Search Results - "Serva, Alessandra"
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The Fate of Water at the Electrochemical Interfaces: Electrochemical Behavior of Free Water Versus Coordinating Water
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (06-12-2018)“…The water reduction that produces hydrogen is one key reaction for electrochemical energy storage. While it has been widely studied in traditional aqueous…”
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Molecular Fingerprints of Hydrophobicity at Aqueous Interfaces from Theory and Vibrational Spectroscopies
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (22-04-2021)“…Hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of aqueous interfaces at the molecular level results from a subtle balance in the water–water and water–surface interactions…”
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How Does CeIII Nitrate Dissolve in a Protic Ionic Liquid? A Combined Molecular Dynamics and EXAFS Study
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (22-06-2017)“…A diluted solution of Ce(NO3)3 in the protic ionic liquid (IL) ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) was investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and…”
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Structural Properties and Aggregation Behavior of 1‑Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium Iodide in Aqueous Solutions
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (12-11-2015)“…The structural properties of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide ([C6mim]I)/water mixtures with molar ratios ranging from 1:1 to 1:200 have been investigated…”
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2023 Roadmap on molecular modelling of electrochemical energy materials
Published in JPhys Energy (01-10-2023)“…New materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion are the key to the electrification and sustainable development of our modern societies…”
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MetalWalls: A classical molecular dynamics software dedicated to the simulation of electrochemical systems
Published in Journal of open source software (25-09-2020)“…Applied electrochemistry plays a key role in many technologies, such as Li-ion batteries, fuelcells, supercapacitors, solar cells, etc. It is therefore at the…”
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Study of the Partial Charge Transport Properties in the Molten Alumina via Molecular Dynamics
Published in ACS omega (31-05-2019)“…Knowing the charge-transport properties of molten oxides is essential for industrial applications, particularly when attempting to control the energy required…”
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Formation of Polymer-like Nanochains with Short Lithium–Lithium Distances in a Water-in-Salt Electrolyte
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (27-03-2024)“…Water-in-salts (WiSs) have recently emerged as promising electrolytes for energy storage applications ranging from aqueous batteries to supercapacitors. Here,…”
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Confining Water in Ionic and Organic Solvents to Tune Its Adsorption and Reactivity at Electrified Interfaces
Published in Accounts of chemical research (16-02-2021)“…Conspectus The recent discovery of “water-in-salt” electrolytes has spurred a rebirth of research on aqueous batteries. Most of the attention has been focused…”
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Size dependence of hydrophobic hydration at electrified gold/water interfaces
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-04-2021)“…Hydrophobic hydration at metal/water interfaces actively contributes to the energetics of electrochemical reactions, e.g. CO₂ and N₂ reduction, where small…”
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Nanostructural Organization in a Biredox Ionic Liquid
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (12-01-2023)“…Ionic liquids generally display peculiar structural features that impact their physical properties, such as the formation of polar and apolar domains…”
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On the key role of electrolyte–electrode van der Waals interactions in the simulation of ionic liquids-based supercapacitors
Published in Electrochimica acta (01-07-2023)“…The performance of supercapacitors is governed by the structure and dynamics of ions at the solid/liquid interface. At the molecular scale, these properties…”
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Tuning water reduction through controlled nanoconfinement within an organic liquid matrix
Published in Nature catalysis (01-08-2020)“…The growing hydrogen economy requires accelerating the hydrogen evolution reaction. The water dissociation step (Volmer step) has been proposed as a main…”
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Influence of Counterions on the Hydration Structure of Lanthanide Ions in Dilute Aqueous Solutions
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (15-03-2018)“…A synergic approach combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has been used to investigate diluted (0.1 M) aqueous…”
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How Does Ce III Nitrate Dissolve in a Protic Ionic Liquid? A Combined Molecular Dynamics and EXAFS Study
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (22-06-2017)“…A diluted solution of Ce(NO ) in the protic ionic liquid (IL) ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) was investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and…”
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Accounting for the Quantum Capacitance of Graphite in Constant Potential Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-09-2024)“…Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at a constant electric potential are an essential tool to study electrochemical processes, providing microscopic…”
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Correlating Substrate Reactivity at Electrified Interfaces with the Electrolyte Structure in Synthetically Relevant Organic Solvent/Water Mixtures
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (26-06-2024)“…Optimizing electrosynthetic reactions requires fine tuning of a vast chemical space, including charge transfer at electrocatalyst/electrode surfaces,…”
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Controlling the Hydrophilicity of the Electrochemical Interface to Modulate the Oxygen-Atom Transfer in Electrocatalytic Epoxidation Reactions
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (14-12-2022)“…The electrocatalytic epoxidation of alkenes at heterogeneous catalysts using water as the sole oxygen source is a promising safe route toward the sustainable…”
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Unexpectedly High Capacitance of the Metal Nanoparticle/Water Interface: Molecular‐Level Insights into the Electrical Double Layer
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (26-01-2022)“…The electrical double‐layer plays a key role in important interfacial electrochemical processes from catalysis to energy storage and corrosion. Therefore,…”
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Ions Adsorbed at Amorphous Solid/Solution Interfaces Form Wigner Crystal-like Structures
Published in ACS nano (09-01-2024)“…When a surface is immersed in a solution, it usually acquires a charge, which attracts counterions and repels co-ions to form an electrical double layer. The…”
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