Bio-Inspired Submicron Electrodes

2003 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Stanish ◽  
Daniel A. Lowy ◽  
Alok Singh
Keyword(s):  
Electrode Surface ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Charge Storage ◽  
Electroactive Material ◽  
Electron Coupling ◽  
Strong Potential ◽  
Electrical Potentials ◽  
Submicron Scale ◽  
Potential Gradients

AbstractImmobilized polymerized electroactive vesicles (IPEVs) are submicron biocapsules capable of storing charge in confined environments and chemisorbing on surfaces. Methods to immobilize stable submicron sized electroactive vesicles and the means to measure electroactivity of IPEVs at nanolevels have been demonstrated. IPEVs can withstand steep potential gradients applied across their membrane, maintain their structural integrity against surfaces poised at high/low electrical potentials, retain electroactive material over several days, and reversibly mediate (within the membrane) electron flow between the electrode surface and vesicle interior. IPEVs have strong potential to be used for charge storage and electron coupling applications that operate on the submicron scale and smaller.

scholarly journals Operando surface science methodology reveals surface effect in charge storage electrodes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Yanxiao Ning ◽  
Haibo Huang ◽  
Shiwen Li ◽  
Chuanhai Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Science ◽  
Electrode Surface ◽  
Surface Effect ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Surface Region ◽  
Charge Storage ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Graphite Cathode ◽  
Surface And Interface ◽  
Science Methodology

Abstract Surface and interface play critical roles in energy storage devices, calling for operando characterization techniques to probe the electrified surfaces/interfaces. In this work, surface science methodology including electron spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopy has been successfully applied to visualize electrochemical processes at operating electrode surfaces in an Al/graphite model battery. Intercalation of anions together with cations is directly observed in surface region of the graphite electrode with tens of nanometers thickness, whose concentration is amazingly one order higher than that in bulk. An intercalation pseudocapacitance mechanism and a double specific capacity in the electrode surface region are expected based on the super-dense intercalants and anion/cation co-intercalation, which are in sharp contrast with the battery-like mechanism in the electrode bulk. The distinct electrochemical mechanism at electrode surface is well verified by performance tests of real battery devices, showing that surface-dominant nanometer thick graphite cathode outperforms bulk-dominant micrometer thick graphite cathode. Our findings highlight the important surface effect of working electrodes in charge storage systems.

Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived amorphous nickel boride: an electroactive material for electrochemical energy conversion and storage application

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1184-1193
Author(s):  
Rajat K. Tripathy ◽  
Aneeya K. Samantara ◽  
J. N. Behera
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Metal Organic Framework ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Charge Storage ◽  
Nickel Boride ◽  
Electroactive Material ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
And Storage

A single step redox approach that transformed the crystalline Ni-MOF to amorphous nickel boride (NiB) nanostructures showed excellent electrocatalytic (oxygen evolution reaction; OER) and charge storage (supercapacitor) performances.

scholarly journals Dynamic modeling of a microbial fuel cell considering anodic electron flow and electrical charge storage

2017 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 507-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Do Park ◽  
Timberley M. Roane ◽  
Zhiyong Jason Ren ◽  
Muhannad Alaraj
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Dynamic Modeling ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Electrical Charge ◽  
Charge Storage

Electron Beam Damage of Biomolecules Assessed by Energy Loss Spectroscopy

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
M. Isaacson ◽  
M.L. Collins ◽  
M. Listvan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Analytical Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Analytical Electron ◽  
Atom Migration ◽  
Beam Damage

Over the past five years it has become evident that radiation damage provides the fundamental limit to the study of blomolecular structure by electron microscopy. In some special cases structural determinations at very low doses can be achieved through superposition techniques to study periodic (Unwin & Henderson, 1975) and nonperiodic (Saxton & Frank, 1977) specimens. In addition, protection methods such as glucose embedding (Unwin & Henderson, 1975) and maintenance of specimen hydration at low temperatures (Taylor & Glaeser, 1976) have also shown promise. Despite these successes, the basic nature of radiation damage in the electron microscope is far from clear. In general we cannot predict exactly how different structures will behave during electron Irradiation at high dose rates. Moreover, with the rapid rise of analytical electron microscopy over the last few years, nvicroscopists are becoming concerned with questions of compositional as well as structural integrity. It is important to measure changes in elemental composition arising from atom migration in or loss from the specimen as a result of electron bombardment.

Structural integrity after cold storage of human epidermal model in hypothermosol: A correlative ultrastructural and fluorescent assay

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 270-271
Author(s):  
Henry H. Eichelberger ◽  
John G. Baust ◽  
Robert G. Van Buskirk
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Cell Structure ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Sodium Cacodylate ◽  
Ruthenium Tetroxide ◽  
Cacodylate Buffer ◽  
Before And After

For research in cell differentiation and in vitro toxicology it is essential to provide a natural state of cell structure as a benchmark for interpreting results. Hypothermosol (Cryomedical Sciences, Rockville, MD) has proven useful in insuring the viability of synthetic human epidermis during cold-storage and in maintaining the epidermis’ ability to continue to differentiate following warming.Human epidermal equivalent, EpiDerm (MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA) consisting of fully differentiated stratified human epidermal cells were grown on a microporous membrane. EpiDerm samples were fixed before and after cold-storage (4°C) for 5 days in Hypothermosol or skin culture media (MatTek Corporation) and allowed to recover for 7 days at 37°C. EpiDerm samples were fixed 1 hour in 2.5% glutaraldehyde in sodium cacodylate buffer (pH 7.2). A secondary fixation with 0.2% ruthenium tetroxide (Polysciences, Inc., Warrington, PA) in sodium cacodylate was carried out for 3 hours at 4°C. Other samples were similarly fixed, but with 1% Osmium tetroxide in place of ruthenium tetroxide. Samples were dehydrated through a graded acetone series, infiltrated with Spurrs resin (Polysciences Inc.) and polymerized at 70°C.

High-Resolution electron crystallography of the light-harvesting chlorophyll-a/b protein complex from chloroplast membranes

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 610-610
Author(s):  
Werner Kühlbrandt ◽  
Da Neng Wang ◽  
K.H. Downing
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Protein Complex ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Lhc Ii ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Difference Fourier ◽  
2D Crystals

The light-harvesting chlorophyll-a/b protein complex (LHC-II) is the most abundant membrane protein in the chloroplasts of green plants where it functions as a molecular antenna of solar energy for photosynthesis. We have grown two-dimensional (2d) crystals of the purified, detergent-solubilized LHC-II . The crystals which measured 5 to 10 μm in diameter were stabilized for electron microscopy by washing with a 0.5% solution of tannin. Electron diffraction patterns of untilted 2d crystals cooled to 130 K showed sharp spots to 3.1 Å resolution. Spot-scan images of 2d crystals were recorded at 160 K with the Berkeley microscope . Images of untilted crystals were processed, using the unbending procedure by Henderson et al . A projection map of the complex at 3.7Å resolution was generated from electron diffraction amplitudes and high-resolution phases obtained by image processing .A difference Fourier analysis with the same image phases and electron diffraction amplitudes recorded of frozen, hydrated specimens showed no significant differences in the 3.7Å projection map. Our tannin treatment therefore does not affect the structural integrity of the complex.

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