Exploring the local solvation structure of redox molecules in a mixed solvent for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of thermocells-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Exploring the local solvation structure of redox molecules in a mixed solvent for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of thermocells

Published:2024 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:146-153
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Inoue Hirotaka¹,Zhou Hongyao¹^ORCID,Ando Hideo²^ORCID,Nakagawa Sakuya²,Yamada Teppei¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

2. Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata, 990-8560, Japan

Abstract

One-electron oxidation of a chloranil dianion (CA2−) to its radical form (CA˙−) disrupts the local solvation structure formed by ethanol in acetonitrile, resulting in a large entropy change and a large Seebeck coefficient of CA2−/˙− thermocells.

Funder

Asahi Glass Foundation

Murata Science Foundation

Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology

Iwatani Naoji Foundation

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/SC/D3SC04955H