Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Structure and nanostructure in ionic liquids

R Hayes, GG Warr, R Atkin - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of reactions and processes in solution, that is,
where liquids are used as solvents. 2, 3 The solvent is the (excess) liquid phase in which …

Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis

M Fan, JE Huang, RK Miao, Y Mao, P Ou, F Li, XY Li… - Nature Catalysis, 2023‏ - nature.com
Acidic electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) addresses CO2 loss and thus mitigates the
energy penalties associated with CO2 recovery; however, acidic CO2R suffers low …

Protons and hydroxide ions in aqueous systems

N Agmon, HJ Bakker, RK Campen… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding the structure and dynamics of water's constituent ions, proton and hydroxide,
has been a subject of numerous experimental and theoretical studies over the last century …

Proton-conductive metal-organic frameworks: Recent advances and perspectives

AL Li, Q Gao, J Xu, XH Bu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Over the past decades, research on proton-conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
has rapidly accelerated due to the importance of energy for modern society. This review …

Enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics using metadynamics, replica-exchange, and temperature-acceleration

C Abrams, G Bussi - Entropy, 2013‏ - mdpi.com
We review a selection of methods for performing enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics
simulations. We consider methods based on collective variable biasing and on tempering …

Light-enhanced blue energy generation using MoS2 nanopores

M Graf, M Lihter, D Unuchek, A Sarathy, JP Leburton… - Joule, 2019‏ - cell.com
Blue energy relies on the chemical potential difference between solutions of high and low
ionic concentrations, potentially providing an independent energy source at estuaries …

Polycarboxylate‐Templated Coordination Polymers: Role of Templates for Superprotonic Conductivities of up to 10−1 S cm−1

SM Elahi, S Chand, WH Deng, A Pal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Three coordination polymers (CPs) have been synthesized based on a [Co (bpy)(H2O) 4] 2+
chain (bpy= 4, 4′‐bipyridine) by a template approach. The frameworks are neutralized by …

Electrification at water–hydrophobe interfaces

J Nauruzbayeva, Z Sun, A Gallo Jr, M Ibrahim… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The mechanisms leading to the electrification of water when it comes in contact with
hydrophobic surfaces remains a research frontier in chemical science. A clear …

Aqueous proton transfer across single-layer graphene

JL Achtyl, RR Unocic, L Xu, Y Cai, M Raju… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Proton transfer across single-layer graphene proceeds with large computed energy barriers
and is therefore thought to be unfavourable at room temperature unless nanoscale holes or …