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Wang Y, Zhu X, Yang M, Ma H, Li R, Zhang J, Zhao Q, Ren J, Wang X, Yu H, Gao J, Hu M, Yang J. Fe Powder Catalytically Synthesized C 3N 3 toward High-Performance Anode Materials of Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:22051-22064. [PMID: 37104816 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Recently, carbon nitrides and their carbon-based derivatives have been widely studied as anode materials of lithium-ion batteries due to their graphite-like structure and abundant nitrogen active sites. In this paper, a layered carbon nitride material C3N3 consisting of triazine rings with an ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity was designed and synthesized by an innovative method based on Fe powder-catalyzed carbon-carbon coupling polymerization of cyanuric chloride at 260 °C, with reference to the Ullmann reaction. The structural characterizations indicated that the as-synthesized material had a C/N ratio close to 1:1 and a layered structure and only contained one type of nitrogen, suggesting the successful synthesis of C3N3. When used as a lithium-ion battery anode, the C3N3 material showed a high reversible specific capacity up to 842.39 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1, good rate capability, and excellent cycling stability attributed to abundant pyridine nitrogen active sites, large specific surface area, and good structure stability. Ex situ XPS results indicated that Li+ storage relies on the reversible transformation of -C=N- and -C-N- groups as well as the formation of bridge-connected -C=C- bonds. To further optimize the performance, the reaction temperature was further increased to synthesize a series of C3N3 derivatives for the enhanced specific surface area and conductivity. The resulting derivative prepared at 550 °C showed the best electrochemical performance, with an initial specific capacity close to 900 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 and good cycling stability (94.3% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 1 A g-1). This work will undoubtedly inspire the further study of high-capacity carbon nitride-based electrode materials for energy storage.
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- Yan Wang
- Center on Nanoenergy Research, School of Physical Science & Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center on Nanoenergy Research, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
- School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- ShenSi Lab, Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518110, China
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Weeks JA, Lauro S, Burrow JN, Xiao H, Pender JP, Rylski AK, Daigle H, Page Z, Ellison CJ, Mullins CB. Camphene-Assisted Fabrication of Free-Standing Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Composites. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:45240-45253. [PMID: 36173292 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c08143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Free-standing electrode (FSE) architectures hold the potential to dramatically increase the gravimetric and volumetric energy density of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) by eliminating the parasitic dead weight and volume associated with traditional metal foil current collectors. However, current FSE fabrication methods suffer from insufficient mechanical stability, electrochemical performance, or industrial adoptability. Here, we demonstrate a scalable camphene-assisted fabrication method that allows simultaneous casting and templating of FSEs comprising common LIB materials with a performance superior to their foil-cast counterparts. These porous, lightweight, and robust electrodes simultaneously enable enhanced rate performance by improving the mass and ion transport within the percolating conductive carbon pore network and eliminating current collectors for efficient and stable Li+ storage (>1000 cycles in half-cells) at increased gravimetric and areal energy densities. Compared to conventional foil-cast counterparts, the camphene-derived electrodes exhibit ∼1.5× enhanced gravimetric energy density, increased rate capability, and improved capacity retention in coin-cell configurations. A full cell containing both a free-standing anode and cathode was cycled for over 250 cycles with greater than 80% capacity retention at an areal capacity of 0.73 mA h/cm2. This active-material-agnostic electrode fabrication method holds potential to tailor the morphology of flexible, current-collector-free electrodes, thus enabling LIBs to be optimized for high power or high energy density Li+ storage. Furthermore, this platform provides an electrode fabrication method that is applicable to other electrochemical technologies and advanced manufacturing methods.
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- Jason A Weeks
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- John J. McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
- John J. McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1589, United States
- Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1591, United States
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Cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets with enhanced oxidase-like activity for detecting perfluorooctane sulfonate. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lu Y, Zhang X, Huang Y. Tuning nanozyme property of Co@NC via V doping to construct colorimetric sensor array for quantifying and discriminating antioxidant phenolic compounds. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 215:114567. [PMID: 35853326 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Through V2O5 etching of ZIF-67 and subsequent pyrolysis in an argon flow, the V doped Co@NC (V/Co@NC) with mixed-valence Co(II)/Co(III) and V(III)/V(IV) was successfully obtained. V doping plays an important role in regulating the enzyme-like activity of Co@NC. Specifically, the Co@NC has both oxidase-like activity and peroxidase-mimic activity, while the V/Co@NC possesses the specific oxidase-like activity. Benefiting from the elevated Co2+ level due to electrons transfer from the reduced V(III) to Co3+ and recyclable redox reactions between the Co(III)/Co(II) and V(IV)/V(III) couples, the V/Co@NC displays 4-fold increase in the oxidase-like activity, smaller Km (0.18 mM) and larger Vmax (4.01 × 10-8 M s-1) toward TMB relative to Co@NC. The origin of V/Co@NC as oxidase mimic is likely attributed to the generation of 1O2 and •OH. Different phenolic compounds (PC), like gallic acid, kaempferol, caffeic acid, quercetin, and catechin, have distinct antioxidant capacity, showing a differential inhibiting effect on the V/Co@NC-TMB system. The different PC antioxidants in the V/Co@NC-TMB system lead to unique decrease in the absorbance at 652 nm (A652), resulting in a unique absorbance signal response mode. By choosing different combinations of A652 signals at various time points, multichannel information can be extracted from a single nanozyme for pattern recognition. Based on this, a colorimetric array sensing platform for the identification of PC is established successfully. Furthermore, the constructed sensor array can be used for quantifying and discriminating multiple PC antioxidants.
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- Yuwan Lu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Yuan Z, Hu Z, Gao P, Zhang W, Tang Y, Li L, Shi K, Han S, Fan C, Liu J, Liu J. Graphitic carbon nitride-derived high lithium storage capacity graphite material with regular layer structure and the structural evolution mechanism. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Optimized design of 3D nitrogen-doped graphene-like carbon derived from g-C3N4 encapsulated nano-Si as high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang Z, Jiang Y, Hu Y, Li J, Liu X, Li K, Cao W, Xu X, Yang Y, Lin K. New Insights into Co-pyrolysis among Graphitic Carbon Nitride and Organic Compounds: Carbonaceous Gas Fragments Induced Synthesis of Ultrathin Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanosheets for Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:52624-52634. [PMID: 33170611 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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N-doped carbon materials are well known as promising metal-free catalysts and applied in innumerable industrial synthetics. However, most of the N-doped carbon materials obtained by conventional synthetic means exhibit generally low mesoporosity, and their reported pore volumes reached only 1-3 cm3 g-1, which greatly limits their further industrial application in heterogeneous catalysis. Especially for oxidation reaction of alkylbenzenes, this type of reaction is almost always accompanied by many different byproducts, while the reaction activity and selectivity are mainly affected by mesoporosity of catalysts. Traditionally, graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) is commonly considered as a self-sacrificed nitrogen source together with multifarious organic compounds to obtain N-doped carbon materials by a co-pyrolysis process. However, the mechanisms of formation process are still complex and uncontrollable to date. In this work, we present a novel co-pyrolysis synthetic strategy by a facile chemical vapor deposition method for preparing a series of ultrathin N-doped carbon nanosheets with high mesoporosity. More importantly, it is found that GCN containing abundant hydrogen bonds can be irreversibly anchored by carbonaceous gas fragments (CxHy+) released from various organic substances via thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis coupled with mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and the CxHy+ fragments exhibit a non-negligible role during the transformation. Our results further demonstrated that the residue of incompletely decomposed GCN is a key point to enlarge porosity in final products which are obtained via mixing pyrolysis between an organic precursor and GCN (or GCN precursors). Benefitting from the outstanding mesoporosity and ultrathin morphology, the representative ABCNS-900 exhibits excellent catalytic performance for oxidizing ethylbenzene to acetophenone with extremely low dosage and high selectivity. Our findings show a universal synthetic strategy for ultrathin N-rich carbon nanosheets with a high mesopore volume, further promoting the application of N-doped carbon materials in heterogeneous catalytic industry.
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- Zhe Wang
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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Yuan Y, Wang T, Chen H, Mahurin SM, Luo H, Veith GM, Yang Z, Dai S. Ambient Temperature Graphitization Based on Mechanochemical Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yating Yuan
- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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Yuan Y, Wang T, Chen H, Mahurin SM, Luo H, Veith GM, Yang Z, Dai S. Ambient Temperature Graphitization Based on Mechanochemical Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:21935-21939. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yating Yuan
- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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He B, Wang Y, Zhai Q, Qiu P, Dong G, Liu X, Chen Y, Li Z. From polymeric carbon nitride to carbon materials: extended application to electrochemical energy conversion and storage. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:8636-8646. [PMID: 32296803 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr01612h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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As an emerging photocatalyst, polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) currently has drawn ever-increasing attention for electrochemical energy conversion and storage due to its graphite-like structure, metal-free characteristic and excellent structural tunability. Nonetheless, its practical applications are still hindered by the poor electrical conductivity induced irreversible capacity loss. Recently, PCN-derived carbon materials with improved conductivity have received increasing interest and made tremendous progress for advanced electrochemical energy conversion and storage. This review highlights the latest research advancements regarding the electrochemical energy conversion (hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction/evolution reaction, nitrogen reduction reaction, carbon dioxide reduction reaction, etc.) and storage (Li-ion batteries, Li-S batteries, supercapacitors, etc.) application from PCN to PCN-derived carbon materials. A perspective about the challenges and trends in the electrochemical application of PCN and PCN-derived carbon materials is also provided at the end of the review.
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- Bing He
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China.
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Rahman MZ, Kibria MG, Mullins CB. Metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1887-1931. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00313d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This article provides a comprehensive review of the latest progress, challenges and recommended future research related to metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen productionviawater-splitting.
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- Mohammad Ziaur Rahman
- John J. Mcketta Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- University of Calgary
- 2500 University Drive
- NW Calgary
- Canada
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- John J. Mcketta Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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Tang Y, Chen J, Wang X, Wang X, Zhao Y, Mao Z, Wang D. Fabrication of highly N-Doped graphene-like carbon templated from g-C3N4 nanosheets as promising Li-ions battery anode. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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