Browsing by Author "Kim, M"

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    A genetically engineered protein responsive to multiple stimuli
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-04-06) Dutta, NK; Truong, MY; Mayavan, S; Choudhury, NR; Elvin, CM; Kim, M; Knott, RB; Nairn, KM; Hill, AJ
    Smart protein: Careful design can yield novel biologically inspired materials that display advanced responsive behavior. A genetically engineered elastic protein displays both a lower and an upper critical solution temperature (LCST and UCST, see picture), and its photophysical behavior depends on solution pH value.
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    Newly developed γ-NaTiOPO4 by simple solid-state synthesis for anode material of Na-ion batteries in both nonaqueous and aqueous electrolytes
    (Elsevier, 2022-09) Kim, D; Park, H; Avdeev, M; Kim, M; Kang, B
    Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are a promising next-generation energy storage system in terms of cost due to the abundance of sodium. However, obtaining good anode materials for SIBs remains a challenge. NaTiOPO4 has been investigated as an anode not only for SIBs but also for aqueous SIBs. Despite the various NaTiOPO4 polymorphs, only the β-NaTiOPO4 phase has been investigated as an anode for SIBs due to the limited synthesis process. In this study, we successfully stabilized γ-NaTiOPO4 via our newly developed solid-state synthesis process. In addition, its electrochemical properties as an anode for SIBs were investigated in this study. The synthesized material demonstrates a high voltage of 1.7 and ∼1.5 V vs Na/Na+ with 120 mAh/g and good capacity retention of 64% for up to 500 cycles at 0.5C in a nonaqueous electrolyte. In an aqueous electrolyte, Na0·44MnO2//γ-NaTiOPO4 full cell achieves excellent stable capacity retention with a high Coulombic efficiency for 175 cycles. It shows high cycling stability with a three-dimensional framework despite the relatively high redox potential. Thus, it demonstrates that γ-NaTiOPO4 is a promising anode material for both nonaqueous and aqueous rechargeable SIBs. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.