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Waisi BI, Manickam SS, Benes NE, Nijmeijer A, McCutcheon JR. Activated Carbon Nanofiber Nonwovens: Improving Strength and Surface Area by Tuning Fabrication Procedure. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Basma I. Waisi
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Inorganic Membranes, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Inorganic Membranes, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Membranes, Department of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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Fixing PAN Nanofiber Mats during Stabilization for Carbonization and Creating Novel Metal/Carbon Composites. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10070735. [PMID: 30960660 PMCID: PMC6403840 DOI: 10.3390/polym10070735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is one of the materials most often used for carbonization. PAN nanofiber mats, created by electrospinning, are an especially interesting source to gain carbon nanofibers. A well-known problem in this process is fixing the PAN nanofiber mats during the stabilization process which is necessary to avoid contraction of the fibers, correlated with an undesired increase in the diameter and undesired bending. Fixing this issue typically results in breaks in the nanofiber mats if the tension is too high, or it is not strong enough to keep the fibers as straight as in the original state. This article suggests a novel method to overcome this problem by electrospinning on an aluminum substrate on which the nanofiber mat adheres rigidly, stabilizing the composite and carbonizing afterwards either with or without the aluminum substrate to gain either a pure carbon nanofiber mat or a metal/carbon composite.
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Optimum stabilization processing parameters for polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofibers and their difference with carbon (micro) fibers. Polym Degrad Stab 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2017.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gao YP, Wu X, Huang KJ, Xing LL, Zhang YY, Liu L. Two-dimensional transition metal diseleniums for energy storage application: a review of recent developments. CrystEngComm 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ce02223e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Zhang Y, Zuo L, Zhang L, Huang Y, Lu H, Fan W, Liu T. Cotton Wool Derived Carbon Fiber Aerogel Supported Few-Layered MoSe2 Nanosheets As Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:7077-7085. [PMID: 26927526 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent studies have proven that newly emerging two-dimensional molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) is a promising noble-metal-free electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Increasing the exposures of the active edges of MoSe2 nanostructures is a key issue to fully realize the excellent electrochemical properties of MoSe2. In this work, a few-layered MoSe2/carbon fiber aerogel (CFA) hybrids have been facilely obtained through the combination of high-temperature carbonization and one-pot solvothermal reaction. CFA derived from cotton wool is used as a three-dimensional conductive network for construction of hierarchical MoSe2/CFA hybrids, where few-layered MoSe2 nanosheets are uniformly and perpendicularly decorated on the surfaces of CFA. In the designed and prepared hybrids, CFA effectively increases the exposures of the active edges of MoSe2 nanosheets as well as provides reduced lengths for both electron transportation and ion diffusion. Therefore, the obtained optimal MoSe2/CFA hybrid exhibits excellent electrochemical activity as HER electrocatalyst with a small onset potential of -0.104 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode and a small Tafel slope of 62 mV per decade, showing its great potential as a next-generation Pt-free electrocatalyst for HER.
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- Youfang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , 2999 North Renmin Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , 2999 North Renmin Road, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
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Wu QY, Liang HQ, Li M, Liu BT, Xu ZK. Hierarchically porous carbon membranes derived from PAN and their selective adsorption of organic dyes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-016-1723-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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