Aqueous Zn-I 2 batteries (AZIBs) are highly desirable for green energy-storage technologies, but their development was greatly limited by their unsatisfactory energy densities. Herein, we report high-energy-density rechargeable AZIBs achieved by anchoring high-mass iodine to a distinctive N-doped hierarchical porous carbon (NHPC) material with large micropore volume and rich N-doping. The NHPC combined strong iodine confinement caused by the micropore and powerful chemisorption of iodine species with pyridine-N doping, which enabled high loads of iodine up to 61.6 wt%. Notably, density functional theory calculations and experimental studies showed that abundant pyridine-N active sites promoted electron transfer, and the interconnected micro-mesoporous structure facilitated the Zn-ion diffusion to synergistically promote the redox kinetics of AZIBs. The high content of iodine-loading cathode exhibited a high capacity of 219.3 mA h g −1 at 1.0 C, indicating excellent rate capability and superior cycling stability with a low capacity decay of 0.00147% per cycle within 10,000 cycles at 5.0 C. In addition, a preliminary device assembled with three batteries in series provided a high energy density of up to 72.6 W h kg −1 calculated by the total mass of the battery, which is almost two times that of the commercial aqueous lead-acid and Ni-Cd batteries. The high energy density and long cycle life of this aqueous battery indicate its great application potential in large-scale energy storage.
The I2-catalyzed reaction of 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-propargyl alcohols with indoles and subsequent treatment with K2CO3 provided (benzofuran-3-yl)-1H-indoles in good to excellent yields with high regioselectivity. This one-pot and two-step strategy proved to be suitable for a wide range of substrates except for aliphatic alkynyl alcohols as well as the indoles bearing N-protected groups such as the Ts group possessing strong electron-withdrawing feature. The reaction procedure involved a cross-coupling and the construction of a benzofuran framework via 5-exo-dig cyclization.
Disposal of dye-contaminated wastewater has become an imperative issue. Synthesis of novel materials for larger-capacity removal of those contaminants assisting by special interaction is a significant challenge. In this paper, a series of hyper-crosslinked poly 9-bromophenanthrene hybrids (HCPs) were synthesized by combination of 9-bromophenanthrene (9BP) and octavinylsilsesquioxane (OVS) via Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. The synthesized HCPs were well characterized. The results illustrated that HCPs were porous polymer hybrids consisting of micropores and mesopores with the apparent surface areas ( S BET ) in range of 980.0–1010.6 m 2 g −1 , and the micropore and mesopore widths located at 1.42 and 4 nm. Dye adsorption disclosed that the adsorbed amounts of rhodamine B (RB) and Congo red (CR) on HCP-2 respectively arrived at 2646.0 ± 37.4 and 1550.0 ± 38.5 mg g −1 , ascribing to the interactions of pore filling, hydrogen bonds, π π stacking, electrostatic attraction, especially the C Br⋯π interaction between the resulting polymers and the dye molecules of RB and CR. Moreover, HCP-2 exhibited larger adsorbed amount of iodine vapor arriving at 179.9 ± 2.6 wt%. This work provided an innovative strategy to design new adsorbents for larger-amount removal of contaminants from the environment.
Efficient capture of radioiodine from aqueous solutions is of importance for sustainable development of nuclear energy and protection of the environment. However, current adsorbents under exploration suffer from limited adsorption capacity and powder form that are unfavorable for practical applications. Herein, we applied a “multi-functionalization integration” idea to construct novel electrospun fiber adsorbents (N-MOF-PAN fibers) containing cationic quaternary ammonium groups, uncharged amine groups, and porous MOF material (UiO-66-NH2), which in synergy adsorb iodine effectively from both saturated I2 aqueous solution and I3– aqueous solution. Iodine species (94.6%) could be removed from saturated I2 solution within 180 min, and 98.7% of iodine species were captured from I3– solution within 240 min. Additionally, the N-MOF-PAN fibers exhibited high iodine uptake capacities of 3.56 g g–1 from a concentrated KI/I2 aqueous solution and 3.61 g g–1 from the Langmuir isotherm model, surpassing many reported iodine adsorbents in the aqueous medium. Characterization and mechanism analysis indicated that multiple active sites simultaneously attribute to the high binding affinity toward iodine species through physical adsorption and chemical adsorption. Furthermore, benefiting from their macroscopic architecture, N-MOF-PAN fibers were used as the adsorption column for dynamic iodine capture with a bed volume of 1490 mL, which is much higher than commercially activated carbons. Overall, this work provides guidance for the development of novel fiber adsorbents for related applications.
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