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Bongu C, Khan AS, Arsalan M, Alsharaeh EH. Blackberry Seeds-Derived Carbon as Stable Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:16725-16733. [PMID: 38617659 PMCID: PMC11007718 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c00797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The suitability of biocarbons derived from blackberry seeds as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries has been assessed for the first time. Blackberry seeds have antibacterial, anticancer, antidysentery, antidiabetic, antidiarrheal, and potent antioxidant properties and are generally used for herbal medical purposes. Carbon is extracted from blackberries using a straightforward carbonization technique and activated with KOH at temperatures 700, 800, and 900 °C. The physical characterization demonstrates that activated blackberry seeds-derived carbon at 900 °C (ABBSC-900 °C) have well-ordered graphene sheets with high defects compared to the ABBSC-700 °C and ABBSC-800 °C. It is discovered that an ABBSC-900 °C is mesoporous, with a notable Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of 65 m2 g-1. ABBSC-900 has good electrochemical characteristics, as studied under 100 and 1000 mA g-1 discharge conditions when used as a lithium intercalating anode. Delivered against a 500 mA g-1 current density, a steady reversible capacity of 482 mA h g-1 has been achieved even after 200 cycles. It is thought that disordered mesoporous carbon with a large surface area account for the improved electrochemical characteristics of the ABBSC-900 anode compared to the other ABBSC-700 and ABBSC-800 carbons. The research shows how to use a waste product, ABBSC, as the most desired anode for energy storage applications.
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- Chandra
Sekhar Bongu
- College
of Science and General Studies, AlFaisal
University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
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- College
of Science and General Studies, AlFaisal
University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
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- EXPEC
Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, P.O. Box 5000, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
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- College
of Science and General Studies, AlFaisal
University, P.O. Box 50927, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
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Azizi J, Groß A, Euchner H. Computational Investigation of Carbon Based Anode Materials for Li- and Post-Li- Ion Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202301493. [PMID: 38411370 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Due to its negligible capacity with respect to sodium intercalation, graphite is not suited as anode material for sodium ion batteries. Hard carbon materials, on the other hand, provide reasonably high capacities at low insertion potential, making them a promising anode materials for sodium (and potassium) ion batteries. The particular nanostructure of these functionalized carbon-based materials has been found to be crucially linked to the material performance. However, there is still a lack of understanding with respect to the functional role of structural units, such as defects, for intercalation and storage. To overcome these problems, the intercalation of Li, Na, and K in graphitic model structures with distinct defect configurations has been investigated by density functional theory. The calculations confirm that defects are able to stabilize intercalation of larger alkali metal contents. At the same time, it is shown that a combination of phonon and band structure calculations are able to explain characteristic Raman features typically observed for alkali metal intercalation in hard carbon, furthermore allowing for the quantification of the alkali metal intercalation inbetween the layers of hard carbon anodes.
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- Jafar Azizi
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, D-, 89081, Ulm
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, D-, 89081, Ulm
- Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage, D-, 89081, Ulm
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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Gu R, Fu D, Jin Y, Jia M, Nie K. Aspergillus niger fermentation residues application to produce biochar for the anode of lithium-ion batteries. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 346:118985. [PMID: 37708680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Aspergillus niger is widely applied in the fermentation industry, but produce abundant mycelium residues every year. As a kind of solid waste, mycelium residues seriously affect the environment. How to manage and utilize this solid waste is a problem for the fermentation industry. It was reported that many kinds of biomass could be utilized to produce carbon materials, which would be further used to produce lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs). Here, porous biochar was prepared from A. niger mycelial residues and further used as an anode for LIBs. Since the A. niger mycelium contains abundant nitrogen (5.29%) from its chitosan-dominated cell wall, and silicon (9.63%) from perlite filter aid, respectively, the biochar presented an excellent cycle stability and rate performance when applied as the anode of LIBs. The conclusion of this research shows the wide application prospect of fungal fermentation residues as carbon precursors in energy storage devices. Meanwhile, this investigation provides an alternative management method for A. niger mycelium residues, with which the mycelium residues could be effectively recycled to avoid resource waste and environmental pollution.
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- Runxin Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory for New Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China; Beijing Guyue New Materials Research Institute, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, PR China.
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Liu ZG, He XX, Zhao JH, Xu CM, Qiao Y, Li L, Chou SL. Carbon nanosphere synthesis and applications for rechargeable batteries. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:4257-4273. [PMID: 36940099 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00402c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Carbon nanospheres (CNSs) have attracted great interest in energy conversion and storage technologies due to their excellent chemical and thermal stability, high electrical conductivity and controllable size structure characteristics. In order to further improve the energy storage properties, many efforts have been made to design suitable nanocarbon spherical materials to improve electrochemical performance. In this overview, we summarize the recent research progress on CNSs, mainly focusing on the synthesis methods and their application as high-performance electrode materials in rechargeable batteries. As for the synthesis methods, hard template methods, soft template methods, the extension of the Stöber method, hydrothermal carbonization, aerosol-assisted synthesis are described in detail. In addition, the use of CNSs as electrodes in energy storage devices (mainly concentrated on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)), sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) and potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are also discussed in detail in this article. Finally, some perspectives on the future research and development of CNSs are provided.
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- Zheng-Guang Liu
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China. .,Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, P. R. China.
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Muraleedharan Pillai M, Kalidas N, Zhao X, Lehto VP. Biomass-Based Silicon and Carbon for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes. Front Chem 2022; 10:882081. [PMID: 35601553 PMCID: PMC9114676 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.882081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most preferred energy storage devices today for many high-performance applications. Recently, concerns about global warming and climate change have increased the need and requirements for LIBs used in electric vehicles, and thus more advanced technologies and materials are urgently needed. Among the anode materials under development, silicon (Si) has been considered the most promising anode candidate for the next generation LIBs to replace the widely used graphite. Si cannot be used as such as the electrode of LIB, and thus, carbon is commonly used to realize the applicability of Si in LIBs. Typically, this means forming a-Si/carbon composite (Si/C). One of the main challenges in the industrial development of high-performance LIBs is to exploit low-cost, environmentally benign, sustainable, and renewable chemicals and materials. In this regard, bio-based Si and carbon are favorable to address the challenge assuming that the performance of the LIB anode is not compromised. The present review paper focuses on the development of Si and carbon anodes derived from various types of biogenic sources, particularly from plant-derived biomass resources. An overview of the biomass precursors, process/extraction methods for producing Si and carbon, the critical physicochemical properties influencing the lithium storage in LIBs, and how they affect the electrochemical performance are highlighted. The review paper also discusses the current research challenges and prospects of biomass-derived materials in developing advanced battery materials.
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Liu G, Zhao Y, Li J, Zhang T, Yang M, Guo D, Wu N, Wu K, Liu X. Hierarchical N/O co-doped hard carbon derived from waste saccharomyces cerevisiae for lithium storage. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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