High performing smart electrochromic device based on honeycomb nanostructured h-WO₃ thin films: hydrothermal assisted synthesis

Kondalkar, Vijay V.,Mali, Sawanta S.,Kharade, Rohini R.,Khot, Kishorkumar V.,Patil, Pallavi B.,Mane, Rahul M.,Choudhury, Sipra,Patil, Pramod S.,Hong, Chang K.,Kim, Jin H.,Bhosale, Popatrao N. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015 Dalton Transactions Vol.44 No.6

<P>Herein, we report honeycomb nanostructured single crystalline hexagonal WO<SUB>3</SUB> (h-WO<SUB>3</SUB>) thin films in order to improve electrochromic performance. In the present investigation, honeycomb nanostructured WO<SUB>3</SUB> with different unit size and nanowire array with highly nanocrystalline frameworks have been synthesized <I>via</I> a hydrothermal technique. The influence of hydrothermal reaction time on the honeycomb unit cells, crystallite size, lithium ion diffusion coefficient and switching time for coloration/bleaching were studied systematically. The electrochromic study reveals that the honeycomb unit cell size has a significant impact on the electrochromic performance. Small unit cells in the honeycomb lead to large optical modulation and fast switching response. A large optical modulation in the visible spectral region (60.74% at <I>λ</I> = 630 nm) at a potential of −1.2 V with fast switching time (4.29 s for coloration and 3.38 s for bleaching) and high coloration efficiency (87.23 cm<SUP>2</SUP> C<SUP>−1</SUP>) is observed in the honeycomb WO<SUB>3</SUB> thin films with a unit cell diameter of 1.7 μm. The variation in color on reduction of WO<SUB>3</SUB> with applied potential has been plotted on an <I>xy</I>-chromaticity diagram and the color space coordinate shows the transition from a colorless to deep blue state.</P> <P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>Honeycomb nanostructured single crystalline hexagonal WO<SUB>3</SUB> (h-WO<SUB>3</SUB>) thin films in order to improve electrochromic performance. <IMG SRC='http://pubs.rsc.org/services/images/RSCpubs.ePlatform.Service.FreeContent.ImageService.svc/ImageService/image/GA?id=c4dt02953d'> </P>

Mutations in the Histone Modifier PRDM6 Are Associated with Isolated Nonsyndromic Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Li, N.,Subrahmanyan, L.,Smith, E.,Yu, X.,Zaidi, S.,Choi, M.,Mane, S.,Nelson-Williams, C.,Behjati, M.,Kazemi, M.,Hashemi, M.,Fathzadeh, M.,Narayanan, A.,Tian, L.,Montazeri, F.,Mani, M.,Begleiter, M.L. University of Chicago Press [etc.] 2016 American journal of human genetics Vol.99 No.4

Electrochemical synthesis of flower like Mn-Co mixed metal oxides as electrode material for supercapacitor application

S.L. Kadam,S.M. Mane,P.M. Tirmali,S.B. Kulkarni 한국물리학회 2018 Current Applied Physics Vol.18 No.4

In the present work flower like Mn-Co mixed metal oxide electrode materials were successfully synthesized by simple, low cost electrodeposition method on stainless steel substrates. Different volume ratio of Mn-Co was used to attempt enhancement in the supercapacitive properties of electrode material. Structural, morphological and wettability properties of synthesized electrodes were carried out using XRD, RAMAN, FE-SEM and Contact Angle Measurement techniques. Electrochemical properties of electrodeposited Mn-Co mixed metal oxide at three different volume variation such as 50-50, 60-40 and 70- 30 electrodes were analyzed by using cyclic voltammetry, galvonostatic charge discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 1M NaOH aqueous electrolyte. The Mn-Co:60-40 composition shows maximum specific capacitance which is 679 F/g at scan rate 5mV/sec. Charge discharge studies gives 95% columbic efficiency. Impedance spectroscopy reveals capacitive behavior and gives series resistance ~0.19 ohm and combined internal resistance ~0.89 ohm. The 80% retention of specific capacitance after the 1000 cycles. The synergistic effect of Mn-Co mixed metal oxide electrode having good conductivity, large surface area and improved charge transportation than individual electrode material leads to enhancing supercapacitor performance of electrode material for its practical application.

Facile Synthesis of Microsphere Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxides Electrode for Asymmetric Supercapacitor

Liu, S.,Hui, K.S.,Hui, K.N.,Jadhav, V.V.,Xia, Q.X.,Yun, J.M.,Cho, Y.R.,Mane, R.S.,Kim, K.H. Pergamon Press 2016 ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA Vol.188 No.-

Porous microspheres copper cobalt carbonate hydroxides (Cu<SUB>x</SUB>Co<SUB>2@?x</SUB>CH) pseudocapacitive electrode material comprised of nanoplates via a facile hydrothermal method were presented. Significantly, the crystalline structure, morphology and electrochemical performance of the Cu<SUB>x</SUB>Co<SUB>2@?x</SUB>CH can be readily manipulated by varying the Cu/Co molar ratios. Among various stoichiometries of Cu<SUB>x</SUB>Co<SUB>2@?x</SUB>CH porous microspheres studied, Cu<SUB>1.79</SUB>Co<SUB>0.21</SUB>CH consisted of nanoplates with a mean thickness of @?35nm showed a high specific capacitance of 789Fg<SUP>@?1</SUP> at a current destiny of 1Ag<SUP>@?1</SUP> and good rate ability. Furthermore, the optimized Cu<SUB>1.79</SUB>Co<SUB>0.21</SUB>CH electrode also exhibited remarkable high cycling stability, ca 77.5% after 3000 charge/discharge cycles at current density of 5Ag<SUP>@?1</SUP>. An asymmetric device was constructed from optimized Cu<SUB>1.79</SUB>Co<SUB>0.21</SUB>CH materials on nickel foam (NF) as cathode electrode and graphene on NF as anode electrode in a 6M KOH electrolyte. The asymmetric Cu<SUB>1.79</SUB>Co<SUB>0.21</SUB>CH/NF//graphene/NF supercapacitor device delivered a specific capacitance of 60.5Fg<SUP>@?1</SUP> in a potential range of 0@?1.6V. A high energy density of 21.5Whkg<SUP>@?1</SUP> was achieved at the power density of 200Wkg<SUP>@?1</SUP>. More significantly, the designed device exhibited excellent cycling stability with 73.3% capacity retention after 5000 cycles.

Investigations on the thickness dependent structural, morphological, and optoelectronic properties of sprayed cadmium based transparent conducting oxide

Desai, S.P.,Suryawanshi, M.P.,Gaikwad, M.A.,Mane, A.A.,Kim, J.H.,Moholkar, A.V. Elsevier S.A. 2017 Thin Solid Films Vol.628 No.-

The influence of thickness on the properties of cadmium oxide thin films deposited using simple and cost-effective chemical spray pyrolysis technique is studied. The maximum film of thickness 2752nm is achieved by tuning spraying parameters. The thickness dependent structural, morphological, and optoelectronic properties of CdO thin films have been investigated in detail. The microstructure of CdO thin films significantly changed from rough to smooth and further to rougher surface with increase in film thickness. This behavior has been further confirmed from water contact angle measurement. The optical studies show that the direct band gap energy values ranging between 2.23 and 2.46eV. The Hall effect measurement indicates that all the films exhibit n-type semiconducting behavior with their electrical resistivity lies in the range of 12.8x10<SUP>-4</SUP> to 3.7x10<SUP>-4</SUP>Ω.cm. The CdO film with thickness of 1371nm exhibited the best optoelectronics properties (transmittance of 74%, figure of merit of 18.23x10<SUP>-3</SUP>(Ω)<SUP>-1</SUP>, carrier concentration of 7.30x10<SUP>20</SUP>/cm<SUP>3</SUP> and mobility of 23.11cm<SUP>2</SUP>/Vs) among all the films.

Magnetodielectric Effect in Microwave-Sintered Ba<SUB>0.8</SUB>Sr<SUB>0.2</SUB>TiO₃ and Co<SUB>0.9</SUB>Ni<SUB>0.1</SUB>Fe₂O₄ Composite

Sagar M. Mane,Sachin A. Pawar,Dipali S. Patil,Seong Hun Lee,Jae Cheol Shin 한국진공학회(ASCT) 2020 Applied Science and Convergence Technology Vol.29 No.2

Composites constructed by combining ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials are of significant interest owing to their multifunctional features and potential applications in multifunctional devices. Herein, the magnetodielectric effect of a composite containing ferroelectric Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO₃ (BST) and ferrite Co0.9Ni0.1Fe₂O₄ (CNFO) phases is investigated. This ferroelectric and ferrite composite is synthesized using the co-precipitation method followed by microwave sintering. The tetragonal crystal structure of BST and cubic structure of CNFO are confirmed using X-ray diffraction. All composite samples are characterized using nanoparticle tracking analysis. The measurements of dielectric constant (room temperature) and loss tangent as a function of frequency show an increase in the dielectric constant with an increase in the CNFO phase. The highest value of magnetodielectric coefficient, -40.13 %, is observed for the 60BST-40CNFO composite at 100 Hz, which decreases with an increase in the applied frequency.

Co-functionalized organic/inorganic hybrid ZnO nanorods as electron transporting layers for inverted organic solar cells

Ambade, S.,Ambade, R.,Eom, S.,Baek, M. J.,Bagde, S.,Mane, R.,Lee, S. H. Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 Nanoscale Vol.8 No.9

<P>In an unprecedented attempt, we present an interesting approach of coupling solution processed ZnO planar nanorods (NRs) by an organic small molecule (SM) with a strong electron withdrawing cyano moiety and the carboxylic group as binding sites by a facile co-functionalization approach. Direct functionalization by SMs (SM-ZnO NRs) leads to higher aggregation owing to the weaker solubility of SMs in solutions of ZnO NRs dispersed in chlorobenzene (CB). A prior addition of organic 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) acetic acid (MEA) over ZnO NRs not only inhibits aggregation of SMs over ZnO NRs, but also provides enough sites for the SM to strongly couple with the ZnO NRs to yield transparent SM-MEA-ZnO NRs hybrids that exhibited excellent capability as electron transporting layers (ETLs) in inverted organic solar cells (iOSCs) of P3HT:PC60BM bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) photoactive layers. A strongly coupled SM-MEA-ZnO NR hybrid reduces the series resistance by enhancing the interfacial area and tunes the energy level alignment at the interface between the (indium-doped tin oxide, ITO) cathode and BHJ photoactive layers. A significant enhancement in power conversion efficiency (PCE) was achieved for iOSCs comprising ETLs of SM-MEA-ZnO NRs (3.64%) advancing from 0.9% for pristine ZnO NRs, while the iOSCs of aggregated SM-ZnO NRs ETL exhibited a much lower PCE of 2.6%, thus demonstrating the potential of the co-functionalization approach. The superiority of the co-functionalized SM-MEA-ZnO NRs ETL is also evident from the highest PCE of 7.38% obtained for the iOSCs comprising BHJ of PTB7-Th: PC60BM compared with extremely poor 0.05% for non-functionalized ZnO NRs.</P>

Individual exome analysis in diagnosis and management of paediatric liver failure of indeterminate aetiology

Vilarinho, S.,Choi, M.,Jain, D.,Malhotra, A.,Kulkarni, S.,Pashankar, D.,Phatak, U.,Patel, M.,Bale, A.,Mane, S.,Lifton, R.P.,Mistry, P.K. Elsevier Science Publishers 2014 Journal of hepatology Vol.61 No.5

Background & Aims: In children with liver failure, as many as half remain of indeterminate aetiology. This hinders timely consideration of optimal treatment options. We posit that a significant subset of these children harbour known inherited metabolic liver diseases with atypical presentation or novel inborn errors of metabolism. We investigated the utility of whole-exome sequencing in three children with advanced liver disease of indeterminate aetiology. Methods: Patient 1 was a 10year-old female diagnosed with Wilson disease but no detectable ATP7B mutations, and decompensated liver cirrhosis who underwent liver transplant and subsequently developed onset of neurodegenerative disease. Patient 2 was a full-term 2day-old male with fatal acute liver failure of indeterminate aetiology. Patient 3 was an 8year-old female with progressive syndromic cholestasis of unknown aetiology since age 3months. Results: Unbiased whole-exome sequencing of germline DNA revealed homozygous mutations in MPV17 and SERAC1 as the disease causing genes in patient 1 and 2, respectively. This is the first demonstration of SERAC1 loss-of-function associated fatal acute liver failure. Patient 1 expands the phenotypic spectrum of the MPV17-related hepatocerebral mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. Patient 3 was found to have syndromic cholestasis due to bi-allelic NOTCH2 mutations. Conclusions: Our findings validate the application of whole-exome sequencing in the diagnosis and management of children with advanced liver disease of indeterminate aetiology, with the potential to enhance optimal selection of treatment options and adequate counselling of families. Moreover, whole-exome sequencing revealed a hitherto unrecognized phenotypic spectrum of inherited metabolic liver diseases.

A binder-free wet chemical synthesis approach to decorate nanoflowers of bismuth oxide on Ni-foam for fabricating laboratory scale potential pencil-type asymmetric supercapacitor device

Shinde, N. M.,Xia, Qi Xun,Yun, Je Moon,Singh, Saurabh,Mane, Rajaram S.,Kim, Kwang-Ho Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Dalton Transactions Vol. No.

<▼1><P>The synthesis and asymmetric supercapacitor application of a bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) electrode consisting of arranged nano-platelets for evolving a flower-type surface appearance on nickel-foam (Bi2O3–Ni–F) are described.</P></▼1><▼2><P>The present study involves the synthesis of a bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) electrode consisting of an arranged nano-platelets for evolving a flower-type surface appearance on nickel-foam (Bi2O3–Ni–F) by a simple, inexpensive, binder-free and one-step chemical bath deposition (CBD) method, popularly known as a wet chemical method. The as-prepared Bi2O3 on Ni-foam, as an electrode material, demonstrates 557 F g<SUP>−1</SUP> specific capacitance (SC, at 1 mA cm<SUP>−2</SUP>), of which 85% is retained even after 2000 cycles. With specific power density of 500 kW kg<SUP>−1</SUP>, the Bi2O3–Ni–F electrode documents a specific energy density of 80 Wh kg<SUP>−1</SUP>. Furthermore, a portable asymmetric supercapacitor device, <I>i.e.</I> a pencil-type cell consisting of Bi2O3–Ni–F as an anode and graphite as a cathode in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte solution, confirms 11 Wh kg<SUP>−1</SUP> and 720 kW kg<SUP>−1</SUP> specific energy and specific power densities, respectively. An easy and a simple synthesis approach for manufacturing a portable laboratory scale pencil-type supercapacitor device is a major outcome of this study, which can also be applied for ternary and quaternary metal oxides for recording an enhanced performance. In addition, we presented a demonstration of lighting a light emitting diode (LED) using a home-made pencil-type supercapacitor device which, finally, has confirmed the scaling and technical potentiality of Bi2O3–Ni–F in energy storage devices.</P></▼2>

Ultra-rapid chemical synthesis of mesoporous Bi₂O₃ micro-sponge-balls for supercapattery applications

Shinde, Nanasaheb M.,Xia, Qi Xun,Yun, Je Moon,Shinde, Pritamkumar V.,Shaikh, Shoyebmohamad M.,Sahoo, Rakesh K.,Mathur, Sanjay,Mane, Rajaram S.,Kim, Kwang Ho Elsevier 2019 ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA Vol.296 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Polycrystalline and mesoporous bismuth oxide (Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>) micro-sponge-balls of 4–7 μm in diameter comprising of 58–65 (±2) nm upright standing petals, separated by 100–700 (±50) nm crevices, are synthesized directly onto 3D Ni-foam at room-temperature (27 °C) using Tritonx-100 surfactant-mediated soft wet chemical method. After knowing the phase purity, surface area, pore-size distribution, micro-sponge-ball-type surface morphology, elemental analysis and binding energy confirmations of Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>, a material with quasi-faradaic redox reactions responsible for supercapattery type behavior, are measured and explored. At a low scan rate, the specific capacitance of Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB> sponge-ball electrode, measured from 0.4 to 1.80 A g<SUP>−1</SUP> current density, decreases from 559 to 211 F g<SUP>−1</SUP> which is equivalent to a capacity from 155 to 58 mAh.g<SUP>−1</SUP>. An asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) device assembly of Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB> sponge-ball electrode with graphite i.e. Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>//graphite demonstrates excellent electrochemical properties with 8 Wh kg<SUP>−1</SUP> energy density at 2040 W kg<SUP>−1</SUP> power density, and about 80% cycling retention over 5000 redox cycle operations. A demonstration of LED with full-bright intensity during discharge process of the Bi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>//graphite ASC device suggests its practical potentiality and industrial viability.</P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>