关于熵判据、亥姆霍兹函数判据和吉布斯函数判据的讨论

通过理论推导和举出反例的方法,指出了熵增原理的应用限制。对亥姆霍兹函数判据和吉布斯函数判据也提出了应延伸其外延的教学建议。     

固液界面双电层的理论计算模拟

固液界面双电层在电化学中处于核心地位. 如何发展一个理论方法,在该方法的框架下计算双电层的平衡性质和动力学性质一直以来都是理论研究的难点和热点. 本文总结了最近十几年第一性原理计算方法在计算双电层平衡性质和电催化反应的进展,如热力学方法、反应中心模型以及双参考方法. 并进一步详细地阐述了基于周期性均匀介质溶剂化模型 ( DFT/CM-MPB)对于固液界面双电层的研究,该方法能够计算双电层的平衡性质(零电荷电势和微分电容)和表面相图,在此基础上能深入研究基元反应的电荷转移系数,并结合微观动力学推导出宏观的Tafel(电流-电势)曲线. 并列举了该方法对于重要电化学反应(如氢电极反应)的应用实例.     

固-液金属界面上金属间化合物的非平衡生长

钎焊过程是一些液态的低熔点金属合金（钎料）与过渡金属（引线）在钎焊温度下相互作用,冷却后形成电路接头的过程[1],其间,金属间化合物生长和存在的特征,极大地影响钎焊接头的强度,抗蠕变性,抗腐蚀性和可焊性,本文拟以纯液态金属与固体金属的快速反应来观察金属间化合物的生长,从而阐述钎焊过程的特征。     

四氢呋喃预处理对吡咯修饰金属锂电极性能的影响

采用四氢呋喃对金属锂电极进行预处理, 以减少电极表面杂质和吡咯化锂钝化膜形成过程中产生的气体, 从而提高电极表面钝化膜的致密性和电极的充放电循环性能. 实验结果表明: 采用四氢呋喃对金属锂电极预处理后, 电极表面杂质显著减少, 能在电极表面形成一层更加均匀而致密的吡咯化锂钝化膜. 该钝化膜使得电极界面阻抗降低, 界面稳定, 金属锂溶解沉积过程的可逆性增加. 金属锂呈“海绵”状均匀沉积, 有效抑制或减少了锂枝晶或“死锂”的产生, 提高了金属锂的循环效率.     

固液界面纳米气泡的研究进展

根据经典热力学理论,在水中纳米级的气泡难以长期稳定存在.近年来却有大量的实验结果表明固液界面存在纳米气泡,原子力显微镜也直接观察到了纳米气泡.有关纳米气泡的研究具有巨大的理论和实际意义,它对表面科学、流体动力学、生物科学以及一些应用领域都有深远的影响.纳米气泡会引起流体在界面的滑移,减少流动阻力,并与表面粘附、胶体分散、矿石浮选、废渣处理等方面密切相关.目前关于纳米气泡的研究才刚刚开始,对于它的基本物化性质的了解还不多,但其重要性已经引起相关领域的极大关注.本文综述了从提出纳米气泡存在一直到实验证明的过程、纳米气泡的形成机制和形貌、分布特征等基本性质以及纳米气泡的存在对疏水长程作用和流体滑移的影响,并阐述了生物学中一些与纳米气泡存在有关的问题.     

固-液界面上的吸附膜

利用Gibbs吸附公式处理了硅胶自四氯化碳和环己烷中吸附脂肪醇、环己醇、苯甲醛、苯甲醚、乙酸丙酯的实验结果,得到吸附膜的表面压(π)和分子面积(A)的关系曲线,这些曲线均可用描述不溶物液态扩张膜的Smith方程描述。文中对所得结果给出了初步的解释。     

氨基酸在固/液界面的吸附作用

本文介绍了氨基酸在固/液界面吸附等温线的特点,氨基酸液相吸附热力学和活性炭、硅胶、二氧化钛、氧化铝、蒙脱土等自水中吸附氨基酸的机制。     

光谱法在表面活性剂固/液界面吸附层性质研究中的应用

本文综述了近些年来荧光光谱法、顺磁共振（ＥＳＲ）光谱法和核磁共振（ＮＭＲ）光谱法在表面活性剂固／液界面吸附研究,尤其是吸附层性质研究中的应用。光谱法是研究吸附层性质的有效手段     

固液界面光催化裂解水的理论进展

二氧化钛纳米颗粒作为一种光催化剂,目前已经得到了广泛的应用,但是对于光催化反应的理解,尤其是在原子水平上,还明显不足,如TiO₂纳米颗粒的几何结构与光催化反应活性的构效关系。本文主要介绍了我们课题组在TiO₂裂解水的一些理论研究进展。通过周期性密度泛函以及周期性连续介质模型的理论计算,我们研究了水析氧反应(OER)的机理,得出了反应的决速步骤是失去第一个质子的过程,同时研究了不同纳米颗粒对该决速步骤的影响。研究指出,TiO₂纳米颗粒的热力学平衡构型在1-30nm内会受到其颗粒尺寸的显著影响;尖的TiO₂纳米颗粒比扁的颗粒具有更高的OER反应活性。综合以上两个因素,最终导致了光催化反应的形态依赖性。     

仿生表面液固界面摩擦力的动态调控

仿生超疏水材料在自清洁、防雾抗冰、油水分离、集水等领域有着重要应用;而在不同疏水状态之间的转换将大大促进仿生超疏水材料在智能技术领域的应用.利用软印刷技术将玫瑰花表面微观结构转印到聚氨酯弹性体PU膜表面,利用机械应力实现表面微结构的动态实时调控,实现了表面微观结构在各向同性与各向异性之间的可逆转换;利用毛细管投影传感技...     

A Flexible Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Long‐Life Lithium Metal Anodes

Lithium (Li) metal is a promising anode material for high‐energy density batteries. However, the unstable and static solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) can be destroyed by the dynamic Li plating/stripping behavior on the Li anode surface, leading to side reactions and Li dendrites growth. Herein, we design a smart Li polyacrylic acid (LiPAA) SEI layer high elasticity to address the dynamic Li plating/stripping processes by self‐adapting interface regulation, which is demonstrated by in situ AFM. With the high binding ability and excellent stability of the LiPAA polymer, the smart SEI can significantly reduce the side reactions and improve battery safety markedly. Stable cycling of 700 h is achieved in the LiPAA‐Li/LiPAA‐Li symmetrical cell. The innovative strategy of self‐adapting SEI design is broadly applicable, providing opportunities for use in Li metal anodes     

A Sustainable Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High-Energy-Density Lithium Metal Batteries Under Practical Conditions

High-energy-density Li metal batteries suffer from a short lifespan under practical conditions, such as limited lithium, high loading cathode, and lean electrolytes, owing to the absence of appropriate solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, a sustainable SEI was designed rationally by combining fluorinated co-solvents with sustained-release additives for practical challenges. The intrinsic uniformity of SEI and the constant supplements of building blocks of SEI jointly afford to sustainable SEI. Specific spatial distributions and abundant heterogeneous grain boundaries of LiF, LiN_xO_y, and Li₂O effectively regulate uniformity of Li deposition. In a Li metal battery with an ultrathin Li anode (33 μm), a high-loading LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ cathode (4.4 mAh cm⁻²), and lean electrolytes (6.1 g Ah⁻¹), 83 % of initial capacity retains after 150 cycles. A pouch cell (3.5 Ah) demonstrated a specific energy of 340 Wh kg⁻¹ for 60 cycles with lean electrolytes (2.3 g Ah⁻¹).     

Directing (110) Oriented Lithium Deposition through High-flux Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Dendrite-free Lithium Metal Batteries

Controlling lithium (Li) electrocrystallization with preferred orientation is a promising strategy to realize highly reversible Li metal batteries (LMBs) but lack of facile regulation methods. Herein, we report a high-flux solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) strategy to direct (110) preferred Li deposition even on (200)-orientated Li substrate. Bravais rule and Curie-Wulff principle are expanded in Li electrocrystallization process to decouple the relationship between SEI engineering and preferred crystal orientation. Multi-spectroscopic techniques combined with dynamics analysis reveal that the high-flux CF₃Si(CH₃)₃ (F₃) induced SEI (F₃-SEI) with high LiF and −Si(CH₃)₃ contents can ingeniously accelerate Li⁺ transport dynamics and ensure the sufficient Li⁺ concentration below SEI to direct Li (110) orientation. The induced Li (110) can in turn further promote the surface migration of Li atoms to avoid tip aggregation, resulting in a planar, dendrite-free morphology of Li. As a result, our F₃-SEI enables ultra-long stability of Li||Li symmetrical cells for more than 336 days. Furthermore, F₃-SEI modified Li can significantly enhance the cycle life of Li||LiFePO₄ and Li||NCM811 coin and pouch full cells in practical conditions. Our crystallographic strategy for Li dendrite suppression paves a path to achieve reliable LMBs and may provide guidance for the preferred orientation of other metal crystals.     

Effects of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Components on the Reduction of LiFSI over Lithium Metal

The use of a lithium metal anode still presents a challenging chemistry and engineering problem that holds back next generation lithium battery technology. One of the issues facing lithium metal is the presence of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that forms on the electrode creating a variety of chemical species that change the properties of the electrode and is closely related to the formation and growth of lithium dendrites. In order to advance the scientific progress of lithium metal more must be understood about the fundamentals of the SEI. One property of the SEI that is particularly critical is the passivating behavior of the different SEI components. This property is critical to the continued formation of SEI and stability of the electrolyte and electrode. Here we report the investigation of the passivation behavior of Li₂O, Li₂CO_3, LiF and LiOH with the lithium salt LiFSI. We used large computational chemistry models that are able to capture the lithium/SEI interface as well as the SEI/electrolyte interface. We determined that LiF and Li₂CO₃ are the most passivating of the SEI layers, followed by LiOH and Li₂O. These results match previous studies of other Li salts and provide further examination of LiFSI reduction.     

Reforming the Uniformity of Solid Electrolyte Interphase by Nanoscale Structure Regulation for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

The stability of high-energy-density lithium metal batteries depends on the uniformity of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on lithium metal anodes. Rationally improving SEI uniformity is hindered by poorly understanding the effect of structure and components of SEI on its uniformity. Herein, a bilayer structure of SEI formed by isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) additives in localized high-concentration electrolytes was demonstrated to improve SEI uniformity. In the bilayer SEI, LiN_xO_y generated by ISDN occupies top layer and LiF dominates bottom layer next to anode. The uniformity of lithium deposition is remarkably improved with the bilayer SEI, mitigating the consumption rate of active lithium and electrolytes. The cycle life of lithium metal batteries with bilayer SEI is three times as that with common anion-derived SEI under practical conditions. A prototype lithium metal pouch cell of 430 Wh kg⁻¹ undergoes 173 cycles. This work demonstrates the effect of a reasonable structure of SEI on reforming SEI uniformity.     

Significant Strain Dissipation via Stiff-Tough Solid Electrolyte Interphase Design for Highly Stable Alloying Anodes

The pulverization of alloying anodes significantly restricts their use in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This study presents a dual-phase solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) design that incorporates finely dispersed Al nanoparticles within the LiPON matrix. This distinctive dual-phase structure imparts high stiffness and toughness to the integrated SEI film. In comparison to single-phase LiPON film, the optimized Al/LiPON dual-phase SEI film demonstrates a remarkable increase in fracture toughness by 317.8 %, while maintaining stiffness, achieved through the substantial dissipation of strain energy. Application of the dual-phase SEI film on an Al anode leads to a 450 % enhancement in cycling stability for lithium storage in dual-ion batteries. A similar enhancement in cycling stability for silicon anodes, which face severe volume expansion issues, is also observed, demonstrating the broad applicability of the dual-phase SEI design. Specifically, homogeneous Li−Al alloying has been observed in conventional LIBs, even when paired with a high mass loading LiNi_0.5Co_0.3Mn_0.2O₂ cathode (7 mg cm⁻²). The dual-phase SEI film design can also accelerate the diffusion kinetics of Li-ions through interface electronic structure regulation. This dual-phase design can integrate stiffness and toughness into a single SEI film, providing a pathway to enhance both the structural stability and rate capability of alloying anodes.     

原子力显微镜在锂离子电池界面研究中的应用

近几年,电动汽车市场的飞速发展对锂离子电池的能量密度和安全性提出了更高的要求. 然而,过去近30年,在应用终端市场的大力推动下,锂离子电池的电极材料、电池结构设计和生产工艺都已经发展得比较成熟,容量提升空间已经比较小,想要进一步提高现有锂离子电池的能量密度,需要对锂离子电池的整个系统和工作原理有更深刻和全面的理解. 存在于锂离子电池电极材料和电解液之间的固态电解质中间相（solid electrolyte interphase,SEI）已被证明是一个影响电池性能的重要因素,目前学术界和产业界对其认识还不是很全面,尤其是高分辨、工况下以及多技术联合的界面表征工作较少见到报道. 原子力显微镜（atomic force microscopy,AFM）通过探测针尖与样品之间的相互作用力,能够在原子尺度上原位表征液态电池界面的形貌以及力学特性,对于电极界面的理解和调控非常重要. 本文作者通过总结近几年AFM在锂离子电池SEI研究的中的应用,并结合本课题组在该领域的工作,对AFM技术在锂离子电池SEI研究中的应用做了总结和展望,对加深锂离子电池界面的理解,以及构建稳定锂电池界面的相关研究有参考意义.     

A Sustainable Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High‐Energy‐Density Lithium Metal Batteries Under Practical Conditions

High‐energy‐density Li metal batteries suffer from a short lifespan under practical conditions, such as limited lithium, high loading cathode, and lean electrolytes, owing to the absence of appropriate solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, a sustainable SEI was designed rationally by combining fluorinated co‐solvents with sustained‐release additives for practical challenges. The intrinsic uniformity of SEI and the constant supplements of building blocks of SEI jointly afford to sustainable SEI. Specific spatial distributions and abundant heterogeneous grain boundaries of LiF, LiN_xO_y, and Li₂O effectively regulate uniformity of Li deposition. In a Li metal battery with an ultrathin Li anode (33 μm), a high‐loading LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ cathode (4.4 mAh cm^?2), and lean electrolytes (6.1 g Ah^?1), 83 % of initial capacity retains after 150 cycles. A pouch cell (3.5 Ah) demonstrated a specific energy of 340 Wh kg^?1 for 60 cycles with lean electrolytes (2.3 g Ah^?1).