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Investigations on KAl(SO4)2∙12H2O: A Candidate α-Alum Material for Energy Storage Applications

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In this work, we have successfully synthesized a pure phase of α-alum KAl(SO4)2∙12H2O, denoted as KAlSD by the slow evaporation method, to be useful as a material in the storage energy domain. XRD analysis and IR spectroscopy confirmed the high pure cubic phase. Thermal dehydration results done by DTA-TG analysis confirmed a complete dehydration process around 520 K. Kinetic analysis using the linear regression analysis indicated that different models can explain each dehydration stage. The conduction mechanism process was followed by complex impedance spectroscopy (CIS). Conductivity within the material is thermally activated and occurs by the migration of mobile cations into the host lattice with activation energy equal to 1.08 eV. KAlSD is an ionic semiconductor that can be selected as good electrode material in the energy storage applications.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Mrs. Jmii Imen the Thermal Analysis Laboratory technician for her help, suggestions, and comments during the experimental procedure. We are also grateful to Mr. Othmani Abdelhak for his help in impedance measurements.

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    Ahmed Souemti & Dalila Ben Hassen Chehimi

  2. Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, LR Ressource Matériaux et Écosystème Matériaux Lamellaire et Nanomatériaux Hybrides, Université de Carthage, 7021, Bizerte, Tunisia

    Mouhammed Ben Mouhammed

  3. Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Laguna, Avenida Astrofísico, Francisco Sánchez, s/n., 38200, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    Antonio Diego Lozano-Gorrin

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Souemti, A., Mouhammed, M.B., Lozano-Gorrin, A.D. et al. Investigations on KAl(SO4)2∙12H2O: A Candidate α-Alum Material for Energy Storage Applications. Chemistry Africa 5, 575–587 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-022-00336-1

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