Advanced Energy Materials
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 34
·2301509
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IF 27.8
Jiafeng Ruan,Sainan Luo,Shaofei Wang,Jiaming Hu,Fang Fang,Fei Wang,Min Chen,Shiyou Zheng,Dalin Sun,Yun Song
Boosting the ultralow temperature (below −30 °C) performance of Na-ion hybrid capacitors (SIHCs), which integrate the high energy density of batteries with the high output power and long life of supercapacitors, is critical for the application of advanced electronics in extreme environments. However, their low-temperature performance, especially fast charging capability, is hindered by difficult desolvation and slow pass solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) together with sluggish diffusion within the electrode. Herein, a “single-solute–single-solvent” electrolyte is developed and a through-hole hollow carbon sphere (TH-HCS) is constructed, and it is demonstrated through theoretical calculations and experimental investigations that the weakly solvated structure and high ionic conductivity facilitate the Na + transportation at low temperatures, the highly fluorinated SEI facilitates the Na + migration, and the through-hole hollow structure alleviates the volume expansion during sodiation, thus ensuring fast kinetics and structural stability. As expected, TH-HCS using this electrolyte exhibits a high specific capacity of 87.5 mAh g −1 after 11 000 cycles at 1.0 A g −1 and −40 °C. Coupled with activated carbon, the assembled SIHC displays an energy density of 106.1 and 52.0 Wh kg −1 at 25 and −40 °C, respectively, far exceeding the performance of commercial energy storage systems at low temperature.
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Energy & Environmental Science
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2016
·Vol. 9
·期 4
·1430-1438
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IF 25.427
Yong Jiang,Min Wei,Jinkui Feng,Yuchen Ma,Shenglin Xiong
Room-temperature Na-ion batteries (NIBs) have been generally expected to offer a hopeful perspective for renewable energy storage applications on a large scale. However, a shortage of appropriate anode materials for NIBs has hindered their large-scale applications. Here, we report the strong chemical bonding of tin sulfide on amino-functionalized graphene that is prepared by a facile amine-thermal reaction. In contrast to previous reports on graphene-based composite electrodes, our strategy has the following merits: the one-step formation of amino-functionalized reduced grapheme oxide (RGO) from GO and tight contact of SnS2 nanocrystals at an amino-functionalized graphene interface. This concept has been demonstrated by experimental results which are in congruence with first principles theoretical calculations. When investigated as an anode material for NIBs, the composite maintained a capacity of 680 mA h g−1 after cycling for 100 cycles at a current density of 200 mA g−1, and 480 mA h g−1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g−1. The outstanding performance results from the unique structure of the hybrid nanosheets.
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Advanced Energy Materials
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 13
·2303871
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IF 24.4
Yuzhuo Zeng,Weijing Bai,Jianhui Zhu,Maowen Xu,Jian Jiang
Intrinsically weak metal affinity and sluggish sodium (Na) nucleation/molten fluidic transport of conventional hosts impede the fabrication of high-capacity Na anodes. Mediating surface free energies (SFEs) of hosts and reinforcing their intermolecular attraction to viscous Na fluids can radically solve these problems. Herein, “canaled” tin oxide nanorod arrays grown on a 3D carbon cloth (CC) matrix exhibit distinct polar/nonpolar SFE components that markedly elevate the solid–liquid wettability for molten Na is reported. Such nanocanal defects render strong capillary forces for spontaneous molten Na imbibition and help to instantly activate Na─Sn alloying and Na nucleation reactions. Furthermore, sodiophilic Na 15 Sn 4 interlayers evolved in former alloying procedures also aid in reducing Na nucleation energy barriers and guide the planar electro-deposition/dispersion, alleviating the uncontrolled Na dendrite growth. The derived Na/Na 15 Sn 4 /CC anodes can thus keep stable after 2000 h of galvanostatic cycling at 1 mA cm −2 or high-rate testing, without notable dendritic formation. The packed full cells also show superior rate capability and cyclability (capacity retention over 91.5% after all cycling at 1 C). This work provides a smart nano-engineering way to trigger a fast infusion of molten metals into hosts and synergistically facilitate Na fluidic transport, which may push forward the scalable application of Na metal batteries.
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2022
·Vol. 34
·期 47
·2206039
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IF 32.086
Yangyang Lai,Huixian Xie,Peng Li,Biao Li,Along Zhao,Laibing Luo,Zewen Jiang,Yongjin Fang,Shengli Chen,Xinping Ai,Dingguo Xia,Yuliang Cao
The anionic redox reaction (ARR) has attracted extensive attention due to its potential to enhance the reversible capacity of cathode materials in Li/Na-ion batteries (LIBs/SIBs). However, the understanding of its activation mechanism is still limited by the insufficient mastering of the underlying thermodynamics and kinetics. Herein, a series of Mg/Li/Zn-substituted Na x MnO 2 and Li x MnO 2 cathode materials are designed to investigate their ARR behaviors. It is found that the ARR can be activated in only Li-substituted Li x MnO 2 and not for Mg- and Zn-substituted ones, while all Mg/Li/Zn-substituted Na x MnO 2 cathode materials exhibit ARR activities. Combining theoretical calculations with experimental results, such a huge difference between Li and Na cathodes is closely related to the migration of substitution ions from the transition metal layer to the alkali metal layer in a kinetic aspect, which generates unique Li(Na)–O–□ TM and/or □ Li/ Na –O–□ TM configurations and reducing reaction activation energy to trigger the ARR. Based on these findings, an ion-migration mechanism is proposed to explain the different ARR behaviors between the Na x MnO 2 and Li x MnO 2 , which can not only reveal the origin of ARR in the kinetic aspect, but also provide a new insight for the development of high-capacity metal oxide cathode materials for LIBs/SIBs.
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2025
·Vol. 37
·期 41
·e03562
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Shangqing Qu,Tianhao Niu,Xianji Qiao,Yanran Shen,Guohong Cai,Xiaoge Wang,Yonggang Wang,Zhipeng Zhou,Shipeng Zhang,Zeyue Zhang,Guobao Li,Guanqun Cai,Junliang Sun
Na- β ″-Al 2 O 3 is a highly promising solid-state electrolyte (SSE) for solid-state sodium batteries (SSSBs) with a wide electrochemical stability window and excellent stability against metallic sodium. However, its practical application is hindered by the instability of β ″ phase ( R 3 ¯ $\bar 3$ m ) during sintering, low polycrystalline ionic conductivity at room temperature, and poor interfacial contact with sodium anodes. In this study, a stablized SSSB is obtained via doping Ga 3+ into Na 1.67 Mg 0.67 Al 10.33 O 17 (NMAO), which also suppresses the formation of the β ′ phase ( P 6 3 / mmc ) and decreases stacking faults. After sintering at 1550 °C for 2 h, Na 1.67 Mg 0.67 Al 9.33 GaO 17 (NMA9.33GO) exhibits an ionic conductivity of 9.2 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 30 °C, ≈1.7 times greater than NMAO. Furthermore, Ga 3+ doping enhances the wettability with sodium, achieving superior contact stability and the formation of Na-Ga alloys at the interface significantly improves electrode-electrolyte contact stability, achieving a high critical current density (CCD) of 0.8 mA cm −2 and a low interfacial impedance of 16 Ω cm 2 . A quasi-solid-state battery assembled with Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (NVP) as the cathode demonstrates excellent cycling stability and rate performance, retaining a high discharge capacity of 91 mAh g −1 at 5 C, and maintaining 87% capacity retention after 1000 cycles at 1 C. This work provides new insights into improving electrolyte performance and interfacial engineering through doping strategies, thereby promoting the development of efficient and long-term SSSBs.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2025
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Mengyao Chen,Wenjing Qin,Yanli Wang,Hanlin Zhai,Changshun Gu,Xiangchuan Zhao,Ying Bi,Yixin Xu,Zeyu Ming,Shengrong Li,Shu Hu,Xingyue Zhang,Xiaoye Ma,Shougen Yin
The synergistic optimization of high strength, strong adhesion, high conductivity, and rapid self-healing in hydrogels faces fundamental challenges arising from conflicting mechanisms. Herein, a 3D-printed, ionically conductive interpenetrating double-network hydrogel based on poly (acrylic acid) (PAAc) is developed via the innovative introduction of dynamic Na⁺ bridges. This molecular design enables a unique dual mechanism: the Na⁺ ions not only form reversible ionic bonds that accelerate chain diffusion through bond rupture-recombination but also create an electrostatic shielding effect in the covalent network, which promotes chain extension to improve mechanical strength without sacrificing dynamic properties. Furthermore, Na⁺ ions regulate bound/free water states and reduces energy dissipation during topological rearrangement. These synergistic mechanisms collectively enable the hydrogel to overcome conventional performance trade-offs. The resulting material concurrently enhances mechanical properties (300 kPa tensile, 1.2 MPa compressive strength), adhesion (160 kPa), and self-healing (>90% recovery in 1 h). Biomimetic devices such as an underwater octopus-tentacle gripper, biomimetic crawling suckers, and pressure sensors are fabricated. By integrating hydrogels with 1D convolutional neural network algorithms, a real-time motion behavior recognition system is further developed. The multi-property cooperative design strategy offers a new pathway for the application of intelligent hydrogel materials in soft robotics and flexible electronics.
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Energy Storage Materials
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2021
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IF 17.789
Yuansheng Shi,Zhizhen Zhang,Pengfeng Jiang,Ang Gao,Kangwan Li,Qinghua Zhang,Yang Sun,Xueyi Lu,Dapeng Cao,Xia Lu
Layered sodium transition metal oxides (NaTMO 2 ) have garned considerate attention as candidates for cathode materials in practical Na-ion batteries because of their potentially high energy density and operating voltage. Among the several categories (P2, P3, O3) of layered NaTMO 2 materials, P3 type cathodes are least studied due to the fast capacity/voltage fading induced by P3-O3 phase transition, as shown by the very few compositions visited in previous reports. It is highly desirable to stabilize the P3 phase throughout the sodium extraction/insertion process as P polytype allows facile migration of Na + -ions between two adjacent prismatic sites. In this work, we synthesized a phase pure P3-Na 0.75 Mg 0.08 Co 0.10 Ni 0.2 Mn 0.60 O 2 (P3-MNCM) via the incorporation of Mg, while successfully maintains the P3 structure during the charging/discharging process. This together with good ionic conductivity , endows good structural reversibility, and consequently leads to superior cycling performance and rate performance than undoped composition. In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) further verifies that P3-MNCM cathode demonstrates a near zero strain feature. Of special importance is that the P3-O3 phase transition is effectively suppressed with the incoporation of Mg into the transition metal layer. These findings demonstrate the potential of P3 structure as a promising choice for Na ion cathode materials, which open a feritile avenue and will hopefully inspire more endeavors in the exploration of high performance sodium ion batteries.
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ACS Catalysis
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2018
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IF 11.384
Yuchao Chai,Sihang Liu,Zhi-Jian Zhao,Jinlong Gong,Weili Dai,Guangjun Wu,Naijia Guan,Landong Li
Metal nanoparticles encapsulated in zeolite have been recently developed as a special type of catalyst that shows significant advantages in activity, shape-selectivity, and stability over conventional supported catalysts. The selectivity modulation of encapsulated nanoparticle catalysis by the zeolite microenvironment is theoretically possible but not addressed yet. Here, we report the in situ encapsulation of sub-nanometric palladium species within MFI-type zeolites, which exhibit high activity and good stability in the hydroconversion of furfural as a model reaction of biomass upgrading. Remarkably, different products, e.g., furan, furfural alcohol, and 1,5-pentanediol, from furfural hydroconversion can be obtained when silicalite-1, Na-ZSM-5, and H-ZSM-5 are employed as hosts of palladium nanoparticles, respectively. Density functional theory calculations and spectroscopy investigations reveal that both the adsorption of furfural and the activation of hydrogen are significantly affected by the zeolite microenvironment, leading to different reaction pathways. Our work presents an elegant example of catalytic selectivity modulation of encapsulated metal nanoparticles by tuning the zeolite microenvironment.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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Yifan Cui,Qiulan Li,Dezhi Yang,Yaling Yang
Peroxidase (POD)-mimicking nanozymes have got great progress in the sensing field, but most nanozyme assaying systems are built with a single-signal output mode, which is vulnerable to the effect of different factors. Thus, establishment of a dual-signal output mode is necessary for acquiring dependable and durable performance. This work described an Fe doped noradrenaline-based carbon dots and Prussian blue (Fe,NA-CDs/PB) nanocomposite as a POD-like nanozyme and modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for the colorimetric and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) dual-mode sensor of Pb(II) in traditional Chinese medicine samples. With 2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) and 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) as the substrates, it was found that the addition of Pb(II) inhibited the POD-like activity of Fe,NA-CDs/PB and AuNPs, so it was used for colorimetric and SERS dual-mode assays. The POD-like activity was shown to be a “ping-pong” catalytic mechanism, whereas the addition of Pb(II) produced noncompetitive inhibition with modulatory effects on Fe,NA-CDs/PB. The linear response range for colorimetric and SERS sensor detection of Pb(II) was 0.01–1.00 mg/L with the detection limit of 5 μg/L and 8 μg/L, respectively. This dual-mode detection system shows excellent selectivity. More importantly, the Pb(II) in traditional Chinese medicine samples have successfully assayed with good recovery from 90.4 to 108.9 %.
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环境科学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 21
·9922-9929
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IF 9.931
Yang Chen,Bohan Shan,Chengyin Yang,Jiangfeng Yang,Jinping Li,Bin Mu
Two environmentally friendly and efficient synthesis methods, NH3-assisted synthesis and solvent-evaporated conversion, have been developed for the synthesis of a series of M(NA)2 (M = Zn, Co, Cu, Cd; NA = nicotinate) flexible MOFs. The two-dimensional M(NA)2 (M = Zn, Co) and three-dimensional M(NA)2 (M = Cu, Cd) materials exhibit peculiar structural transformation. These frameworks can be obtained from dehydration of M(NA)2(H2O)4 (M = Zn, Co, Cu, Cd) which are zero-dimensional supramolecular structures. Interestingly, the structural transformation of M(NA)2 (M = Zn, Co, Cd) is reversible after liquid water adsorption. Due to the flexible structure of these MOFs, they exhibit abnormal NH3 adsorption properties. The two-dimensional Zn(NA)2 shows a gate-opening behavior for NH3 adsorption. Its layers opened at a pressure of 0.22 bar in the first cycle, resulting in a two-step NH3 uptake with a capacity of 10.2 mmol g−1 at 1 bar. The gate-opening pressure shifted to a lower value with cycles. Co(NA)2 has a huge NH3 uptake of 17.5 mmol g−1, which is top-ranking among the reported values. For the NH3 adsorption over Cu(NA)2 and Cd(NA)2, the adsorption rates increase and adsorption equilibrium is achieved faster after three cycles. Their maximum capacity at 1 bar is 13.4 and 6 mmol g−1, respectively. More importantly, all MOFs can be regenerated under vacuum and heating conditions of 150 °C for 70 min, and they all retained the capacity. The advantages of environmentally friendly synthesis, large adsorption capacity, and regenerable properties indicate that M(NA)2 (M = Zn, Co, Cu) are promising candidates for NH3 adsorption.
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2023
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Zhiwei Li,Zhengxiang Bian,Yurong Ren,Zhihui Chen,Jiujun Xu
(1-x)(0.9Ba 1.003 Ti 0.97 Ca 0.03 O 3 –0.1(Bi 0.51 Na 0.47 ) 0.94 Ba 0.06 TiO 3 )-xNa(Nb 0.85 Ta 0.15 )O 3 ( x = 0.03–0.15) ceramics were designed and fabricated through a bidirectional optimization strategy using traditional solid reaction method. The results revealed that the introduction of Na(Nb 0.85 Ta 0.15 )O 3 increased the vacancy concentration at the A site , conducing to improved polarization and reduced grain size. The substitution at the B site disrupted the long-range ordered ferroelectric domains and generated polar nanodomains, leading to enhanced relaxation behavior. The optimum energy storage density of 3.57 J/cm 3 and efficiency of 87.5% were simultaneously achieved under the electric field of 220 kV/cm in the sample with x = 0.09. Moreover, it also exhibits extremely high-power density (∼57 MW/cm 3 ), ultrafast discharge time (∼103 ns), high discharge density (1.35 J/cm 3 ), along with excellent temperature (30‒120 °C) and frequency stability (1‒100 Hz) under the equivalent electric field of 120 kV/cm. This novel design strategy provides theoretical guidance for the development of advanced electrical energy storage devices.
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FUEL
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2022
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IF 8.035
Quanwang Zhong,Junwei Liao,Qian Zhang,Songbai Qiu,Qingwei Meng,Xiaoping Wu,Tiejun Wang
Developing biomass-derived fuels is a highly competent approach towards the current serious carbon emission issue caused by fossil fuel. The direct upgrading of the aqueous bio-ethanol to higher alcohols as diesel blending and bio-jet fuel precursors showed great potential in techno-economic. In this work, a water-tolerant Na-doped porous carbon encapsulated Ni nanocomposite was fabricated by direct pyrolyzing of Na-containing organic precursors for direct upgrading of aqueous ethanol. The higher alcohols yield of 35.0 C-mol% with C4-C7 selectivity of 51.9% and C8-C16 selectivity of 33.8% were achieved. The C4-C7 alcohols showed the excellent inter-miscibility with diesel at the 0–90% blending proportion. The C8-C16 higher alcohols with iso/n-OH (isomerized/normal alcohol) ratio of 1.86 can be directly used to produce desired jet fuel by hydrodeoxygenation treatment. Experiment and characterization results indicated that the Ni@C catalyst could spontaneously transfer from aqueous phase to the produced oil (higher alcohols) phase. The coupling of phase-transfer and basic sites of Ni@C-NaGlu effectively promoted the secondary C C coupling of higher alcohols to form C8-C16 alcohols. In general, this work provides a novel feasible approach to produce higher alcohol diesel blending and bio-jet fuel precursors from widely available bio-ethanol.
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