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Deng T, Zhang W, Arcelus O, Wang D, Shi X, Zhang X, Carrasco J, Rojo T, Zheng W. Vertically co-oriented two dimensional metal-organic frameworks for packaging enhanced supercapacitive performance. Commun Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1038/s42004-017-0005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Yu J, Wang Q, O'Hare D, Sun L. Preparation of two dimensional layered double hydroxide nanosheets and their applications. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:5950-5974. [PMID: 28766671 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00318h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with their highly flexible and tunable chemical composition and physical properties have attracted tremendous attention in recent years. LDHs have found widespread application as catalysts, anion exchange materials, fire retardants, and nano-fillers in polymer nanocomposites. The ability to exfoliate LDHs into ultrathin nanosheets enables a range of new opportunities for multifunctional materials. In this review we summarize the current available LDH exfoliation methods. In particular, we highlight recent developments for the direct synthesis of single-layer LDH nanosheets, as well as the emerging applications of LDH nanosheets in catalyzing oxygen evolution reactions and preparing light emitting devices, supercapacitors, and flame retardant nanocomposites.
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- Jingfang Yu
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
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Wang Q, Yang M, Wang ZB, Li C, Gu DM. Functional Differentiation of Three Pores for Effective Sulfur Confinement in Li-S Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1703279. [PMID: 29356354 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Shuttle effect of the dissolved intermediates is regarded as the primary cause that leads to fast capacity degradation of Li-S battery. Herein, a microporous carbon-coated sulfur composite with novel rambutan shape (R-S@MPC) is synthesized from microporous carbon-coated rambutan-like zinc sulfide (R-ZnS@MPC), via an in situ oxidation process. The R-ZnS is employed as both template and sulfur precursor. The carbon frame of R-S@MPC composite possesses three kinds of pores that are distinctly separated from each other in space and are endowed with the exclusive functions. The central macropore serves as buffer pool to accommodate the dissolved lithium polysulfides (LPSs) and volumetric variation during cycling. The marginal straight-through mesoporous, connected with the central macropore, takes the responsibility of sulfur storage. The micropores, evenly distributed in the outer carbon shell of the as-synthesized R-S@MPC, enable the blockage of LPSs. These pores are expected to perform their respective single function, and collaborate synergistically to suppress the sulfur loss. Therefore, it delivers an outstanding cycling stability, decay rate of 0.013% cycle-1 after 500 cycles at 1 C, when the sulfur loading is kept at 4 mg cm-2 .
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- Qian Wang
- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, 315201, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin, 150001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin, 150001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin, 150001, China
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Chemisorption of polysulfides through redox reactions with organic molecules for lithium-sulfur batteries. Nat Commun 2018; 9:705. [PMID: 29453414 PMCID: PMC5816018 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03116-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Lithium-sulfur battery possesses high energy density but suffers from severe capacity fading due to the dissolution of lithium polysulfides. Novel design and mechanisms to encapsulate lithium polysulfides are greatly desired by high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries towards practical applications. Herein, we report a strategy of utilizing anthraquinone, a natural abundant organic molecule, to suppress dissolution and diffusion of polysulfides species through redox reactions during cycling. The keto groups of anthraquinone play a critical role in forming strong Lewis acid-based chemical bonding. This mechanism leads to a long cycling stability of sulfur-based electrodes. With a high sulfur content of ~73%, a low capacity decay of 0.019% per cycle for 300 cycles and retention of 81.7% over 500 cycles at 0.5 C rate can be achieved. This finding and understanding paves an alternative avenue for the future design of sulfur-based cathodes toward the practical application of lithium-sulfur batteries.
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Three dimensional hierarchically porous ZIF-8 derived carbon/LDH core-shell composite for high performance supercapacitors. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Xie J, Wang Z, Zhao Q, Yang Y, Xu J, Waterhouse GIN, Zhang K, Li S, Jin P, Jin G. Scale-Up Fabrication of Biodegradable Poly(butylene adipate- co-terephthalate)/Organophilic-Clay Nanocomposite Films for Potential Packaging Applications. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:1187-1196. [PMID: 31457960 PMCID: PMC6641378 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b02062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The development of biodegradable packing materials is a global priority due to the huge volumes of plastic refuse entering landfills and the environment. In this study, a series of biodegradable nanocomposite films based on poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) and reinforced with an organophilic layered double hydroxide (OLDH) were scale-up fabricated. The OLDH nanosheets with a basal spacing of 4.07 nm were presynthesized on a large-scale by solvent-free high-energy ball milling. All of the PBAT/OLDH nanocomposite films (0.5-4 wt % OLDH) showed a uniform dispersion of OLDH nanosheets in the PBAT matrix. A PBAT/OLDH film containing 1 wt % OLDH (denoted herein as OLDH-1) demonstrated outstanding thermal, optical, mechanical, and water vapor barrier properties compared with a pure PBAT film (OLDH-0), including a 37% reduction in haze and a 41.9% increase in nominal tensile strain at break dramatically. Furthermore, the food packaging measurement revealed that the OLDH-1 film showed a better packaging effect than the pure PBAT film and commercial polyethylene packing materials. The feasibility of scale-up manufacture and the excellent processability, manufacturing scalability, mechanical performance, optical transparency, water vapor barrier properties, and food packaging performance of the PBAT/OLDH nanocomposite films encourage their future application as biodegradable packaging films.
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- Jiazhuo Xie
- College
of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong
Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer
Resources, National Engineering & Technology Research Center for
Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizers, College of Resources and
Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Nutrition Resources Integrated Utilization, Kingenta Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd, 19 Xingdaxi Street, Linshu 276700, Shandong, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong
Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
- Department
of Basic Courses, Shandong Medicine Technician
College, 999 Fengtian
Road, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer
Resources, National Engineering & Technology Research Center for
Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizers, College of Resources and
Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong
Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong
Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
- School
of Chemical Sciences, The University of
Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- College
of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong
Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer
Resources, National Engineering & Technology Research Center for
Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizers, College of Resources and
Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer
Resources, National Engineering & Technology Research Center for
Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizers, College of Resources and
Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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- National
Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer
Resources, National Engineering & Technology Research Center for
Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizers, College of Resources and
Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an 271000, Shandong, China
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Shen J, Liu J, Liu Z, Hu R, Liu J, Zhu M. Nanoconfined Oxidation Synthesis of N‐Doped Carbon Hollow Spheres and MnO
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Encapsulated Sulfur Cathode for Superior Li‐S Batteries. Chemistry 2018; 24:4573-4582. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jiadong Shen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Guangdong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Storage MaterialsSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
- SUNWODA-SCUT Joint Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage TechnologySouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 P.R. China
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Oh SM, Patil SB, Jin X, Hwang SJ. Recent Applications of 2D Inorganic Nanosheets for Emerging Energy Storage System. Chemistry 2018; 24:4757-4773. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Seung Mi Oh
- Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure; Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience; College of Natural Sciences; Ewha Womans University; Seoul 03760 Korea
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- Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure; Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience; College of Natural Sciences; Ewha Womans University; Seoul 03760 Korea
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- Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure; Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience; College of Natural Sciences; Ewha Womans University; Seoul 03760 Korea
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- Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure; Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience; College of Natural Sciences; Ewha Womans University; Seoul 03760 Korea
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Fang Z, Li J, Jia W. Free-radical reaction synthesis of carbon using nitrogenous organic molecules and CCl4. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01940a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Carbon could be synthesized by the reaction between CCl4 and nitrogenous organic molecules (DMF, DMAC, HMTA, DETA, DEA, EN, and NMP).
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- Zhen Fang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
- P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
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Han J, Xi B, Feng Z, Ma X, Zhang J, Xiong S, Qian Y. Sulfur–hydrazine hydrate-based chemical synthesis of sulfur@graphene composite for lithium–sulfur batteries. Inorg Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7qi00726d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A sulfur–hydrazine hydrate chemistry-based method is reported here to integrate the sulfur and N-doped reduced graphene oxide to obtain S@N-rGO composite with 76% sulfur. The as-obtained S@N-rGO composite displays a good rate capability and excellent stability.
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- Jianmei Han
- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering and Marine Equipment and Technology Institute
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
- Zhenjiang
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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Muramatsu K, Kuroda Y, Wada H, Shimojima A, Kuroda K. In situsynthesis of magnesium hydroxides modified with tripodal ligands in an organic medium. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:3074-3083. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03699j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The use of organic solvents enhanced the designability of the surface functional groups of interlayer-modified magnesium hydroxides with tripodal ligands.
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- Keisuke Muramatsu
- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Waseda University
- Japan
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- Waseda Institute for Advanced Study
- Waseda University
- Tokyo 169-8050
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Waseda University
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Waseda University
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Waseda University
- Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology
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Lu L, Hu Y, Jiang H, Wang Y, Jiang Y, Huang S, Niu X, Biswas P, Li C. Multi-shelled LiMn1.95Co0.05O4 cages with a tunable Mn oxidation state for ultra-high lithium storage. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04457g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The combined effect of tunable average Mn valence and a unique caged structure enhances superior performances of LiMn2O4 materials.
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- Li Lu
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science & Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science & Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science & Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory
- Department of Energy
- Environmental, and Chemical Engineering
- Washington University in St. Louis
- St. Louis
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Kowloon
- China
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- Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory
- Department of Energy
- Environmental, and Chemical Engineering
- Washington University in St. Louis
- St. Louis
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science & Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory
- Department of Energy
- Environmental, and Chemical Engineering
- Washington University in St. Louis
- St. Louis
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science & Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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Li C, Xi Z, Guo D, Chen X, Yin L. Chemical Immobilization Effect on Lithium Polysulfides for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:1701986. [PMID: 29235726 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Despite great progress in lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), great obstacles still exist to achieve high loading content of sulfur and avoid the loss of active materials due to the dissolution of the intermediate polysulfide products in the electrolyte. Relationships between the intrinsic properties of nanostructured hosts and electrochemical performance of LSBs, especially, the chemical interaction effects on immobilizing polysulfides for LSB cathodes, are discussed in this Review. Moreover, the principle of rational microstructure design for LSB cathode materials with strong chemical interaction adsorbent effects on polysulfides, such as metallic compounds, metal particles, organic polymers, and heteroatom-doped carbon, is mainly described. According to the chemical immobilizing mechanism of polysulfide on LSB cathodes, three kinds of chemical immobilizing effects, including the strong chemical affinity between polar host and polar polysulfides, the chemical bonding effect between sulfur and the special function groups/atoms, and the catalytic effect on electrochemical reaction kinetics, are thoroughly reviewed. To improve the electrochemical performance and long cycling life-cycle stability of LSBs, possible solutions and strategies with respect to the rational design of the microstructure of LSB cathodes are comprehensively analyzed.
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- Caixia Li
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, P. R. China
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Kong L, Chen X, Li BQ, Peng HJ, Huang JQ, Xie J, Zhang Q. A Bifunctional Perovskite Promoter for Polysulfide Regulation toward Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:1705219. [PMID: 29178490 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (LiS) batteries are strongly considered as the next-generation rechargeable cells. However, both the shuttle of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and sluggish kinetics in random deposition of lithium sulfides (Li2 S) significantly degrade the capacity, rate performance, and cycling life of LiS cells. Herein, bifunctional Ba0.5 Sr0.5 Co0.8 Fe0.2 O3-δ perovskite nanoparticles (PrNPs) are proposed as a promoter to immobilize LiPSs and guide the deposition of Li2 S in a LiS cell. The oxygen vacancy in PrNPs increases the metal reactivity to anchor LiPSs, and co-existence of lithiophilic (O) and sulfiphilic (Sr) sites in PrNP favor the dual-bonding (LiO and SrS bonds) to anchor LiPSs. The high catalytic nature of PrNP facilitates the kinetics of LiPS redox reaction. The PrNP with intrinsic LiPS affinity serves as nucleation sites for Li2 S deposition and guides its uniform propagation. Therefore, the bifunctional LiPS promoter in LiS cell yields high rate performance and ultralow capacity decay rate of 0.062% (a quarter of pristine LiS cells). The proposed strategy to immobilize LiPSs, promotes the conversion of LiPS, and regulates deposition of Li2 S by an emerging perovskite promoter and is also expected to be applied in other energy conversion and storage devices based on multi-electron redox reactions.
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- Long Kong
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Wang Q, Liu H, Li R, Yang M, Wang ZB, Zhang L, Li C, Gu DM. Clustered-Microcapsule-Shaped Microporous Carbon-Coated Sulfur Composite Synthesized via in Situ Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:44512-44518. [PMID: 29205028 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Hollow materials as sulfur hosts have been intensively investigated to address the poor cycling stabilities of Li-S batteries. Herein, we report an enhanced hollow framework to improve the applicability of the sulfur confinement. A clustered-microcapsule-shaped microporous carbon coated sulfur (CM-S@MPC) composite is prepared from the clustered zinc sulfide precursor, through an in situ oxidation process. The high specific surface area and the in situ preparation guarantee the uniform distribution of sulfur inside the carbon microcapsule, even under a higher sulfur content of 83 wt %. In addition, the interconnected frame constructed by the stacking of carbon microcapsules also mitigates the lithium polysulfide loss by setting interlayered hurdles on their pathway along the outward diffusion. Hence, these enable a full demonstration of excellent cycling stability, compared to the control sample obtained via physical sulfur infiltration. The outstanding decay rate of 0.039% per cycle is achieved during 700 cycles at 1 C, even under high sulfur loading.
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- Qian Wang
- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 315201, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin 150001, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 315201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , No. 92 West-Da Zhi Street, Harbin 150001, China
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Ma L, Yuan H, Zhang W, Zhu G, Wang Y, Hu Y, Zhao P, Chen R, Chen T, Liu J, Hu Z, Jin Z. Porous-Shell Vanadium Nitride Nanobubbles with Ultrahigh Areal Sulfur Loading for High-Capacity and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:7839-7846. [PMID: 29182880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries hold great promise for the applications of high energy density storage. However, the performances of Li-S batteries are restricted by the low electrical conductivity of sulfur and shuttle effect of intermediate polysulfides. Moreover, the areal loading weights of sulfur in previous studies are usually low (around 1-3 mg cm-2) and thus cannot fulfill the requirement for practical deployment. Herein, we report that porous-shell vanadium nitride nanobubbles (VN-NBs) can serve as an efficient sulfur host in Li-S batteries, exhibiting remarkable electrochemical performances even with ultrahigh areal sulfur loading weights (5.4-6.8 mg cm-2). The large inner space of VN-NBs can afford a high sulfur content and accommodate the volume expansion, and the high electrical conductivity of VN-NBs ensures the effective utilization and fast redox kinetics of polysulfides. Moreover, VN-NBs present strong chemical affinity/adsorption with polysulfides and thus can efficiently suppress the shuttle effect via both capillary confinement and chemical binding, and promote the fast conversion of polysulfides. Benefiting from the above merits, the Li-S batteries based on sulfur-filled VN-NBs cathodes with 5.4 mg cm-2 sulfur exhibit impressively high areal/specific capacity (5.81 mAh cm-2), superior rate capability (632 mAh g-1 at 5.0 C), and long cycling stability.
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- Lianbo Ma
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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Chen M, Zhang Y, Xing L, Liao Y, Qiu Y, Yang S, Li W. Morphology-Conserved Transformations of Metal-Based Precursors to Hierarchically Porous Micro-/Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1607015. [PMID: 28558122 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201607015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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To meet future market demand, developing new structured materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems is essential. Hierarchically porous micro-/nanostructures are favorable for designing such high-performance materials because of their unique features, including: i) the prevention of nanosized particle agglomeration and minimization of interfacial contact resistance, ii) more active sites and shorter ionic diffusion lengths because of their size compared with their large-size counterparts, iii) convenient electrolyte ingress and accommodation of large volume changes, and iv) enhanced light-scattering capability. Here, hierarchically porous micro-/nanostructures produced by morphology-conserved transformations of metal-based precursors are summarized, and their applications as electrodes and/or catalysts in rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells are discussed. Finally, research and development challenges relating to hierarchically porous micro-/nanostructures that must be overcome to increase their utilization in renewable energy applications are outlined.
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- Min Chen
- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI) and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI) and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI) and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- College of Environment and Energy, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI) and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Fang R, Zhao S, Sun Z, Wang DW, Cheng HM, Li F. More Reliable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Status, Solutions and Prospects. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29. [PMID: 28380284 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 542] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted tremendous interest because of their high theoretical energy density and cost effectiveness. The target of Li-S battery research is to produce batteries with a high useful energy density that at least outperforms state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. However, due to an intrinsic gap between fundamental research and practical applications, the outstanding electrochemical results obtained in most Li-S battery studies indeed correspond to low useful energy densities and are not really suitable for practical requirements. The Li-S battery is a complex device and its useful energy density is determined by a number of design parameters, most of which are often ignored, leading to the failure to meet commercial requirements. The purpose of this review is to discuss how to pave the way for reliable Li-S batteries. First, the current research status of Li-S batteries is briefly reviewed based on statistical information obtained from literature. This includes an analysis of how the various parameters influence the useful energy density and a summary of existing problems in the current Li-S battery research. Possible solutions and some concerns regarding the construction of reliable Li-S batteries are comprehensively discussed. Finally, insights are offered on the future directions and prospects in Li-S battery field.
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- Ruopian Fang
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
- Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, China
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Guo Y, Wei Y, Li H, Zhai T. Layer Structured Materials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13. [PMID: 28902981 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Owing to the strong in-plane chemical bonds and weak van der Waals force between adjacent layers, investigations of layer structured materials have long been the hotspots in energy-related fields. The intrinsic large interlayer space endows them capabilities of guest ion intercalation, fast ion diffusion, and swift charge transfer along the channels. Meanwhile, the well-maintained in-plane integrity contributes to exceptional mechanical properties. This anisotropic structural feature is also conducive to effective chemical combination, exfoliation, or self-assembly into various nanoarchitectures, accompanied by the introduction of defects, lattice strains, and phase transformation. This review starts with a brief introduction of typical layered materials and their crystal structures, then the structural characteristics and structure oriented unique applications in batteries, capacitors, catalysis, flexible devices, etc., are highlighted. It is surprising to observe that layered materials possess: (1) high reactivity, high reversibility, and enhanced performance via forming additional chemical bonds in alkali-metal ion batteries; (2) facile phase modulation, great feasibility for in-plane/sandwich device design, and cation intercalation enabled high capacitance in supercapacitors; (3) promoted structural diversity, effective strain engineering, and capabilities to function as ideal supporting materials/templates in electrocatalysis field. Finally, the future prospects and challenges faced by layered materials are also outlined.
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- Yanpeng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Guan BY, Yu XY, Wu HB, Lou XWD. Complex Nanostructures from Materials based on Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1703614. [PMID: 28960488 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn tremendous attention because of their abundant diversity in structure and composition. Recently, there has been growing research interest in deriving advanced nanomaterials with complex architectures and tailored chemical compositions from MOF-based precursors for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Here, a comprehensive overview of the synthesis and energy-related applications of complex nanostructures derived from MOF-based precursors is provided. After a brief summary of synthetic methods of MOF-based templates and their conversion to desirable nanostructures, delicate designs and preparation of complex architectures from MOFs or their composites are described in detail, including porous structures, single-shelled hollow structures, and multishelled hollow structures, as well as other unusual complex structures. Afterward, their applications are discussed as electrode materials or catalysts for lithium-ion batteries, hybrid supercapacitors, water-splitting devices, and fuel cells. Lastly, the research challenges and possible development directions of complex nanostructures derived from MOF-based-templates for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications are outlined.
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- Bu Yuan Guan
- 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, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, 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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Wu HB, Lou XW(D. Metal-organic frameworks and their derived materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion: Promises and challenges. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:eaap9252. [PMID: 29214220 PMCID: PMC5714063 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 434] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In addition to their conventional uses, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently emerged as an interesting class of functional materials and precursors of inorganic materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies. This class of MOF-related materials can be broadly categorized into two groups: pristine MOF-based materials and MOF-derived functional materials. Although the diversity in composition and structure leads to diverse and tunable functionalities of MOF-based materials, it appears that much more effort in this emerging field is devoted to synthesizing MOF-derived materials for electrochemical applications. This is in view of two main drawbacks of MOF-based materials: the low conductivity nature and the stability issue. On the contrary, MOF-derived synthesis strategies have substantial advantages in controlling the composition and structure of MOF-derived materials. From this perspective, we review some emerging applications of both groups of MOF-related materials as electrode materials for rechargeable batteries and electrochemical capacitors, efficient electrocatalysts, and even electrolytes for electrochemical devices. By highlighting the advantages and challenges of each class of materials for different applications, we hope to shed some light on the future development of this highly exciting area.
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- Hao Bin Wu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Corresponding author.
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Li Y, Fan J, Zhang J, Yang J, Yuan R, Chang J, Zheng M, Dong Q. A Honeycomb-like Co@N-C Composite for Ultrahigh Sulfur Loading Li-S Batteries. ACS NANO 2017; 11:11417-11424. [PMID: 29045778 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Because of the high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g-1 and high energy density of 2600 Wh kg-1, respectively, lithium-sulfur batteries are attracting intense interest. However, it remains an enormous challenge to realize high utilizations and loadings of sulfur in cathodes for the practical applications of Li-S batteries. Herein, we design a quasi-2D Co@N-C composite with honeycomb architecture as a multifunctional sulfur host via a simple sacrificial templates method. The cellular flake with large surface area and honeycomb architecture can encapsulate much more sulfur, leading to high sulfur content (HSC) composites, and by stacking these HSC flakes, a high sulfur loading (HSL) electrode can be realized due to their high layer bulk density. Compared to our previous work in multifunctional Co-N-C composites, the cellular Co@N-C composite displays a distinct enhancement in the sulfur content, sulfur loading, cycle stability, and rate performance. Benefiting from the cellular morphology, a composite with an HSC of 93.6 wt % and an electrode with an HSL of 7.5 mg cm-2 can be obtained simultaneously, which exhibited excellent rate performance up to 10 C (3.6 mg cm-2) and great cycling stability.
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- Yijuan Li
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Central University , Zhongli 32001, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China
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Ponraj R, Kannan AG, Ahn JH, Lee JH, Kang J, Han B, Kim DW. Effective Trapping of Lithium Polysulfides Using a Functionalized Carbon Nanotube-Coated Separator for Lithium-Sulfur Cells with Enhanced Cycling Stability. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:38445-38454. [PMID: 29035030 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b10641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The critical issues that hinder the practical applications of lithium-sulfur batteries, such as dissolution and migration of lithium polysulfides, poor electronic conductivity of sulfur and its discharge products, and low loading of sulfur, have been addressed by designing a functional separator modified using hydroxyl-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTOH). Density functional theory calculations and experimental results demonstrate that the hydroxyl groups in the CNTOH provoked strong interaction with lithium polysulfides and resulted in effective trapping of lithium polysulfides within the sulfur cathode side. The reduction in migration of lithium polysulfides to the lithium anode resulted in enhanced stability of the lithium electrode. The conductive nature of CNTOH also aided to efficiently reutilize the adsorbed reaction intermediates for subsequent cycling. As a result, the lithium-sulfur cell assembled with a functional separator exhibited a high initial discharge capacity of 1056 mAh g-1 (corresponding to an areal capacity of 3.2 mAh cm-2) with a capacity fading rate of 0.11% per cycle over 400 cycles at 0.5 C rate.
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- Rubha Ponraj
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 04763, Korea
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Sun Q, Chen K, Liu Y, Li Y, Wei M. Rutile TiO
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- Qingqing Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
- Institute of Advanced Energy Materials Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
- Institute of Advanced Energy Materials Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
- Institute of Advanced Energy Materials Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
- Institute of Advanced Energy Materials Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
- Institute of Advanced Energy Materials Fuzhou University Xueyuan Road 2 Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P.R. China
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Liu Y, Bai Y, Han Y, Yu Z, Zhang S, Wang G, Wei J, Wu Q, Sun K. Self-Supported Hierarchical FeCoNi-LTH/NiCo 2O 4/CC Electrodes with Enhanced Bifunctional Performance for Efficient Overall Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:36917-36926. [PMID: 28985046 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The development of advanced earth-abundant electrocatalysts for hydrogen production is highly desirable. In this paper, we report the design and synthesis of a novel and highly efficient electrode of NiCo2O4 nanoneedles decorated with FeCoNi layered ternary hydroxides supported on carbon cloth (FeCoNi-LTH/NiCo2O4/CC) by a facile and efficient two-step approach. It exhibits superior bifunctional catalytic activities for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media, due to the special structure and strong synergies. The FeCoNi-LTH/NiCo2O4/CC obtains an onset overpotential of 240 mV and an overpotential of 302 mV at the current density of 50 mA cm-2 for OER, which is superior to RuO2. It also efficiently catalyzes HER with onset overpotential of 96 mV and overpotential of 151 mV to achieve a current density of 20 mA cm-2. Serving as both cathode and anode in a two-electrode water splitting system, FeCoNi-LTH/NiCo2O4/CC only requires an overpotential of 1.65 V at current density of 50 mA cm-2. The cell exhibits outstanding stability as well, indicating that FeCoNi-LTH/NiCo2O4/CC is a befitting material to be utilized as effective bifunctional catalysts for overall water splitting.
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- Yuxuan Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
- Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- Advanced Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering Center, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150080, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
- Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
- Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources , Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources , Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources , Zunyi 563000, P. R. China
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- Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, P. R. China
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Wang R, Wang K, Gao S, Jiang M, Zhou M, Cheng S, Jiang K. Rational design of yolk-shell silicon dioxide@hollow carbon spheres as advanced Li-S cathode hosts. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:14881-14887. [PMID: 28949358 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr04320a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Short cycle life and low Coulombic efficiency, in conjunction with fast self-discharge, render lithium-sulfur batteries impractical for commercial applications. In this work, we demonstrated that a "yolk-shell" structure with a polar silicon dioxide (SiO2) core in a hollow carbon sphere (SiO2@HC) acts as a highly efficient sulfur host. Such nanoarchitecture benefits from both a physical barrier and chemical adsorption via a carbon shell and a polar SiO2 core. Furthermore, the internal void space could buffer the huge volume expansion of active sulfur during lithiation. The resulting SiO2@HC/S composite exhibits a high mass S loading (∼76 wt%), high initial specific capacity of 1200 mA h g-1 at 0.2C, superior rate performance (728 mA h g-1 at 3C), ultraslow capacity decay of 0.056% per cycle at a high rate of 2C and an extraordinary anti-self-discharge feature.
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- Ruxing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Ni L, Zhao G, Yang G, Niu G, Chen M, Diao G. Dual Core-Shell-Structured S@C@MnO 2 Nanocomposite for Highly Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:34793-34803. [PMID: 28817251 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have currently excited worldwide academic and industrial interest as a next-generation high-power energy storage system (EES) because of their high energy density and low cost of sulfur. However, the commercialization application is being hindered by capacity decay, mainly attributed to the polysulfide shuttle and poor conductivity of sulfur. Here, we have designed a novel dual core-shell nanostructure of S@C@MnO2 nanosphere hybrid as the sulfur host. The S@C@MnO2 nanosphere is successfully prepared using mesoporous carbon hollow spheres (MCHS) as the template and then in situ MnO2 growth on the surface of MCHS. In comparison with polar bare sulfur hosts materials, the as-prepared robust S@C@MnO2 composite cathode delivers significantly improved electrochemical performances in terms of high specific capacity (1345 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C), remarkable rate capability (465 mA h g-1 at 5.0 C) and excellent cycling stability (capacity decay rate of 0.052% per cycle after 1000 cycles at 3.0 C). Such a structure as cathode in Li-S batteries can not only store sulfur via inner mesoporous carbon layer and outer MnO2 shell, which physically/chemically confine the polysulfides shuttle effect, but also ensure overall good electrical conductivity. Therefore, these synergistic effects are achieved by unique structural characteristics of S@C@MnO2 nanospheres.
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- Lubin Ni
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Zhan G, Zeng HC. ZIF-67-Derived Nanoreactors for Controlling Product Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Guowu Zhan
- Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research in Energy Efficiency in Singapore, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602
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- Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research in Energy Efficiency in Singapore, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602
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Zhang J, You C, Zhang W, Wang J, Guo S, Yang R, Xu Y. Conductive bridging effect of TiN nanoparticles on the electrochemical performance of TiN@CNT-S composite cathode. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Huang JQ, Zhai PY, Peng HJ, Zhu WC, Zhang Q. Metal/nanocarbon layer current collectors enhanced energy efficiency in lithium-sulfur batteries. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2017; 62:1267-1274. [PMID: 36659455 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with intrinsic merits in high theoretical energy density are the most promising candidate as the next-generation power sources. The strategy to achieve a high utilization of active materials with high energy efficiency is strongly requested for practical applications with less energy loss during repeated cycling. In this contribution, a metal/nanocarbon layer current collector is proposed to enhance the redox reactions of polysulfides in a working Li-S cell. Such a concept is demonstrated by coating graphene-carbon nanotube hybrids (GNHs) on routine aluminum (Al) foil current collectors. The interfacial conductivity and adhesion between the current collector and active material are significantly enhanced. Such novel cell configuration with metal/nanocarbon layer current collectors affords abundant Li ions for rapid redox reactions with small overpotential. Consequently, the Li-S cells with nanostructured current collectors exhibit an initial discharge capacity of 1,113mAhg-1 at 0.5C, which is ∼300mAhg-1 higher than those without a GNH coating layer. The capacity retention is 73% for cells with GNH after 300 cycles. A reduced voltage hysteresis and a high energy efficiency of ca. 90% are therefore achieved. Moreover, the Al/GNH layer current collectors are easily implanted into current cell assembly process for energy storage devices based on complex multi-electron redox reactions (e.g., Li-S batteries, Li-O2 batteries, fuel cells, and flow batteries).
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- Jia-Qi Huang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong 273165, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Hu W, Hirota Y, Zhu Y, Yoshida N, Miyamoto M, Zheng T, Nishiyama N. Separator Decoration with Cobalt/Nitrogen Codoped Carbon for Highly Efficient Polysulfide Confinement in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:3557-3564. [PMID: 28707784 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A macro-/mesoporous Co-N-C-decorated separator is proposed to confine and reutilize migrating polysulfides. Endowed with a desirable structure and synchronous lithio- and sulfiphilic chemistry, the macro-/mesoporous Co-N-C interface manipulates large polysulfide adsorption uptake, enabling good polysulfide adsorption kinetics, reversible electrocatalysis toward redox of anchored polysulfides, and facile charge transport. It significantly boosts the performance of a simple 70 wt % S/MWCNTs (MWCNTs=multi-walled carbon nanotubes) cathode, achieving high initial capacities (e.g., 1406 mAh g-1 at 0.2C, 1203 mAh g-1 at 1C), nearly 100 % Coulombic efficiencies, and high reversible capacities after cycle tests (e.g., 828.4 mAh g-1 at 1C after 100 cycles) at both low and high current rates. These results demonstrate that decorating separator with macro-/mesoporous Co-N-C paves a feasible way for developing advanced Li-S batteries.
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- Wen Hu
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- National Institute of Technology, Anan College, Tokushima, 774-0017, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-8531, Japan
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Xiao D, Zhang H, Chen C, Liu Y, Yuan S, Lu C. Interwoven NiCo2O4Nanosheet/Carbon Nanotube Composites as Highly Efficient Lithium−Sulfur Cathode Hosts. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Dengji Xiao
- CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Carbon Materials; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Carbon Fiber Technology; Institute of Coal Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Taiyuan 030001 PR China
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Li Y, Jiang Z, Huang J, Zhang X, Chen J. Template-synthesis and electrochemical properties of urchin-like NiCoP electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Zhang X, Xie D, Zhong Y, Wang D, Wu J, Wang X, Xia X, Gu C, Tu J. Performance Enhancement of a Sulfur/Carbon Cathode by Polydopamine as an Efficient Shell for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chemistry 2017; 23:10610-10615. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Xuqing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering; Taizhou University; Taizhou 318000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Batteries of Zhejiang Province and School of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310027 China
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Yao B, Zhang J, Kou T, Song Y, Liu T, Li Y. Paper-Based Electrodes for Flexible Energy Storage Devices. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2017; 4:1700107. [PMID: 28725532 PMCID: PMC5515121 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Paper-based materials are emerging as a new category of advanced electrodes for flexible energy storage devices, including supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, Li-S batteries, Li-oxygen batteries. This review summarizes recent advances in the synthesis of paper-based electrodes, including paper-supported electrodes and paper-like electrodes. Their structural features, electrochemical performances and implementation as electrodes for flexible energy storage devices including supercapacitors and batteries are highlighted and compared. Finally, we also discuss the challenges and opportunity of paper-based electrodes and energy storage devices.
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- Bin Yao
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaSanta CruzCalifornia95064United States
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High-performance nitrogen-doped titania nanowire decorated carbon cloth electrode for lithium-polysulfide batteries. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Deng DR, Xue F, Jia YJ, Ye JC, Bai CD, Zheng MS, Dong QF. Co 4N Nanosheet Assembled Mesoporous Sphere as a Matrix for Ultrahigh Sulfur Content Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS NANO 2017; 11:6031-6039. [PMID: 28570815 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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High utilization and loading of sulfur in cathodes holds the key in the realization of Li-S batteries. We here synthesized a Co4N mesoporous sphere, which was made up of nanosheets, via an easy and convenient method. This material presents high affinity, speedy trapping, and absorbing capacity for polysulfides and acts as a bifunctional catalysis for sulfur redox processes; therefore it is an ideal matrix for S active material. With such a mesoporous sphere used as a sulfur host in Li-S batteries, extraordinary electrochemistry performance has been achieved. With a sulfur content of 72.3 wt % in the composite, the Co4N@S delivered a high specific discharge capacity of 1659 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C, almost reaching its theoretic capacity. Also, the battery exhibited a large reversible capacity of about 1100 mAh g-1 at 0.5 C and 1000 mAh g-1 at 1 C after 100 cycles. At a high rate of 2 C and 5 C, after 300 cycles, the discharge capacity finally stabilized at 805 and 585 mAh g-1. Even at a 94.88% sulfur content, the cathode can still deliver an extremely high specific discharge capacity of 1259 mAh g-1 with good cycle performance.
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- Ding-Rong Deng
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) Xiamen , Fujian, 361005, China
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Dong S, Li C, Ge X, Li Z, Miao X, Yin L. ZnS-Sb 2S 3@C Core-Double Shell Polyhedron Structure Derived from Metal-Organic Framework as Anodes for High Performance Sodium Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2017; 11:6474-6482. [PMID: 28590720 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b03321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Taking advantage of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8), ZnS-Sb2S3@C core-double shell polyhedron structure is synthesized through a sulfurization reaction between Zn2+ dissociated from ZIF-8 and S2- from thioacetamide (TAA), and subsequently a metal cation exchange process between Zn2+ and Sb3+, in which carbon layer is introduced from polymeric resorcinol-formaldehyde to prevent the collapse of the polyhedron. The polyhedron composite with a ZnS inner-core and Sb2S3/C double-shell as anode for sodium ion batteries (SIBs) shows us a significantly improved electrochemical performance with stable cycle stability, high Coulombic efficiency and specific capacity. Peculiarly, introducing a carbon shell not only acts as an important protective layer to form a rigid construction and accommodate the volume changes, but also improves the electronic conductivity to optimize the stable cycle performance and the excellent rate property. The architecture composed of ZnS inner core and a complex Sb2S3/C shell not only facilitates the facile electrolyte infiltration to reduce the Na-ion diffusion length to improve the electrochemical reaction kinetics, but also prevents the structure pulverization caused by Na-ion insertion/extraction. This approach to prepare metal sulfides based on MOFs can be further extended to design other nanostructured systems for high performance energy storage devices.
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- Shihua Dong
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University , Jinan 250061, PR China
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Hou TZ, Xu WT, Chen X, Peng HJ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Lithium Bond Chemistry in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Ting-Zheng Hou
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
- University of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
- University of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology; Department of Chemical Engineering; Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084 P.R. China
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Hou TZ, Xu WT, Chen X, Peng HJ, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. Lithium Bond Chemistry in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:8178-8182. [PMID: 28520218 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is a promising high-energy-density storage system. The strong anchoring of intermediates is widely accepted to retard the shuttle of polysulfides in a working battery. However, the understanding of the intrinsic chemistry is still deficient. Inspired by the concept of hydrogen bond, herein we focus on the Li bond chemistry in Li-S batteries through sophisticated quantum chemical calculations, in combination with 7 Li nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Identified as Li bond, the strong dipole-dipole interaction between Li polysulfides and Li-S cathode materials originates from the electron-rich donors (e.g., pyridinic nitrogen (pN)), and is enhanced by the inductive and conjugative effect of scaffold materials with π-electrons (e.g., graphene). The chemical shift of Li polysulfides in 7 Li NMR spectroscopy, being both theoretically predicted and experimentally verified, is suggested to serve as a quantitative descriptor of Li bond strength. These theoretical insights were further proved by actual electrochemical tests. This work highlights the importance of Li bond chemistry in Li-S cell and provides a deep comprehension, which is helpful to the cathode materials rational design and practical applications of Li-S batteries.
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- Ting-Zheng Hou
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.,University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China.,University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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Chen CY, Peng HJ, Hou TZ, Zhai PY, Li BQ, Tang C, Zhu W, Huang JQ, Zhang Q. A Quinonoid-Imine-Enriched Nanostructured Polymer Mediator for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1606802. [PMID: 28417502 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The reversible formation of chemical bonds has potential for tuning multi-electron redox reactions in emerging energy-storage applications, such as lithium-sulfur batteries. The dissolution of polysulfide intermediates, however, results in severe shuttle effect and sluggish electrochemical kinetics. In this study, quinonoid imine is proposed to anchor polysulfides and to facilitate the formation of Li2 S2 /Li2 S through the reversible chemical transition between protonated state (NH+ ) and deprotonated state (N). When serving as the sulfur host, the quinonoid imine-doped graphene affords a very tiny shuttle current of 2.60 × 10-4 mA cm-2 , a rapid redox reaction of polysulfide, and therefore improved sulfur utilization and enhanced rate performance. A high areal specific capacity of 3.72 mAh cm-2 is achieved at 5.50 mA cm-2 on the quinonoid imine-doped graphene based electrode with a high sulfur loading of 3.3 mg cm-2 . This strategy sheds a new light on the organic redox mediators for reversible modulation of electrochemical reactions.
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- Chen-Yu Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, 273165, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, 273165, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Chen T, Tang P, Feng Y, Li D. Facile Color Tuning, Characterization, and Application of Acid Green 25 and Acid Yellow 25 Co-intercalated Layered Double Hydroxides. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tingwei Chen
- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, and ‡Beijing Engineering
Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, and ‡Beijing Engineering
Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, and ‡Beijing Engineering
Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, and ‡Beijing Engineering
Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Zhao X, Wang H, Zhai G, Wang G. Facile Assembly of 3D Porous Reduced Graphene Oxide/Ultrathin MnO2
Nanosheets-S Aerogels as Efficient Polysulfide Adsorption Sites for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chemistry 2017; 23:7037-7045. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Xiaojun Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Nature Functional Molecule Chemistry (Ministry of Education); College of Chemistry and Materials Science; Northwest University; Xi'an 710127 P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Ankang University; Ankang, Shaanxi 725000 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Nature Functional Molecule Chemistry (Ministry of Education); College of Chemistry and Materials Science; Northwest University; Xi'an 710127 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Nature Functional Molecule Chemistry (Ministry of Education); College of Chemistry and Materials Science; Northwest University; Xi'an 710127 P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials (Culture Base), National Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials and Application International Cooperation Base; Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology; Northwest University; Xi'an 710069 P. R. China
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Rehman S, Tang T, Ali Z, Huang X, Hou Y. Integrated Design of MnO 2 @Carbon Hollow Nanoboxes to Synergistically Encapsulate Polysulfides for Empowering Lithium Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1700087. [PMID: 28371370 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) with high theoretical energy density are being pursued as highly promising next-generation large-scale energy storage devices. However, its launch into practical application is still shackled by various challenges. A rational nanostructure of hollow carbon nanoboxes filled with birnessite-type manganese oxide nanosheets (MnO2 @HCB) as a new class of molecularly-designed physical and chemical trap for lithium polysulfides (Li2 Sx (x = 4-8)) is reported. The bifunctional, integrated, hybrid nanoboxes overcome the obstacles of low sulfur loading, poor conductivity, and redox shuttle of LSBs via effective physical confinement and chemical interaction. Benefiting from the synergistic encapsulation, the developed MnO2 @HCB/S hybrid nanoboxes with 67.9 wt% sulfur content deliver high specific capacity of 1042 mAh g-1 at the current density of 1 A g-1 with excellent Coulombic efficiency ≈100%, and retain improved reversible capacity during long term cycling at higher current densities. The developed strategy paves a new path for employing other metal oxides with unique architectures to boost the performance of LSBs.
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- Sarish Rehman
- BIC-EAST, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- BIC-EAST, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- BIC-EAST, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- BIC-EAST, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- BIC-EAST, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Zhou L, Zhuang Z, Zhao H, Lin M, Zhao D, Mai L. Intricate Hollow Structures: Controlled Synthesis and Applications in Energy Storage and Conversion. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1602914. [PMID: 28169464 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Intricate hollow structures garner tremendous interest due to their aesthetic beauty, unique structural features, fascinating physicochemical properties, and widespread applications. Here, the recent advances in the controlled synthesis are discussed, as well as applications of intricate hollow structures with regard to energy storage and conversion. The synthetic strategies toward complex multishelled hollow structures are classified into six categories, including well-established hard- and soft-templating methods, as well as newly emerging approaches based on selective etching of "soft@hard" particles, Ostwald ripening, ion exchange, and thermally induced mass relocation. Strategies for constructing structures beyond multishelled hollow structures, such as bubble-within-bubble, tube-in-tube, and wire-in-tube structures, are also covered. Niche applications of intricate hollow structures in lithium-ion batteries, Li-S batteries, supercapacitors, Li-O2 batteries, dye-sensitized solar cells, photocatalysis, and fuel cells are discussed in detail. Some perspectives on the future research and development of intricate hollow structures are also provided.
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- Liang Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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Wang H, Zhu W, Ping Y, Wang C, Gao N, Yin X, Gu C, Ding D, Brinker CJ, Li G. Controlled Fabrication of Functional Capsules Based on the Synergistic Interaction between Polyphenols and MOFs under Weak Basic Condition. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:14258-14264. [PMID: 28398036 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b01788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Metal-organic coordination materials with controllable nanostructures are of widespread interest due to the coupled benefits of inorganic/organic building blocks and desired architectures. In this work, based on the finding of a synergistic interaction between metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and natural polyphenols under weak basic condition, a facile strategy has been developed for directly fabricating diverse phenolic-inspired functional materials or metal-phenolic frameworks (MPFs) with controlled hollow nanostructures (polyhedral core-shell, rattle-like, hollow cage, etc.) and controllable size, morphology, and roughness, as well as composition. By further incorporating the diverse functionalities of polyphenols such as low toxicity and therapeutic properties, catalytic activity, and ability to serve as carbon precursors, into the novel assemblies, diverse artificially designed nanoarchitectures with target functionalities have been generated for an array of applications.
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- Hui Wang
- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
- College of Chemical Engineering, Shijiazhuang University , Shijiazhuang 050035, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
- Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 639798, Singapore
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Higher Education Mega Center, Sun Yat-Sen University , Panyu, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Materials Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , Beijing 10084, People's Republic of China
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Kim JH, Jung GY, Lee YH, Kim JH, Lee SY, Kwak SK, Lee SY. Polysulfide-Breathing/Dual-Conductive, Heterolayered Battery Separator Membranes Based on 0D/1D Mingled Nanomaterial Composite Mats. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:2220-2228. [PMID: 28338328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Facile/sustainable utilization of sulfur active materials is an ultimate challenge in high-performance lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Here, as a membrane-driven approach to address this issue, we demonstrate a new class of polysulfide-breathing (capable of reversibly adsorbing and desorbing polysulfides)/dual (electron and ion) conductive, heterolayered battery separator membranes (denoted as "MEC-AA separators") based on 0D (nanoparticles)/1D (nanofibers) composite mats. The MEC-AA separator is fabricated through an in-series, concurrent electrospraying/electrospinning process. The top layer of the MEC-AA separator comprises close-packed mesoporous MCM-41 nanoparticles spatially besieged by multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) wrapped poly(ether imide) (PEI) nanofibers. The MCM-41 in the top layer shows reversible adsorption/desorption of polysulfides, and the MWNT-wrapped PEI nanofibers act as a dual-conductive upper current collector. Preferential deposition of the MWNTs along the PEI nanofibers and dispersion state of the separator components are elucidated theoretically using computational methods. The support layer, which consists of densely packed Al2O3 nanoparticles and polyacrylonitrile nanofibers, serves as a mechanically/thermally stable and polysulfide-capturing porous membrane. The unique structure and multifunctionality of the MEC-AA separator allow for substantial improvements in redox reaction kinetics and cycling performance of Li-S cells far beyond those achievable with conventional polyolefin separators. The heterolayered nanomat-based membrane strategy opens a new route toward electrochemically active/permselective advanced battery separators.
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- Jeong-Hoon Kim
- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Forest Products, Korea Forest Research Institute , Seoul 02455, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 689-798, Korea
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Yu L, Hu H, Wu HB, Lou XWD. Complex Hollow Nanostructures: Synthesis and Energy-Related Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29. [PMID: 28092123 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hollow nanostructures offer promising potential for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. In the past decade, considerable research efforts have been devoted to the design and synthesis of hollow nanostructures with high complexity by manipulating their geometric morphology, chemical composition, and building block and interior architecture to boost their electrochemical performance, fulfilling the increasing global demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources. In this Review, we present a comprehensive overview of the synthesis and energy-related applications of complex hollow nanostructures. After a brief classification, the design and synthesis of complex hollow nanostructures are described in detail, which include hierarchical hollow spheres, hierarchical tubular structures, hollow polyhedra, and multi-shelled hollow structures, as well as their hybrids with nanocarbon materials. Thereafter, we discuss their niche applications as electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries and hybrid supercapacitors, sulfur hosts for lithium-sulfur batteries, and electrocatalysts for oxygen- and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions. The potential superiorities of complex hollow nanostructures for these applications are particularly highlighted. Finally, we conclude this Review with urgent challenges and further research directions of complex hollow nanostructures for energy-related applications.
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- Le Yu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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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 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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Nitrogen-doped microporous carbon from polyaspartic acid bonding separator for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ni L, Wu Z, Zhao G, Sun C, Zhou C, Gong X, Diao G. Core-Shell Structure and Interaction Mechanism of γ-MnO 2 Coated Sulfur for Improved Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1603466. [PMID: 28134468 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201603466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted worldwide interest due to their high theoretical capacity of 1672 mAh g-1 and low cost. However, the practical applications are hampered by capacity decay, mainly attributed to the polysulfide shuttle. Here, the authors have fabricated a solid core-shell γ-MnO2 -coated sulfur nanocomposite through the redox reaction between KMnO4 and MnSO4 . The multifunctional MnO2 shell facilitates electron and Li+ transport as well as efficiently prevents polysulfide dissolution via physical confinement and chemical interaction. Moreover, the γ-MnO2 crystallographic form also provides one-dimensional (1D) tunnels for the Li+ incorporation to alleviate insoluble Li2 S2 /Li2 S deposition at high discharge rate. More importantly, the MnO2 phase transformation to Mn3 O4 occurs during the redox reaction between polysulfides and γ-MnO2 is first thoroughly investigated. The S@γ-MnO2 composite exhibits a good capacity retention of 82% after 300 cycles (0.5 C) and a fade rate of 0.07% per cycle over 600 cycles (1 C). The degradation mechanism can probably be elucidated that the decomposition of the surface Mn3 O4 phase is the cause of polysulfide dissolution. The recent work thus sheds new light on the hitherto unknown surface interaction mechanism and the degradation mechanism of Li-S cells.
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- Lubin Ni
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- Testing Center, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- Testing Center, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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