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BS, University of Missouri PhD, Iowa State University Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry Associate Director, Northwestern University Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity Editorial Boards, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, CHEMtracks, Chemistry of Materials, Solid State Sciences Lecturer, National Science Council of Taiwan Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Chair, American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry & Solid-State Chemistry Lecturer, Natural Science Foundation of China |
Inorganic solid-state chemistry has always had widespread use in industrial applications and in diverse fields such as heterogeneous catalysis and ceramics. Our research emphasizes the connections between the synthesis and structure of new materials, the physical properties of new materials, and the technological advances that can result from these discoveries.
One specific example of this is our devlopment of
Ag4V2O6F2 (SVOF) as a primary
lithium battery material. Presently, Ag2V4O11,
or silver vanadium oxide (SVO), is used commercially as a cathode material
in primary lithium batteries for high-rate applications, such as those used
in implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). An ICD monitors the
heartbeat and, when arrhythmia is detected, interrupts the fibrillation by
delivering a shock of 30-35 J to the heart to restore normal rhythm. To
deliver the shock, capacitors are rapidly charged to a high voltage and
then discharged directly into the heart via electrical leads. SVOF has a
higher silver-to-vanadium ratio than SVO, while preserving critical
connectivity in the vanadium oxide fluoride framework. The silver ions
lie between sheets of alternating vanadium tetrahedra and octahedra chains.
This silver interlayer between the vanadium oxide fluoride sheets allows
for lithium diffusion into the material and silver diffusion out of the
material. An open circuit voltage experiment, which clarifies the voltage
plateaus of the electrode, shows the first plateau is at 3.52 V and the
second is at 3.25 V. The initial voltage plateau is nearly 300 mV higher
than the silver reduction potential of SVO. In addition to the higher
reduction potential, the capacity of SVOF above 3 V is 148 mAh/g
(892 mAh/cm3), equivalent to 3.7 mol of lithium inserted, while
SVO has a capacity of 100 mAh/g (480 mAh/cm3). Thus, it is apparent that
the presence of the fluoride increases the reduction potential of the
silver and the greater silver content increases the capacity at higher
voltages.
Inorganic materials that have unusual structures often exhibit interesting chemical and physical characteristics. For example, layered materials exhibit a wide variety of important technological uses because they offer a unique crystalline architecture that can be designed to achieve specific material properties. Most recently, we have begun synthesizing and testing novel mixed metal ferrites as solid oxide fuel cell electrodes, while also studying the fundamental relationship between the structure and its properties. We are also interested in noncentrosymmetric compounds and their technologically important properties such as ferroelectricity and second-order nonlinear behavior. More recently we have begun to study metal oxides that are transparent throughout the visible range yet are metallic conductors. Our research in these areas, ranging from growth of single crystals to the synthesis of new catalysts, is part of an interdisciplinary research program that involves the collaboration of physicists, materials scientists, and chemists.
Selected Publications
"Hydrothermal Synthesis of Delafossite-Type Oxides",
Sheets, W. C., Mugnier, E., Barnabe, A., Marks, T. J., Poeppelmeier, K. R. Chem. Mater., 2006 18, 7-20.
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"Probing the Vanadyl and Molybdenyl Bonds in Complex Vanadomolybdate Structures",
Smit, J. P., Kim, H.-S., Pless, J. D., Stair, P. C., Poeppelmeier, K. R. Inorg. Chem., 2006 45, 521-528.
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"Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Li6CuB4O10: A Congruently Melting Compound with Isolated [CuB4O10]6- Units",
Pan, S., Smit, J. P., Watkins, B., Marvel, M. R., Stern, C. L., Poeppelmeier, K. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 11631-11634.
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"Ag4V2O6F2: An Electrochemically Active and High Silver Density Phase",
Sorensen, E. M., Izumi, H. K., Vaughey, J. T., Stern, C. L., Poeppelmeier, K. R.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127(17), 6347-6352.
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"Catalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Mg-V/Mo
Oxides", Pless, J. D., Bardin, B. B., Kim, H.-S., Ko, D., Smith, M. T., Hammond, R. R., Stair, P. C., Poeppelmeier, K. P.J. Catal., 2004, 223, 419-431.
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"Single Crystal Growth of Magnesium Orthovanadate, Mg3(VO4)2,
by the Optical Floating Zone Technique", Pless, J. D., Erdman, N., Ko, D., Marks, L. D., Stair, P. C., Poeppelmeier, K. R. Cryst. Growth Des., 2003, 3, 615-619.
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"The ordered [WO2F4]2- anion",
Welk, M.E., Norquist, A.J., Stern, C.L., Poeppelmeier, K.R. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 5479-5480.
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"A high yield hydrothermal preparation of CuAlO2", Shahriari, D.Y., Barnabe, A., Mason, T.O., Poeppelmeier, K.R. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 5734-5735.
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Aurora University
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Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry
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Thermo Electron Corporation
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Tokyo Electron
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Muroran Institute of Technology
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Western Connecticut State University
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