To recognize the innovative research gaining attention across the diverse span of its topical interest areas, the Society highlights the top five most-read journal articles in each area during each quarter of the year.
The most-read Journal of The Electrochemical Society articles by topical interest area during the second quarter of 2019 (April through June) are listed below.
Highlights are based on articles published since January 1, 2017.
ALL of the articles listed below are open access.
Batteries and Energy Storage
- Energy Density of Cylindrical Li-Ion Cells: A Comparison of Commercial 18650 to the 21700 Cells | Jason B. Quinn, Thomas Waldmann, Karsten Richter, Michael Kasper, and Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
- Review—SEI: Past, Present and Future | E. Peled and S. Menkin
- Oxygen Release and Its Effect on the Cycling Stability of LiNixMnyCozO2(NMC) Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries | Roland Jung, Michael Metzger, Filippo Maglia, Christoph Stinner, and Hubert A. Gasteiger
- Review—Practical Challenges Hindering the Development of Solid State Li Ion Batteries | Kian Kerman, Alan Luntz, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, Yet-Ming Chiang, and Zhebo Chen
- A Study of the Physical Properties of Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes Containing Esters | E. R. Logan, Erin M. Tonita, K. L. Gering, Jing Li, Xiaowei Ma, L. Y. Beaulieu, and J. R. Dahn
Corrosion Science and Technology
- Review—Conversion Coatings Based on Zirconium and/or Titanium | I. Milošev and G. S. Frankel
- Intermetallic Phases in Aluminum Alloys and Their Roles in Localized Corrosion | Yakun Zhu, Kai Sun, and G. S. Frankel
- Pourbaix Diagrams as a Simple Route to First Principles Corrosion Simulation | S. C. Perry, S. M. Gateman, L. I. Stephens, R. Lacasse, R. Schulz, and J. Mauzeroll
- Real-Time Monitoring of Atmospheric Magnesium Alloy Corrosion | M. Strebl and S. Virtanen
- Structure and Formation of Trivalent Chromium Conversion Coatings Containing Cobalt on Zinc Plated Steel | Sanaz Hesamedini, Gernot Ecke, and Andreas Bund
Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition
- Review—Management of Copper Damascene Plating | R. Carpio and A. Jaworski
- Dynamic Windows Based on Reversible Metal Electrodeposition with Enhanced Functionality | Shakirul M. Islam, Christine N. Fini, and Christopher J. Barile
- Electrolytic Reduction of Solid Al2O3 to Liquid Al in Molten CaCl2 | Haruna Kadowaki, Yumi Katasho, Kouji Yasuda, and Toshiyuki Nohira
- Review—Ruthenium as Diffusion Barrier Layer in Electronic Interconnects: Current Literature with a Focus on Electrochemical Deposition Methods | R. Bernasconi and L. Magagnin
- Direct Copper Pattern Plating on Glass and Ceramic Substrates Using an Al-Doped ZnO as an Adhesive and Conducting Layer | Chia-Wen Cheng, Po-Fan Chan, and Wei-Ping Dow
Electrochemical Engineering
- Determination of Diffusion Coefficients Using Impedance Spectroscopy Data | Tien Quang Nguyen and Cornelia Breitkopf
- Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution: H+ or H2O Reduction? A Rotating Disk Electrode Study | Vitali Grozovski, Soma Vesztergom, Gyözö G. Láng, and Peter Broekmann
- Modeling the Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid or Formate at Elevated Pressures | Andrew R. T. Morrison, Vincent van Beusekom, Mahinder Ramdin, Leo J. P. van den Broeke, Thijs J. H. Vlugt, and Wiebren de Jong
- A Study on the Effect of Porosity and Particles Size Distribution on Li-Ion Battery Performance | Sara Taslimi Taleghani, Bernard Marcos, Karim Zaghib, and Gaétan Lantagne
- The Kinetic Parameters of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Calculated on Inactive Anodes via EIS Transfer Functions: •OH Formation | D. A. García-Osorio, R. Jaimes, J. Vazquez-Arenas, R. H. Lara, and J. Alvarez-Ramirez
Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion
- Electrochemical Hydrogen Compression: Efficient Pressurization Concept Derived from an Energetic Evaluation | Michel Suermann, Thomas Kiupel, Thomas J. Schmidt, and Felix N. Büchi
- Critical Review—Identifying Critical Gaps for Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis Development | Ugljesa Babic, Michel Suermann, Felix N. Büchi, Lorenz Gubler, and Thomas J. Schmidt
- Characterizing Voltage Losses in an SO2 Depolarized Electrolyzer Using Sulfonated Polybenzimidazole Membranes | Taylor R. Garrick, Cody H. Wilkins, Andrew T. Pingitore, Jacob Mehlhoff, Alex Gulledge, Brian C. Benicewicz, and John W. Weidner
- The Butler-Volmer Equation for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Electrode Kinetics: A Critical Discussion | Edmund J. F. Dickinson and Gareth Hinds
- Carbon Corrosion in PEM Fuel Cells and the Development of Accelerated Stress Tests | Natalia Macauley, Dennis D. Papadias, Joseph Fairweather, Dusan Spernjak, David Langlois, Rajesh Ahluwalia, Karren L. More, Rangachary Mukundan, and Rodney L. Borup
Organic and Bioelectrochemistry
- Critical Review—Electrochemical Properties of 13 Vitamins: A Critical Review and Assessment | Matthew D. Lovander, Jacob D. Lyon, Daniel L. Parr IV, Junnan Wang, Brenna Parke, and Johna Leddy
- Electrochemically Exfoliated Carbon Quantum Dots Modified Electrodes for Detection of Dopamine Neurotransmitter | N. Ramila Devi, T. H. Vignesh Kumar, and Ashok K. Sundramoorthy
- Review—Quantification of Hydrogen Peroxide by Electrochemical Methods and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy | Rubin Gulaboski, Valentin Mirčeski, Reinhard Kappl, Markus Hoth, and Monika Bozem
- Review—In Vivo Electrochemical Measurements of Norepinephrine in the Brain: Current Status and Remaining Challenges | J. Park, R. V. Bhimani, and C. E. Bass
- Synthesis of Fe, Co Incorporated in P-Doped Porous Carbon Using a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Precursor as Stable Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction | Nannan Wang, Yanqiang Li, Zhanglin Guo, Huan Li, Shuzi Hayase, and Tingli Ma
Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry
- Practical Aspects of Cyclic Voltammetry: How to Estimate Reduction Potentials When Irreversibility Prevails | Eli M. Espinoza, John A. Clark, Joey Soliman, James B. Derr, Maryann Morales, and Valentine I. Vullev
- A Design for Selective Wet Etching of Si3N4/SiO2 in Phosphoric Acid Using a Single Wafer Processor | Ying-Hsueh Chang Chien, Chi-Chang Hu, and Chi-Ming Yang
- Mechanism of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Mildly Acidic Environments on Gold | Aria Kahyarian, Bruce Brown, and Srdjan Nesic
- Editors’ Choice—The Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Properties of Tantalum Oxide and Tantalum Nitride | Vijay Khanal, Rowshanak Irani, Sebastian Fiechter, Fatwa F. Abdi, and Vaidyanathan (Ravi) Subramanian
- Review—Nonlinear Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy | Fathima Fasmin and Ramanathan Srinivasan
Sensors
- Review—Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Functional Materials: An Integrated Platform for Applied Technologies | Sajjad Husain Mir, Larry Akio Nagahara, Thomas Thundat, Parvaneh Mokarian-Tabari, Hidemitsu Furukawa, and Ajit Khosla
- Editors’ Choice—Artificial Intelligence Based Mobile Application for Water Quality Monitoring | Naga Siva Kumar Gunda, Siddharth Hariharan Gautam, and Sushanta K. Mitra
- Review—Power Sources for the Internet of Things | Abhi Raj and Dan Steingart
- Review—Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Sensors for Food Safety and Environmental Monitoring | Haibin Tang, Chuhong Zhu, Guowen Meng, and Nianqiang Wu
- Electrochemical Detection of Uric Acid on Exfoliated Nanosheets of Graphitic-Like Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) Based Sensor | N. Murugan, Mary B. Chan-Park, and Ashok K. Sundramoorthy
Cross Disciplinary
- CO2 Electrolysis to CO and O2 at High Selectivity, Stability and Efficiency Using Sustainion Membranes | Zengcai Liu, Hongzhou Yang, Robert Kutz, and Richard I. Masel
- Experimental Protocol for HOR and ORR in Alkaline Electrochemical Measurements | C. A. Campos-Roldán, R. G. González-Huerta, and N. Alonso-Vante
- Review—Ammonia Oxidation Electrocatalysis for Hydrogen Generation and Fuel Cells | Nadia Mohd Adli, Hao Zhang, Shreya Mukherjee, and Gang Wu
- On the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Copper Sheet Electrodes with Enhanced Long-Term Stability by Pulsed Electrolysis | Andreas Engelbrecht, Conrad Uhlig, Oliver Stark, Martin Hämmerle, Günter Schmid, Erhard Magori, Kerstin Wiesner-Fleischer, Maximilian Fleischer, and Ralf Moos
- The Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell and a Common Pattern of Electrocatalytic Processes | Shimshon Gottesfeld
