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Ouyang J, Zhang M, Xiong W, Zhou L, Zhao L, Li Z, Zhou C, Chen H, Luo Y, Fang S, Baughman RH. High performance supercapacitors deploying cube-templated tracheid cavities of wood-derived carbon. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 671:145-153. [PMID: 38795535 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.05.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Wood-derived carbon, with its strong tracheid array structure, is an ideal material for use as a self-supporting electrode in supercapacitors. By leveraging the inherent through pore structure and surface affinity found in wood tracheids, we successfully engineered a highly spatially efficient cube-templated porous carbon framework inside carbonized wood tracheid cavities through precise control over precursor crystallization temperatures. This innovative cubic channel architecture effectively maximizes up to (79 ± 1)% of the cavity volume in wood-derived carbon while demonstrating exceptional hydrophilicity and high conductivity properties, facilitating the development of supercapacitors with enhanced areal/volumetric capacitances (2.65F cm-2/53.0F cm-3 at 5.0 mA cm-2) as well as superior areal/volumetric energy densities (0.37 mWh cm-2/7.36 mWh cm-3 at 2.5 mW cm-2). The fabrication of these cube-templated channels with high cube filling content is not only simple and precisely controllable, but also environmentally friendly. The proposed method eliminates the conventional acid-base treatment process for pore formation, facilitating the rapid development and practical implementation of thick electrodes with superior performance in supercapacitors. Moreover, it offers a universal research approach for the commercialization of wood-derived thick electrodes.
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- Jie Ouyang
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, College of Science, Material Science and Engineering School, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, PR China.
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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- The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
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Zhou T, Wu X, Liu S, Wang A, Liu Y, Zhou W, Sun K, Li S, Zhou J, Li B, Jiang J. Biomass-Derived Catalytically Active Carbon Materials for the Air Electrode of Zn-Air Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301779. [PMID: 38416074 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Given the growing environmental and energy problems, developing clean, renewable electrochemical energy storage devices is of great interest. Zn-air batteries (ZABs) have broad prospects in energy storage because of their high specific capacity and environmental friendliness. The unavailability of cheap air electrode materials and effective and stable oxygen electrocatalysts to catalyze air electrodes are main barriers to large-scale implementation of ZABs. Due to the abundant biomass resources, self-doped heteroatoms, and unique pore structure, biomass-derived catalytically active carbon materials (CACs) have great potential to prepare carbon-based catalysts and porous electrodes with excellent performance for ZABs. This paper reviews the research progress of biomass-derived CACs applied to ZABs air electrodes. Specifically, the principle of ZABs and the source and preparation method of biomass-derived CACs are introduced. To prepare efficient biomass-based oxygen electrocatalysts, heteroatom doping and metal modification were introduced to improve the efficiency and stability of carbon materials. Finally, the effects of electron transfer number and H2O2 yield in ORR on the performance of ZABs were evaluated. This review aims to deepen the understanding of the advantages and challenges of biomass-derived CACs in the air electrodes of ZABs, promote more comprehensive research on biomass resources, and accelerate the commercial application of ZABs.
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- Ting Zhou
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Key and Open Lab on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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Liu S, Wang A, Liu Y, Zhou W, Wen H, Zhang H, Sun K, Li S, Zhou J, Wang Y, Jiang J, Li B. Catalytically Active Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Energy Conversion: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2308040. [PMID: 38581142 PMCID: PMC11165562 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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The shortage and unevenness of fossil energy sources are affecting the development and progress of human civilization. The technology of efficiently converting material resources into energy for utilization and storage is attracting the attention of researchers. Environmentally friendly biomass materials are a treasure to drive the development of new-generation energy sources. Electrochemical theory is used to efficiently convert the chemical energy of chemical substances into electrical energy. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the development of green and economical electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Although many reviews have been reported around the application of biomass-derived catalytically active carbon (CAC) catalysts in ORR, these reviews have only selected a single/partial topic (including synthesis and preparation of catalysts from different sources, structural optimization, or performance enhancement methods based on CAC catalysts, and application of biomass-derived CACs) for discussion. There is no review that systematically addresses the latest progress in the synthesis, performance enhancement, and applications related to biomass-derived CAC-based oxygen reduction electrocatalysts synchronously. This review fills the gap by providing a timely and comprehensive review and summary from the following sections: the exposition of the basic catalytic principles of ORR, the summary of the chemical composition and structural properties of various types of biomass, the analysis of traditional and the latest popular biomass-derived CAC synthesis methods and optimization strategies, and the summary of the practical applications of biomass-derived CAC-based oxidative reduction electrocatalysts. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the latest advances to provide research directions and design ideas for the development of catalyst synthesis/optimization and contributes to the industrialization of biomass-derived CAC electrocatalysis and electric energy storage.
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- Shuling Liu
- College of ChemistryZhengzhou University100 Science RoadZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsCAFNational Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical UtilizationKey and Open Lab on Forest Chemical EngineeringSFA16 SuojinwucunNanjing210042P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryZhengzhou University100 Science RoadZhengzhou450001P. R. China
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsCAFNational Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical UtilizationKey and Open Lab on Forest Chemical EngineeringSFA16 SuojinwucunNanjing210042P. R. China
- College of ScienceHenan Agricultural University95 Wenhua RoadZhengzhou450002P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsCAFNational Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical UtilizationKey and Open Lab on Forest Chemical EngineeringSFA16 SuojinwucunNanjing210042P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryZhengzhou University100 Science RoadZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryZhengzhou University100 Science RoadZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsCAFNational Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical UtilizationKey and Open Lab on Forest Chemical EngineeringSFA16 SuojinwucunNanjing210042P. R. China
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- College of ScienceHenan Agricultural University95 Wenhua RoadZhengzhou450002P. R. China
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- College of ScienceHenan Agricultural University95 Wenhua RoadZhengzhou450002P. R. China
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- Center for Carbon‐based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of NanodevicesSchool of ElectronicsPeking UniversityBeijing100871P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsCAFNational Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical UtilizationKey and Open Lab on Forest Chemical EngineeringSFA16 SuojinwucunNanjing210042P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryZhengzhou University100 Science RoadZhengzhou450001P. R. China
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Wang C, Zhang Q, Liu Z, Li B, Zhao W, Zhang C, Jiang S, Wang J, Liu K, He S. CoO supported NiFe layered double hydroxide sandwich-like nanosheets on hierarchical carbon framework for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301703. [PMID: 38180149 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Exploration of greatly efficient and steady non-noble oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is of great significance in improving the overall efficiency of energy density systems such as regenerative fuel cells, water electrolyzes, and metal-air batteries. Herein, inspired by hierarchical 3D porous structures with open microchannels of natural wood, CoO@NiFe LDH sandwich-like nanosheets were anchored on the carbonized wood (CW) via electrodeposition and calcination strategies. The strong interactions between CoO nanosheets and NiFe LDH nanosheets endow CoO@NiFe LDH/CW electrocatalyst with high catalytic properties toward the OER comparable to CoO/CW and NiFe LDH/CW. The optimized CoO@NiFe LDH/CW electrocatalyst demonstrates good OER catalytic performance with an overpotential of 230 mV at 100 mA cm-2. This work presents an innovative approach to utilize renewable resources for constructing advanced free-standing catalysts.
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- Changshui Wang
- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, PR China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Institute of Materials Science and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 2150009, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P R China
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- Faculty of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, PR China
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- Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, PR China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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Chen Z, Zou Y, Chen H, Zhang K, Hui B. Bamboo-Modulated Helical Carbon Nanotubes for Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307776. [PMID: 37990379 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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The high-performance and sustainable electrocatalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are essential for rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs). In this paper, a natural all-components bamboo is provided as the carbon source, and melamine and cobalt chloride are provided as the nitrogen and cobalt sources, respectively. As a result, the unique helical carbon nanotubes (HCNTs) encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles are prepared, which are acted as ORR/OER electrocatalysts to improve ZABs performance. The resultant HCNTs contribute to high ORR/OER activities via exposing more Co─N sites, providing excellent electron conductivity, and facilitating mass transfer of the reactant. The HCNTs assembled rechargeable liquid ZABs showed a maximum output power density of 226 mW cm-2 and a low voltage gap of 0.85 V for 330 h cycles. The flexible all-solid-state ZABs achieved the maximum power density with 59.4 mW cm-2 and charge-discharge cycles over 25 h. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the increase of Co─N at HCNTs effectively regulates the electronic structure of Co, optimizing the binding affinity of oxygen intermediates and resulting in the low ORR/OER overpotentials. This work paves the way for transforming renewable bamboo biomass into versatile electrocatalysts, which boosts the development of next-generation energy storage and conversion devices.
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- Zhonghao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fiber and Ecological Textile, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fiber and Ecological Textile, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fiber and Ecological Textile, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fiber and Ecological Textile, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Biobased Fiber and Ecological Textile, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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Bai L, Wang D, Wang W, Yan W. An Overview and Future Perspectives of Rechargeable Flexible Zn-Air Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202400080. [PMID: 38533691 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Environmental friendliness and low-cost zinc-air batteries for flexible rechargeable applications have great potential in the field of flexible electronics and smart wearables owing to high energy density and long service life. However, the current technology of flexible rechargeable zinc-air batteries to meet the commercialization needs still facing enormous challenges due to the poor adaptability of each flexible component of the zinc-air batteries. This review focused on the latest progress over the past 5 years in designing and fabricating flexible self-standing air electrodes, flexible electrolytes and zinc electrodes of flexible Zn-air batteries, meanwhile the basic working principle of each component of flexible rechargeable zinc-air batteries and battery structures optimization are also described. Finally, challenges and prospects for the future development of flexible rechargeable zinc-air batteries are discussed. This work is intended to provide insights and general guidance for future exploration of the design and fabrication on high-performance flexible rechargeable zinc-air batteries.
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- Linming Bai
- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Recycling and Resource Recovery, Department of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Recycling and Resource Recovery, Department of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Recycling and Resource Recovery, Department of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Recycling and Resource Recovery, Department of Environmental Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China
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Yang D, Xu P, Tian C, Li S, Xing T, Li Z, Wang X, Dai P. Biomass-Derived Flexible Carbon Architectures as Self-Supporting Electrodes for Energy Storage. Molecules 2023; 28:6377. [PMID: 37687208 PMCID: PMC10489653 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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With the swift advancement of the wearable electronic devices industry, the energy storage components of these devices must possess the capability to maintain stable mechanical and chemical properties after undergoing multiple bending or tensile deformations. This circumstance has expedited research efforts toward novel electrode materials for flexible energy storage devices. Nonetheless, among the numerous materials investigated to date, the incorporation of metal current collectors or insulative adhesives remains requisite, which entails additional costs, unnecessary weight, and high contact resistance. At present, biomass-derived flexible architectures stand out as a promising choice in electrochemical energy device applications. Flexible self-supporting properties impart a heightened mechanical performance, obviating the need for additional binders and lowering the contact resistance. Renewable, earth-abundant biomass endows these materials with cost-effectiveness, diversity, and modulable chemical properties. To fully exploit the application potential in biomass-derived flexible carbon architectures, understanding the latest advancements and the comprehensive foundation behind their synthesis assumes significance. This review delves into the comprehensive analysis of biomass feedstocks and methods employed in the synthesis of flexible self-supporting carbon electrodes. Subsequently, the advancements in their application in energy storage devices are elucidated. Finally, an outlook on the potential of flexible carbon architectures and the challenges they face is provided.
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- Dehong Yang
- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- New Energy Division, National Engineering Research Center of Coal Gasification and Coal-Based Advanced Materials, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd., Jining 273500, China
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- New Energy Division, National Engineering Research Center of Coal Gasification and Coal-Based Advanced Materials, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd., Jining 273500, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures (NLSSM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
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- College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Xu Y, Yu Z, Zhang Q, Luo F. Sulfonic-Pendent Vinylene-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks Enabling Benchmark Potential in Advanced Energy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300408. [PMID: 36859764 PMCID: PMC10161031 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Both proton exchange membrane fuel cells and uranium-based nuclear techniques represent two green and advanced energies. However, both of them still face some intractable scientific and industrial problems. For the former, established proton-conduction materials always suffer one or another defect such as low proton conductivity, high activation energy, bad durability, or just small-scale product; while for the later, there still lacks available adsorbent to selectively recover of UO2 2+ from concentrated nitric acid (>1 M) during the spent fuel reprocessing due to the deactivation of the adsorption site or the decomposition of adsorbent under such rigorous conditions. It is found that the above two issues can be well solved by the construction of sulfonic-pendent vinylene-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs), since these COFs contain abundant sulfonic units for both intrinsic proton conduction and UO2 2+ capture through strong coordination fixation and vinylene linkage that enhances the stability up to 12 M nitric acid (one of the best materials surviving in 12 M HNO3 ).
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- Ying Xu
- School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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- School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China
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Wei YW, Yang G, Xu XX, Liu YY, Li BJ, Wang YZ, Zhao YX. Ultrafine Pt nanoparticles anchored on core-shell structured zeolite-carbon for efficient catalysis of hydrogen generation. RSC Adv 2023; 13:7673-7681. [PMID: 36908540 PMCID: PMC9993129 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00358b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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Ammonia borane (AB) is a potential hydrogen storage material with high-efficiency hydrolytic dehydrogenation under a suitable catalyst. Noble metal catalysts have drawn a lot of attention. In this study, a carbon-coated zeolite was obtained by calcination at high temperatures using glucose as a carbon source. Pt nanoparticles were fixed on a core-shell composite support by a simple chemical reduction method. A series of catalysts were prepared with different synthesis parameters. The results show that PSC-2 has excellent catalytic performance for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of AB in alkaline solution at room temperature, and the turnover frequency (TOF) is 593 min-1. The excellent catalytic performance is attributed to the carbon layer on the zeolite surface which inhibits the aggregation or deformation of metals in the catalytic reaction. The metal-support interaction activates the water and accelerates the rate-limiting step of hydrolysis. The activation energy (E a = 44 kJ mol-1) was calculated based on the reaction temperature. In addition, the kinetics of AB hydrolysis was studied, and the effects of catalyst concentration, AB concentration and NaOH concentration on AB hydrolysis rate were further investigated. The high-efficiency catalyst prepared in this work provides a new strategy for the development of chemical hydrogen production in the field of catalysis.
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- Yue-Wei Wei
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China .,Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Fine Chemicals, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China.,Tobacco College of Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 China
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- Tobacco College of Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 China
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- Tobacco College of Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China .,Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Fine Chemicals, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China .,Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Fine Chemicals, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China
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Tan Y, Chen K, Zhu J, Sun F, Peng H, Zhan T, Lyu J. Gravity-driven rattan-based catalytic filter for rapid and highly efficient organic pollutant removal. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 643:124-136. [PMID: 37058888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Metal organic frameworks hold great promise as heterogeneous catalysts in sulfate radical (SO4∙-) based advanced oxidation. However, the aggregation of powdered MOF crystals and the complicated recovery procedure largely hinder their large-scale practical applications. It is important to develop eco-friendly and adaptable substrate-immobilized metal organic frameworks. Based on the hierarchical pore structure of the rattan, gravity-driven metal organic frameworks loaded rattan-based catalytic filter was designed to degrade organic pollutants by activating PMS at high liquid fluxes. Inspired by the water transportation of rattan, ZIF-67 was in-situ grown uniformly on the rattan channels inner surface using the continuous flow method. The intrinsically aligned microchannels in the vascular bundles of rattan acted as reaction compartments for the immobilization and stabilization of ZIF-67. Furthermore, the rattan-based catalytic filter exhibited excellent gravity-driven catalytic activity (up to 100 % treatment efficiency for a water flux of 10173.6 L·m-2·h-1), recyclability, and stability of organic pollutant degradation. After ten cycles, the TOC removal of ZIF-67@rattan was 69.34 %, maintaining a stable mineralisation capacity for pollutants. The inhibitory effect of the micro-channel promoted the interaction between active groups and contaminants, increasing the degradation efficiency and improving the stability of the composite. The design of a gravity-driven rattan-based catalytic filter for wastewater treatment provides an effective strategy for developing renewable and continuous catalytic systems.
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- Yujing Tan
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China; Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China; Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China; Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, PR China; Research Institute of Wood Industry of Chinese Academy of Forestry, 100091 Beijing, PR China.
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Go HW, Nguyen TT, Ngo QP, Chu R, Kim NH, Lee JH. Tailored Heterojunction Active Sites for Oxygen Electrocatalyst Promotion in Zinc-Air Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206341. [PMID: 36650925 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are promising energy storage systems due to their low-cost and safety. However, the working principle of ZABs is based on oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which display sluggish kinetic and low stability. Herein, this work proposes a novel method to design a heterogeneous CoP/CoO electrocatalyst on mesopore nanobox carbon/carbon nanotube (CoP/CoO@MNC-CNT) that enriched active sites and synergistic effect. Moreover, the well-defined heterointerfaces could lower the energy barrier for intermediate species adsorption and promote OER and ORR electrochemical performances. The CoP/CoO@MNC-CNT electrocatalyst presents a high half-wave potential of 0.838 V for ORR and a small overpotential of 270 mV for OER. The ZABs-based CoP/CoO@MNC-CNT air-cathode shows an open-circuit voltage of 1.409 V, the long-term cycle life of 500 h with a small voltage difference change of 7.7%. Additionally, the flexible ZABs exhibit highly mechanical stability, demonstrating their application potential in wearable electronic devices.
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- Hyun Wook Go
- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Materials Institute of Nano Convergence Engineering (BK21 FOUR), Dept. of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
- Carbon Composite Research Centre, Department of Polymer - Nano Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 54896, Republic of Korea
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Liao T, Wang M, Pu Y, He Y, Hua S, Zhang X, Li P, Wan X, Tang H. Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Hierarchical Carbon Derived from Water Hyacinth with High Catalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tianhao Liao
- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- Wuhan Institute of Marine Electric Propulsion Wuhan 430064 China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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- China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. Chongqing 401122 China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 2006 Xiyuan Road Chengdu 611731 PR China
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Wei W, Gu X, Wang R, Feng X, Chen H. Wood-Based Self-Supporting Nanoporous Three-Dimensional Electrode for High-Efficiency Battery Deionization. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7572-7578. [PMID: 36083029 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Developing highly efficient advanced battery deionization (BDI) electrode materials at a low cost is vital for seawater desalination. Herein, a high-efficiency wood-based BDI electrode has been fabricated for seawater desalination, benefiting from the self-supporting three-dimensional (3D) nanoporous structure and rich redox-active sites. The finely tuned rich electrochemical redox active C═O groups on the surface of the wood electrode derived from the facile thermochemical conversion of lignin play a crucial role in the Faradaic cation removal dynamics of BDI. Coupling the 3D wood electrode and a polyaniline-modified wood electrode as the cathode and anode, an all-wood-electrode-based deionization battery has been successfully assembled with a state-of-the-art ion removal capacity of up to 164 mg g-1 in seawater. Our work reported an example of utilizing wood as the BDI electrode via fine-tuning the redox-active sites, demonstrating a novel resource utilization pathway of converting cheap biomass into BDI electrodes for highly efficient seawater desalination.
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- Wenfei Wei
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Interfacial Science and Engineering of Materials, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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Zhang P, Liu Y, Wang S, Zhou L, Liu T, Sun K, Cao H, Jiang J, Wu X, Li B. Wood-Derived Monolithic Catalysts with the Ability of Activating Water Molecules for Oxygen Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2202725. [PMID: 35871557 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the key reaction on cathode of rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs). However, the lack of protons in alkaline conditions limits the rate of ORR. Herein, an activating water strategy is proposed to promote oxygen electrocatalytic activity by enhancing the proton production from water dissociation. FeP nanoparticles (NPs) are coupled on N-doped wood-derived catalytically active carbon (FeP-NWCC) to associate bifunctional active sites. In alkaline, FeP-NWCC possesses outstanding catalytic activities toward ORR (E1/2 = 0.86 V) and Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) (overpotential is 310 mV at 10 mA cm-2 ). The liquid ZABs assembled by FeP-NWCC deliver superior peak power density (144 mW cm-2 ) and cycle stability (over 450 h). The quasi-solid-state ZABs based on FeP-NWCC also display excellent performances. Theoretical calculation illustrates that the superb bifunctional performance of FeP-NWCC results from the elevated dissociation efficiency of water via FeP NPs to assist the oxygen catalytic process. The strategy of activating water provides a new perspective for the design of ORR/OER bifunctional catalysts. This work is a model for the application of forest biomass.
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- Pengxiang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Agriculture Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
- Institute of Chemistry Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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Cao M, Liu Y, Sun K, Li H, Lin X, Zhang P, Zhou L, Wang A, Mehdi S, Wu X, Jiang J, Li B. Coupling Fe 3 C Nanoparticles and N-Doping on Wood-Derived Carbon to Construct Reversible Cathode for Zn-Air Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2202014. [PMID: 35644887 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of oxygen plays a critical role in emerging electrochemical energy technologies. Multiple electron transfer processes, involving adsorption and activation of O2 and generation of protons from water molecules, cause the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a double-active-site catalyst of Fe3 C nanoparticles coupled to paulownia wood-derived N-doped carbon (Fe3 C@NPW) is fabricated via an active-site-uniting strategy. One site on Fe3 C nanoparticles contributes to activating water molecules, while another site on N-doped carbon is responsible for activating oxygen molecules. Benefiting from the synergistic effect of double active sites, Fe3 C@NPW delivers a remarkable catalytic activity for ORR with a half-wave potential of 0.87 V (vs. RHE) in alkaline electrolyte, outperforming commercial Pt/C catalyst. Moreover, zinc-air batteries (ZABs) assembled with Fe3 C@NPW as a catalyst on cathode achieve a large specific capacity of 804.4 mA h gZn-1 and a long-term stability of 780 cycles. The model solid-state ZABs also display satisfactory performances with an open-circuit voltage of 1.39 V and a high peak power density of 78 mW cm-2 . These outstanding performances reach the level of first-rank among the non-noble metal electrode materials. This work offers a promising approach to creating double-active-site catalysts by the active-site-uniting strategy for energy conversion fields.
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- Mengmeng Cao
- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, The Women University, Kutchery Campus, L.M.Q. Road, Multan, 66000, Pakistan
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab for Biomass Chemical Utilization, 16 Suojinwucun, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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Wang J, Zhong H, Estudillo-Wong LA, Li H, Alonso-Vante N, Li D, Tang P, Feng Y. Synthesis and electrocatalytic performance of N-doped graphene embedded with Co/CoO nanoparticles towards oxygen evolution and reduction reactions. CATAL COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Li G, Yang J, Chen Y, Liu M, Guo X, Chen G, Chang B, Wu T, Wang X. Design and Facile Synthesis of Highly Efficient and Durable Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst Fe-N x/C Nanocages for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:54032-54042. [PMID: 34739216 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c17151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Looking for a high-efficiency, durabile, and low-cost dual-functional oxygen electrocatalyst as the air electrode catalyst in rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) is urgently desirable but faces many challenges. Herein, we propose the preparation strategy of effectively using a bifunctional electrocatalyst (Fe-Nx/C) based on the zeolite imidazole organic framework-8 (ZIF-8) as the template agent, with surface modification coated by ferrocene (Fc) molecules followed by pyrolysis at high temperature under inert atmosphere. Benefiting from the surface modification of ZIF-8 with Fc molecules, more abundant multiple catalytic Fe/Fe-Nx/FeCx sites with high intrinsic activity are derived, the resultant Fe-Nx/C exhibits excellent potential gap (ΔE = 0.63 V) and durability, which is obviously superior to the Pt/C + IrO2 benchmark (ΔE = 0.77 V) and other state-of-the-art electrocatalysts. Furthermore, the assembled rechargeable ZABs employing the Fe-Nx/C as an air-electrode show a reduced charging-discharging potential difference of 0.603 V, high power density of 214.8 mW cm-2, and long-term cycling stability of more than 290 h at 2.0 mA cm-2. Therefore, this work presents a feasible strategy to prepare a high-efficiency and durability ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalyst toward high performance ZABs and next-generation energy storage devices.
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- Guang Li
- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Material Engineering, Xinxiang College, Henan 453003, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Material Engineering, Xinxiang College, Henan 453003, P. R. China
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- Key laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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- National Base for International Science & Technology Cooperation, National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Key Materials of New Energy Storage Battery, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, P. R. China
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