Chemically driven energetic molecular ferroelectrics

Yong Hu; Zhiyu Liu; Chi-Chin Wu; Jennifer L. Gottfried; Rose Pesce-Rodriguez; Scott D. Walck; Peter W. Chung; Shenqiang Ren

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26007-2

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Chemically driven energetic molecular ferroelectrics

Yong Hu,
Zhiyu Liu,
Chi-Chin Wu,
Jennifer L. Gottfried,
Rose Pesce-Rodriguez,
Scott D. Walck,
Peter W. Chung,
Shenqiang Ren

Affiliations

Yong Hu: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Zhiyu Liu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
Chi-Chin Wu: Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Jennifer L. Gottfried: Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Rose Pesce-Rodriguez: Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Scott D. Walck: Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Peter W. Chung: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
Shenqiang Ren: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26007-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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An interest arises if energetic molecules and molecular ferroelectrics can be integrated together to obtain a chemically driven electricity conversion. Here, the authors explore energetic molecular ferroelectrics consisting of imidazolium cations and perchlorate anions with a high-power density.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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