ENERGY & FUELS
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2021
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IF 3.605
Zhihui Xu,Xuelei Li,Shishuai Sun,Zepeng Wei,Hongguo Li,Shougen Yin
The synergistic effect of the electrochemical double-layer and pseudocapacitance electrode materials has been extensively used to improve the performance of composite electrodes for supercapacitors (SCs). However, the energy density of SCs is still unsatisfactory for practical utilization. Herein, a C-NiCo2O4/C@Ni–Co–S electrode is ingeniously devised through coupling the interior of 0D/2D carbon-modified NiCo2O4 and the external sheath of Ni–Co–S nanosheets. The 0D carbon quantum dot doping can effectively avoid the agglomeration of NiCo2O4 nanoparticles and improve the electronic conductivity. 2D carbon as the intermediate layer can ameliorate the physical/chemical stability of the electrode. Ni–Co–S nanosheets can improve the area-specific capacitance of the electrode and thus enhance the energy density of the device. As expected, the C-NiCo2O4/C@Ni–Co–S electrode delivers an outstanding specific capacitance of 2396 F g–1 (7.9 F cm–2) at 3 A g–1 and excellent cycling stability (92% after 10 000 cycles). Furthermore, a quasi-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) using C-NiCo2O4/C@Ni–Co–S as positive electrode and active carbon (AC) as negative electrode exhibits a high energy density of 95 Wh kg–1 at 0.9 kW kg–1 and an excellent cycle performance. Our work reveals that this reasonable structure design is very effective for achieving a high-performance positive electrode for practical SC applications.
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POLYHEDRON
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2018
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IF 2.067
Dejuan Fa,Mao Zhou,Hui Zhao,Yiwei Jiang,Yuqing Miao
The 3D flower-like Ni–Co–S was synthesized by a typical hydrothermal method in the presence of urea and thioacetamide. As comparison, the urchin-like Ni–Co–O was prepared in the absence of thioacetamide. The former processed higher electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation than the latter. Ni–Co–S exhibited the anodic peak current density of 19.23 mA/cm 2 for methanol oxidation, far higher than Ni–Co–O. It also showed the Tafel slopes of 57 mV/dec, much lower than Ni–Co–O. The BET results showed that the surface area and pore volume are 96.373 m 2 /g and 0.367 cm 3 /g for the flower-like Ni–Co–S, which is higher than 88.736 m 2 /g and 0.224 cm 3 /g for the urchin-like Ni–Co–O. As a result, the flower-like Ni–Co–S possessed more electroactive sites for methanol oxidation. The superhydrophobicity of the flower-like Ni–Co–S helps for the formation of micro air film on the surface of flower petals. Such a tri-phase interface of Ni–Co–S solid, reaction solution and air film may help for the electrocatalytic oxidation of Ni–Co–S toward methanol oxidation since the produced CO 2 can leave the surface of Ni–Co–S quickly and enter into solution phase due to the presence of air film and high solubility of CO 2 in aqueous solution.
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2022
·Vol. 24
·期 18
·10838-10850
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IF 3.945
Wei Deng,Yuping Gai,Haitao Duan,Zhide Chen,Xiaojun Hu,Sheng Han,Niwei Xu,Shanlin Qiao,Zijian Yao,Fei Jiang
Although reasonably specified and adjustable preparation of nanostructures with specific morphologies, ordered chemical compositions and electronic structures involving advanced energy chemistries is an important research area, high-efficiency, stable, and low-cost electrocatalysts for water splitting are greatly desirable and challenging. In this study, partially delocalized Co–S–Se ultra-thin nanosheets are obtained via a liquid–liquid interface-mediated strategy at an oil–water interface. These Co–S–Se ultra-thin nanosheets exhibit different-sized lamellar structures and have an average thickness of 0.83 nm. The ternary ultra-thin Co0.45S0.38Se0.17 nanosheets demonstrate excellent performance for the OER, accompanied by an overpotential of 290 mV (1.52 V vs. RHE) at 10 mA cm−2, and a Tafel slope of 74.5 mV dec−1. In the meantime, the catalyst recombined with a stoichiometry NiOx catalyst to form a composite interface, which also exhibited a good OER performance, with an overpotential of 260 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and a smaller Tafel slope of 53.9 mV dec−1. The nanosheets can rearrange the electronic density near the metal catalytic centers and increase the electron transfer. DFT calculations indicate that the partially delocalized charges can improve electrocatalytic performances, demonstrating modulated electroreduction properties. Due to the special atomic and electronic structure of the ternary transition metal alloy chalcogenide, the compound has great potential for energy storage, which will help in the rational design and synthesis of high-efficiency electrocatalysts.
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能源化学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 6.707
Liuyun Chen,Xinling Xie,Tongming Su,Hongbing Ji,Zuzeng Qin
Photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting production is a promising strategy to solve the energy crisis and environmental pollution. In the present work, Co 3 O 4 /CdS composites were prepared by ultrasonication and stirring, and used for photocatalytic water splitting. The results showed a Co-S chemical bonds were formed at the interfaces between the Co 3 O 4 and the CdS, which promoted the charge transfer rate between the CdS and Co 3 O 4 . Meanwhile, the recombination of the electron-hole pairs was further restrained by the Co 3 O 4 /CdS p-n heterojunction. The 10%-Co 3 O 4 /CdS composites exhibited an excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 142.62 μmol∙h −1 , which was 20 times higher than that of CdS (6.85 μmol∙h −1 ), and the Co 3 O 4 /CdS showed excellent stability in the photocatalytic water splitting reaction. Moreover, a formation process of Co 3 O 4 /CdS p-n heterojunction and a mechanism of Co 3 O 4 /CdS p-n heterojunction avoiding the recombination of photocatalytic electrons and holes to enhance photocatalytic activity was proposed.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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NANO
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2019
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IF 1.293
Yanwei Sui,Man Zhang,Haihua Hu,Yuanming Zhang,Jiqiu Qi,Fuxiang Wei,Qingkun Meng,Yezeng He,Yaojian Ren,Zhi Sun
The interconnected three-dimensional Ni–Co–S nanosheets were successfully deposited on ZnO nanorods by a one-step potentiostatic electrodeposition. The Ni–Co–S nanosheets provide a large electrode/electrolyte interfacial area which has adequate electroactive sites for redox reactions. Electrochemical characterization of the ZnO@Ni–Co–S core–shell nanorods presents high specifc capacitance (1302.5 F/g and 1085 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g and 20 A/g), excellent rate capabilities (83.3% retention at 20 A/g) and great cycling stability (65% retention after 5000 cycles at a current density of 30 A/g). The outstanding electrochemical performance of the as-prepared electrode material also can be ascribed to these reasons that the special structure improved electrical conductivity and allowed the fast diffusion of electrolyte ions.
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2025
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IF 4.2
Mingkang Zhang,Jingwei Wu,Haolin Yang,Xiaohan Wang,Zebao Rui,Junfei Chen
Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with methane (CH4-SCR) is an effective way to simultaneously eliminate NOx and CH4 emissions. Development of efficient CH4-SCR reaction system with high NOx reduction activity and selectivity is highly desirable for its commercial application. Herein, a two-part relay reaction system, including sequentially Co@S-1 and In-Ce/H-Beta catalysts, is designed for boosting CH4-SCR. In this system, the Co@S-1 with high redox ability boosts NO oxidation to NO2 and generates key intermediate CH3NO2 that can partially be in situ oxidized and the excessive can migrate to In-Ce/H-Beta. Meanwhile, the inner synergistic effect between InO+ and CeO2 species on In-Ce/H-Beta not only exhibits fair CH4-SCR performance, also facilitates the formation of NO- 3 species to react with the migrated CH3NO2 from Co@S-1. Benefiting from the combination between outer active sites synergy and inner active sites synergy, the simultaneous efficient conversion of NOx (T50 = 380 ℃) and CH4 (T50 = 425 ℃) with well durability is achieved.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2019
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IF 4.175
Bo Yu,Guohua Jiang,Wangcong Xu,Cong Cao,Yongkun Liu,Na Lei,Uwamahoro Evariste,Pianpian Ma
The NiMoO 4 /CoMoO 4 nanorod arrays wrapped by Ni-Co-S nanosheets were successfully grown on the surface of carbon cloth (NCMOS@CC) by combining of hydrothermal and electrochemical deposition methods. And the as-prepared NCMOS@CC showed good flexibility. The obtained NCMOS@CC as electrode materials were tested in a three-electrode system, showing a pretty good specific capacitance of 778.1 F g −1 at a current density of 0.5 A g −1 and excellent rate capability using 1 M KOH as the electrolyte. The flexible asymmetric supercapacitors (FASCs) were further fabricated using NCMOS@CC as the positive electrode and activated carbon@carbon cloth (AC@CC) as the negative electrode. The fabricated FASCs exhibited a safe working range with a potential window of 0–1.6 V with a maximum energy density of 33.1 Wh Kg −1 at 0.25 A g −1 and maximum power density of 3195 W kg −1 at 4 A g −1 . The fabricated FASCs even bent at different angles still showed good flexibility and stable electrochemical properties . These performances enable the NCMOS@CC to be one of the potential flexible electrodes for using in flexible energy storage devices.
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能源存储技术
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电化学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2021
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IF 4.539
Yumeng Lian,Yi Wang,Dun Zhang,Likun Xu
Developing a stable and reusable material for antibacterial application in an enzyme-like system is still a challenge. Herein, Mn–Co–S–Se (MnCo 2 S x Se 4–x )/Ni foam (NF) are synthesized by introducing S 2– and Se 2– in MnCo 2 O 4 /NF with a facile hydrothermal approach. With the different molar ratios of S/Se, the surface morphology of MnCo 2 S x Se 4–x /NF shows different growth and the catalytic activity also presents regular changes. MnCo 2 S 3.1 Se 0.9 /NF possesses a high enzyme-like ability with higher V max than natural horseradish peroxidase . Due to the outstanding peroxidase-like activity, MnCo 2 S 3.1 Se 0.9 /NF also exhibits broad-spectrum bactericidal performance towards Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus which stems from the formation of ·O 2 – from H 2 O 2 . In the reutilization experiment, the enzyme-like activity keeps a stable value after 25 cyclic tests and the bactericidal performance is still stable after 10 cyclic tests, proving that MnCo 2 S 3.1 Se 0.9 /NF possesses relative stability and reusability. This research showed the great prospect of new energy and environmental catalysis.
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生物材料学
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环境催化
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纳米酶研究
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2021
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IF 6.583
Jie Xu,Cuili Xiang,Songwen Fang,Luping Zhu,Fen Xu,Lixian Sun,Yongjin Zou,Jian Zhang
Supercapacitors, such as pseudocapacitors (PCs), are widely used because of their excellent electrochemical activity and capacitance; however, it is still challenging to fabricate PCs with high stability and good electrochemical properties. Therefore, suitable templates and transition metal composite materials should be selected for improving their performance. Binary transition metal sulfides exhibit excellent electrochemical performance owing to their rich valence, electrical conductivity, and abundant electrochemical active sites. In this study, we prepared porous Mn-Co-S nanospheres (MCSN) via the hydrothermal method using silica colloidal particles was as the template; to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to synthesize MCSN. Results suggest that the MCSN composite exhibited excellent conductivity and enhanced stability owing to the porous structure formed by the vertical growth of MnS 2 -CoS 2 nanosheets on silica nanoparticles. The porous MCSN electrode showed an excellent specific capacitance of 1158 F g −1 at 1 A g −1 . Moreover, when coupled with an activated carbon (AC) positive electrode, the supercapacitor of MCSN//AC exhibited stability of 90.4% after 5000 cycles at 10 A g −1 (the specific energy of 34 W h kg −1 at 775 W kg −1 ). Given the results, we believe that the prepared MCSN material has potential application prospects for high-efficiency supercapacitors.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 37
·19757-19768
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IF 14.511
Min Lu,Li An,Jie Yin,Jing Jin,Rui Yang,Bolong Huang,Yang Hu,Yong-Qing Zhao,Pinxian Xi
The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are key electrochemical processes in metal–air batteries and water splitting devices. Aluminium–air batteries, as an important type of metal–air battery, have been considered to be promising power candidates for flexible electronics. Here, we describe electronically engineered amorphous Fe–Co–S sites embedded in Prussian blue analogue (FeCoSx-PBA) hetero-nanoframes. The experimental results and DFT calculations reveal the critical role of the introduced FeCoSx layer to PBA, which enhances the electron transfer and alleviates the overbinding effect of OH* during the OER. The FeCoSx-PBA hybrid system supplies an optimized electronic structure for the alkaline OER, which is also confirmed by the much-lowered overpotential (266 mV at 10 mA cm−2) for the alkaline OER. Furthermore, a flexible Al–air battery based on an FeCoSx-PBA cathode catalyst exhibits a high peak power density (58.3 mW cm−2) and energy density (1483 W h kgAl−1), and outstanding stability for more than 50 h of operation under bending or stretching conditions, demonstrating its potential in the practical application of flexible electronic devices. Our results may provide a new strategy of modulating the electronic structure of air electrode catalysts to efficiently promote the reactivity of alkaline OER and Al–air battery processes.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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IF 8.2
Jin Liang,Tian Lei,YaXi Zhang,Ye Yuan,Guang Yang,Li Zhang
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained widespread recognition as versatile catalyst precursors owing to their unique structural merits and straightforward synthetic accessibility. Herein, the UiO-66(Ce)/ZIF-67 composite MOF precursor was constructed through a hybridization strategy, and subsequently transformed into a nonprecious metal sulfide catalyst (denoted as CeS/CoSx) employing hydrothermal sulfidation. Benefiting from the CeS/CoSx architecturally engineered hollow polyhedral nanocage structure and strong electronic interaction between CeS and CoSx, the composite catalyst demonstrates significantly accelerated electron transfer kinetics and outstanding catalytic activity. In 1.0 M KOH, CeS/CoSx only necessitates an overpotential of 143 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm–2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Regarding the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), overpotentials of 250 and 291 mV were required to attain current densities of 10 and 50 mA cm–2, respectively. Remarkably, the assembled CeS/CoSx||CeS/CoSx two-electrode overall water splitting system requires only 1.60 V to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm–2. Moreover, during the 40 h continuous electrolysis test, the potential fluctuation remained within 1%. This study provides an effective strategy for designing high-performance, dual-MOF-derived sulfide composite bifunctional electrocatalysts.
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米技术
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能量转换
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
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2019
·Vol. 34
·期 14
·2445-2455
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IF 1.982
Uwamahoro Evariste,Guohua Jiang,Bo Yu,Yongkun Liu,Zheng Huang,Qiuling Lu,Pianpian Ma
In this work, hierarchical mesoporous Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF microspheres have been prepared by hydrothermal, sulfurization, and subsequent calcination process. The effect of different sulfurization time on the morphology and capacitance of composites was tested. The high electrochemical performance of (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF) composite was obtained when the sulfurization time was 3 h (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF-3h), where a specific capacitance of 627.7 F/g at 0.25 A/g and excellent rate capability of about 97.8% capacitance retention at 2 A/g after 4000 cycles were achieved. Moreover, an asymmetric supercapacitor fabricated by (Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/NF-3h) composite and activated carbon (AC) as the positive and the negative electrodes, respectively, showed a high energy density of 75.96 W h/kg at a power density of 362.49 W/kg with a remarkable cycle stability performance of 91.2% capacitance retention over 5000 cycles. This incredible electrochemical behavior illustrates that the hierarchical mesoporous Zn–Ni–Co–S–rGO/N-3h microsphere electrodes are promising electrode materials for application in high-performance supercapacitors.
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