Decouple charge transfer reactions in the Li-ion battery

In the development of Li-ion batteries(LIBs)with high energy/power density,long cycle-life,fast charging,and high safety,an insight into charge transfer reactions is required.Although electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS)is regarded as a powerful diagnosis tool,it is not a direct but an indirect measurement.With respect to this,some critical questions need to be answered:(i)why EIS can reflect the kinetics of charge transfer reactions;(ii)what the inherent logical relationship between impedance models under different physical scenes is;(iii)how charge transfer reactions compete with each other at multiple scales.This work aims at answering these questions via developing a theory framework so as to mitigate the blindness and uncertainty in unveiling charge transfer reactions in LIBs.To systematically answer the above questions,this article is organized into a three-in-one(review,tutorial,and research)type and the following contributions are made:(i)a brief review is given for impedance model development of the LIBs over the past half century;(ii)an open source code toolbox is developed based on the unified impedance model;(iii)the competive mechanisms of charge transfer reactions are unveiled based on the developed EIS-Toolbox@LIB.This work not only clarifies theoretical fundamentals,but also provides an easy-to-use open source code for EIS-Toolbox@LIB to optimize fast charge/discharge,mitigate cycle aging,and improve energy/power density.

PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER REACTION OF BENZOPHENONE WITH AMINE IN VESICLES

Photoinduced charge transfer reaction of benzophenone(BP) with, mine was carried out in the vesicles of dicetyldimethylammonium bromide (DCDAB) over wide ranges of amine concentration (0. 01～4. 0M). Linear plots of φ^(-1) vs. [TEA]^(-1) at low concentration of amine (<0.02M) and Φ^(-1) vs. [TEA]^(-2) at high concentration were obtained. Kinetic data demonstrate that the electron transfer is promoted significantly by DCDAB vesicles and proton transfer becomes more efficient at high Rmlne concentrations, leading to a decrease of Kd/Kr and increase of Kh/Ke. The kinetic expressions of photoreaction of BP bound to DCDAB bilayer are developed.

Application of charge transfer reaction in the pharmaceutical analysis——Determination of chlorhexidine acetate

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of chlorhexidine acetate is described. The reaction between chlorhexidine acetate and chloranil took place in an alcohol-acetone solution at room temperature. The composition of the charge transfer complex is 1:2. Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range of 15–270 μg·mL?1 with correlation coefficient 0.9995. The apparent molar absorptivity is 2.21 × 103 L·mol?1·cm?1 at 412 nm. The method is accurate (with a recovery af 100 ± 1.6% ) and precise (RSD =1.0%). It was successfully applied to determine chlorhexidine acetate in suppository or disinfectant solution.