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Natural Kapok fiber-derived two-dimensional carbonized sheets as sustainable electrode material 作为可持续电极材料的天然木棉纤维二维碳化片

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100418

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Localized surface plasmon resonance induced nonlinear absorption and optical limiting activity of gold decorated graphene/MoS2 hybrid 金装饰石墨烯/MoS2 杂化物的局部表面等离子体共振诱导非线性吸收和光学极限活性

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100417

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Enhanced storage performance of a low-cost hard carbon derived from biomass 提高从生物质中提取的低成本硬碳的储存性能

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100415

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Nanoscale friction and wear of graphite surface in ambient and underwater conditions 石墨表面在环境和水下条件下的纳米级摩擦和磨损

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100414

{"title":"Nanoscale friction and wear of graphite surface in ambient and underwater conditions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The tribological properties of graphite are extremely sensitive to surrounding environment, which affects its longevity and friction reduction performance. This study aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the effects of a liquid environment on interactions at the sliding interface, thereby influencing the nanoscale tribological properties of graphite surfaces. By combining atomic force microscopy experiments and molecular dynamics simulations, we conducted a comparative analysis of friction and wear behavior of graphite under two different environmental conditions: ambient (air) and underwater condition. Our investigations explored both the step edge and interior (step-free) graphite surfaces. The experimental results revealed a notable contrast in the frictional and wear behavior of graphite at nanoscale in these two environments. The interior surface exhibited a friction coefficient (COF) of approximately 0.003 and 0.006 against a diamond-coated surface in ambient and underwater conditions, respectively. Interestingly, the underwater environment not only increased friction but also significantly compromised the wear resistance of graphene layers near the graphite surface compared to the ambient environment, as evidenced in both step edge and interior step-free regions. The interior region sustained up to ∼7400 nN load in ambient condition but failed at ∼1500 nN under water. Similarly, the step edge failed at ∼375 and ∼187.5 nN in ambient and underwater conditions, respectively. Our simulations revealed that the increased friction in underwater condition is due to resistance of surrounding water molecules during tip sliding. The presence of water at tip-graphite contact interface generated substantial localized stress, leading to the initiation of wear and revealing the pronounced effect of water on the wear characteristics of graphite in underwater condition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Structural, electronic and dielectric properties of carbon nanotubes interacting with Co nanoclusters 与 Co 纳米团簇相互作用的碳纳米管的结构、电子和介电特性

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100410

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The influence of carbon content to the band gap of ABC stacked trilayer hybridized graphene and hexagonal boron nitride 碳含量对 ABC 叠层三层杂化石墨烯和六方氮化硼带隙的影响

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100413

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Optical investigation of degradation of graphene oxide in alkaline environment: Evidence of two distinct photon-emitting phases in visible region. 碱性环境中氧化石墨烯降解的光学研究：可见光区域两种不同光子发射阶段的证据。

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100412

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Supramolecular interactions in graphene–chitosan composites with plasmonic nanoparticles 带有等离子纳米粒子的石墨烯-壳聚糖复合材料中的超分子相互作用

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100405

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Observation of novel carbon nanocorals during the synthesis of graphene and investigations on their composition, morphological and structural properties 在合成石墨烯过程中观察新型碳纳米珊瑚并研究其组成、形态和结构特性

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100411

{"title":"Observation of novel carbon nanocorals during the synthesis of graphene and investigations on their composition, morphological and structural properties","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Novel carbon nanocorals (CNCs) are observed during the synthesis of graphene on copper substrates by thermal chemical vapor deposition, using precursor gas acetylene (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>) and carrier gas argon (Ar). CNCs have unique structure and investigations are carried out on structural and elemental compositions by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray excited Auger electron spectroscopy (XAES), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The graphitic nature of the CNCs is evident from characteristic D, G, and 2D bands obtained from Raman spectrum. Elemental composition analysis by XPS shows presence of sp<sup>2</sup> and sp<sup>3</sup> hybridized carbon whereas XAES quantifies percentage of sp<sup>2</sup> and sp<sup>3</sup> hybridized carbon. FESEM micrographs show a uniform distribution of densely packed CNCs throughout the sample, and formation of groups of CNCs with distinct contours on the surface. The cross-sectional FESEM shows stacking of large number of graphene layers with dendrites. HRTEM analysis further supports observations of FESEM and elaborates structural morphology of the CNCs. Synthesis, characterization and analysis of the properties of carbon nanocorals are reported here, for the first time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52629,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Recent research trends in the rational design strategies of carbon-based electrocatalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis 用于电化学氨合成的碳基电催化剂合理设计策略的最新研究趋势

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Carbon Trends Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2024.100409

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