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Dobele G, Plavniece A, Volperts A, Zhurinsh A, Upskuviene D, Balciunaite A, Jasulaitiene V, Niaura G, Talaikis M, Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite L, Norkus E, Kvello J, Colmenares-Rausseo LC. Effect of Pretreatment on the Nitrogen Doped Activated Carbon Materials Activity towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6005. [PMID: 37687695 PMCID: PMC10488859 DOI: 10.3390/ma16176005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Nitrogen-doped activated carbons with controlled micro- and mesoporosity were obtained from wood and wastes via chemical processing using pre-treatment (pyrolysis at 500 °C and hydrothermally carbonization at 250 °C) and evaluated as oxygen reduction catalysts for further application in fuel cells. The elemental and chemical composition, structure and porosity, and types of nitrogen bonds of obtained catalyst materials were studied. The catalytic activity was evaluated in an alkaline medium using the rotating disk electrode method. It was shown that an increase in the volume of mesopores in the porous structure of a carbon catalyst promotes the diffusion of reagents and the reactions proceed more efficiently. The competitiveness of the obtained carbon materials compared to Pt/C for the reaction of catalytic oxygen reduction is shown.
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- Galina Dobele
- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- SINTEF Industry, Batteries and Hydrogen Technologies, Strindvegen 4, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (J.K.); (L.C.C.-R.)
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Chernysheva D, Konstantinov M, Sidash E, Baranova T, Klushin V, Tokarev D, Andreeva V, Kolesnikov E, Kaichev V, Gorshenkov M, Smirnova N. Fomes fomentarius as a Bio-Template for Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Fibers for Symmetrical Supercapacitors. Symmetry (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/sym15040846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Nowadays, commercial electric double-layer supercapacitors mainly use porous activated carbons due to their high specific surface area, electrical conductivity, and chemical stability. A feature of carbon materials is the possibility of obtaining them from renewable plant biomass. In this study, fungi (Fomes fomentarius) were used as a bio-template for the preparation of carbon fibers via a combination of thermochemical conversion approaches, including a general hydrothermal pre-carbonization step, as well as subsequent carbonization, physical, or chemical activation. The relationships between the preparation conditions and the structural and electrochemical properties of the obtained carbon materials were determined using SEM, TEM, EDAX, XPS, cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic measurements, and EIS. It was shown that hydrothermal pretreatment in the presence of phosphoric acid ensured the complete removal of inorganic impurities of raw fungus hyphae, but at the same time, saved some heteroatoms, such as O, N, and P. Chemical activation using H3PO4 increased the amount of phosphorus in the carbon material and saved the natural fungus’s structure. The combination of a hierarchical pore structure with O, N, and P heteroatom doping made it possible to achieve good electrochemical properties (specific capacitance values of 220 F/g) and excellent stability after 25,000 charge/discharge cycles in a three-electrode cell. The electrochemical performance in both three- and two-electrode cells exceeded or was comparable to other biomass-derived porous carbons, making it a prospective candidate as an electrode material in symmetrical supercapacitors.
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- Daria Chernysheva
- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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- Department of Functional Nanosystems and High-Temperature Materials, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Catalysis Research, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Functional Nanosystems and High-Temperature Materials, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and new materials”, Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428 Novocherkassk, Russia
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Atchudan R, Perumal S, Jebakumar Immanuel Edison TN, Aldawood S, Vinodh R, Sundramoorthy AK, Ghodake G, Lee YR. Facile synthesis of novel molybdenum disulfide decorated banana peel porous carbon electrode for hydrogen evolution reaction. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:135712. [PMID: 35843438 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Hydrogen is one of the cleanest renewable and environmentally friendly energy resource that can be generated through water splitting. However, hydrogen evolution occurs at high overpotential, and efficient hydrogen evolution catalysts are desired to replace state-of-the-art catalysts such as platinum. In the present work, a novel molybdenum disulfide decorated banana peel porous carbon (MoS2@BPPC) catalyst has been developed using banana peel carbon and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Banana peel porous carbon (BPPC) was initially synthesized from the banana peel (biowaste) by a simple carbonization method. Subsequently, 20 wt% of bare MoS2 was distributed on the pristine BPPC matrix using the dry-impregnation method. The resulting MoS2@BPPC composites were systematically investigated to determine the morphology and structure. Finally, using a three-electrode cell system, pristine BPPC, bare MoS2, and MoS2@BPPC composite were used as HER electrocatalysts. The developed MoS2@BPPC composite showed greater HER activity and possessed excellent stability in the acid solution, including an overpotential of 150 mV at a current density of -10 mA cm-2, and a Tafel slope of 51 mV dec-1. This Tafel study suggests that the HER takes place by Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism with a rate-determining Heyrovsky step. The excellent electrochemical performance of MoS2@BPPC composite for HER can be ascribed to its unique porous nanoarchitecture. Further, due to the synergetic effect between MoS2 and porous carbon. The HER activity using the MoS2@BPPC electrode advises that the prepared catalyst may hold great promise for practical applications.
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- Raji Atchudan
- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sejong University, Seoul, 143-747, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, P.O. BOX 2455, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Poonamallee High Road, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea.
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Biomass-Derived Carbon Anode for High-Performance Microbial Fuel Cells. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12080894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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: Although microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been developed over the past decade, they still have a low power production bottleneck for practical engineering due to the ineffective interfacial bioelectrochemical reaction between exoelectrogens and anode surfaces using traditional carbonaceous materials. Constructing anodes from biomass is an effective strategy to tackle the current challenges and improve the efficiency of MFCs. The advantage features of these materials come from the well-decorated aspect with an enriched functional group, the turbostratic nature, and porous structure, which is important to promote the electrocatalytic behavior of anodes in MFCs. In this review article, the three designs of biomass-derived carbon anodes based on their final products (i.e., biomass-derived nanocomposite carbons for anode surface modification, biomass-derived free-standing three-dimensional carbon anodes, and biomass-derived carbons for hybrid structured anodes) are highlighted. Next, the most frequently obtained carbon anode morphologies, characterizations, and the carbonization processes of biomass-derived MFC anodes were systematically reviewed. To conclude, the drawbacks and prospects for biomass-derived carbon anodes are suggested.
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Zhang W, Zhang R, Shi M, Ma L, Huang Y. Hierarchical polygon Co3O4 flakes/N,O-dual doped porous carbon frameworks for flexible hybrid supercapacitors. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Enhanced electrochemical performance of a Li-O2 battery using Co and N co-doped biochar cathode prepared in molten salt medium. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhang T, Shi X, Mao Z, Luo C, Li G, Wang R, He B, Jin J, Gong Y, Wang H. Sulfur covalently linked TiO2/C nanofiber as a high-capacity, ultrastable, and self-supported anode for sodium-ion capacitors. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Recent advances in MXene-based nanoarchitectures as electrode materials for future energy generation and conversion applications. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dai H, Wang L, Zhao Y, Xue J, Zhou R, Yu C, An J, Zhou J, Chen Q, Sun G, Huang W. Recent Advances in Molybdenum-Based Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2021; 2021:5130420. [PMID: 33748762 PMCID: PMC7949955 DOI: 10.34133/2021/5130420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries as power supply systems possessing a theoretical energy density of as high as 2600 Wh kg-1 are considered promising alternatives toward the currently used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the insulation characteristic and huge volume change of sulfur, the generation of dissolvable lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) during charge/discharge, and the uncontrollable dendrite formation of Li metal anodes render Li-S batteries serious cycling issues with rapid capacity decay. To address these challenges, extensive efforts are devoted to designing cathode/anode hosts and/or modifying separators by incorporating functional materials with the features of improved conductivity, lithiophilic, physical/chemical capture ability toward LiPSs, and/or efficient catalytic conversion of LiPSs. Among all candidates, molybdenum-based (Mo-based) materials are highly preferred for their tunable crystal structure, adjustable composition, variable valence of Mo centers, and strong interactions with soluble LiPSs. Herein, the latest advances in design and application of Mo-based materials for Li-S batteries are comprehensively reviewed, covering molybdenum oxides, molybdenum dichalcogenides, molybdenum nitrides, molybdenum carbides, molybdenum phosphides, and molybdenum metal. In the end, the existing challenges in this research field are elaborately discussed.
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- Henghan Dai
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an 710072, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an 710072, China
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Huang WH, Lee DJ, Huang C. Modification on biochars for applications: A research update. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 319:124100. [PMID: 32950819 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Biochars are the solid product of biomass under pyrolysis or gasification treatment, whose wholesale prices are lower than commercial activated carbons and other fine materials now in use. The employment of biochars as a renewable resource for field applications, if feasible, would gain apparent economic niche. Modification using physical or chemical protocol to revise the surface properties of biochar for reaching enhanced performances of target application has attracted great research interests. This article provided an overview of biochar application, particularly with the respect to the use of modified biochar as preferred soil amendment, adsorbent, electrochemical material, anaerobic digestion promotor, and catalyst. Based on literature works the current research trends and the prospects and research needs were outlined.
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- Wei-Hao Huang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan; College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 10607, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30009, Taiwan
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Li L, Wei Z, Liang J, Ma J, Huang S. High-performance supercapacitor electrode materials of MoS2/PPY nanocomposites prepared by in-situ oxidative polymerization method. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2021.100205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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This study examines how the several major industries, associated with a carbon artifact production, essentially belong to one, closely knit family. The common parents are the geological fossils called petroleum and coal. The study also reviews the major developments in carbon nanotechnology and electrocatalysis over the last 30 years or so. In this context, the development of various carbon materials with size, dopants, shape, and structure designed to achieve high catalytic electroactivity is reported, and among them recent carbon electrodes with many important features are presented together with their relevant applications in chemical technology, neurochemical monitoring, electrode kinetics, direct carbon fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and supercapattery.
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- César A C Sequeira
- CeFEMA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
- CeFEMA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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