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Rajput SK, Mothika VS. Powders to Thin Films: Advances in Conjugated Microporous Polymer Chemical Sensors. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024; 45:e2300730. [PMID: 38407503 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Chemical sensing of harmful species released either from natural or anthropogenic activities is critical to ensuring human safety and health. Over the last decade, conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) have been proven to be potential sensor materials with the possibility of realizing sensing devices for practical applications. CMPs found to be unique among other porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) due to their high chemical/thermal stability, high surface area, microporosity, efficient host-guest interactions with the analyte, efficient exciton migration along the π-conjugated chains, and tailorable structure to target specific analytes. Several CMP-based optical, electrochemical, colorimetric, and ratiometric sensors with excellent selectivity and sensing performance were reported. This review comprehensively discusses the advances in CMP chemical sensors (powders and thin films) in the detection of nitroaromatic explosives, chemical warfare agents, anions, metal ions, biomolecules, iodine, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with simultaneous delineation of design strategy principles guiding the selectivity and sensitivity of CMP. Preceding this, various photophysical mechanisms responsible for chemical sensing are discussed in detail for convenience. Finally, future challenges to be addressed in the field of CMP chemical sensors are discussed.
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- Saurabh Kumar Rajput
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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Torad NL, Kim J, Kim M, Lim H, Na J, Alshehri SM, Ahamad T, Yamauchi Y, Eguchi M, Ding B, Zhang X. Nanoarchitectured porous carbons derived from ZIFs toward highly sensitive and selective QCM sensor for hazardous aromatic vapors. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 405:124248. [PMID: 33191025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a versatile source of carbon nanoarchitectures in gas sensing applications (Torad et al., 2019). Herein, several types of nanoporous carbons (NPCs) have been prepared by in-situ carbothermal treatment of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) under different inert atmospheres to achieve a highly sensitive discrimination of vaporized aromatic compounds. In this study, we demonstrate how different carbonization conditions under the flow of N2 or H2 gases affect the surface area and the degree of graphitization of the resulting NPCs polyhedrons, and their consequent effect on the sensing performance in terms of sensitivity and selectivity toward toxic volatile hydrocarbons. A growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is observed on the surface of polyhedral NPCs after careful carbonization of ZIF crystals under H2 atmosphere. The fabricated quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor with CNT-containing NPCs demonstrates increased sensitivity and selectivity towards toxic volatile aromatic hydrocarbons over the aliphatic analogues, suggesting the rich growth of hairy graphitic-like CNTs on the surface of carbon framework act as highly selective sensing antennae for vapor molecular discrimination of toxic aromatic hydrocarbons. Despite of increased selectivity towards volatile aromatic compounds, however, the surface area of CNT-rich NPCs derived from hybrid ZIFs and ZIF-67 is greatly sacrificed as compared to CNT-free NPCs from ZIF-8 polyhedron. In the case of Co-containing ZIF-67, the rich growth of hair-like CNTs, which is induced by the presence of Co, is observed during carbothermal reduction under a flow of H2 gas, thus allowing ultra-selective detection of aromatic hydrocarbons in the vapor phase, such as benzene (C6H6) and toluene (C6H5CH3) over their aliphatic analogue, c-hexane (c-C6H12) of same molecular mass, size and vapor pressure.
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- Nagy L Torad
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing 210016, China; JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan; Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan; School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing 210016, China; JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy-Storage Technologies, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing 210016, China.
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Zhang S, Wang J, Torad NL, Xia W, Aslam MA, Kaneti YV, Hou Z, Ding Z, Da B, Fatehmulla A, Aldhafiri AM, Farooq WA, Tang J, Bando Y, Yamauchi Y. Rational Design of Nanoporous MoS 2 /VS 2 Heteroarchitecture for Ultrahigh Performance Ammonia Sensors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1901718. [PMID: 31515944 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have received widespread interest by virtue of their excellent electrical, optical, and electrochemical characteristics. Recent studies on TMDs have revealed their versatile utilization as electrocatalysts, supercapacitors, battery materials, and sensors, etc. In this study, MoS2 nanosheets are successfully assembled on the porous VS2 (P-VS2 ) scaffold to form a MoS2 /VS2 heterostructure. Their gas-sensing features, such as sensitivity and selectivity, are investigated by using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique. The QCM results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal the impressive affinity of the MoS2 /VS2 heterostructure sensor toward ammonia with a higher adsorption uptake than the pristine MoS2 or P-VS2 sensor. Furthermore, the adsorption kinetics of the MoS2 /VS2 heterostructure sensor toward ammonia follow the pseudo-first-order kinetics model. The excellent sensing features of the MoS2 /VS2 heterostructure render it attractive for high-performance ammonia sensors in diverse applications.
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- Shuaihua Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, Hebei, China
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of Ministry Education, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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Chen X, Zhen X, Gong H, Li L, Xiao J, Xu Z, Yan D, Xiao G, Yang R. Cobalt and nitrogen codoped porous carbon as superior bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wang J, Ma Q, Wang Y, Li Z, Li Z, Yuan Q. New insights into the structure-performance relationships of mesoporous materials in analytical science. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:8766-8803. [PMID: 30306180 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00658j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mesoporous materials are ideal carriers for guest molecules and they have been widely used in analytical science. The unique mesoporous structure provides special properties including large specific surface area, tunable pore size, and excellent pore connectivity. The structural properties of mesoporous materials have been largely made use of to improve the performance of analytical methods. For instance, the large specific surface area of mesoporous materials can provide abundant active sites and increase the probability of contact between analytes and active sites to produce stronger signals, thus leading to the improvement of detection sensitivity. The connections between analytical performances and the structural properties of mesoporous materials have not been discussed previously. Understanding the "structure-performance relationship" is highly important for the development of analytical methods with excellent performance based on mesoporous materials. In this review, we discuss the structural properties of mesoporous materials that can be optimized to improve the analytical performance. The discussion is divided into five sections according to the analytical performances: (i) selectivity-related structural properties, (ii) sensitivity-related structural properties, (iii) response time-related structural properties, (iv) stability-related structural properties, and (v) recovery time-related structural properties.
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- Jie Wang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Tang J, Wang J, Shrestha LK, Hossain MSA, Alothman ZA, Yamauchi Y, Ariga K. Activated Porous Carbon Spheres with Customized Mesopores through Assembly of Diblock Copolymers for Electrochemical Capacitor. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:18986-18993. [PMID: 28505404 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b04967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A series of porous carbon spheres with precisely adjustable mesopores (4-16 nm), high specific surface area (SSA, ∼2000 m2 g-1), and submicrometer particle size (∼300 nm) was synthesized through a facile coassembly of diblock polymer micelles with a nontoxic dopamine source and a common postactivation process. The mesopore size can be controlled by the diblock polymer, polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) templates, and has an almost linear dependence on the square root of the degree of polymerization of the PS blocks. These advantageous structural properties make the product a promising electrode material for electrochemical capacitors. The electrochemical capacitive performance was studied carefully by using symmetrical cells in a typical organic electrolyte of 1 M tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate/acetonitrile (TEA BF4/AN) or in an ionic liquid electrolyte of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIMBF4), displaying a high specific capacitance of 111 and 170 F g-1 at 1 A g-1, respectively. The impacts of pore size distribution on the capacitance performance were thoroughly investigated. It was revealed that large mesopores and a relatively low ratio of micropores are ideal for realizing high SSA-normalized capacitance. These results provide us with a simple and reliable way to screen future porous carbon materials for electrochemical capacitors and encourage researchers to design porous carbon with high specific surface area, large mesopores, and a moderate proportion of micropores.
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- Jing Tang
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Nanjing 210016, P.R. China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong , North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong , North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
- Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong , North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
- Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa 277-0827, Japan
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Li Y, Tan H, Salunkhe RR, Tang J, Shrestha LK, Bastakoti BP, Rong H, Takei T, Henzie J, Yamauchi Y, Ariga K. Hollow carbon nanospheres using an asymmetric triblock copolymer structure directing agent. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:236-239. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc07360c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We introduce a simple method to prepare hollow carbon nanospheres (HCNs) by using triblock copolymer micelles.
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Magana JR, Kolen'ko YV, Deepak FL, Solans C, Shrestha RG, Hill JP, Ariga K, Shrestha LK, Rodriguez-Abreu C. From Chromonic Self-Assembly to Hollow Carbon Nanofibers: Efficient Materials in Supercapacitor and Vapor-Sensing Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:31231-31238. [PMID: 27775339 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with high surface area (820 m2/g) have been successfully prepared by a nanocasting approach using silica nanofibers obtained from chromonic liquid crystals as a template. CNFs with randomly oriented graphitic layers show outstanding electrochemical supercapacitance performance, exhibiting a specific capacitance of 327 F/g at a scan rate of 5 mV/s with a long life-cycling capability. Approximately 95% capacitance retention is observed after 1000 charge-discharge cycles. Furthermore, about 80% of capacitance is retained at higher scan rates (up to 500 mV/s) and current densities (from 1 to 10 A/g). The high capacitance of CNFs comes from their porous structure, high pore volume, and electrolyte-accessible high surface area. CNFs with ordered graphitic layers were also obtained upon heat treatment at high temperatures (>1500 °C). Although it is expected that these graphitic CNFs have increased electrical conductivity, in the present case, they exhibited lower capacitance values due to a loss in surface area during thermal treatment. High-surface-area CNFs can be used in sensing applications; in particular, they showed selective differential adsorption of volatile organic compounds such as pyridine and toluene. This behavior is attributed to the free diffusion of these volatile aromatic molecules into the pores of CNFs accompanied by interactions with sp2 carbon structures and other chemical groups on the surface of the fibers.
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- J Rodrigo Magana
- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IQAC-CSIC), and CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory , Avenue Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory , Avenue Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IQAC-CSIC), and CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory , Avenue Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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Liu Y, Chen J, Li W, Shen D, Zhao Y, Pal M, Yu H, Tu B, Zhao D. Carbon functionalized mesoporous silica-based gas sensors for indoor volatile organic compounds. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 477:54-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Xu P, Yu H, Li X. Microgravimetric Analysis Method for Activation-Energy Extraction from Trace-Amount Molecule Adsorption. Anal Chem 2016; 88:4903-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Pengcheng Xu
- State Key Lab of Transducer
Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer
Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer
Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
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Tang J, Wu S, Wang T, Gong H, Zhang H, Alshehri SM, Ahamad T, Zhou H, Yamauchi Y. Cage-Type Highly Graphitic Porous Carbon-Co3O4 Polyhedron as the Cathode of Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:2796-2804. [PMID: 26788868 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A novel cage-type highly graphitic porous carbon-Co3O4 (GPC-Co3O4) polyhedron was designed and successfully prepared for the first time by executing a two-step annealing of core-shell structured metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The low graphitic carbon cores were selectively removed during the secondary annealing in air atmospheres, leaving the interior voids due to their lower thermal stability compared with the graphitic carbon shells. Inspired by the unique properties of the cage-type GPC-Co3O4 polyhedron, GPC-Co3O4 was assembled as an oxygen electrode for a rechargeable Li-O2 battery without the additional conductive agent. The efficient generation of Li2O2 during discharging and the reversible decomposition of Li2O2 during charging were clearly observed by XRD patterns and SEM images. The GPC-Co3O4 polyhedron integrates the beneficial properties, including high electronic conductivity, the rigid cage-type structure consisting of the mesoporous walls and interior void space, as well as the uniformly embedded catalytically active Co3O4 nanoparticles. As a result, the GPC-Co3O4 cathode displays a low charge overpotential of 0.58 V, a good rate capability, and a long cycle life in a Li-O2 battery.
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- Jing Tang
- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University , 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Nanjing 210016, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Nanjing 210016, China
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University , 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Kimura T. Evaporation-induced Self-assembly Process Controlled for Obtaining Highly Ordered Mesoporous Materials with Demanded Morphologies. CHEM REC 2016; 16:445-57. [PMID: 26806104 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201500262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A large number of periodic mesoporous materials have been reported using amphiphilic organic molecules with increasing development of synthetic methods for mesostructural, morphological, and compositional designs. The evaporation-induced self-assembly (ESIA) process to fabricate ordered mesoporous films is one of the most essential synthetic methods, which has extensively been applied for obtaining a wide variety of samples (e.g., films and monoliths, including powders). It contains complicated physical variations and chemical reactions, but has been simply explained by several research groups. However, a current, exact understanding of such complicated systems should be given with respect to all the variations and reactions. In this article, I have mainly surveyed the exact EISA process by considering the difference between simple and controlled EISA processes on the basis of my own experiments. I believe that the insights are consequently helpful for obtaining highly ordered mesoporous materials with demanded morphologies.
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- Tatsuo Kimura
- Inorganic Functional Materials Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Shimoshidami Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, 463-8560, Japan
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Tang J, Liu J, Salunkhe RR, Wang T, Yamauchi Y. Nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with large mesoporous shells engineered from diblock copolymer micelles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:505-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc07610b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with engineered large tunable mesoporous (∼20 nm) shells are successfully synthesized for the first time by using a dual-template method.
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- Jing Tang
- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Curtin University
- Perth
- Australia
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Tsukuba
- Japan
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion
- College of Materials Science and Technology
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- P. R. China
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Tang J, Wang T, Salunkhe RR, Alshehri SM, Malgras V, Yamauchi Y. Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Hierarchical Porous Carbon as an Electrode for High-Performance Supercapacitors. Chemistry 2015; 21:17293-8. [PMID: 26463752 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A facile and sustainable procedure for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbons with a three-dimensional interconnected framework (NHPC-3D) was developed. The strategy, based on a colloidal crystal-templating method, utilizes nitrogenous dopamine as the precursor due to its unique properties, including self-polymerization under mild alkaline conditions, coating onto various surfaces, a high carbonization yield, and well-preserved nitrogen doping after heat treatment. The obtained NHPC-3D possesses a high surface area of 1056 m(2) g(-1) , a large pore volume of 2.56 cm(3) g(-1) , and a high nitrogen content of 8.2 wt %. The NHPC-3D is implemented as the electrode material of a supercapacitor and exhibits a specific capacitance as high as 252 F g(-1) at a current density of 2 A g(-1) . The device also shows a high capacitance retention of 75.7 % at a higher current density of 20 A g(-1) in aqueous electrolyte due to a sufficient surface area for charge accommodation, reversible pseudocapacitance, and minimized ion-transport resistance, as a result of the advantageous interconnected hierarchical porous texture. These results showcase NHPC-3D as a promising candidate for electrode materials in supercapacitors.
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- Jing Tang
- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials, Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).,Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy, Conversion, College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016 (China)
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials, Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451 (Saudi Arabia)
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials, Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan)
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- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials, Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan). .,Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan). .,Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451 (Saudi Arabia).
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Bragazzi NL, Amicizia D, Panatto D, Tramalloni D, Valle I, Gasparini R. Quartz-Crystal Microbalance (QCM) for Public Health: An Overview of Its Applications. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2015; 101:149-211. [PMID: 26572979 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nanobiotechnologies, from the convergence of nanotechnology and molecular biology and postgenomics medicine, play a major role in the field of public health. This overview summarizes the potentiality of piezoelectric sensors, and in particular, of quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM), a physical nanogram-sensitive device. QCM enables the rapid, real time, on-site detection of pathogens with an enormous burden in public health, such as influenza and other respiratory viruses, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and drug-resistant bacteria, among others. Further, it allows to detect food allergens, food-borne pathogens, such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, and food chemical contaminants, as well as water-borne microorganisms and environmental contaminants. Moreover, QCM holds promises in early cancer detection and screening of new antiblastic drugs. Applications for monitoring biohazards, for assuring homeland security, and preventing bioterrorism are also discussed.
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- Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Via Antonio Pastore 1, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Via Antonio Pastore 1, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Via Antonio Pastore 1, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Via Antonio Pastore 1, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- SSD "Popolazione a rischio," Health Prevention Department, Local Health Unit ASL3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Via Antonio Pastore 1, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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Joshi S, Shrestha LK, Kamachi Y, Malgras V, Pradhananga MA, Pokhrel BP, Nakato T, Pradhananga RR, Ariga K, Yamauchi Y. Synthesis and characterizations of nanoporous carbon derived from Lapsi (Choerospondias axillaris) seed: Effect of carbonization conditions. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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de Lima F, Maia G. Oxidized/reduced graphene nanoribbons facilitate charge transfer to the Fe(CN)₆³⁻/Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻ redox couple and towards oxygen reduction. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:6193-6207. [PMID: 25776857 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr01123j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study investigated the synthesis of graphene oxide nanoribbons (GONRs) and graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) from multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and the behavior of thin films of MWCNTs, GONRs, and GNRs on a glassy carbon surface in the presence of two redox probes (Fe(CN)6(3-)/Fe(CN)6(4-) and O2) employing cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and hydrodynamic voltammetry (HV) as a simple procedure for characterizing these films. The feasibility of using these electrochemical techniques for this purpose opens up the possibility of applying them to biosensors and electrocatalysts using surface-supported MWCNT, GONR, and GNR materials. GNR1 resembles an internodal segment of bamboo cut lengthwise, with a shallow troughing at its center, while GNR2 resembles stacked ribbons, each ∼16 nm wide, with points of structural damage and points of four-ribbon connection measuring 60 nm or wider, sufficiently catalytic for the oxygen reduction reaction to occur, unlike the other modified electrodes investigated in acidic, 0.1 M KH2PO4 (pH 7.0), and 0.1 M KOH solutions (HV results). Transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis were employed to characterize the MWCNTs, GONRs, and GNRs.
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- Fábio de Lima
- Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, Campo Grande, MS 79074-460, Brazil.
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Miao Z, Zhao H, Yang J, Zhao J, Song H, Chou L. Mesoporous Mn-Zr composite oxides with a crystalline wall: synthesis, characterization and application. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:2997-3001. [PMID: 25612139 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt03835e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mesoporous Mn-Zr composite oxides (M-MnZr) with a crystalline wall were designed and achieved by a facile one-pot evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) strategy. As proved by XRD, HRTEM and SAED characterization, the wall of the obtained mesoporous materials exhibited a typical tetragonal phase of ZrO2. In addition, the introduced manganese species were homogeneously dispersed in the mesoporous skeleton. N2-physisorption and TEM results showed that all the final materials possessed an obvious mesoporous structure accompanied by a large specific surface area (∼120 m(2) g(-1)), big pore volume (∼0.2 cm(3) g(-1)) and uniform pore size (∼4.9 nm). In addition, the liquid phase oxidation was chosen as the test reaction and the excellent catalytic performance of M-MnZr demonstrated their potential applications in oxidation reactions.
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- Zhichao Miao
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
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Shrestha LK, Shrestha RG, Yamauchi Y, Hill JP, Nishimura T, Miyazawa K, Kawai T, Okada S, Wakabayashi K, Ariga K. Nanoporous Carbon Tubes from Fullerene Crystals as the π-Electron Carbon Source. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201408856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Shrestha LK, Shrestha RG, Yamauchi Y, Hill JP, Nishimura T, Miyazawa K, Kawai T, Okada S, Wakabayashi K, Ariga K. Nanoporous carbon tubes from fullerene crystals as the π-electron carbon source. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:951-5. [PMID: 25425340 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Here we report the thermal conversion of one-dimensional (1D) fullerene (C60) single-crystal nanorods and nanotubes to nanoporous carbon materials with retention of the initial 1D morphology. The 1D C60 crystals are heated directly at very high temperature (up to 2000 °C) in vacuum, yielding a new family of nanoporous carbons having π-electron conjugation within the sp(2)-carbon robust frameworks. These new nanoporous carbon materials show excellent electrochemical capacitance and superior sensing properties for aromatic compounds compared to commercial activated carbons.
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- Lok Kumar Shrestha
- World Premier International Center for Mater Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namaiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan).
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