1
|
Adalati R, Sharma S, Sharma M, Kumar P, Bansal A, Kumar A, Chandra R. Li Salt Assisted Highly Flexible Carbonaceous Ni 3N@polyimide Electrode for an Efficient Asymmetric Supercapacitor. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:362-369. [PMID: 38157323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
This work used a highly flexible, sustainable polyimide tape as a substrate to deposit ductile-natured carbonaceous Ni3N (C/Ni3N@polyimide) material for supercapacitor application. C/Ni3N was prepared using a co-sputtering technique, and this method also provided better adhesion of the electrode material over the substrate, which is helpful in improving bending performance. The ductile behavior of the sputter-grown electrode and the high flexibility of the polyimide tape provide ultimate flexibility to the C/Ni3N@polyimide-based supercapacitor. To achieve optimum electrochemical performance, a series of electrochemical tests were done in the presence of various electrolytes. Further, a flexible asymmetric supercapacitor (NC-FSC) (C/Ni3N//carbon@polyimide) was assembled by using C/Ni3N as a cathode and a carbon thin film as an anode, separated by a GF/C-glass microfiber soaked in optimized 1 M Li2SO4 aqueous electrolyte. The NC-FSC offers a capacitance of 324 mF cm-2 with a high areal energy density of 115.26 μWh cm-2 and a power density of 811 μW cm-2, with ideal bending performance.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ravikant Adalati
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Siddharth Sharma
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Meenakshi Sharma
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Pramod Kumar
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Ananya Bansal
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Ashwani Kumar
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Department of Physics, Graphic Era (Deemed to Be University), Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand, India
| | - Ramesh Chandra
- Thin Film Laboratory, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Barrio J, Pedersen A, Favero S, Luo H, Wang M, Sarma SC, Feng J, Ngoc LTT, Kellner S, Li AY, Jorge Sobrido AB, Titirici MM. Bioinspired and Bioderived Aqueous Electrocatalysis. Chem Rev 2023; 123:2311-2348. [PMID: 36354420 PMCID: PMC9999430 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
The development of efficient and sustainable electrochemical systems able to provide clean-energy fuels and chemicals is one of the main current challenges of materials science and engineering. Over the last decades, significant advances have been made in the development of robust electrocatalysts for different reactions, with fundamental insights from both computational and experimental work. Some of the most promising systems in the literature are based on expensive and scarce platinum-group metals; however, natural enzymes show the highest per-site catalytic activities, while their active sites are based exclusively on earth-abundant metals. Additionally, natural biomass provides a valuable feedstock for producing advanced carbonaceous materials with porous hierarchical structures. Utilizing resources and design inspiration from nature can help create more sustainable and cost-effective strategies for manufacturing cost-effective, sustainable, and robust electrochemical materials and devices. This review spans from materials to device engineering; we initially discuss the design of carbon-based materials with bioinspired features (such as enzyme active sites), the utilization of biomass resources to construct tailored carbon materials, and their activity in aqueous electrocatalysis for water splitting, oxygen reduction, and CO2 reduction. We then delve in the applicability of bioinspired features in electrochemical devices, such as the engineering of bioinspired mass transport and electrode interfaces. Finally, we address remaining challenges, such as the stability of bioinspired active sites or the activity of metal-free carbon materials, and discuss new potential research directions that can open the gates to the implementation of bioinspired sustainable materials in electrochemical devices.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jesús Barrio
- Department
of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial
College London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Angus Pedersen
- Department
of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial
College London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Silvia Favero
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Hui Luo
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Mengnan Wang
- Department
of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial
College London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Saurav Ch. Sarma
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Jingyu Feng
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, LondonE1 4NS, England, U.K.
| | - Linh Tran Thi Ngoc
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, LondonE1 4NS, England, U.K.
| | - Simon Kellner
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Alain You Li
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
| | - Ana Belén Jorge Sobrido
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, LondonE1 4NS, England, U.K.
| | - Maria-Magdalena Titirici
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, LondonSW7 2AZ, England, U.K.
- Advanced
Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1
Katahira, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi980-8577, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Chen T, Shuang Z, Hu J, Zhao Y, Wei D, Ye J, Zhang G, Duan H. Freestanding 3D Metallic Micromesh for High-Performance Flexible Transparent Solid-State Zinc Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2201628. [PMID: 35561074 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Flexible transparent energy supplies are extremely essential to the fast-growing flexible electronic systems. However, the general developed flexible transparent energy storage devices are severely limited by the challenges of low energy density, safety issues, and/or poor compatibility. In this work, a freestanding 3D hierarchical metallic micromesh with remarkble optoelectronic properties (T = 89.59% and Rs = 0.23 Ω sq-1 ) and super-flexibility is designed and manufactured for flexible transparent alkaline zinc batteries. The 3D Ni micromesh supported Cu(OH)2 @NiCo bimetallic hydroxide flexible transparent electrode (3D NM@Cu(OH)2 @NiCo BH) is obtained by a combination of photolithography, chemical etching, and electrodeposition. The negative electrode is constructed by electrodeposition of electrochemically active zinc on the surface of Ni@Cu micromesh (Ni@Cu@Zn MM). The metallic micromesh with 3D hierarchical nanoarchitecture can not only ensure low sheet resistance, but also realize high mass loading of active materials and short electron/ion transmission path, which can guarantee high energy density and high-rate capability of the transparent devices. The flexible transparent 3D NM@Cu(OH)2 @NiCo BH electrode realizes a specific capacity of 66.03 μAh cm-2 at 1 mA cm-2 with a transmittance of 63%. Furthermore, the assembled solid-state NiCo-Zn alkaline battery exhibits a desirable energy density/power density of 35.89 μWh cm-2 /2000.26 μW cm-2 with a transmittance of 54.34%.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tianwei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Zhengwen Shuang
- Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
| | - Jin Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - YanLi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Donghai Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Jinghua Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Guanhua Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Huigao Duan
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Bhardwaj SK, Mujawar M, Mishra YK, Hickman N, Chavali M, Kaushik A. Bio-inspired graphene-based nano-systems for biomedical applications. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32. [PMID: 34371491 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac1bdb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
The increasing demands of environmentally sustainable, affordable, and scalable materials have inspired researchers to explore greener nanosystems of unique properties which can enhance the performance of existing systems. Such nanosystems, extracted from nature, are state-of-art high-performance nanostructures due to intrinsic hierarchical micro/nanoscale architecture and generous interfacial interactions in natural resources. Among several, bio-inspired nanosystems graphene nanosystems have emerged as an essential nano-platform wherein a highly electroactive, scalable, functional, flexible, and adaptable to a living being is a key factor. Preliminary investigation project bio-inspired graphene nanosystems as a multi-functional nano-platform suitable for electronic devices, energy storage, sensors, and medical sciences application. However, a broad understanding of bio-inspired graphene nanosystems and their projection towards applied application is not well-explored yet. Considering this as a motivation, this mini-review highlights the following; the emergence of bio-inspired graphene nanosystems, over time development to make them more efficient, state-of-art technology, and potential applications, mainly biomedical including biosensors, drug delivery, imaging, and biomedical systems. The outcomes of this review will certainly serve as a guideline to motivate scholars to design and develop novel bio-inspired graphene nanosystems to develop greener, affordable, and scalable next-generation biomedical systems.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Mubarak Mujawar
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, United States of America
| | - Yogendra Kumar Mishra
- Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, DK-6400, Sønderborg, Denmark
| | - Nicoleta Hickman
- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, Division of Sciences, Art & Mathematics, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, 33805, United States of America
| | - Murthy Chavali
- Office of the Dean (Research) & Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Alliance University, Bengaluru 562 106, Karnataka, India
| | - Ajeet Kaushik
- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, Division of Sciences, Art & Mathematics, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, 33805, United States of America
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Shewale PS, Yun KS. NiCo 2O 4/RGO Hybrid Nanostructures on Surface-Modified Ni Core for Flexible Wire-Shaped Supercapacitor. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:852. [PMID: 33810501 PMCID: PMC8066179 DOI: 10.3390/nano11040852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
In this work, we report surface-modified nickel (Ni) wire/NiCo2O4/reduced graphene oxide (Ni/NCO/RGO) electrodes fabricated by a combination of facile solvothermal and hydrothermal deposition methods for wire-shaped supercapacitor application. The effect of Ni wire etching on the microstructural, surface morphological and electrochemical properties of Ni/NCO/RGO electrodes was investigated in detail. On account of the improved hybrid nanostructure and the synergistic effect between spinel-NiCo2O4 hollow microspheres and RGO nanoflakes, the electrode obtained from Ni wire etched for 10 min, i.e., Ni10/NCO/RGO exhibits the lowest initial equivalent resistance (1.68 Ω), and displays a good rate capability with a volumetric capacitance (2.64 F/cm3) and areal capacitance (25.3 mF/cm2). Additionally, the volumetric specific capacitance calculated by considering only active material volume was found to be as high as 253 F/cm3. It is revealed that the diffusion-controlled process related to faradaic volume processes (battery type) contributed significantly to the surface-controlled process of the Ni10/NCO/RGO electrode compared to other electrodes that led to the optimum electrochemical performance. Furthermore, the wire-shaped supercapacitor (WSC) was fabricated by assembling two optimum electrodes in-twisted structure with gel electrolyte and the device exhibited 10 μWh/cm3 (54 mWh/kg) energy density and 4.95 mW/cm3 (27 W/kg) power density at 200 μA. Finally, the repeatability, flexibility, and scalability of WSCs were successfully demonstrated at various device lengths and bending angles.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Kwang-Seok Yun
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea;
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Wu MF, Hsiao CH, Lee CY, Tai NH. Flexible Supercapacitors Prepared Using the Peanut-Shell-Based Carbon. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:14417-14426. [PMID: 32596579 PMCID: PMC7315429 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we report the fabrication and performance of supercapacitors made from carbonized peanut shells, which are renewable materials with a huge annual yield and are usually discarded directly by people. With proper treatment, peanut shells could be used for many applications. Herein, we demonstrate that the peanut shells treated with carbonization and activation processes not only possess an extremely high surface area but also provide a hierarchical structure for energy storage. The performance of the electrode can be further improved by nitrogen doping and adding graphene oxide to the electrode. The electrode shows a specific capacitance of 289.4 F/g, which can be maintained at an acceptable level even at a high scanning rate. In addition, a good capacitance retention of 92.8% after 5000 test cycles demonstrates that the electrode possesses an excellent electrochemical property.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Meng-Feng Wu
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
| | - Chung-Hsuan Hsiao
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
| | - Chi-Young Lee
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
| | - Nyan-Hwa Tai
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|