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Zhang G, Zhang Y, Wang J, Yu J, Wang K, Li G, Guan T. Nitrogen-functionalization of carbon materials for supercapacitor: Combining with nanostructure directly is superior to doping amorphous element. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 660:478-489. [PMID: 38246051 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.112] [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: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
Abstract
Just how heteroatomic functionalization enhances electrochemical capacity of carbon materials is a recent and widely studied field in scientific research. However, there is no consensus on whether combining with heteroatom-bearing nanostructures directly or doping amorphous elements is more advantageous. Herein, two kinds of porous carbon nanosheets were prepared from coal tar pitch through anchoring graphitic carbon nitride (PCNs/GCNs-5) or doping amorphous nitrogen element (PCNs/N). The structural characteristics and electrochemical properties of the two PCNs were revealed and compared carefully. It can be found that the amorphous nitrogen of PCNs/N will have a grievous impact on its carbon skeleton network, resulting in reduced stability in charge and discharge process, while the structural collapse of carbon network could be avoided in PCNs/GCNs-5 by the heteroatoms in the form of nanostructure. Particularly, PCNs/GCNs-5 exhibits extremely high specific capacity of 388 F g-1 at 1 A g-1, and splendid the capacitance retention rate of 98% after 10,000 cycles of charge and discharge, which are overmatch than the amorphous nitrogen doped carbon materials reported recently and PCNs/N. The combining strategy with nanostructure will inspire the design of carbon materials towards high-performance supercapacitor.
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- Guoli Zhang
- Institute Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 79 West Yingze Street, Taiyuan 030024, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, PR China; Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten 3184, Norway.
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- Institute Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 79 West Yingze Street, Taiyuan 030024, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, PR China; Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten 3184, Norway
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, PR China
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, PR China
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- Institute Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 79 West Yingze Street, Taiyuan 030024, PR China; Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten 3184, Norway
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- Institute Energy Innovation, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, 79 West Yingze Street, Taiyuan 030024, PR China; Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Horten 3184, Norway.
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- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, PR China.
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Yang M, Sun C, Yang L, Zheng S, Fu H. Hierarchical porous loofah-like carbon with sulfhydryl functionality for electrochemical detection of trace mercury in water. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1276:341646. [PMID: 37573122 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Mercury is a common contaminant found in natural waters, which is highly toxic to human health. Thus, the facile and reliable monitoring of mercury in waters is of great significance. In this study, we fabricated a novel loofah-like hierarchical porous carbon with sulfhydryl functionality (S-LHC), and applied it as an ultrasensitive sensor for the electrochemical detection of mercury in water. The S-LHC was prepared through the direct pyrolysis of a triazole-rich metal-organic framework (MOF), followed by chemical modification using thioglycolic acid. The highly conductive N-doped carbon framework of S-LHC facilitated the electron transfer in mercury electrochemical sensing. Meanwhile, the open hierarchical pore structure and abundant sulfhydryl groups allowed the fast diffusion and effective enrichment of mercury ions. Consequently, the S-LHC sensor exhibited an exceptionally high sensitivity for mercury ions, with the mercury detection limit (0.36 nM) orders of magnitude lower than the regulated values in drinking water (typically 10∼30 nM). The constructed sensor also afforded good anti-interference ability and excellent stability for long-term detection of mercury in a variety of complex real water samples. The present study provides not only a facile method for mercury detection, but also a new idea for the construction of highly sensitive electrochemical sensors.
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- Mingyue Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210046, China.
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Zhang L, Yin M, Li J, Wei G, Bai H, Xi G, Mao L. Directly Convert Carbonaceous Microspheres to Three-Dimensional Porous Carbon Microspheres with a Robust Self-Supporting Structure as a Metal-Free SERS Substrate for Online High-Throughput Analysis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:13659-13666. [PMID: 36163019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is of great significance for practical applications to directly convert readily available biomass carbon into three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon microspheres with a self-supporting structure. Herein, we report the convenient conversion of biomass carbon microspheres to hierarchical porous carbon microspheres (HP-CMSs) with a robust self-supporting framework structure. A general SiO2-induced etching mechanism is proposed for the formation of the HP-CMSs. Benefiting from this robust 3D self-supporting frame structure, these HP-CMSs have outstanding mechanical, chemical, and thermal stability. As a metal-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate with an ultrahigh specific surface area (4216 m2 g-1) and a high density of active sites, the HP-CMSs exhibit high sensitivity with a detection limit of 10-10 M and a Raman enhancement factor of 3.5 × 106. By integrating the enrichment and sensing functions of the HP-CMSs in a microfluidic channel, online high-throughput SERS detection of 20 samples within 5 min is achieved in a single channel, and the relative standard deviation of the signals between samples is only 5.1%. The current work develops a convenient preparation method that converts sustainable biomass carbon to 3D hierarchical porous carbon and provides a potential material for sensing, energy, catalysis, and other fields.
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- Lu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Consumer Products, Institute of Industrial and Consumer Product Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100176 P. R. China.,School of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Consumer Products, Institute of Industrial and Consumer Product Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100176 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Consumer Products, Institute of Industrial and Consumer Product Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100176 P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Consumer Products, Institute of Industrial and Consumer Product Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100176 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Consumer Products, Institute of Industrial and Consumer Product Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100176 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 P. R. China
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Wang S, Liu H, Ye D, Lan Q, Zhu X, Yang Y, Chen R, Liao Q. Oxygen self-doping formicary-like electrocatalyst with ultrahigh specific surface area derived from waste pitaya peels for high-yield H2O2 electrosynthesis and efficient electro-Fenton degradation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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