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Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires

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Kim, MJ; Cruz, MA; Yang, F; Wiley, BJ
Published in: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
August 1, 2019

Scalable, solution-phase syntheses of metal nanowires are enabling their increased use in electrochemical processes. This review highlights recent results demonstrating how metal nanowires can exhibit better durability and higher activity than traditional metal nanoparticle electrocatalysts on carbon supports. Metal nanowires can also form interconnected two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3D) networks that eliminate the need for a carbon support, thus eliminating the detrimental effects of carbon corrosion. Porous 3D networks of nanowires can be used as flow-through electrodes with the highest specific surface areas and mass transport coefficients obtained to date, enabling dramatic increases in the productivity of electrochemical reactions. Nanowire networks are also serving as 3D current collectors that improve the capacity of batteries. The tunable surface structure and dimensions of metal nanowires offer researchers a new opportunity to create electrodes that are tailored from the atomic scale to the microscale to improve electrochemical performance.

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Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

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2451-9111

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2451-9103

Publication Date

August 1, 2019

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16

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19 / 27
 

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Kim, M. J., Cruz, M. A., Yang, F., & Wiley, B. J. (2019). Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 16, 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2019.03.005
Kim, M. J., M. A. Cruz, F. Yang, and B. J. Wiley. “Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires.” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 16 (August 1, 2019): 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2019.03.005.
Kim MJ, Cruz MA, Yang F, Wiley BJ. Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2019 Aug 1;16:19–27.
Kim, M. J., et al. “Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires.” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, vol. 16, Aug. 2019, pp. 19–27. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2019.03.005.
Kim MJ, Cruz MA, Yang F, Wiley BJ. Accelerating electrochemistry with metal nanowires. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2019 Aug 1;16:19–27.

Published In

Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

DOI

EISSN

2451-9111

ISSN

2451-9103

Publication Date

August 1, 2019

Volume

16

Start / End Page

19 / 27