Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2018
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Peng Zhao,Yanlu Li,Lili Li,Shulin Bu,Weiliu Fan
Here, we report oxygen vacancy (VO)-modified B/N-codoped ZnGa2O4 (VO-B/N-ZGO) nanospheres, showing excellent photocatalytic H2 production even without a Pt cocatalyst, which is better than that obtained with VO-modified B-doped ZnGa2O4 (VO-B-ZGO) or N-doped ZnGa2O4 (N-ZGO) and as high as about three times of that achieved with the undoped ZnGa2O4 (ZGO) photocatalyst. The dramatically enhanced photocatalytic activity of VO-B/N-ZGO predominately originates from the improvement of charge separation and surface activation. Experimental characterization combined with the theoretical calculation method demonstrates that VO-B/N-ZGO can show effective charge compensation more easily through the interaction of oxygen vacancies, interstitial boron, and substitutional nitrogen; especially for the formation of a B–N bond, it avoids the presence of semioccupied states as new recombination centers in a doped photocatalyst. In addition, VO-B/N-ZGO rich in reactive sites is generated by oxygen vacancy-modified B/N-codoping, which overcomes the limitation for most semiconductors without high H2 evolution activities in the absence of a cocatalyst and provides a potentially new photocatalytic H2 generation research.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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Lu Luo,Jianping Deng,Qianqian Zhang,Yuling Lan,Guanben Du,Mizi Fan,Weigang Zhao
B/N co-doped porous carbons (BNCs) with abundant micropores were developed by a microwave-introduced heating and activator-free strategy. The thermal decomposition of the dopant NH 4 B 5 O 8 ·4 H 2 O) creates well-developed micropore architecture in BNC-180, achieving a remarkable specific surface area of 891 m 2 g −1 and a pore volume of 0.46 cm 3 g −1 , significantly surpassing the non-doped sample C-180 (605 m 2 g −1 ). Additionally, incorporating high levels of B and N into the carbon skeleton modified the functional group species and electron distribution, enhanced electrical conductivity, and boosted electrochemical performance. Compared with C-180 (93.0 F g −1 ), the as-prepared BNC-180 manifests a specific capacitance of 219.0 F g −1 at 0.5 A g −1 in a three-electrode configuration with a striking rate performance of 83.8 % at 10 A g −1 , implying that the porosity and surface chemical functional groups play a crucial role. Furthermore, the as-built symmetric supercapacitor shows a pronounced energy density of 13.4 Wh kg −1 at 375 W kg −1 , and still remained 10 Wh kg −1 at 7500 W kg −1 . The excellent durability was demonstrated by the outstanding cycling stability with a specific capacitance retention of 87.84 % after 20,000 cycles.
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Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
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2023
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Chen Jun Xiu,Li Jin Hao,Bao Agula
The development of porous carbon materials with high CO 2 adsorption capacity is crucial for addressing the current issues of industrial air pollution and global warming. In this study, B/N codoped porous carbon materials were prepared via a combined strategy involving the use of a self-sacrificing template in conjunction with potassium hydroxide activation; moreover, g-C 3 N 4 was used as the N source and boric acid was used as the B source. The pore structure and surface chemistry were investigated in detail using different techniques such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, N 2 adsorption and desorption, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Results showed that the prepared material exhibited the highest specific surface area (2278 m 2 /g) and pore volume (1.00 cm 3 /g) when the ratio of B/N sources was 1:0.5; moreover, its CO 2 adsorption value (3.26 mmol/g) was higher than those of most codoped adsorbents.
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Forests
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2023
·Vol. 14
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Gaojun Chen,Yudong Li,Enshan Han,Ziqiang Zhang,Xiaohui Yang,Desheng Zhou,Yanzhen He
The optimization of supercapacitive properties in carbon materials derived from cheap and sustainable wood scraps exhibits great application potential. Herein, in support of interfacial groups, polyaniline nanospheres were in situ constructed in the internal pore structure of wood scraps; further, the B and N elements were imported by carbonized and hydrothermal methods. The doped B regulated the species of N doping to improve the electrical conductivity of carbonized wood scraps, and it endowed a certain pseudo-capacitance. Coupled with the fine double-layer capacitance from the hierarchical structures constructed by carbonized nanospheres and wood scrap channels, a high specific capacitance of 406 F g−1at 0.5 A g−1, high energy density (17.71 Wh kg−1at 250 W kg−1) and cycle stability (93.04% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles) were performed simultaneously. This study provided a new strategy to improve the supercapacitive performance of bio-carbon materials in terms of structure and conductance.Keywords:wood scrap;B/N co-doping;porous carbon;in situ synthesis;supercapacitor
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DESALINATION
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2025
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Fei Yu,Haoyuan Yin,Jie Li,Tianjie Chen,Liping Sun,Jie Ma
Developing bismuth-carbon composites that can alleviate the stress concentration and volume expansion problems during the Bi/BiOCl conversion reaction is crucial for electrochemical desalination, especially Cl − removal technology, but it is still a great challenge. Here, we report a B/N co-doped bismuth encapsulated in carbon tubes. Using CAU-17 as a template, a carbon tubular material with multiple carbon layer structures was successfully synthesized by co-pyrolysis with BCN nanosheets, which achieved effective encapsulation of Bi. As the pyrolysis temperature increased, the continuous evaporation of Bi prompted the transformation of the carbon tube structure from a soft carbon to a hard carbon structure interconnected by multi-layered short graphene flakes. This alleviated the instability of the electrode caused by the volume expansion during the Bi/BiOCl transformation reaction and also provided additional ion storage capacity. When applied to the CDI dechlorination anode, Bi@BCN-900 exhibited a high desalination capacity of 145.96 mg g −1 and low energy consumption of 0.53 kWh kg −1 NaCl at an applied voltage of 1.2 V. Moreover, Bi@BCN-900 showed good stability over long-term cycling tests. This work expands the application of CAU-17 and offers new research insights for the design of bismuth-based materials for CDI dechlorination anodes.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2021
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IF 5.909
Wei Liu,Shao-Qing Li,Wei-Xing Liu,Qiang Zhang,Jia Shao,Jin-Lei Tian
A convenient and rational route is designed to synthesize B, N co-doped porous carbon materials (BNPCs) via a two-step calcination method derived from adenine-based bio-MOF-1. By using the adenine from bio-MOF-1 precursor as the endogenous N source and boric acid as the exogenous B source, the N and B elements are uniformly doped in metal-free BNPCs. B has lower electronegativity than C, leading to a higher positive charge density and the enhanced activation of C atoms. Owing to the synergistic effect between B and N, the co-doped catalysts not only increase electrical conductivity of catalysts to improve electron transfer , but also produce more additional active sites to intensify the catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-NP. The as-synthesized carbon materials have abundant mesopores , graphite structure, dual heteroatoms doping and thus excellent catalytic performances. In particular, BNPC-1000, obtained by pyrolysis at 1000 °C, shows superior catalytic efficiency of 95.2% and high catalytic cycling stability for the 4-NP reduction.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2023
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Xiwen Tao,Zhengguang Zhang,Zheng Li,Shuangsheng Xiong,Shengmei Wang,Faming Gao,Chen Wang,Li Hou
Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have become the desirable alternatives for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) originating from abundant reserves and appropriate redox potential, while the considerable radius size of K+ leading to poor reaction kinetics and huge volume expansion limits the practical application of PIBs. Hybridization of transition-metal phosphides and carbon substrates can effectively optimize the obstacles of poor conductivity, sluggish kinetics, and huge volume variation. Thus, the peapod-like structural MxPy@BNCNTs (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) composites as anode materials for PIBs were synthesized through a facile strategy. Notably, the unique architecture of B/N codoped carbon nanotube array as fast ion/electron transfer pathways effectively improves the electronic conductivity of composites. The MxPy nanoparticles (NPs) are encapsulated in BNCNTs with an amorphous carbon layer (5–10 nm), which discernibly alleviate the volume changes during potassiation/depotassiation. In conclusion, the composites show a commendable cycling performance, possessing reversible capacities of 111, 152, and 122 mA h g–1 after 1000 cycles at 1.0 A g–1 with a negligible capacity loss for FeP@BNCNT, CoP/Co2P@BNCNT, and Ni2P@BNCNT electrodes, respectively. Especially, after 1000 cycles at 2.0 A g–1, the CoP/Co2P@BNCNT electrode still possesses a capacity of 87.9 mA h g–1, demonstrating excellent rate performance and long-term life. This work may offer an innovative and viable route to construct a stable architecture for solving the issue of poor stability of TMP-based anodes at a high current density.
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ACS Catalysis
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2021
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Yu Gu,Shibin Wang,Huaijie Shi,Jun Yang,Suiqin Li,Haiyang Zheng,Wenbin Jiang,Jia Liu,Xing Zhong,Jianguo Wang
Environment-friendly electrochemical ozone production (EOP) is a promising route for in situ sterilization and discoloration applications. Herein, a Pt-SAs/BNC catalyst with Pt single atoms embedded into B/N codoped nanotubes is rationally designed and prepared. The process provides a local environment rich in oxygen intermediates and hence improves the EOP performance in neutral media by influencing the EOP thermodynamics and kinetics. The Pt-SAs/BNC catalyst exhibits excellent EOP performance with a Faraday efficiency of 21% at the current density of 50 mA cm–2, which is almost twice as much as that of commercial β-PbO2. Density functional theory calculations further reveal the synergistic effect between the B sites and the Pt single atom of the EOP mechanism. In addition, the Pt-SAs/BNC catalyst presented a significant performance in electrodegradation of various pesticides and antibiotics, indicating the potential environmental application capabilities of Pt-SAs/BNC.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Jiaxin Zhang,Xianlang Chen,Jinhua Yu,Zheng Fang,Lele Yan,Zijian Wang,Zhengyu Pan,Rongrong Li,Li Zhang
Catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC) is considered as one of the most promising strategies for the treatment of chlorinated environmental pollutants. Here we proposed a strategy for rapid complete dechlorination by exploiting a B–N co-doped hierarchically porous carbon material (BNC) to immobilize Pd NPs, which makes use of not only the micro/meso porous structure to accelerate the mass transport and to provide enormous active sites, but also the synergistic effect for codoping of B–N to enhance the interaction between Pd NPs and support and thus to stabilize and disperse the small size of the Pd particle. Ascribed to these combined advantages, Pd/BNC exhibited more distinctive catalytic dehalogenation activity (k = −0.14 min−1) and better stability (about 90.0% activity retention after 5 cycles) than Pd/C (k = −0.0070 min−1). Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculation indicates that the incorporation of N and B atoms in the carbon skeleton will reduce the adsorption energy of Cl− and thus Pd/BNC exhibits more remarkable stability than Pd/C during long-term HDC reactions. As a result, ultrafine Pd particles and high Pd2+/(Pd2+ + Pd0) ratios were found in Pd/BNC.
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2024
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Jing Huang,Jiang Peng,Junqing Zeng,Liping Zheng,Huajie Chen
Despite the important advances on B/N co-doped porous carbons (BNCs), integrating high B/N-doping content and hierarchical porosity into carbon nanosheets remains a challenging task for supercapacitor application. Herein, we report a novel BNC nanosheet with both expected properties through one-step H 3 BO 3 -mediated carbonization/activation of a newly-developed N/O-rich polymer (DPP). In such a mixture system, an in-suit crossing-linked DPP@H 3 BO 3 composite is formed due to the formation of multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the H 3 BO 3 and the ester groups of DPP. The improved thermal stability for such a composite enables the fixation of more B-/N-bearing species in the carbon skeleton during carbonization. Particularly the nanosheet-like BNC-850 shows a rather high B/N content (6.63/7.27 at.%), a large S BET value (766.5 m 2 g −1 ), and a hierarchical porosity, all of which are in favor of electrochemical performance in both aqueous supercapacitors and zinc-ion capacitors (ZICs). In 6 M KOH electrolyte, the BNC-850 electrodes deliver an impressive capacitance of 341.5 F g −1 at 0.5 A g −1 , a high capacitance retention of 79.2 % at 20 A g −1 , and a good cycling stability (95 % capacitance retention over 10,000 cycles at 5 A g −1 ). The energy density of BNC-850-based ZICs is as high as 126.0 Wh kg −1 at 459.0 W kg −1 , exhibiting an outstanding superiority compared to the reported carbon-based ZICs. This work offers a facile strategy for accessing BNCs with high B/N-doping contents, and highlights the importance of such materials in high-energy-density ZICs.
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