Journal article
Nickel enrichment of next-generation NMC nanomaterials alters material stability, causing unexpected dissolution behavior and observed toxicity to S. oneidensis MR-1 and D. magna
Environmental science. Nano, Vol.7(2), pp.571-587
02/20/2020
DOI: 10.1039/C9EN01074B
Abstract
Lithium intercalation compounds, such as the complex metal oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (LiNixMnyCo1−x−yO2, herein referred to as NMC), have demonstrated their utility as energy storage materials. In response to recent concerns about the global supply of cobalt, industrially synthesized NMCs are shifting toward using NMC compositions with enriched nickel content. However, nickel is one of the more toxic components of NMC materials, meriting investigation of the toxicity of these materials on environmentally relevant organisms. Herein, the toxicity of both nanoscale and microscale Ni-enriched NMCs to the bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, and the zooplankton, Daphnia magna, was assessed. Unexpectedly, for the bacteria, all NMC materials exhibited similar toxicity when used at equal surface area-based doses, despite the different nickel content in each. Material dissolution to toxic species, namely nickel and cobalt ions, was therefore modelled using a combined density functional theory and thermodynamics approach, which showed an increase in material stability due to the Ni-enriched material containing nickel with an oxidation state >2. The increased stability of this material means that similar dissolution is expected between Ni-enriched NMC and equistoichiometric NMC, which is what was found in experiments. For S. oneidensis, the toxicity of the released ions recapitulated toxicity of NMC nanoparticles. For D. magna, nickel enrichment increased the observed toxicity of NMC, but this toxicity was not due to ion release. Association of the NMC was observed with both S. oneidensis and D. magna. This work demonstrates that for organisms where the major mode of toxicity is based on ion release, including more nickel in NMC does not impact toxicity due to increased particle stability; however, for organisms where the core composition dictates the toxicity, including more nickel in the redesign strategy may lead to greater toxicity due to nanoparticle-specific impacts on the organism.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nickel enrichment of next-generation NMC nanomaterials alters material stability, causing unexpected dissolution behavior and observed toxicity to S. oneidensis MR-1 and D. magna
- Creators
- Joseph T Buchman - Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USAEvan A Bennett - School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USAChenyu Wang - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USAAli Abbaspour Tamijani - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAJoseph W Bennett - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USABlake G Hudson - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USACurtis M Green - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USAPeter L Clement - Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USABo Zhi - Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USAAustin H Henke - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USAElizabeth D Laudadio - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USASara E Mason - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USARobert J Hamers - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USARebecca D Klaper - School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USAChristy L Haynes - Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental science. Nano, Vol.7(2), pp.571-587
- DOI
- 10.1039/C9EN01074B
- ISSN
- 2051-8153
- eISSN
- 2051-8161
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: 00039202, ACI-1548562, CHE-1503408
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/20/2020
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984216668802771
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