Huan Wang , Fangbao Fu , Ming Huang , Yunhui Feng , Dongxue Han , Yuebin Xi , Wenlong Xiong , Dongjie Yang , Li Niu
{"title":"Lignin-based materials for electrochemical energy storage devices","authors":"Huan Wang , Fangbao Fu , Ming Huang , Yunhui Feng , Dongxue Han , Yuebin Xi , Wenlong Xiong , Dongjie Yang , Li Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lignin is the most abundant aromatic polymer in nature, which is rich in a large number of benzene ring structures and active functional groups. The molecular structure of lignin has unique designability and controllability, and is a class of functional materials with great application prospects in energy storage and conversion. Here, this review firstly focuses on the concept, classification, and physicochemical property of lignin. Then, the application research of lignin in the field of electrochemical storage materials and devices are summarized, such as lignin-carbon materials and lignin-carbon composites in supercapacitors and secondary batteries. Finally, this review points out the bottlenecks that need to be solved urgently and the prospects for future research priorities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 141-160"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48748300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianxin Li , Yuhua Wang , Yitong Wang , Yao Guo , Shiding Zhang , Haixiang Song , Xianchang Li , Qianqian Gao , Wanyu Shang , Shuaishuai Hu , Huibin Zheng , Xifei Li
{"title":"MXene Ti3C2 decorated g-C3N4/ZnO photocatalysts with improved photocatalytic performance for CO2 reduction","authors":"Jianxin Li , Yuhua Wang , Yitong Wang , Yao Guo , Shiding Zhang , Haixiang Song , Xianchang Li , Qianqian Gao , Wanyu Shang , Shuaishuai Hu , Huibin Zheng , Xifei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> is considered as a kind of promising technologies for solving the greenhouse effect. Herein, a novel hybrid structure of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/ZnO/Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> photocatalysts was designed and fabricated to investigate their abilities for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction. As demonstration, heterojunction of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/ZnO can improve photogenerated carriers’ separation, the addition of Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> fragments can further facilitate the photocatalytic performance from CO<sub>2</sub> to CO. Hence, g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/ZnO/Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub> has efficiently increased CO production by 8 and 12 times than pristine g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> and ZnO, respectively. Which is ascribed to the photogenerated charge migration promoted by metallic Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>. This work provides a guideline for designing efficient hybrid catalysts on other applications in the renewable energy fields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 237-245"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48948919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziyi Xiao , Wei Zhou , Baopeng Yang , Chengan Liao , Qing Kang , Gen Chen , Min Liu , Xiaohe Liu , Renzhi Ma , Ning Zhang
{"title":"Tuned d-band states over lanthanum doped nickel oxide for efficient oxygen evolution reaction","authors":"Ziyi Xiao , Wei Zhou , Baopeng Yang , Chengan Liao , Qing Kang , Gen Chen , Min Liu , Xiaohe Liu , Renzhi Ma , Ning Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.07.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The d-band state of materials is an important descriptor for activity of oxygen evolution reaction (OER). For NiO materials, there is rarely concern about tuning their d-band states to tailor the OER behaviors. Herein, NiO nanocrystals with doping small amount of La<sup>3+</sup> were used to regulate d-band states for promoting OER activity. Density of states calculations based on density functional theory revealed that La<sup>3+</sup> doping produced upper shift of d-band center, which would induce stronger electronic interaction between surface Ni atoms and species of oxygen evolution reaction intermediates. Further density functional theory calculation illustrated that La<sup>3+</sup> doped NiO possessed reduced Gibbs free energy in adsorbing species of OER intermediate. Predicted by theoretical calculations, trace La<sup>3+</sup> was introduced into crystal lattice of NiO nanoparticles. The La<sup>3+</sup> doped NiO nanocrystal showed much promoted OER activity than corresponding pristine NiO product. Further electrochemical analysis revealed that La<sup>3+</sup> doping into NiO increased the intrinsic activity such as improved active sites and reduced charge transfer resistance. The in-situ Raman spectra suggested that NiO phase in La<sup>3+</sup> doped NiO could be better maintained than pristine NiO during the OER. This work provides an effective strategy to tune the d-band center of NiO for efficient electrocatalytic OER.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 228-236"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50203379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated electrocatalysts derived from metal organic frameworks for gas-involved reactions","authors":"Yuke Song, Wenfu Xie, Mingfei Shao, Xue Duan","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Integrated electrocatalysts (IECs) containing well-defined functional materials directly grown on the current collector have sparked increasing interest in the fields of electrocatalysis owing to efficient activity, high stability and the fact that they are easily assembled into devices. Recently, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a promising platform for constructing advanced IECs because of their properties of low cost, large surface area and efficient structural tunability. In this review, the design principles of state-of-the-art IECs based on MOFs are presented, including by hydrothermal/solvothermal, template-directed, electrospinning, electrodeposition and other methods. The high performance of MOF-derived IECs has also been demonstrated in electrocatalytic gas-involved reactions. This is promising for green energy storage and conversion. The structure-activity relationship and performance improvement mechanism of IECs are uncovered by discussing some <em>in situ</em> technologies for IECs. Finally, we provide an outlook on the challenges and prospects in this booming field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 161-176"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43289085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xingang Liu , Wenbin Kang , Xi Li, Li Zeng, Yijun Li, Qi Wang, Chuhong Zhang
{"title":"Solid-state mechanochemistry advancing two dimensional materials for lithium-ion storage applications: A mini review","authors":"Xingang Liu , Wenbin Kang , Xi Li, Li Zeng, Yijun Li, Qi Wang, Chuhong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.03.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The vigorous development of two-dimensional (2D) materials brings about numerous opportunities for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their unique 2D layered structure, large specific surface area, outstanding mechanical and flexibility properties, etc. Modern technologies for production of 2D materials include but are not limited to mechanochemical (solid-state/liquid-phase) exfoliation, the solvothermal method and chemical vapor deposition. In this review, strategies leading to the production of 2D materials via solid-state mechanochemistry featuring traditional high energy ball-milling and Sichuan University patented pan-milling are highlighted. The mechanism involving exfoliation, edge selective carbon radical generation of the 2D materials is delineated and this is followed by detailed discussion on representative mechanochemical techniques for tailored and improved lithium-ion storage performance. In the light of the advantages of the solid-state mechanochemical method, there is great promise for the commercialization of 2D materials for the next-generation high performance LIBs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 210-227"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47861932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying Gao , Xiaofan Zhai , Yuxin Zhang , Fang Guan , Nazhen Liu , Xiutong Wang , Jie Zhang , Baorong Hou , Jizhou Duan
{"title":"Developing high photocatalytic antibacterial Zn electrodeposited coatings through Schottky junction with Fe3+-doped alkalized g-C3N4 photocatalysts","authors":"Ying Gao , Xiaofan Zhai , Yuxin Zhang , Fang Guan , Nazhen Liu , Xiutong Wang , Jie Zhang , Baorong Hou , Jizhou Duan","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pure Zn coatings easily lose their protective performance after biofouling because they have no antibacterial effect under visible light. In this study, we fabricate a new antibacterial Zn composite coating using electrodeposition to couple Fe<sup>3+</sup>-doped alkalized g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> (AKCN-Fe) into an existing Zn coating and show that the AKCN-Fe enhances antibacterial property of the Zn coating under visible light. We attribute this enhancement to the high photocatalytic performance, high loading content, and good dispersion of AKCN-Fe. In addition, the photocatalytic antibacterial mechanism of the composite coating is supported by scavenger experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements, suggesting that superoxide (<span><math><mrow><mo>·</mo><msubsup><mtext>O</mtext><mn>2</mn><mo>−</mo></msubsup></mrow></math></span>) and hydroxyl radical (·OH) play main and secondary roles, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 177-188"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47300536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial for a special issue on: (Photo) electrochemical materials and devices","authors":"Maowen Xu, Yuxin Zhang, Lili Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 117-118"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46735733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanhua Wan, Yao Liu, Dongliang Chao, Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao
{"title":"Recent advances in hard carbon anodes with high initial Coulombic efficiency for sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Yanhua Wan, Yao Liu, Dongliang Chao, Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) has been widely adopted in battery research as a quantifiable indicator for the lifespan, energy density and rate performance of batteries. Hard carbon materials have been accepted as a promising anode family for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) owing to their outstanding performance. However, the booming application of hard carbon anodes has been significantly slowed by the low ICE, leading to a reduced energy density at the cell level. This offers a challenge to develop high ICE hard carbon anodes to meet the applications of high-performance SIBs. Here, we discuss the definition and factors of ICE and describe several typical strategies to improve the ICE of hard carbon anodes. The strategies for boosting the ICE of such anodes are also systematically categorized into several aspects including structure design, surface engineering, electrolyte optimization and pre-sodiation. The key challenges and perspectives in the development of high ICE hard carbon anodes are also outlined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 189-201"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49657759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial for a special issue on: (Photo) electrochemical materials and devices","authors":"Maowen Xu, Yuxin Zhang, Lili Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136177886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhangqian Liang , Yanjun Xue , Xinyu Wang , Xiaoli Zhang , Jian Tian , Hongzhi Cui
{"title":"The incorporation of cocatalyst cobalt sulfide into graphitic carbon nitride: Boosted photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance and mechanism exploration","authors":"Zhangqian Liang , Yanjun Xue , Xinyu Wang , Xiaoli Zhang , Jian Tian , Hongzhi Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2022.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>2D-layered graphitic carbon nitride (g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>) is regarded as a great prospect as a photocatalyst for H<sub>2</sub> generation. However, g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>'s photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (HER) activity is significantly restricted by the recombination of photocarriers. We find that cobalt sulfide (CoS<sub>2</sub>) as a cocatalyst can promote g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> nanosheets (NSs) to realize very efficient photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> generation. The prepared CoS<sub>2</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> hybrids display highly boosted photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> generation performance and outstanding cycle stability. The optimized 7%-CoS<sub>2</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> hybrids show a much improved photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> generation rate of 36.2 μmol<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, which is about 180 times as much as bare g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> (0.2 μmol<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>). In addition, the apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of all the samples was computed under light at λ=370 nm, in which the AQE of 7%-CoS<sub>2</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> hybrids is up to 5.72%. The experimental data and the DFT calculation suggest that the CoS<sub>2</sub>/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> hybrid's excellent HER activity is attributable to the lower overpotential and the smaller Co-H bond activation energy for HER. Accordingly, the CoS<sub>2</sub> cocatalyst loading effectively boosts the photocatalytic performance of g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> for H<sub>2</sub> evolution. The project promotes fast development of high-efficiency photocatalysts and low-cost for photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> generation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 202-209"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44406068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}