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Ouyang J, Zhang M, Xiong W, Zhou L, Zhao L, Li Z, Zhou C, Chen H, Luo Y, Fang S, Baughman RH. High performance supercapacitors deploying cube-templated tracheid cavities of wood-derived carbon. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 671:145-153. [PMID: 38795535 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.05.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
Abstract
Wood-derived carbon, with its strong tracheid array structure, is an ideal material for use as a self-supporting electrode in supercapacitors. By leveraging the inherent through pore structure and surface affinity found in wood tracheids, we successfully engineered a highly spatially efficient cube-templated porous carbon framework inside carbonized wood tracheid cavities through precise control over precursor crystallization temperatures. This innovative cubic channel architecture effectively maximizes up to (79 ± 1)% of the cavity volume in wood-derived carbon while demonstrating exceptional hydrophilicity and high conductivity properties, facilitating the development of supercapacitors with enhanced areal/volumetric capacitances (2.65F cm-2/53.0F cm-3 at 5.0 mA cm-2) as well as superior areal/volumetric energy densities (0.37 mWh cm-2/7.36 mWh cm-3 at 2.5 mW cm-2). The fabrication of these cube-templated channels with high cube filling content is not only simple and precisely controllable, but also environmentally friendly. The proposed method eliminates the conventional acid-base treatment process for pore formation, facilitating the rapid development and practical implementation of thick electrodes with superior performance in supercapacitors. Moreover, it offers a universal research approach for the commercialization of wood-derived thick electrodes.
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- Jie Ouyang
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China.
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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Tordi P, Gelli R, Ridi F, Bonini M. A bioinspired and sustainable route for the preparation of Ag-crosslinked alginate fibers decorated with silver nanoparticles. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 326:121586. [PMID: 38142067 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
Abstract
Functional materials obtained through green and sustainable routes are attracting particular attention due to the need to reduce the environmental impact of the chemical industry. In this work we propose a bioinspired approach for the preparation of alginate fibers containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), to be used for antimicrobial purposes. We demonstrate that filiform polymeric structures with length of a few meters can be easily obtained by extruding an alginate solution in an aqueous Ag+-containing bath (i.e. wet spinning) and that treating the fibers with freshly-squeezed lemon juice leads to the formation of AgNPs homogeneously distributed within the polymeric network. Using mixtures of ascorbic and citric acid to mimic lemon juice composition we highlight the influence of the aforementioned molecules on the nanoparticles formation process as well as on the properties of the fibers. Varying the amount of citric and ascorbic acid used for the treatment allows to finely tune the thermal, morphological and water absorption properties of the fibers. This evidence, along with the possibility to easily monitor the preparation through FT-IR spectroscopy, endows the fibers with a high application potential in several fields such as wound healing, water/air purification and agriculture.
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- Pietro Tordi
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" and CSGI, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Institut de Science et d'Ingeniérie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) - Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, 8 Alleé Gaspard Monge, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" and CSGI, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" and CSGI, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" and CSGI, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Zheng S, Xu Z, Ye L, Li D, Zhuang X. Effect of urea additives on CuSO4·5H2O crystal habit: an experimental and theoretical study. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00115e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Oblique hexagonal prism copper(ii) sulfate pentahydrate crystal was formed due to the preferential adsorption of urea molecules on specific faces.
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- Shigui Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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Lum A, Cardamone N, Beliavski R, Mansouri S, Hapgood K, Woo MW. Role of Steam as a Medium for Droplet Crystallization. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Amanda Lum
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3217, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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