials growth. Here,
fundamental interface-related mechanisms that control the growth behavior in these systems …

Metastable group IV allotropes and solid solutions: Nanoparticles and nanowires

S Barth, MS Seifner, S Maldonado - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the past decades, group IV nanowires and nanoparticles have been the subject of
extensive research. Beside tremendous progress in morphological control and integration in …

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Measurements of Ge Nanowire Synthesis with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets in Water

Q Cheek, E Fahrenkrug, S Hlynchuk, DH Alsem… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The growth of Ge nanowires in water inside a liquid transmission electron microscope (TEM)
holder has been demonstrated at room temperature. Each nanowire growth event was …

Critical Factors in the Growth of Hyperdoped Germanium Microwires by Electrochemical Liquid–Liquid–Solid Method

S Acharya, L Ma, S Maldonado - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Factors that affect crystalline growth of germanium (Ge) micro-and nanowires by the
electrochemical liquid–liquid solid (ec-LLS) method in water have been identified. Alloys of …

Electrochemical Synthesis and Application of Ge-Sn-O Nanostructures as Anodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries

IM Gavrilin, YO Kudryashova, MM Murtazin, II Tsiniaikin… - Applied Nano, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work demonstrates the possibility of electrochemical formation of Ge-Sn-O
nanostructures from aqueous solutions containing germanium dioxide and tin (II) chloride at …

Understanding Nucleation and Growth of Crystalline Germanium Through in-situ Studies of the ec-LLS Technique

Q Cheek - 2021 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The electrochemical liquid liquid solid (ec-LLS) technique is a novel method for the
synthesis of crystalline inorganic covalent semiconductor materials. The crux of the …

Influence of thermal treatment on the morphology and composition of Ge Nanowires

FS Lipilin, IM Gavrilin, AY Trifonov - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we studied influence of thermal treatment on the morphology and composition of
Ge nanowires (GeNW) obtained by electrochemical deposition using In nanoparticles. The …