A common tattoo chemical for energy storage: henna plant-derived naphthoquinone dimer as a green and sustainable cathode material for Li-ion batteries

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dc.citation.firstpage1576
dc.citation.journalTitleRSC Advances
dc.citation.lastpage1582
dc.citation.volumeNumber8
dc.contributor.authorMiroshnikov, Mikhail
dc.contributor.authorKato, Keiko
dc.contributor.authorBabu, Ganguli
dc.contributor.authorDivya, Kizhmuri P.
dc.contributor.authorArava, Leela Mohana Reddy
dc.contributor.authorAjayan, Pulickel M.
dc.contributor.authorJohn, George
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T15:59:27Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T15:59:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe burgeoning energy demands of an increasingly eco-conscious population have spurred the need for sustainable energy storage devices, and have called into question the viability of the popular lithium ion battery. A series of natural polyaromatic compounds have previously displayed the capability to bind lithium via polar oxygen-containing functional groups that act as redox centers in potential electrodes. Lawsone, a widely renowned dye molecule extracted from the henna leaf, can be dimerized to bislawsone to yield up to six carbonyl/hydroxyl groups for potential lithium coordination. The facile one-step dimerization and subsequent chemical lithiation of bislawsone minimizes synthetic steps and toxic reagents compared to existing systems. We therefore report lithiated bislawsone as a candidate to advance non-toxic and recyclable green battery materials. Bislawsone based electrodes displayed a specific capacity of up to 130 mA h gāˆ’1 at 20 mA gāˆ’1 currents, and voltage plateaus at 2.1ā€“2.5 V, which are comparable to modern Li-ion battery cathodes.
dc.identifier.citationMiroshnikov, Mikhail, Kato, Keiko, Babu, Ganguli, et al.. "A common tattoo chemical for energy storage: henna plant-derived naphthoquinone dimer as a green and sustainable cathode material for Li-ion batteries." <i>RSC Advances,</i> 8, (2018) The Royal Society of Chemistry: 1576-1582. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA12357D.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA12357D
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/102372
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Royal Society of Chemistry
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dc.titleA common tattoo chemical for energy storage: henna plant-derived naphthoquinone dimer as a green and sustainable cathode material for Li-ion batteries
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