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Low-temperature carbonized MXene/protein-based eggshell membrane composite as free-standing electrode for flexible supercapacitors. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 226:588-596. [PMID: 36521699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.062] [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: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The demerits of the carbonized eggshell membrane (EM), such as high cost, high brittleness, immutable shape and size, greatly limit its application in demanding supercapacitors as free-standing electrode. Herein, the reconstituted EM (REM) with good flexibility and excellent size-customizability is developed, which is due to their fibrous structure and abundant surface polar groups. Ti3C2 nanosheet (a typical MXene) with ultra-high electrical conductivity and good electrochemical activity is then coated on REM surface, and undergoes a low-temperature carbonization (350 °C) to prepare CREM/T. Multi-functions of Ti3C2 are exhibited: (1) constructing a conductive network on REM surface by randomly stacking to yield a high electrical conductivity of 78.1 S cm-1, (2) being as a protective mold to remain the inherent flexibility and porosity of REM during carbonization, (3) creating nanopores by inducing self-activation, and (4) yielding a large capacitance of 1729 mF cm-2 at 0.5 mA cm-2 and a high rate capability of 82 % after increasing the current density by 50 folds. Furthermore, an all-EM-based supercapacitor is fabricated with REM as the separator and CREM/T as the electrode. It delivers a high energy density of 16.1 μW h cm-2 at 1301 μW cm-2, and shows stable capacitive behaviors during bending.
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Liu Q, Wang Z, Liu J, Lu Z, Xuan D, Luo F, Li S, Ye Y, Wang D, Wang D, Zheng Z. One‐Dimensional Spinel Transition Bimetallic Oxide Composite Carbon Nanofibers (CoFe
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- Qian Liu
- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Industry Technologies Development Base for New Energy Fujian Provincial Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-Valued Technologies for Biomass Xiamen Key Laboratory for High-Valued Conversion Technology of Agricultural Biomass College of Energy Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 P.R. China
- China Fujian Innovation Laboratory of Energy Materials Science and Technology Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 China
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Insights into pyrolysis behavior of polyacrylonitrile precursors using Py-GC/MS. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-021-01714-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Facile synthesis of N-doped lignin-based carbon nanofibers decorated with iron oxides for flexible supercapacitor electrodes. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhang Y, Chen Y, Kang ZW, Gao X, Zeng X, Liu M, Yang DP. Waste eggshell membrane-assisted synthesis of magnetic CuFe2O4 nanomaterials with multifunctional properties (adsorptive, catalytic, antibacterial) for water remediation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Baláž M, Boldyreva EV, Rybin D, Pavlović S, Rodríguez-Padrón D, Mudrinić T, Luque R. State-of-the-Art of Eggshell Waste in Materials Science: Recent Advances in Catalysis, Pharmaceutical Applications, and Mechanochemistry. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:612567. [PMID: 33585413 PMCID: PMC7873488 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.612567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Eggshell waste is among the most abundant waste materials coming from food processing technologies. Despite the unique properties that both its components (eggshell, ES, and eggshell membrane, ESM) possess, it is very often discarded without further use. This review article aims to summarize the recent reports utilizing eggshell waste for very diverse purposes, stressing the need to use a mechanochemical approach to broaden its applications. The most studied field with regards to the potential use of eggshell waste is catalysis. Upon proper treatment, it can be used for turning waste oils into biodiesel and moreover, the catalytic effect of eggshell-based material in organic synthesis is also very beneficial. In inorganic chemistry, the eggshell membrane is very often used as a templating agent for nanoparticles production. Such composites are suitable for application in photocatalysis. These bionanocomposites are also capable of heavy metal ions reduction and can be also used for the ozonation process. The eggshell and its membrane are applicable in electrochemistry as well. Due to the high protein content and the presence of functional groups on the surface, ESM can be easily converted to a high-performance electrode material. Finally, both ES and ESM are suitable for medical applications, as the former can be used as an inexpensive Ca2+ source for the development of medications, particles for drug delivery, organic matrix/mineral nanocomposites as potential tissue scaffolds, food supplements and the latter for the treatment of joint diseases, in reparative medicine and vascular graft producing. For the majority of the above-mentioned applications, the pretreatment of the eggshell waste is necessary. Among other options, the mechanochemical pretreatment has found an inevitable place. Since the publication of the last review paper devoted to the mechanochemical treatment of eggshell waste, a few new works have appeared, which are reviewed here to underline the sustainable character of the proposed methodology. The mechanochemical treatment of eggshell is capable of producing the nanoscale material which can be further used for bioceramics synthesis, dehalogenation processes, wastewater treatment, preparation of hydrophobic filters, lithium-ion batteries, dental materials, and in the building industry as cement.
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- Matej Baláž
- Department of Mechanochemistry, Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Solid State Chemistry, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Udmurt Federal Research Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhevsk, Russia
- Mezomax Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade – Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade – Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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Cheng J, Wu D, Wang T. N-doped carbon nanosheet supported Fe2O3/Fe3C nanoparticles as efficient electrode materials for oxygen reduction reaction and supercapacitor application. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2020.107952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ma Q, Du G, Zhong W, Du W, Bao SJ, Xu M, Li C. Template method for fabricating Co and Ni nanoparticles/porous channels carbon for solid-state sodium-sulfur battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 578:710-716. [PMID: 32570141 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Room-temperature sodium/sulfur battery has raised concern due to the superiority of high theoretical capacity and low cost that promise for large-scale application. However, the sluggish electrochemical activity and "shuttle effect" limits the progress of practical application. This work designs a template method for constructing metal/carbon sulfur host, which possesses metal (Co, Ni) nanoparticles highly distributed in large amounts of porous channels in carbon sphere. The metal nanoparticles assist in sulfur immobilization, electric conductivity and catalyze reaction kinetics, meanwhile the hollow channels can buffer the volume change of sulfur. When testing as the liquid/solid-state room-temperature Na/S batteries, the S@Co/C and S@Ni/C electrodes deliver high capacities and rate capability. This template method possesses utility potential in developing high-powered RT Na/S batteries, which provides possibility to for the preparation of various electrode materials in battery technology.
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- Qianru Ma
- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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Tong X, Ma S, Qi Y, Li J, Yao T, Wu J. Synthesis of FeCo alloy encapsulated nitrogen-doped graphitized carbon: High catalytic activation and low metal ion leaching in microwave assisted Fenton reaction. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2020.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gao J, Liu S, Zhu P, Zhao X, Wang G. Fe–N4 engineering of S and N co-doped hierarchical porous carbon-based electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction in Zn–air batteries. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:14847-14853. [PMID: 33057529 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02704a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A highly active yet stable electrocatalyst was prepared by in situ formed template-assisting method.
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- Jingxia Gao
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Jiangsu Normal University
- Xuzhou 221116
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Jiangsu Normal University
- Xuzhou 221116
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Jiangsu Normal University
- Xuzhou 221116
- China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering
- Jiangsu Normal University
- Xuzhou 221116
- China
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- School of Light Industry & Chemical Engineering
- Dalian Polytechnic University
- Dalian 116034
- China
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Wang H, Yin S, Li C, Deng K, Xu Y, Wang Z, Li X, Xue H, Wang L. All-metallic nanorattles consisting of a Pt core and a mesoporous PtPd shell for enhanced electrocatalysis. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:475602. [PMID: 31426034 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab3c94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The fabrication of nanorattles with controllable compositions and structures is very important for catalytic applications. Herein, we propose a facile method for synthesis of very unique all-metallic nanorattle consisting of a Pt core and a mesoporous PtPd shell (named Pt@mPtPd). Owing to its spatially and locally separated active inner Pt core and mesoporous PtPd shell, the Pt@mPtPd nanorattle shows the enhanced performance for oxygen reduction reaction. The newly designed Pt@mPtPd nanorattle is quite different from traditional nanorattles with porous carbon and silica shell in its catalytically functional mesoporous metallic shell. The proposed facile method is highly valuable for the design of all-metallic nanorattle with controllable compositions and desired functions.
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- Hongjing Wang
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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Tong J, Li W, Bo L, Li Y, Li T, Zhang Q. Simple preparation of Ni2P/Ni(PO3)2 inlayed in nitrogen-sulfur self-doped ultrathin holey carbon nanosheets with excellent electrocatalytic activities for water splitting. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gao X, Li X, Kong Z, Xiao G, Zhu Y. Bifunctional 3D n-doped porous carbon materials derived from paper towel for oxygen reduction reaction and supercapacitor. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2018; 63:621-628. [PMID: 36658882 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Designing and fabricating cheap and active bifunctional materials is crucial for the development of renewable energy technologies. In this article, three-dimensional nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials (NDPC-X, in which X represents the pyrolysis temperature) were fabricated by simultaneous carbonization and activation of polypyrrole-coated paper towel protected by a silica layer followed by acid etching. The material had a high specific surface area (1,123.40 m2/g). The as-obtained NDPC-900 displayed outstanding activity as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as well as an electrode with a high specific capacitance in a supercapacitor in an alkaline medium. The NDPC-900 catalyst for the ORR exhibited a more positive reduction peak potential of -0.068 V (vs. Hg|HgCl2) than that of Pt/C (-0.121 V), as well as better cycling stability and stronger methanol tolerance. Moreover, the NDPC-900 had a high specific capacitance of 379.50 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g, with a retention rate of 94.5% after 10,000 cycles in 6 mol/L KOH electrolyte when used as an electrode in a supercapacitor. All these results were attributed to the effect of a large surface area, which provided electrochemically active sites. This work introduces an effective way to use biomass-derived materials for the synthesis of promising bifunctional carbon material for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices.
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- Xinyu Gao
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Li Z, Hassan M, Sun A, Bo X, Zhou M. Crab Shell-Templated Fe and N Co-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Nanofibers as a Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyst. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201800251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zhenyi Li
- Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at University of Jilin Province; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin Province 130024, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at University of Jilin Province; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin Province 130024, P.R. China
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- Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province; School of Automation and Information Engineering Sichuan University of Science and Engineering; Zigong 643000 Sichuan
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- Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at University of Jilin Province; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin Province 130024, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at University of Jilin Province; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin Province 130024, P.R. China
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Tong J, Ma W, Wang W, Ma J, Li W, Bo L, Fan H. Nitrogen/phosphorus dual-doped hierarchically porous graphitic biocarbon with greatly improved performance on oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang Y, Zhu M, Wang G, Dai B, Yu F, Tian Z, Guo X. Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction by In Situ Anchoring Fe₂N Nanoparticles on Nitrogen-Doped Pomelo Peel-Derived Carbon. NANOMATERIALS 2017; 7:nano7110404. [PMID: 29165362 PMCID: PMC5707621 DOI: 10.3390/nano7110404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The development of effective oxygen electrode catalysts for renewable energy technologies such as metal-air batteries and fuel cells remains challenging. Here, we prepared a novel high-performance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst comprised of Fe2N nanoparticles (NPs) in situ decorated over an N-doped porous carbon derived from pomelo peel (i.e., Fe2N/N-PPC). The decorated Fe2N NPs provided large quantities of Fe-N-C bonding catalytic sites. The as-obtained Fe2N/N-PPC showed superior onset and half-wave potentials (0.966 and 0.891 V, respectively) in alkaline media (0.1 M KOH) compared to commercial Pt/C through a direct four-electron reaction pathway. Fe2N/N-PPC also showed better stability and methanol tolerance than commercial Pt/C. The outstanding ORR performance of Fe2N/N-PPC was attributed to its high specific surface area and the synergistic effects of Fe2N NPs. The utilization of agricultural wastes as a precursor makes Fe2N/N-PPC an ideal non-precious metal catalyst for ORR applications.
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- Yiqing Wang
- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Shihezi 832003, China.
- Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Renewable Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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