Publications by authors named "Kayla Mancini"
Article Synopsis
- Controlling the interface between electrodes and solutions is crucial for various applications like energy storage and sensing.
- Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with redox-active components are significant due to their ease of preparation and ability to present well-defined interfaces for photoelectrochemical studies.
- The study focuses on redox-active SAMs on semiconductor/metal electrodes, demonstrating that enhanced light exposure improves electron transfer kinetics, setting the stage for future research in sensing and electrocatalysis.
Here, we characterize the photovoltage of n-Si/Au light-addressable electrodes (LAEs) over a range of solution potentials from -1 to +1 V. We find that the n-Si/Au photoelectrodes show photovoltages consistent with a semiconductor/liquid junction in contrast to a buried junction, which opposes our previous understanding of how photovoltage originates in these sensors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDesigning an environment-friendly delamination process for an end-of-life (EoL) composite cathode is a crucial step in direct cathode recycling. In this study, the green solvent dimethyl isosorbide (DMI) is explored to extract cathode active materials (AMs) from the Al current collector dissolving the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binder. Mechanistic insight suggests that binder removal from the Al substrate proceeds reducing polymer interchain interaction through DMI penetrating into the PVDF crystalline region.
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