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Kim HH, Lee E, Kim KH, Shim H, Lee J, Lee D, Lee D, Kim WS, Hong SH. Synthesis of Graphitic Carbon Coated ZnPS 3 and its Superior Electrochemical Properties for Lithium and Sodium Ion Storage. Small Methods 2024; 8:e2301294. [PMID: 37988680 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Graphitic carbon-coated ZnPS3 is prepared via direct phosphosulfurization and high energy mechanical milling (HEMM) with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and first introduced as an anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). The HEMM process with MWCNTs reduces the particle size of as-synthesized ZnPS3 bulk to 100-500 nm and yields the ≈5 nm thick graphitic carbon coated ZnPS3 nanoparticles, which are the nanocomposites of 5 nm sized nanocrystallites embedded in the amorphous matrix. The ZnPS3 electrode undergoes the combined conversion and alloying reactions with Li and Na ions and exhibits high initial discharge and charge capacities in both LIBs and SIBs. The graphitic carbon-coated ZnPS3 electrode exhibits excellent high-rate capability and long-term cyclability. The superior electrochemical properties can be attributed to high electrical conductivity, high Li ion mobility, and high reversibility and structural stability derived from the graphitic carbon-coated nanoparticles. This study demonstrates that the novel graphitic carbon-coated ZnPS3 is a promising anode material for both LIBs and SIBs and the graphitic carbon coating methodology by HEMM is expected to apply to the various metal oxides, sulfides, and phosphides.
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- Hyung-Ho Kim
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Meng H, Song J, Zhang Y. ZIF67-ZIF8@MFC-Derived Co-Zn/NC Interconnected Frameworks Combined with Perfluorosulfonic Acid Polymer as a Highly Efficient and Stable Composite Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reactions. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:505. [PMID: 38399883 PMCID: PMC10893250 DOI: 10.3390/polym16040505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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The development of precious metal-free (M-N-C) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is considered crucial for reducing fuel cell costs. Herein, Co-Zn/NC interconnected frameworks with uniformly dispersed Co nanoparticles and graphitic carbon are designed and successfully synthesized through the in situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF67 and ZIF8) along with biomass nano-microfibrillar cellulose (MFC), followed by pyrolysis. A Co-Zn/NC composite is prepared by combining Co-Zn/NC with a perfluorosulfonic acid polymer. The Co-Zn/NC composite catalyst exhibits excellent ORR catalytic activity (E0 = 0.974 V vs. RHE, E1/2 = 0.858 V vs. RHE) and good long-term durability, with 90% current retention after 10000s, surpassing that of commercial Pt/C in alkaline media. The hierarchical porous structure, coupled with the uniform distribution of Co nanoparticles and nitrogen doping, contributes to superior electrocatalytic performance, while the interconnected frameworks and graphitic carbon ensure good stability. Additionally, the Co-Zn/NC composite demonstrates promising applications in acidic media. This strategy offers significant guidance to develop advanced non-precious metal carbon-based catalysts for highly efficient and stable ORR.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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Jana A, Kearney LT, Naskar AK, Grossman JC, Ferralis N. Effect of Methyl Groups on Formation of Ordered or Layered Graphitic Materials from Aromatic Molecules. Small 2023; 19:e2302985. [PMID: 37357175 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Developing functionally complex carbon materials from small aromatic molecules requires an understanding of how the chemistry and structure of its constituent molecules evolve and crosslink, to achieve a tailorable set of functional properties. Here, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used to isolate the effect of methyl groups on condensation reactions during the oxidative process and evaluate the impact on elastic modulus by considering three monodisperse pyrene-based systems with increasing methyl group fraction. A parameter to quantify the reaction progression is designed by computing the number of new covalent bonds formed. Utilizing the previously developed MD framework, it is found that increasing methylation leads to an almost doubling of bond formation, a larger fraction of the new bonds oriented in the direction of tensile stress, and a higher basal plane alignment of the precursor molecules along the direction of tensile stress, resulting in enhanced tensile modulus. Additionally, via experiments, it is demonstrated that precursors with a higher fraction of methyl groups result in a higher alignment of molecules. Moreover, increased methylation results in the lower spread of single molecule alignment which may lead to smaller variations in tensile modulus and more consistent properties in carbon materials derived from methyl-rich precursors.
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- Asmita Jana
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Carbon and Composites Group, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Carbon and Composites Group, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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Li X, Giordano C. Designed NiMoC@C and NiFeMo 2C@C core-shell nanoparticles for oxygen evolution in alkaline media. Front Chem 2023; 11:1162675. [PMID: 37179773 PMCID: PMC10169681 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1162675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Electrochemical water splitting is one of the most promising and clean ways to produce hydrogen as a fuel. Herein, we present a facile and versatile strategy for synthesizing non-precious transition binary and ternary metal-based catalysts encapsulated in a graphitic carbon shell. NiMoC@C and NiFeMo2C@C were prepared via a simple sol-gel based method for application in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER). The conductive carbon layer surrounding the metals was introduced to improve electron transport throughout the catalyst structure. This multifunctional structure showed synergistic effects, possess a larger number of active sites and enhanced electrochemical durability. Structural analysis indicated that the metallic phases were encapsulated in the graphitic shell. Experimental results demonstrated that the optimal core-shell material NiFeMo2C@C exhibited the best catalytic performance for the OER in 0.5 M KOH, reaching a current density of 10 mA cm-2 at low overpotential of 292 mV for the OER, superior to the benchmark IrO2 nanoparticles. The good performances and stability of these OER electrocatalysts, alongside an easily scalable procedure makes these systems ideal for industrial purposes.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Eun J, Jeon S. Performance Enhancement of Moisture-driven Power Generators by Photofragmentation of Inorganic Salt Particles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:45289-45295. [PMID: 36173290 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We developed a novel method based on the photofragmentation of inorganic salt particles for improving the moisture-electric energy transformation performance of a moisture-driven power generator (MPG). Infrared laser irradiation on cellulose nanofiber films (CNFs) prepared by a TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical)-mediated oxidation of bleached pulp induced a photothermal conversion of CNFs to porous graphitic carbon films (GCFs) with the catalyst-derived Na2O2 particles. Since the laser beam was focused on the top surface of CNF, the gradients of the photothermal conversion of CNFs and Na2O2 concentration were created along the thickness direction. Subsequent irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light induced the photofragmentation of the micrometer-sized Na2O2 particles into smaller ones, which increased the surface area of the salt particles in contact with the GCFs and consequently increased the number of effective dissociable charge carriers. When the GCF was exposed to moisture, the dissociated sodium ions migrated along the preformed concentration gradient, producing continuous outputs of current and voltage. At 90% relative humidity, the maximum voltage and current density outputs of the MPG increased from 0.91 V and 18.7 μA/cm2 before UV irradiation to 1.10 V and 56.2 μA/cm2 after UV irradiation, respectively. Additionally, we demonstrated that a green light-emitting diode could be turned on without capacitors or rectifiers during normal breathing while wearing a face mask with three GCF arrays attached (each 3 mm × 3 mm × 0.1 mm in size).
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- Jakyung Eun
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Pohang, 37673 Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-Ro, Pohang, 37673 Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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Jurca B, Peng L, Primo A, Gordillo A, Dhakshinamoorthy A, Parvulescu VI, García H. Promotional Effects on the Catalytic Activity of Co-Fe Alloy Supported on Graphitic Carbon for CO 2 Hydrogenation. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 12:3220. [PMID: 36145013 PMCID: PMC9506583 DOI: 10.3390/nano12183220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Starting from the reported activity of Co-Fe nanoparticles wrapped onto graphitic carbon (Co-Fe@C) as CO2 hydrogenation catalysts, the present article studies the influence of a series of metallic (Pd, Ce, Ca, Ca, and Ce) and non-metallic (S in various percentages and S and alkali metals) elements as Co-Fe@C promoters. Pd at 0.5 wt % somewhat enhances CO2 conversion and CH4 selectivity, probably due to H2 activation and spillover on Co-Fe. At similar concentrations, Ce does not influence CO2 conversion but does diminish CO selectivity. A 25 wt % Fe excess increases the Fe-Co particle size and has a detrimental effect due to this large particle size. The presence of 25 wt % of Ca increases the CO2 conversion and CH4 selectivity remarkably, the effect being attributable to the CO2 adsorption capacity and basicity of Ca. Sulfur at a concentration of 2.1% or higher acts as a strong poison, decreasing CO2 conversion and shifting selectivity to CO. The combination of S and alkali metals as promoters maintain the CO selectivity of S but notably increase the CO2 conversion. Overall, this study shows how promoters and poisons can alter the catalytic activity of Co/Fe@C catalysts, changing from CH4 to CO. It is expected that further modulation of the activity of Co/Fe@C catalysts can serve to drive the activity and selectivity of these materials to any CO2 hydrogenation products that are wanted.
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- Bogdan Jurca
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Bdul Regina Elisabeta 4-12, 030016 Bucharest, Romania
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
- School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Bdul Regina Elisabeta 4-12, 030016 Bucharest, Romania
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Huang L, Su YQ, Qi R, Dang D, Qin Y, Xi S, Zaman S, You B, Ding S, Xia BY. Boosting Oxygen Reduction via Integrated Construction and Synergistic Catalysis of Porous Platinum Alloy and Defective Graphitic Carbon. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25530-25537. [PMID: 34562296 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Integrated fabrication through the strong interaction between catalyst and carrier is crucial to realize efficient oxygen electrocatalysis for fuel cells. We report herein a porous Pt-rich alloy encapsulated by graphitic carbon via integration engineering, where a synergistic catalysis between ternary PtCuCo alloy and graphitic Co-N-C results in the optimized reaction pathway and improved oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance. The hybrid catalyst PtCuCo@Co-N-C delivers a mass activity of 1.14 A mgPt -1 at 0.9 V vs. RHE and a peak power density of 960 mW cm-2 in the full-cell assessment, outperforming commercial Pt/C catalyst (0.12 A mgPt -1 and 780 mW cm-2 ). Experimental results combined with theoretical simulations suggest that the mutual assistance between porous Pt alloy and Co-N-C accounts for the enhanced catalytic performance. Such integrated engineering concept is significant for strengthening the anti-corrosion capabilities and improving the ORR performance of Pt-based catalysts.
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- Lei Huang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices (MOE), Department of Electronics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A✶STAR), 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, Hubei Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials and Medical Protective Materials, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Tan PS, Vaughan E, Islam J, Burke N, Iacopino D, Tierney JB. Laser Scribing Fabrication of Graphitic Carbon Biosensors for Label-Free Detection of Interleukin-6. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:nano11082110. [PMID: 34443939 PMCID: PMC8399033 DOI: 10.3390/nano11082110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important immuno-modulating cytokine playing a pivotal role in inflammatory processes in disease induction and progression. As IL-6 serves as an important indicator of disease state, it is of paramount importance to develop low cost, fast and sensitive improved methods of detection. Here we present an electrochemical immunosensor platform based on the use of highly porous graphitic carbon electrodes fabricated by direct laser writing of commercial polyimide tapes and chemically modified with capture IL-6 antibodies. The unique porous and 3D morphology, as well as the high density of edge planes of the graphitic carbon electrodes, resulted in a fast heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) rate, k0 = 0.13 cm/s. The resulting immunosensor showed a linear response to log of concentration in the working range of 10 to 500 pg/mL, and low limit of detection (LOD) of 5.1 pg/mL IL-6 in phosphate buffer saline. The total test time was approximately 90 min, faster than the time required for ELISA testing. Moreover, the assay did not require additional sample pre-concentration or labelling steps. The immunosensor shelf-life was long, with stable results obtained after 6 weeks of storage at 4 °C, and the selectivity was high, as no response was obtained in the presence of another inflammatory cytokine, Interlukin-4. These results show that laser-fabricated graphitic carbon electrodes can be used as selective and sensitive electrochemical immunosensors and offer a viable option for rapid and low-cost biomarker detection for point-of-care analysis.
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- Pei Shee Tan
- Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technological University, Tralee, V92KA43 Kerry, Ireland; (P.S.T.); (N.B.); (J.B.T.)
- Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Munster Technological University, Tralee, V92KA43 Kerry, Ireland
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- Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Dyke Parade, T12R5CP Cork, Ireland; (E.V.); (J.I.)
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- Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Dyke Parade, T12R5CP Cork, Ireland; (E.V.); (J.I.)
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- Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technological University, Tralee, V92KA43 Kerry, Ireland; (P.S.T.); (N.B.); (J.B.T.)
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- Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Dyke Parade, T12R5CP Cork, Ireland; (E.V.); (J.I.)
- Correspondence:
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- Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre, Munster Technological University, Tralee, V92KA43 Kerry, Ireland; (P.S.T.); (N.B.); (J.B.T.)
- Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Munster Technological University, Tralee, V92KA43 Kerry, Ireland
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Niu S, Hu C, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Yin F. Nanoporous Co and N-Codoped Carbon Composite Derived from ZIF-67 for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:1910. [PMID: 34443741 DOI: 10.3390/nano11081910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have nice prospects because of their excellent energy density and theoretical specific capacity. However, the dissolution of lithium polysulfides and shuttle effects lead to a low coulombic efficiency and cycle performance of Li-S batteries. Therefore, designing electrode materials that can suppress the shuttle effect and adsorb polysulfides is of great significance. In this work, a Co and N-codoped carbon composite via heating a type of Co-etched zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67), nanocube precursor, in inert gas is reported as a cathode sulfur carrier material for Li-S batteries. The experimental results show that high-temperature carbonization results in mesoporous structures inside the material which not only provide ion channels for the reaction but also improve the adsorption capacity of polysulfides. Furthermore, the exposed metal Co sites and N atoms can also inhibit the shuttle effect. When the annealing temperature is 600 °C, the sulfur composite exhibits a good cycling stability and rate performance. The cathode showed an improved initial specific capability of 1042 and still maintained 477 mAh g−1 at the rate of 1 C (1 C = 1672 mA g−1). Furthermore, at 5 C, a stable specific discharge capacity of 608 mAh g−1 was obtained.
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Lam DV, Nguyen UNT, Roh E, Choi W, Kim JH, Kim H, Lee SM. Graphitic Carbon with MnO/Mn 7 C 3 Prepared by Laser-Scribing of MOF for Versatile Supercapacitor Electrodes. Small 2021; 17:e2100670. [PMID: 34145746 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Pseudocapacitive materials encapsulated in conductive carbon matrix are of paramount importance to develop energy storage devices with high performance and long lifespan. Here, via simple laser-scribing, the Mn-based metal-organic framework [EG-MOF-74(Mn)] is transformed into pseudocapacitive hybrid MnO/Mn7 C3 encapsulated in highly conductive graphitic carbon. It is revealed that the rapid carbothermic reduction of MnO (C + MnO → C' + Mn7 C3 + CO) leads to the formation of the intermediate pseudocapacitive MnO/Mn7 C3 and the concurrent catalytic graphitization of disordered carbon. This reaction produces a new type of pseudocapacitive material in the form of MnO/Mn7 C3 fully embedded in highly conductive graphitic carbon. Thanks to the synergistic effect of the MnO/Mn7 C3 nanoparticles and the graphitic carbon, the composite exhibits a high specific capacitance of 403 F g-1 with excellent stability. Asymmetric coin-cell supercapacitors based on the composite demonstrate high energy (29.2 Wh kg-1 ) and power densities (8000 W kg-1 ) with a long lifespan. Prototypes of flexible paper-based supercapacitors made of the composite also show great potential toward applications of flexible electronics.
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- Do Van Lam
- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), 156 Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34103, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), 156 Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34103, South Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), 152 Gajeong-ro, Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34129, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), 152 Gajeong-ro, Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34129, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), 156 Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34103, South Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
- Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), 152 Gajeong-ro, Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34129, South Korea
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- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), 156 Gajeongbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34103, South Korea
- Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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Olsson E, Cottom J, Cai Q. Defects in Hard Carbon: Where Are They Located and How Does the Location Affect Alkaline Metal Storage? Small 2021; 17:e2007652. [PMID: 33734590 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hard carbon anodes have shown significant promise for next-generation battery technologies. These nanoporous carbon materials are highly complex and vary in structure depending on synthesis method, precursors, and pyrolysis temperature. Structurally, hard carbons are shown to consist of disordered planar and curved motifs, which have a dramatic impact on anode performance. Here, the impact of position on defect formation energy is explored through density functional theory simulations, employing a mixed planar bulk and curved surface model. At defect sites close to the surface, a dramatic decrease ( ≥ 50%) in defect formation energy is observed for all defects except the nitrogen substitutional defect. These results confirm the experimentally observed enhanced defect concentration at surfaces. Previous studies have shown that defects have a marked impact on metal storage. This work explores the interplay between position and defect type for lithium, sodium, and potassium adsorption. Regardless of defect location, it is found that the energetic contributions to the metal adsorption energies are principally dictated by the defect type and carbon interlayer distance.
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- Emilia Olsson
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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Li H, Hu M, Cao B, Jing P, Liu B, Gao R, Zhang J, Shi X, Du Y. Multi-Elemental Electronic Coupling for Enhanced Hydrogen Generation. Small 2021; 17:e2006617. [PMID: 33605080 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A robust polyaniline-assisted strategy is developed to construct a self-supported electrode constituting a nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur tri-doped thin graphitic carbon layer encapsulated sulfur-doped molybdenum phosphide nanosheet array (NPSCL@S-MoP NSs/CC) with accessible nanopores, desirable chemical compositions, and stable composite structure for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The multiple electronic coupling effects of S-MoP with N, P, S tri-dopants afford effective regulation on their electrocatalytic performance by endowing abundant accessible active sites, outstanding charge-transfer property, and d-band center downshift with a thermodynamically favorable hydrogen adsorption free energy (ΔGH* ) for efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis. As a result, the NPSCL@S-MoP NSs/CC electrode exhibits overpotentials as low as 65, 114, and 49 mV at a geometric current density of 10 mA cm-2 and small Tafel slopes of 49.5, 69.3, and 53.8 mV dec-1 in 0.5 m H2 SO4 , 1.0 m PBS, and 1.0 m KOH, respectively, which could maintain 50 h of stable performance, almost outperforming all MoP-based catalysts reported so far. This study provides a valuable methodology to produce interacted multi-heteroatomic doped graphitic carbon-transition metal phosphide electrocatalysts with superior HER performance in a wide pH range.
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- Huan Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Inner Mongolia Engineering and Technology Research Center for Catalytic Conversion and Utilization of Carbon Resource Molecules, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Gangadharan PK, Pandikassala A, Kurungot S. Toward pH Independent Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Polydopamine Derived 3D Interconnected, Iron Carbide Embedded Graphitic Carbon. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:8147-8158. [PMID: 33583179 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recent advancements on the development of nonprecious electrocatalysts with iron (Fe) incorporated active centers have generated confidence on realizing cost-effective proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, most of these catalysts that emerged as a substitution for the platinum supported on carbon (Pt/C) catalysts in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are active under basic conditions, and their feasibility in PEMFCs remains as a challenge. In this scenario, this work reports the synthesis of a Pt-free oxygen reduction electrocatalyst prepared by the annealing of polydopamine grown melamine foam. The prepared catalyst has a three-dimensional (3D) interconnected bilayer network structure possessing the carbon nitride backbone wrapped by graphitic carbon layer bearing iron carbides and nitrides as the active centers (3D-FePDC). Interestingly, the 3D-FePDC catalyst displayed an ORR activity both under acidic and basic conditions. Whereas the ORR performance of 3D-FePDC closely matches that of the commercial Pt/C in the basic medium, it displays only a low overpotential value of 60 mV under acidic conditions compared to its Pt counterpart. The kinetics of ORR on 3D-FePDC is found to be similar to the four-electron (4e) reduction pathway displayed by Pt/C. Testing of a PEMFC in a single cell mode by using 3D-FePDC as the cathode catalyst and Nafion membrane delivered a maximum power density of 278 mW cm-2, which is a promising value expected from a system based on the nonprecious metal cathode. Ultimately, as a cost-effective catalyst that can effectively perform irrespective of the pH conditions, 3D-FePDC offers significant prospects in the areas like fuel cells and metal-air batteries which work in acidic and/or basic conditions.
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- Pranav K Gangadharan
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Tzeng Y, He JL, Jhan CY, Wu YH. Effects of SiC and Resorcinol-Formaldehyde (RF) Carbon Coatings on Silicon-Flake-Based Anode of Lithium Ion Battery. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2021; 11:302. [PMID: 33503892 PMCID: PMC7910867 DOI: 10.3390/nano11020302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Silicon flakes of about 100 × 1000 × 1000 nm in sizes recycled from wastes of silicon wafer manufacturing processes were coated with combined silicon carbide (SiC) and graphitic (Resorcinol-Formaldehyde (RF)) carbon coatings to serve as active materials of the anode of lithium ion battery (LIB). Thermal carbonization of silicon at 1000 °C for 5 h forms 5-nm SiC encapsulating silicon flakes. SiC provides physical strength to help silicon flakes maintain physical integrity and isolating silicon from irreversible reactions with the electrolyte. Lithium diffuses through SiC before alloying with silicon. The SiC buffer layer results in uniform alloying reactions between lithium and silicon on the surface around a silicon flake. RF carbon coatings provide enhanced electrical conductivity of SiC encapsulated silicon flakes. We characterized the coatings and anode by SEM, TEM, FTIR, XRD, cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS), and electrical resistance measurements. Coin half-cells with combined SiC and RF carbon coatings exhibit an initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) of 76% and retains a specific capacity of 955 mAh/g at 100th cycle and 850 mAh/g at 150th cycle of repetitive discharge and charge operation. Pre-lithiation of the anode increases the ICE to 97%. The SiC buffer layer reduces local stresses caused by non-uniform volume changes and improves the capacity retention and the cycling life.
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- Yonhua Tzeng
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Microelectronics, National Cheng Kung University, One University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan; (J.-L.H.); (C.-Y.J.); (Y.-H.W.)
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Meng H, Liu Y, Liu H, Pei S, Yuan X, Li H, Zhang Y. ZIF67@MFC-Derived Co/N-C@CNFs Interconnected Frameworks with Graphitic Carbon-Encapsulated Co Nanoparticles as Highly Stable and Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:41580-41589. [PMID: 32815712 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Development of nonprecious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to reduce or eliminate Pt-based electrocatalysts is of great importance for fuel cells. Herein, Co/N-codoped carbon with carbon nanofiber (CNF) interconnected three-dimensional (3D) frameworks and graphitic carbon-encapsulated Co nanoparticles were designed and successfully prepared via the in situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF67) with biomass nano-microfibrillar cellulose (MFC) and then pyrolysis. The catalyst (Co/N-C@CNFs) exhibited outstanding long-term catalytic durability with 92.7% current retention after 70 000 s, which was much higher than that of commercial Pt/C in alkaline media. The support and connection of CNFs to Co/N-C frameworks and the protection of Co nanoparticles by graphite layers contribute to their impressive long-term catalytic stability. Meanwhile, Co/C-N@CNFs displayed excellent ORR catalytic performance (E0 = 0.952 V vs RHE, E1/2 = 0.852 V vs RHE, and n: 4.2) in alkaline media. This strategy provides new insights into developing advanced nonprecious metal carbon-based catalysts for ORR.
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- Hongjie Meng
- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Aging, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Fluorinated Functional Membrane Materials, Shandong Huaxia Shenzhou New Material Co. Ltd., Zibo 256401, P. R. China
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Lee ME, Lee SM, Choi J, Jang D, Lee S, Jin HJ, Yun YS. Electrolyte-Dependent Sodium Ion Transport Behaviors in Hard Carbon Anode. Small 2020; 16:e2001053. [PMID: 32761802 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202001053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A comprehensive study is conducted on hard carbon (HC) series samples by tuning the graphitic local microstructures systematically as an anode for SIBs in both carbonate- (CBE) and glyme-based electrolytes (GBE). The results reveal more detailed charge storage characters of HCs on the LVP section. 1) The LVP capacity is closely related to the prismatic surface area to the basal plane as well as the bulk density, regardless of electrolyte systems. 2) The glyme-sodium ion complex can facilitate sodium ion delivery into the internal closed pores of the HCs along with not well-ordered graphitic structures. 3) The glyme-mediated sodium ion-storage behavior causes significant decreases in both surface film resistance and charge transfer resistance, leading to enhanced rate capability. 4) The LVP originates from the formation of pseudo-metallic sodium nanoclusters, which are the same in a CBE and GBE. These results provide insight into the sodium ion-storage behaviors of HCs, particularly on the interrelationship between graphitic local microstructures and electrolyte systems. In addition, a high-performance HC anode with a plateau capacity of ≈300 mA h g-1 is designed based on the information, and its workability is demonstrated in a full-cell SIB device.
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- Min Eui Lee
- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92, Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55324, South Korea
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- Research Center for Materials Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 169-148, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 501, Jinju-daero, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 52828, South Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92, Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55324, South Korea
- Department of Nano Material Engineering, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, 217, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 92, Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55324, South Korea
- Department of Nano Material Engineering, KIST School, University of Science and Technology, 217, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, 100, Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, 22212, South Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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Scandurra R, Scotto d’Abusco A, Longo G. A Review of the Effect of a Nanostructured Thin Film Formed by Titanium Carbide and Titanium Oxides Clustered around Carbon in Graphitic Form on Osseointegration. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2020; 10:E1233. [PMID: 32599955 PMCID: PMC7353133 DOI: 10.3390/nano10061233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Improving the biocompatibility of implants is an extremely important step towards improving their quality. In this review, we recount the technological and biological process for coating implants with thin films enriched in titanium carbide (TiC), which provide improved cell growth and osseointegration. At first, we discuss the use of a Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition, which produced films with a good biocompatibility, cellular stimulation and osseointegration. We then describe how Ion Plating Plasma Assisted technology could be used to produce a nanostructured layer composed by graphitic carbon, whose biocompatibility is enhanced by titanium oxides and titanium carbide. In both cases, the nanostructured coating was compact and strongly bound to the bulk titanium, thus particularly useful to protect implants from the harsh oxidizing environment of biological tissues. The morphology and chemistry of the nanostructured coating were particularly desirable for osteoblasts, resulting in improved proliferation and differentiation. The cellular adhesion to the TiC-coated substrates was much stronger than to uncoated surfaces, and the number of philopodia and lamellipodia developed by the cells grown on the TiC-coated samples was higher. Finally, tests performed on rabbits confirmed in vivo that the osseointegration process of the TiC-coated implants is more efficient than that of uncoated titanium implants.
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- Roberto Scandurra
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy;
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy;
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Roma, Italy;
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Tam NTM, Liu YG, Bashir H, Zhang P, Liu SB, Tan X, Dai MY, Li MF. Synthesis of Porous Biochar Containing Graphitic Carbon Derived From Lignin Content of Forestry Biomass and Its Application for the Removal of Diclofenac Sodium From Aqueous Solution. Front Chem 2020; 8:274. [PMID: 32426321 PMCID: PMC7212363 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Porous biochar containing graphitic carbon materials have received great attention from various disciplines, especially for environmental pollutant treatment, due to their cost-effective and specific textural properties. This study exhibited a two-step strategy to compose lignin-porous biochar containing graphitic carbon (LPGC) from pitch pine sawdust and investigated its adsorptive removal for diclofenac sodium (DCF) from an aqueous solution. Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) was utilized to obtain lignin content from biomass and potassium ferrate (K2FeO4) and was adopted to fulfill the synchronous carbonization and graphitization of LPGC. Through slow pyrolysis in atmospheric N2 (900°C - 2 h), the structure of the as-prepared sample was successfully modified. Using SEM images, a stripped layer structure was observed on the H2SO4-treated sample for both one-step and two-step activated samples, indicating the pronounced effect of H2SO4 in the layering of materials. K2FeO4 acted as an activator and catalyst to convert biomass into the porous graphitic structure. The BET surface area, XRD and Raman spectra analyses demonstrated that LPGC possessed a micro/mesoporous structure with a relatively large surface area (457.4 m2 g-1) as well as the presence of a graphitic structure. Further adsorption experiments revealed that LPGC exhibited a high DCF adsorption capacity (qmax = 159.7 mg g-1 at 298 K, pH = 6.5). The effects of ambient conditions such as contact time, solution pH, temperature, ionic strength, electrolyte background on the uptake of DCF were investigated by a batch adsorption experiment. Results indicated that the experimental data were best fitted with the pseudo second-order model and Langmuir isotherm model. Furthermore, the adsorption of DCF onto the LPGC process was spontaneous and endothermic. Electrostatic interaction, H-bonding interaction, and π-π interaction are the possible adsorption mechanisms. The porous biochar containing graphitic carbon obtained from the lignin content of pitch pine sawdust may be a potential material for eliminating organic pollutants from water bodies.
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- Nguyen Thi Minh Tam
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, China
- School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Utke I, Michler J, Winkler R, Plank H. Mechanical Properties of 3D Nanostructures Obtained by Focused Electron/Ion Beam-Induced Deposition: A Review. Micromachines (Basel) 2020; 11:E397. [PMID: 32290292 PMCID: PMC7231341 DOI: 10.3390/mi11040397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This article reviews the state-of-the -art of mechanical material properties and measurement methods of nanostructures obtained by two nanoscale additive manufacturing methods: gas-assisted focused electron and focused ion beam-induced deposition using volatile organic and organometallic precursors. Gas-assisted focused electron and ion beam-induced deposition-based additive manufacturing technologies enable the direct-write fabrication of complex 3D nanostructures with feature dimensions below 50 nm, pore-free and nanometer-smooth high-fidelity surfaces, and an increasing flexibility in choice of materials via novel precursors. We discuss the principles, possibilities, and literature proven examples related to the mechanical properties of such 3D nanoobjects. Most materials fabricated via these approaches reveal a metal matrix composition with metallic nanograins embedded in a carbonaceous matrix. By that, specific material functionalities, such as magnetic, electrical, or optical can be largely independently tuned with respect to mechanical properties governed mostly by the matrix. The carbonaceous matrix can be precisely tuned via electron and/or ion beam irradiation with respect to the carbon network, carbon hybridization, and volatile element content and thus take mechanical properties ranging from polymeric-like over amorphous-like toward diamond-like behavior. Such metal matrix nanostructures open up entirely new applications, which exploit their full potential in combination with the unique 3D additive manufacturing capabilities at the nanoscale.
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- Ivo Utke
- Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-3602 Thun, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-3602 Thun, Switzerland
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Direct-Write Fabrication of 3D Nano-Probes (DEFINE), Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Direct-Write Fabrication of 3D Nano-Probes (DEFINE), Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Wu X, Zhang H, Huang KJ, Chen Z. Stabilizing Metallic Iron Nanoparticles by Conformal Graphitic Carbon Coating for High-Rate Anode in Ni-Fe Batteries. Nano Lett 2020; 20:1700-1706. [PMID: 32031383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nickel-iron (Ni-Fe) batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high safety and low cost. However, their power density and cycling efficiency remain limited by the poor kinetics of the Fe anode. Herein, we report high-performance Fe anodes based on active Fe nanoparticles conformally coated with carbon shells, which were synthesized from low-cost precursors using a scalable process. Such core-shell structured C-Fe anodes offer high electrochemical activity and stability. Specifically, a high specific capacity of 208 mAh g-1 at a current density of 1 A g-1 (based on the total weight of Fe and C) and a capacity retention of 93% after 2000 cycles at 4 A g-1 can be achieved. When coupled with a Ni cathode, such a full cell battery can deliver a high energy density of 101.0 Wh kg-1 at power density of 0.81 kW kg-1 and 51.6 Wh kg-1 at 8.2 kW kg-1 (based on the mass of the electrode materials), among the best energy and power performance among Ni-Fe batteries reported results. Thus, this work may provide an effective and scalable route toward high-performance anodes for high-power and long-life Ni-Fe batteries.
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- Xu Wu
- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, P.R. China
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Program of Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Nava G, Schwan J, Boebinger MG, McDowell MT, Mangolini L. Silicon-Core-Carbon-Shell Nanoparticles for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Rational Comparison between Amorphous and Graphitic Carbon Coatings. Nano Lett 2019; 19:7236-7245. [PMID: 31539476 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Silicon-core-carbon-shell nanoparticles have been widely studied as promising candidates for the replacement of graphite in commercial lithium-ion batteries. Over more than 10 years of R&D, the many groups actively working in this field have proposed a profusion of distinctive nanomaterial designs. This broad variety makes it extremely challenging to establish mechanistic insight into how fundamental material structure and properties affect battery performance. In particular, the interplay between the character of the carbon encapsulation layer and the electrochemical performance of the composite is still poorly understood. In this work, we aim to address this lack of knowledge through the development of a modified chemical vapor deposition approach that enables precise control of the degree of graphitization of the carbon coating. We provide a comparison between core-shell structures maintaining identical silicon cores with different types of carbon shells, that is, graphitic carbon and amorphous carbon. A highly graphitic carbon layer is not only characterized by higher electrical conductivity but markedly favors the transport of lithium ions into the silicon core with respect to an amorphous one. This advantageous property confers better cycling stability to the composite material. We also demonstrate that the graphitic-carbon-coated particles display excellent electrochemical performance even when used as a simple "drop-in" additive in graphite-dominant anodes for current generation Li-ion batteries. Replacement of 10% by weight of graphite in the electrode composition results in an increase of 60% in the storage capacity with a first cycle Coulombic efficiency of 91% and capacity retention over 100 cycles of 86%.
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- Giorgio Nava
- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California, Riverside , 900 University Avenue , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California, Riverside , 900 University Avenue , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 801 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of California, Riverside , 900 University Avenue , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
- Department of Materials Science , University of California, Riverside , 900 University Avenue , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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Lu XF, Chen Y, Wang S, Gao S, Lou XWD. Interfacing Manganese Oxide and Cobalt in Porous Graphitic Carbon Polyhedrons Boosts Oxygen Electrocatalysis for Zn-Air Batteries. Adv Mater 2019; 31:e1902339. [PMID: 31348572 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201902339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Rational design and synthesis of highly active and robust bifunctional non-noble electrocatalysts for both oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are urgently required for efficient rechargeable metal-air batteries. Herein, abundant MnO/Co heterointerfaces are engineered in porous graphitic carbon (MnO/Co/PGC) polyhedrons via a facile hydrothermal-calcination route with a bimetal-organic framework as the precursor. The in situ generated Co nanocrystals not only create well-defined heterointerfaces with high conductivity to overcome the poor OER activity but also promote the formation of robust graphitic carbon. Owing to the desired composition and formation of the heterostructures, the resulting MnO/Co/PGC exhibits superior activity and stability toward both OER and ORR, which makes it an efficient air cathode for the rechargeable Zn-air battery. Importantly, the homemade Zn-air battery is able to deliver excellent performance including a peak power density of 172 mW cm-2 and a specific capacity of 872 mAh g-1 , as well as excellent cycling stability (350 cycles), outperforming commercial mixed Pt/C||RuO2 catalysts. This work highlights the synergy from heterointerfaces in oxygen electrocatalysis, thus providing a promising approach for advanced metal-air cathode materials.
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- Xue Feng Lu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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Wei H, Rodriguez EF, Best AS, Hollenkamp AF, Chen D, Caruso RA. Ordered Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon/Iron Carbide Composites with High Porosity as a Sulfur Host for Li-S Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:13194-13204. [PMID: 30912440 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b21627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The lithium-sulfur battery (LSB) is a promising candidate for future energy storage but faces technological challenges including the low electronic conductivity of sulfur and the solubility of intermediates during cycling. Additionally, current host materials often lack sufficient conductivity and porosity to raise the sulfur loading to over 80 wt %. Here, ordered mesoporous graphitic carbon/iron carbide nanocomposites were prepared via an evaporation-induced self-assembly process using soluble resol, prehydrolyzed tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), and iron(III) chloride as the carbon, silica (SiO2), and iron precursors, respectively. Graphitization and SiO2 etching were conducted simultaneously via Teflon-assisted, solid-state decomposition at high temperature. A high surface area (∼3100 m2 g-1), large pore volume (∼3.3 cm3 g-1), and graphitized carbon frame were achieved, giving a high sulfur loading (85 wt %) while tolerating volumetric expansion during discharge. Electrochemical testing of a LSB containing the composite/sulfur cathode exhibited a superior reversible capacity exceeding 1300 mAh g-1 at a moderate current (C/10) and a low decay in capacity of 9% after 500 cycles at C/5. The interaction between mesoporous graphitic carbon and sulfur is proposed.
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- Hao Wei
- Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- CSIRO , Manufacturing, Clayton South, Melbourne , Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science , RMIT University , Melbourne , Victoria 3000 , Australia
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- Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry , The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Victoria 3010 , Australia
- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science , RMIT University , Melbourne , Victoria 3000 , Australia
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Ariyanto T, Glaesel J, Kern A, Zhang GR, Etzold BJM. Improving control of carbide-derived carbon microstructure by immobilization of a transition-metal catalyst within the shell of carbide/carbon core-shell structures. Beilstein J Nanotechnol 2019; 10:419-427. [PMID: 30873312 PMCID: PMC6404475 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.10.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Carbon materials for electrical energy devices, such as battery electrodes or fuel-cell catalysts, require the combination of the contradicting properties of graphitic microstructure and porosity. The usage of graphitization catalysts during the synthesis of carbide-derived carbon materials results in materials that combine the required properties, but controlling the microstructure during synthesis remains a challenge. In this work, the controllability of the synthesis route is enhanced by immobilizing the transition-metal graphitization catalyst on a porous carbon shell covering the carbide precursor prior to conversion of the carbide core to carbon. The catalyst loading was varied and the influence on the final material properties was characterized by using physisorption analysis with nitrogen as well as carbon dioxide, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), Raman spectroscopy, SEM and TEM. The results showed that this improved route allows one to greatly vary the crystallinity and pore structure of the resulting carbide-derived carbon materials. In this sense, the content of graphitic carbon could be varied from 10-90 wt % as estimated from TPO measurements and resulting in a specific surface area ranging from 1500 to 300 m2·g-1.
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- Teguh Ariyanto
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 55281 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Kobielska PA, Telford R, Rowlandson J, Tian M, Shahin Z, Demessence A, Ting VP, Nayak S. Polynuclear Complexes as Precursor Templates for Hierarchical Microporous Graphitic Carbon: An Unusual Approach. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:25967-25971. [PMID: 30016065 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A highly porous carbon was synthesized using a coordination complex as an unusual precursor. During controlled pyrolysis, a trinuclear copper complex, [CuII3Cl4(H2L)2]·CH3OH, undergoes phase changes with melt and expulsion of different gases to produce a unique morphology of copper-doped carbon which, upon acid treatment, produces highly porous graphitic carbon with a surface area of 857 m2 g-1 and a gravimetric hydrogen uptake of 1.1 wt % at 0.5 bar pressure at 77 K.
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- Paulina A Kobielska
- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Bristol , University Walk , Clifton BS8 1TR , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Bath , Bath BA2 7AY , United Kingdom
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- CNRS, Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON) , Univeristé Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , Villeurbanne 69100 , France
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- CNRS, Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON) , Univeristé Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 , Villeurbanne 69100 , France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Bristol , University Walk , Clifton BS8 1TR , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Biosciences , University of Bradford , Richmond Road , Bradford BD7 1DP , United Kingdom
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Kim D, Zussblatt NP, Chung HT, Becwar SM, Zelenay P, Chmelka BF. Highly Graphitic Mesoporous Fe,N-Doped Carbon Materials for Oxygen Reduction Electrochemical Catalysts. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:25337-25349. [PMID: 30036030 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b06009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The synthesis, characterization, and electrocatalytic properties of mesoporous carbon materials doped with nitrogen atoms and iron are reported and compared for the catalyzed reduction of oxygen gas at fuel cell cathodes. Mixtures of common and inexpensive organic precursors, melamine, and formaldehyde were pyrolyzed in the presence of transition-metal salts (e.g., nitrates) within a mesoporous silica template to yield mesoporous carbon materials with greater extents of graphitization than those of others prepared from small-molecule precursors. In particular, Fe,N-doped carbon materials possessed high surface areas (∼800 m2/g) and high electrical conductivities (∼19 S/cm), which make them attractive for electrocatalyst applications. The surface compositions of the mesoporous Fe,N-doped carbon materials were postsynthetically modified by acid washing and followed by high-temperature thermal treatments, which were shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to favor the formation of graphitic and pyridinic nitrogen moieties. Such surface-modified materials exhibited high electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activities under alkaline conditions, as established by their high onset and half-wave potentials (1.04 and 0.87 V, respectively vs reversible hydrogen electrode) and low Tafel slope (53 mV/decade). These values are superior to many similar transition-metal- and N-doped carbon materials and compare favorably with commercially available precious-metal catalysts, e.g., 20 wt % Pt supported on activated carbon. The analyses indicate that inexpensive mesoporous Fe,N-doped carbon materials are promising alternatives to precious metal-containing catalysts for electrochemical reduction of oxygen in polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
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- Donghun Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106-5080 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106-5080 , United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106-5080 , United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106-5080 , United States
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Han C, Li Q, Wang D, Lu Q, Xing Z, Yang X. Cobalt Sulfide Nanowires Core Encapsulated by a N, S Codoped Graphitic Carbon Shell for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Small 2018; 14:e1703642. [PMID: 29611279 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Exploration of economical electrocatalysts for highly efficient and stable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is believed to be essential for diverse future renewable energy applications. Herein, cobalt sulfide nanowire core encapsulated in a N, S codoped graphitic carbon shell (CoS NWs@NSC) is successfully fabricated via the calcination of polydopamine-coated Co(CO3 )0.5 (OH)0.11 H2 O NWs with sulfur powder under argon atmosphere. The uniform encapsulation of CoS core by N, S codoped graphitic carbon shell favors the interaction of the core-shell structure for generating stable and numerous ORR active sites homogeneously dispersed throughout the materials. Meanwhile, the wire-like CoS NWs@NSC stacks to form 3D mesoporous conductive networks, which improves the mass and charge transport capability of catalyst. Accordingly, the resultant CoS NWs@NSC electrocatalysts possess excellent ORR activity through the four-electron pathway with superior stability and methanol tolerance over the Pt/C in 0.1 m KOH. This strategy can offer inspiration for designing and fabricating novel core-shell-structured nanomaterials with active sites derived from uniform morphology as potential electrocatalysts for various vital renewable energy devices.
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- Ce Han
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, Jilin, China
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Tang H, Chen W, Wang J, Dugger T, Cruz L, Kisailus D. Electrocatalytic N-Doped Graphitic Nanofiber - Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Composites. Small 2018; 14:e1703459. [PMID: 29356313 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Carbon-based nanocomposites have shown promising results in replacing commercial Pt/C as high-performance, low cost, nonprecious metal-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts. Developing unique nanostructures of active components (e.g., metal oxides) and carbon materials is essential for their application in next generation electrode materials for fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Herein, a general approach for the production of 1D porous nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon fibers embedded with active ORR components, (M/MOx , i.e., metal or metal oxide nanoparticles) using a facile two-step electrospinning and annealing process is reported. Metal nanoparticles/nanoclusters nucleate within the polymer nanofibers and subsequently catalyze graphitization of the surrounding polymer matrix and following oxidation, create an interconnected graphite-metal oxide framework with large pore channels, considerable active sites, and high specific surface area. The metal/metal oxide@N-doped graphitic carbon fibers, especially Co3 O4 , exhibit comparable ORR catalytic activity but superior stability and methanol tolerance versus Pt in alkaline solutions, which can be ascribed to the synergistic chemical coupling effects between Co3 O4 and robust 1D porous structures composed of interconnected N-doped graphitic nanocarbon rings. This finding provides a novel insight into the design of functional electrocatalysts using electrospun carbon nanomaterials for their application in energy storage and conversion fields.
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- Hongjie Tang
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California at Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California at Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California at Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Nasir S, Hussein MZ, Yusof NA, Zainal Z. Oil Palm Waste-Based Precursors as a Renewable and Economical Carbon Sources for the Preparation of Reduced Graphene Oxide from Graphene Oxide. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2017; 7:nano7070182. [PMID: 28703757 PMCID: PMC5535248 DOI: 10.3390/nano7070182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Herein, a new approach was proposed to produce reduced graphene oxide (rGO) from graphene oxide (GO) using various oil palm wastes: oil palm leaves (OPL), palm kernel shells (PKS) and empty fruit bunches (EFB). The effect of heating temperature on the formation of graphitic carbon and the yield was examined prior to the GO and rGO synthesis. Carbonization of the starting materials was conducted in a furnace under nitrogen gas for 3 h at temperatures ranging from 400 to 900 °C and a constant heating rate of 10 °C/min. The GO was further synthesized from the as-carbonized materials using the ‘improved synthesis of graphene oxide’ method. Subsequently, the GO was reduced by low-temperature annealing reduction at 300 °C in a furnace under nitrogen gas for 1 h. The IG/ID ratio calculated from the Raman study increases with the increasing of the degree of the graphitization in the order of rGO from oil palm leaves (rGOOPL) < rGO palm kernel shells (rGOPKS) < rGO commercial graphite (rGOCG) < rGO empty fruit bunches (rGOEFB) with the IG/ID values of 1.06, 1.14, 1.16 and 1.20, respectively. The surface area and pore volume analyses of the as-prepared materials were performed using the Brunauer Emmett Teller-Nitrogen (BET-N2) adsorption-desorption isotherms method. The lower BET surface area of 8 and 15 m2 g−1 observed for rGOCG and rGOOPL, respectively could be due to partial restacking of GO layers and locally-blocked pores. Relatively, this lower BET surface area is inconsequential when compared to rGOPKS and rGOEFB, which have a surface area of 114 and 117 m2 g−1, respectively.
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- Salisu Nasir
- Materials Synthesis and Characterisation Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Federal University Dutse, 7156 Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria.
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- Materials Synthesis and Characterisation Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
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- Materials Synthesis and Characterisation Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
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- Materials Synthesis and Characterisation Laboratory (MSCL), Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
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Zhang SF, Wang WP, Xin S, Ye H, Yin YX, Guo YG. Graphitic Nanocarbon-Selenium Cathode with Favorable Rate Capability for Li-Se Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:8759-8765. [PMID: 28230341 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A well-organized selenium/carbon nanosheets nanocomposite(Se/CNSs) is prepared by confining chain-like Sen molecules in hierarchically micromesoporous carbon nanosheets. A unique two-dimensional morphology and high graphitization degree of carbon nanosheets benefits fast Li+/e- access to the active Se, which guarantees a high utilization of Se during the(de)lithiation process. Besides, the chain-like Se molecules confined in the carbon matrix could alleviate the shuttle effect of polyselenides and promise a stable electrochemistry. Therefore, the resultant Se/CNSs delivers a highly reversible capacity, a long cycle life and favorable rate capabilities. Furthermore, a Li-Se pouch cell built from a metallic Li anode and the as-prepared Se/CNSs cathode exhibits an excellent electrochemical performance, demonstrating the potential of Se/CNSs in serving future energy storage devices with high energy density.
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- Shuai-Feng Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Xu L, Jin Y, Wu Z, Xiong F, Huang W. Self-Anticoking of a Cobalt Surface by Subsurface Oxygen in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Chemistry 2017; 23:3262-3266. [PMID: 28116798 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Understanding the fundamental processes taking place on Co surfaces during the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis is of great interest and importance. We herein report a self-anticoking mechanism of a cobalt surface by subsurface oxygen. The active carbidic carbon species for FT synthesis tends to transform into the inactive graphitic carbon species on clean Co(0001) and poisons the Co surface. Subsurface atomic oxygen on Co(0001) can stabilize the active carbidic carbon species and quench the transformation process. These results reveal, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time the reactivity of various surface species on Co surfaces that dynamically maintain a delicate balance to enhance the long-term stability of Co catalysts during FT synthesis.
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- Lingshun Xu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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Song J, Sun B, Liu H, Ma Z, Chen Z, Shao G, Wang G. Enhancement of the Rate Capability of LiFePO4 by a New Highly Graphitic Carbon-Coating Method. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:15225-15231. [PMID: 27238368 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Low lithium ion diffusivity and poor electronic conductivity are two major drawbacks for the wide application of LiFePO4 in high-power lithium ion batteries. In this work, we report a facile and efficient carbon-coating method to prepare LiFePO4/graphitic carbon composites by in situ carbonization of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride during calcination. Perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride containing naphthalene rings can be easily converted to highly graphitic carbon during thermal treatment. The ultrathin layer of highly graphitic carbon coating drastically increased the electronic conductivity of LiFePO4. The short pathway along the [010] direction of LiFePO4 nanoplates could decrease the Li(+) ion diffusion path. In favor of the high electronic conductivity and short lithium ion diffusion distance, the LiFePO4/graphitic carbon composites exhibit an excellent cycling stability at high current rates at room temperature and superior performance at low temperature (-20 °C).
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- Jianjun Song
- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney , Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney , Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney , Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney , Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Li R, Cao A, Zhang Y, Li G, Jiang F, Li S, Chen D, Wang C, Ge J, Shu C. Formation of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon with the help of melamine. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2014; 6:20574-20578. [PMID: 25361052 DOI: 10.1021/am5061323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An efficient and facile synthesis method of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon (NMGC) was reported with melamine as a nitrogen source and citric acid as a carbon source. By taking advantage of the functional groups on melamine and citric acid, a uniform mixture of these two components was obtained via a self-assembly process. Accordingly, the nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon (NMGC) can be obtained by means of the high temperature treatment. This as-prepared NMGC showed a promising potential as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries.
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- Ruimin Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructures and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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Mulvey JJ, Feinberg EN, McDevitt MR, Scheinberg DA. Dialytic Separation of Bundled, Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes from Carbonaceous Impurities. Crystals (Basel) 2014; 4:450-465. [PMID: 33981452 PMCID: PMC8112586 DOI: 10.3390/cryst4040450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Separating functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) from functionalized amorphous carbon is challenging, due to their polydispersity and similar physicochemical properties. We describe a single-step, dialytic separation method that takes advantage of the ability of heavily functionalized SWCNTs to bundle in a polar environment while maintaining their solubility. Experiments on functionalized SWCNTs were compared with functionalized, C60 fullerenes (buckyballs) to probe the general applicability of the method and further characterize the bundling process. This approach may simultaneously be used to purify a functionalization reaction mixture of unreacted small molecules and of residual solvents, such as dimethylformamide.
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- J. Justin Mulvey
- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, 1230 York Avenue, 320, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
- School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 408 East 69th, ZRC 1941, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Shin ES, Kim MS, Cho WI, Oh SH. Sulfur/graphitic hollow carbon sphere nano-composite as a cathode material for high-power lithium-sulfur battery. Nanoscale Res Lett 2013; 8:343. [PMID: 23914902 PMCID: PMC3735411 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-8-343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The intrinsic low conductivity of sulfur which leads to a low performance at a high current rate is one of the most limiting factors for the commercialization of lithium-sulfur battery. Here, we present an easy and convenient method to synthesize a mono-dispersed hollow carbon sphere with a thin graphitic wall which can be utilized as a support with a good electrical conductivity for the preparation of sulfur/carbon nano-composite cathode. The hollow carbon sphere was prepared from the pyrolysis of the homogenous mixture of the mono-dispersed spherical silica and Fe-phthalocyanine powder in elevated temperature. The composite cathode was manufactured by infiltrating sulfur melt into the inner side of the graphitic wall. The electrochemical cycling shows a capacity of 425 mAh g-1 at 3 C current rate which is more than five times larger than that for the sulfur/carbon black nano-composite prepared by simple ball milling.
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- Eon Sung Shin
- Center for Energy Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea
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- Center for Energy Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea
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- Center for Energy Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea
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- Center for Energy Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, South Korea
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Jerng SK, Lee JH, Kim YS, Chun SH. Graphitic carbon grown on fluorides by molecular beam epitaxy. Nanoscale Res Lett 2013; 8:11. [PMID: 23286607 PMCID: PMC3552769 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-8-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the growth mechanism of carbon molecules supplied by molecular beam epitaxy on fluoride substrates (MgF2, CaF2, and BaF2). All the carbon layers form graphitic carbon with different crystallinities depending on the cation. Especially, the growth on MgF2 results in the formation of nanocrystalline graphite (NCG). Such dependence on the cation is a new observation and calls for further systematic studies with other series of substrates. At the same growth temperature, the NCG on MgF2 has larger clusters than those on oxides. This is contrary to the general expectation because the bond strength of the carbon-fluorine bond is larger than that of the carbon-oxygen bond. Our results show that the growth of graphitic carbon does not simply depend on the chemical bonding between the carbon and the anion in the substrate.
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- Sahng-Kyoon Jerng
- Department of Physics and Graphene, Research Institute Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Graphene, Research Institute Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Graphene, Research Institute Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Graphene, Research Institute Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, South Korea
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