Materials
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2024
·Vol. 17
·期 3
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Chengyuan Ni,Chengdong Xia,Wenping Liu,Wei Xu,Zhiqiang Shan,Xiaoxu Lei,Haiqing Qin,Zhendong Tao
(Si/graphite)@C and (Si/graphite/graphene)@C were synthesized by coating asphalt-cracked carbon on the surface of a Si-based precursor by spray drying, followed by heat treatment at 1000 °C under vacuum for 2h. The impact of graphene on the performance of silicon–carbon composite-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) was investigated. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) images of (Si/graphite/graphene)@C showed that the nano-Si and graphene particles were dispersed on the surface of graphite, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) curves indicated that the content of silicon in the (Si/graphite/graphene)@C was 18.91%. More bituminous cracking carbon formed on the surface of the (Si/graphite/graphene)@C due to the large specific surface area of graphene. (Si/Graphite/Graphene)@C delivered first discharge and charge capacities of 860.4 and 782.1 mAh/g, respectively, initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) of 90.9%, and capacity retention of 74.5% after 200 cycles. The addition of graphene effectively improved the cycling performance of the Si-based anode materials, which can be attributed to the reduction of electrochemical polarization due to the good structural stability and high conductivity of graphene.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 4.1
Rui Zhang,Jianxun Zhao,Wanqiang Liu,Lianshan Sun,Qingcheng Liang,Peng Chen,Xinwei Wang
Mechanical alloying is used to prepare Co 0.9 Cu 0.1 Si hydrogen storage alloy. Coral-like polyaniline (PANI) and NiO nanoparticles (NiO NPs) are synthesized separately. In order to improve the electrochemical properties of the alloy, polyaniline, NiO NPs and graphene oxide (GO) are doped into the alloy via mechanical alloying to form a composite. The composite material doped with PANI, NiO NPs and GO ultimately demonstrates superior discharge capability compared to the pristine alloy, establishing it as the most high-performing among all samples. The sample doped with both PANI or NiO NPs and GO exhibited superior discharge capacity and HRD performance compared to the sample containing only GO. The Co 0.9 Cu 0.1 Si + PANI/NiO NPs/GO electrode not only demonstrates a remarkable maximum discharge capacity of 590.82 mAh/g, but it also boasts an impressive highest exchange current density of 180.5 mA/g, alongside a notable cycle stability of 61.1 %. The enhancement of electrochemical activity and kinetic performance in alloys is attributed to the synergistic effect exerted by PANI, NiO NPs and GO. GO itself has a high specific surface area and good conductivity, which is conducive to the transfer of hydrogen inside the alloy and enhance the hydrogen storage performance of the alloy. Polyaniline participate in the reversible redox reaction and remain stable during the charge/discharge cycle, which promoted the surface anodizing process of the alloy. The NiO NPs catalyst can effectively weaken the O H bond, facilitating the dissociation of adsorbed water. These factors work together to significantly improve the overall electrochemical hydrogen storage performance of the alloy.
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ACS Omega
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2024
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Jiang Wei,Yan Miao,Wenqian Zhang,Youxin Chen,Guotao Sun,Kaiyu Wu,Qingkang Wang
The development of high Q and tunable narrowband filters that can efficiently manipulate THz beams is critical for various THz applications, such as imaging and sensing. However, for filters made of metals and dielectrics, issues such as high losses, limited tunability, and lengthy process flows exist. Here, a scalable concave version reprinting technique to mass produce high-performance microstructured polymer filters is presented. The technique is extremely simple, eliminating the demand for the use of any large equipment including injection molding and thermal press printing machines, and is reliable; in the reprinted structures, there are no defects including gaps and air bubbles. The produced narrowband filters exhibit a high Q factor of 57 with wide tunability over the THz band from ∼80 to 160 μm in wavelength. The presented technique can be adopted to realize other devices as well using polymer materials with simplicity and high precision.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Xiaorui Wang,Hao Li,Wenhui Fu,Qiushi Chen,Xuzhong Gong,Zhi Wang,Junhao Liu
Binders provide a straightforward and efficient strategy to mitigate the significant challenge of volume expansion in silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries. To improve the cycle life of silicon anodes, a cross-linked binder carboxymethyl cellulose–phytic acid–pyrrole (CMC-DP) is designed and synthesized using carboxymethyl cellulose, phytic acid, and pyrrole. The numerous hydroxyl groups in phytic acid provide abundant binding sites for the formation of hydrogen and ester bonds. The formation of hydrogen bonds and covalent bonds enhances the mechanical properties of the adhesive. The amino groups in the binder form N Si O covalent bonds with silicon particles, while the hydroxyl and carboxyl groups form (COO) 2 Cu and (OH) 2 Cu coordination bonds with the copper foil, enhancing interfacial adhesion. When the CMC-DP10 (10 µL pyrrole) binder is applied to silicon nanoparticles (∼30 nm), the specific capacity of the electrode can be maintained at around 1700 mAh/g after 500, whereas the CMC binder achieves only ∼100 mAh/g under the same conditions. This work demonstrates that the CMC-DP binder exhibits strong adhesion to both silicon nanoparticles and copper foil.
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ACS Nano
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2017
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Guodong Zou,Qingrui Zhang,Carlos Fernandez,Gang Huang,Jianyu Huang,Qiuming Peng
Rational design of heterogeneous electrode materials with hierarchical architecture is a potential approach to significantly improve their energy densities. Herein, we report a tailored microwave-assisted synthetic strategy to create heterogeneous hierarchical Ti3SiC2@C-containing Na2Ti7O15 (MAX@C-NTO) composites as potential anode materials for high-performance sodium storage in a wide temperature range from 25 to 80 °C. This composite delivers first reversible capacities of 230 mAh g–1 at 200 mA g–1 and 149 mAh g–1 at 3000 mA g–1 at 25 °C. A high capacity of ∼93 mAh g–1 without any apparent decay even after more than 10 000 cycles is obtained at an ultrahigh current density of 10 000 mA g–1. Moreover, both a high reversible capacity and an ultralong durable stability are achieved below 60 °C for the same composites, wherein a 75.2% capacity retention (∼120 mAh g–1 at 10 000 mA g–1) is achieved after 3000 cycles at 60 °C. To the best of our knowledge, both the sodium storage performances and the temperature tolerances outperform those of all the Ti-based sodium storage materials reported so far. The superior sodium storage performances of the as-synthesized composites are attributed to the heterogeneous core–shell architecture, which not only provides fast kinetics by high pseudocapacitance but also prolongs cycling life by preventing particle agglomeration and facilitates the transportation of electrons and sodium ions by large micro/mesopore structure.
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Nanomaterials
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 10
·317
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IF 3.553
Rong Guo,Tifeng Jiao,Ruirui Xing,Yan Chen,Wanchun Guo,Jingxin Zhou,Lexin Zhang,Qiuming Peng
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted widespread attention for their excellent catalytic activity, as well as their unusual physical and chemical properties. The main challenges come from the agglomeration and time-consuming separation of gold nanoparticles, which have greatly baffled the development and application in liquid phase selective reduction. To solve these problems, we propose the preparation of polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)/poly(acrylic acid)(PAA)/Fe3O4nanocomposites with loaded AuNPs. The obtained PVA/PAA/Fe3O4composite membrane by electrospinning demonstrated high structural stability, a large specific surface area, and more active sites, which is conducive to promoting good dispersion of AuNPs on membrane surfaces. The subsequently prepared PVA/PAA/Fe3O4@AuNPs nanocomposites exhibited satisfactory nanostructures, robust thermal stability, and a favorable magnetic response for recycling. In addition, the PVA/PAA/Fe3O4@AuNPs nanocomposites showed a remarkable catalytic capacity in the catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol and 2-nitroaniline solutions. In addition, the regeneration studies toward p-nitrophenol for different consecutive cycles demonstrate that the as-prepared PVA/PAA/Fe3O4@AuNPs nanocomposites have outstanding stability and recycling in catalytic reduction.Keywords:Au nanoparticles;composite materials;catalytic reduction;electrospinning;p-nitrophenol
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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2017
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Y.L. Zhuang,T.S. Lin,S.J. Wang,P. He,D.P. Sekulic,D.C. Jia
The Ti 22 Si 78 (wt.%) braze was used to bond porous BN/Si 3 N 4 ceramic. The results revealed that the joint strength was low. In order to improve the joint strength, a carbon coated modification of the porous BN/Si 3 N 4 substrate, achieved by the pyrolysis of phenol-formaldehyde resin was suggested. The thickness of carbon layer was controlled by the volume ratio of phenol-formaldehyde resin and methyl alcohol (R/M). The effect of the carbon layer on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the joint was examined. It was established that the maximum joint strength was achieved at the level of 80 MPa (as opposed to the uncoated joint with only 30 MPa) when R/M was 1:2, at the given brazing temperature. The improvement of the joint strength is attributed mainly to the formation of a SiC infiltration reaction layer, a significant population of SiC nanowires, as well as TiN 0.7 C 0.3 and TiB 2 particles.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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Jiabao Zang,Haifeng Li,Qingzhi Zhu,Ziheng Wang,Hubuli Bazaerbieke,Li Sun,Meijie Zhang
There are few reports about the electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption properties of α−SiC based composites, and almost all of them focus on β−SiC polymorphs. In this study, α−SiC p /α−SiC nw /SiO 2 /C hybrid composites (sample SiC−C1500) with heterostructure α−SiC nanowires (α−SiC nw ) of multiple interfaces 4H−SiC/6H−SiC/SiO 2 /C were successfully prepared using mixed powder (α−SiC+m−SiO 2 +C) as raw material based on the heterogeneous nucleation−growth mechanism, and their microwave absorption properties were investigated. Meanwhile, the samples SiC−V2150 and Si−C1500 were obtained by vacuum calcination (α−SiC+m−SiO 2 +C) at 2150 0 C and carbothermal reduction (Si+m−SiO 2 +C) at 1500 0 C, respectively, and their phase compositions were α−SiC p /C and β−SiC p /β−SiC nw /SiO 2 /C, respectively. The sample SiC−C1500 exhibited excellent EMW absorption properties, with a minimum reflection loss (RL min ) value of −18.37 dB at a thickness of 1.3 mm, and a maximum effective absorption bandwidth (EAB max ) value of 4.9 GHz at a thickness of 1.5 mm. In contrast, the EMW absorption performance of the samples SiC−V2150 and Si−C1500 was obviously poor, which was consistent with the RCS (Radar Cross−Section) simulation results. The formation of α−SiC p /α−SiC nw /SiO 2 /C composites (sample SiC−C1500) containing 4H−SiC/6H−SiC/SiO 2 /C multi-interfaces heterostructure α−SiC nanowires (α−SiC nw ) was analyzed. The excellent EMW absorption performance of SiC−C1500 sample could be attributed to the effective regulation of α polymorphs, nanowire heterostructure, multi−component hybridization. This study supplies a helpful experience and reference for improving the high temperature EMW absorption performance of SiC matrix composites.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Yuan Qiao,Ali Reza Kamali
Porous structures, such as prous Si electrodes required for high-performance Li-ion batteries, are often produced through envirionmentally problematic processes. In this study, an innovative approach is employed for the green preparation of high-performance porous Si electrodes via thermal treatment of an electrode composed of Si nanoparticles, polyimide (PI), and nanostructured terephthalic acid (TPA). During the process, TPA sublimes at around 318 °C, resulting in a compact yet porous electrode, enhanced by cross-linked PI binder. Moreover, TPA can be regenerated through the condensation of vaporised monomers, supporting a circular economy for the clean preparation of the advanced electrode. Despite the simplicity of this method, the resulting electrode (Si@PI@nano-TPA@E-350) exhibits a remarkable Li-ion storage performance, demonstrating a reversible capacity of 2355 mAh g⁻¹ at 0.2 A g⁻¹ after 120 cycles, along with a reduced charge transfer resistance (Rct) of 99 Ω. This is in contrast to the electrode prepared without TPA (Si@PI@E-350), which only achieves a capacity of 1268 mAh g⁻¹. The morphological features of the TPA used significantly impact the electrode's performance. A full cell composed of Si@PI@nano-TPA@E-350 as the anode and LiFePO₄ as the cathode exhibits a reversible capacity of 151 mAh g⁻¹ relative to the total mass of the anode and cathode at 0.2 A g⁻¹ after 50 cycles, with a capacity retention of 97.8%, demonstrating an enhanced energy density of 455 Wh kg⁻¹. The article presents a green method for sustainably fabricating porous structures for efficient energy storage and a wide range of other applications.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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Hui Zhang,Jiatong Li,Yajun Zhu,Xiangbing Zeng,Chengbing Chen,Huigang Zhang,Jinyun Liu
Large theoretical capacity silicon (Si) anode for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is hindered by its large volumetric change and structural collapse during cycling. Here, we report a strategy that in-situ embedding Si nanoparticles (Si NPs) into flower-like selenides, then coating with carbon layer, forming a Si@ZnSe/CoSe@C anode. Engineered frame structure provides an optimized condition for alleviating volumetric of Si, and thereby improving stability. Additionally, carbon layer not only immobilize Si NPs, but also improves the conductivity. The Si@ZnSe/CoSe@C anode shows a capacity of 563 mAh g −1 after 150 cycles at 0.1 A g −1 , and a Coulombic efficiency as high as 99.4 % after cycling 800 times at 0.2 A g −1 . A 50 °C-tolerable performance is also obtained, showing a potential for applications. We believe that the composite design presented here offers a general method for developing high-performance energy-storage materials even though they intrinsically have large-volumetric change and low conductivity.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Linfeng Dong,Bohui Xu,Deshuai Xiao,Fan Liu,Xinyuan Zhang,Xuanlin Pan,Pifu Gong,Zheshuai Lin
Optoelectronic materials with excellent birefringent properties are of significant importance in the fields of optical communications and laser technology. Recently, rare earth (RE) chalcogenides with anisotropic [RESn] groups have been proven to be high-performance infrared birefringent materials. Herein, we demonstrate that the addition of planar groups can further increase the birefringence in RE chalcogenides, as realized by incorporating planar [AgS3] groups into the RE-I-IV-S4 family for the first time. The newly obtained LaAgSiS4 compound shows higher polarity anisotropy than its homologue LaLiSiS4 and LaKSiS4, which resulted in a larger birefringence (0.12@600 nm) at least twice as large as that of the latter two compounds (0.05/0.06@600 nm). The structure–property relationship of LaAgSiS4 was investigated through structural analysis and first-principles calculations. The results indicate that the increased optical birefringence in LaAgSiS4 originates from the synergic effects of the distorted [LaSn] polyhedra and planar [AgS3] triangles. This work provides an effective strategy for enhancing optical birefringence in IR chalcogenides.
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Materials Today Communications
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2024
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Hao Chen,Jianjun Chen,Yongwei Lou,Mingming Zhu,Jinxia Li,Jiahao Yang,Hussain Zaheer
SiC nanowire paper composed of SiC nanowires, possesses extensive industrial applications owing to its remarkable properties of low thermal conductivity , fire resistance and foldability. In this work, centimeter-scale SiC nanowires were successfully synthesized via a sol-gel and carbothermal reduction reaction. Subsequently, the simple and convenient traditional handcraft paper-making process enables the non-oriented intertwining of nanowires, forming a paper-like structure. Experimental results show that the thermal conductivity of silicon carbide nanowire paper with a thickness of 0.7 mm is 0.041 W/m∙K at room temperature, which is far lower than that of the traditional porous ceramics because of its nanoporous structure. Moreover, upon heating the nanowire paper to 300 °C, a significant temperature difference of approximately 150 °C was observed between its front and back surfaces, and it was able to withstand the butane flame (∼1300 °C) heat treatment for a long time, which indicated that the nanowire paper had obvious low thermal conductivity, good thermal insulation and refractory properties. These characteristics ensure the promising application of SiC nanowire paper for thermal insulation and fire resistance applications.
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