Pumpkin‐Derived Porous Carbon for Supercapacitors with High Performance

Pumpkin has been employed for the first time as a renewable, low‐cost precursor for the preparation of porous carbon materials with excellent performance. Unlike most other precursors, pumpkin is rich in sugars and starch, and it has advantageous properties for large‐scale production. The as‐prepared materials adopted a unique morphology that consisted of numerous fused sphere‐like carbon grains with a high specific surface area (2968 m² g^?1), abundant micro and mesopores, and excellent electrochemical properties. The pumpkin‐derived activated carbon (PAC) material not only exhibited a high specific capacitance of 419 F g^?1, but also showed considerable cycling stability, with 93.6 % retention after 10 000 cycles. Moreover, a symmetrical supercapacitor that was based on PAC showed a high energy density of 22.1 W h kg^?1 in aqueous electrolyte. These superior properties demonstrate that PAC holds great promise for applications in electrochemical energy‐storage devices.     

Recent Advances in Porous Carbon Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage

Climate change and the energy crisis have promoted the rapid development of electrochemical energy‐storage devices. Owing to many intriguing physicochemical properties, such as excellent chemical stability, high electronic conductivity, and a large specific surface area, porous carbon materials have always been considering as a promising candidate for electrochemical energy storage. To date, a wide variety of porous carbon materials based upon molecular design, pore control, and compositional tailoring have been proposed for energy‐storage applications. This focus review summarizes recent advances in the synthesis of various porous carbon materials from the view of energy storage, particularly in the past three years. Their applications in representative electrochemical energy‐storage devices, such as lithium‐ion batteries, supercapacitors, and lithium‐ion hybrid capacitors, are discussed in this review, with a look forward to offer some inspiration and guidelines for the exploitation of advanced carbon‐based energy‐storage materials.     

微米级SiO合成多孔氧化硅/硅/碳储锂复合材料

以微米级SiO为原料,通过简单的高温煅烧、碳包覆和酸刻蚀制备多孔氧化硅/硅/碳复合材料,复合材料比表面积和平均孔径分别为32.9 m~2/g和3 nm。纳米硅分散在缓冲介质氧化硅多孔体系中,表面包覆一层薄而均匀的碳层。所得的复合材料具有较好的循环稳定性,在0.3 m A/g下,50次循环后可逆容量保持在645.1 m A·h/g。多孔结构、氧化硅缓解了硅在脱嵌锂过程的体积膨胀,碳层提高了复合材料的导电性和结构稳定性。     

多孔硅/硝酸钆复合材料制备与表征

多孔硅/硝酸钆复合材料因具有爆炸能量高和环境危害小等特点而受到世界各国广泛关注.采用电化学阳极氧化法制备新鲜多孔硅并滴加硝酸钆形成复合材料,表征其化学组成与结构.结果表明,当电解液HF与EtOH体积比为1∶1、电流密度为50mA·cm-2、阳极氧化时间为30min时,形成的多孔硅孔隙率较大,适宜与硝酸钆形成复合材料;与新鲜多孔硅相比,滴加硝酸钆乙醇溶液的多孔硅在1675、1534、1382和1217cm-1出现了4个新的吸收峰,结合N1s和Si2p结合能有明显化学位移的现象,表明硝酸钆乙醇溶液与多孔硅之间存在相互作用,结构中有-NH2形成,表面Si-Hx键被氧化为si-O键;当电火花触发时,观察到多孔硅/硝酸钆复合材料爆炸现象.     

Reversible Switching between Highly Porous and Nonporous Phases of an Interpenetrated Diamondoid Coordination Network That Exhibits Gate‐Opening at Methane Storage Pressures

Herein, we report that a new flexible coordination network, NiL₂ (L=4‐(4‐pyridyl)‐biphenyl‐4‐carboxylic acid), with diamondoid topology switches between non‐porous (closed) and several porous (open) phases at specific CO₂ and CH₄ pressures. These phases are manifested by multi‐step low‐pressure isotherms for CO₂ or a single‐step high‐pressure isotherm for CH₄. The potential methane working capacity of NiL₂ approaches that of compressed natural gas but at much lower pressures. The guest‐induced phase transitions of NiL₂ were studied by single‐crystal XRD, in situ variable pressure powder XRD, synchrotron powder XRD, pressure‐gradient differential scanning calorimetry (P‐DSC), and molecular modeling. The detailed structural information provides insight into the extreme flexibility of NiL₂ . Specifically, the extended linker ligand, L , undergoes ligand contortion and interactions between interpenetrated networks or sorbate–sorbent interactions enable the observed switching.     

微孔配位聚合物作为新型储氢材料的研究

微孔配位聚合物性质独特、结构多样,具有广泛的应用前景,它已成为近几年来一个热门的研究领域。本文简要介绍该类化合物作为一种新型的储氢材料,在合成、结构和储氢性能方面的研究进展。     

锂硫电池用多孔碳/硫复合正极材料的研究

锂硫电池具有高的理论比容量和理论能量密度,被认为是当前最有前景的二次电池体系之一。现阶段锂硫电池的研究工作主要集中于高性能硫正极材料的设计与合成。具有优良的导电性、良好的结构稳定性和多孔结构的纳米碳材料,比如活性碳、介孔碳、超小微孔碳、多级结构多孔碳、空心碳球和空心碳纤维,充分满足了锂硫电池正极材料对碳基体的要求。本文综述了近年来多孔碳/硫复合材料作为硫正极的研究进展。总结了以具有不同结构特征的多孔碳基体负载硫组装的锂硫电池的电化学性能,并分析了不同多孔结构对性能的影响。最后在此基础上,从多孔碳/硫复合正极材料的设计和合成的角度,展望了其未来的发展趋势。     

Conductive Microporous Covalent Triazine‐Based Framework for High‐Performance Electrochemical Capacitive Energy Storage

Nitrogen‐enriched porous nanocarbon, graphene, and conductive polymers attract increasing attention for application in supercapacitors. However, electrode materials with a large specific surface area (SSA) and a high nitrogen doping concentration, which is needed for excellent supercapacitors, has not been achieved thus far. Herein, we developed a class of tetracyanoquinodimethane‐derived conductive microporous covalent triazine‐based frameworks (TCNQ‐CTFs) with both high nitrogen content (>8 %) and large SSA (>3600 m² g^?1). These CTFs exhibited excellent specific capacitances with the highest value exceeding 380 F g^?1, considerable energy density of 42.8 Wh kg^?1, and remarkable cycling stability without any capacitance degradation after 10 000 cycles. This class of CTFs should hold a great potential as high‐performance electrode material for electrochemical energy‐storage systems.     

从SiCl4合成多孔硅/碳复合材料及储锂性能研究

以Li₁₃Si₄和SiCl₄为原料,通过简单的机械球磨法合成多孔硅/碳复合材料,通过控制Li₁₃Si₄颗粒的尺寸可以有效调节产物的比表面积。分别研究了包覆碳含量、多孔硅/SuperP(导电碳)比表面积以及极片活性物质负载量对多孔硅/碳复合材料电化学性能的影响。结果表明:多孔硅/SuperP比表面积为100.9m₂·g^-1,化学气相沉积(CVD)包覆碳含量为25.3wt%(约6nm厚)的复合材料具有最高的电化学活性,在300mA·g^-1的电流密度下,循环可逆比容量达到1900mAh·g^-1,50次循环后容量仅衰减7.6%。     

从SiCl4合成多孔硅/碳复合材料及储锂性能研究

以Li13Si4和SiCl4为原料,通过简单的机械球磨法合成多孔硅/碳复合材料,通过控制Li13Si4颗粒的尺寸可以有效调节产物的比表面积。分别研究了包覆碳含量、多孔硅/Super P(导电碳)比表面积以及极片活性物质负载量对多孔硅/碳复合材料电化学性能的影响。结果表明:多孔硅/Super P比表面积为100.9 m2·g-1,化学气相沉积(CVD)包覆碳含量为25.3wt%(约6 nm厚)的复合材料具有最高的电化学活性,在300 mA·g-1的电流密度下,循环可逆比容量达到1 900 mAh·g-1,50次循环后容量仅衰减7.6%。     

Novel Two‐Dimensional Porous Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage: A Minireview

Two dimensional (2D) porous materials have great potential in electrochemical energy conversion and storage. Over the past five years, our research group has focused on Simple, Mass, Homogeneous and Repeatable Synthesis of various 2D porous materials and their applications for electrochemical energy storage especially for supercapacitors (SCs). During the experimental process, through precisely controlling the experimental parameters, such as reaction species, molar ratio of different ions, concentration, pH value of reaction solution, heating temperature, and reaction time, we have successfully achieved the control of crystal structure, composition, crystallinity, morphology, and size of these 2D porous materials including transition metal oxides (TMOs), transition metal hydroxides (TMHOs), transition metal oxalates (TMOXs), transition metal coordination complexes (TMCCs) and carbon materials, as well as their derivatives and composites. We have also named some of them with CQU‐Chen (CQU is the initialism of Chongqing University, Chen is the last name of Lingyun Chen), such as CQU‐Chen‐Co?O‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Ni?O?H‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Zn?Co?O‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Zn?Co?O‐2, CQU‐Chen‐OA?Co‐2‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Co?OA‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Ni?OA‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Gly?Co‐3‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Gly?Ni‐2‐1, CQU‐Chen‐Gly?Co?Ni‐1, etc. The introduction of 2D porous materials as electrode materials for SCs improves the energy storage performances. These materials provide a large number of active sites for ion adsorption, supply plentiful channels for fast ion transport and boost electrical conductivity and facilitate electron transportation and ion penetration. The unique 2D porous structures review is mainly devoted to the introduction of our contribution in the 2D porous nanostructured materials for SC. Finally, the further directions about the preparation of 2D porous materials and electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications are also included.     

硫掺杂二氧化钛/碳化钛复合材料的制备及储锂性能

通过二维层状Ti_3C_2的原位水热氧化和气相硫化反应,制备了硫掺杂二氧化钛/碳化钛(S-TiO_2/Ti_3C_2)复合材料,并用于电化学储锂。结果表明,二氧化钛纳米颗粒原位生长在碳化钛片层上,且硫成功掺杂到二氧化钛中。这种S-TiO_2/Ti_3C_2复合结构作为锂离子电池的负极材料,表现出较好的电化学性能。在0.2 A/g的电流密度下循环100圈后,放电比容量稳定在288 m A·h/g,远高于纯Ti_3C_2和TiO_2/Ti_3C_2电极的放电比容量。S-TiO_2/Ti_3C_2复合材料表现出的较高比容量和良好的循环性能,主要归因于复合材料的特殊纳米结构优势:二氧化钛原位生长在碳化钛上,使复合材料具有稳定良好的接触界面,能够促进电子的快速转移,同时可以有效避免循环过程中两种组分的分离;硫在二氧化钛中的掺杂可以提高二氧化钛的导电性,并引入缺陷,提高反应活性。此研究工作为二维材料的原位转化及复合提供了新的思路和研究方法。     

酸功能化碳纳米管对多孔碳材料储能活性及稳定性的增强作用

采用球磨法将酸功能化碳纳米管（AMWCNTs）与环糊精均匀混合。 酸功能化有利于增强碳管和环糊精间的相互作用,从而使二者形成均匀、有效的复合。 在N2气保护下碳化并经后续的ZnCl2活化处理,最终获得酸功能化碳纳米管/多孔碳(PC)复合体材料。 采用透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射和拉曼光谱等方法对材料结构进行了表征。 结果表明,碳纳米管在多孔碳骨架内均匀分布,并且复合体同时具有较高的比表面积和良好的导电性。 循环伏安及恒流充放电等电化学测试表明,由于二者的协同作用及碳纳米管在多孔碳骨架内均匀、有效的复合,材料具有较好的电化学储能性能和良好的电化学稳定性。 电流密度为0.5 A/g时,AMWCNTs/PC12-4（其中12代表β-环糊精和AMWCNTs的质量比,4代表酸化碳纳米管/β-环糊精碳与氯化锌的质量比）复合材料的质量比电容为156 F/g,远远高于AMWCNTs（43 F/g）和PC-4（87 F/g）。 经5000次循环后,电极比电容无明显衰减,而且每次恒流充放电的库仑效率均大于99.9%,说明复合材料具有良好的稳定性,是非常有前景的超级电容器电极材料。     

Electrochemical Properties of Tin Oxide Flake/Reduced Graphene Oxide/Carbon Composite Powders as Anode Materials for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Hierarchically structured tin oxide/reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/carbon composite powders are prepared through a one‐pot spray pyrolysis process. SnO nanoflakes of several hundred nanometers in diameter and a few nanometers in thickness are uniformly distributed over the micrometer‐sized spherical powder particles. The initial discharge and charge capacities of the tin oxide/RGO/carbon composite powders at a current density of 1000 mA g^?1 are 1543 and 1060 mA h g^?1, respectively. The discharge capacity of the tin oxide/RGO/carbon composite powders after 175 cycles is 844 mA h g^?1, and the capacity retention measured from the second cycle is 80 %. The transformation during cycling of SnO nanoflakes, uniformly dispersed in the tin oxide/RGO/carbon composite powder, into ultrafine nanocrystals results in hollow nanovoids that act as buffers for the large volume changes that occur during cycling, thereby improving the cycling and rate performances of the tin oxide/RGO/carbon composite powders.     

Nitrogen/Oxygen Co-Doped Hierarchically Porous Carbon for High-Performance Potassium Storage

Although the insertion of potassium ions into graphite has been proven to be realistic, the electrochemical performance of potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) is not yet satisfactory. Therefore, more effort is required to improve the specific capabilities and achieve a long cycling life. The mild carbonization process in molten salt (NaCl-KCl) is used to synthesize nitrogen/oxygen co-doped hierarchically porous carbon (NOPC) for PIBs by using cyanobacteria as the carbon source. This exhibits highly reversible capacities and ultra-long cycling stability, retaining a capacity of 266 mA h g⁻¹ at 50 mA g⁻¹ (100 cycles) and presents a capacity of 104.3 mA h g⁻¹ at 1000 mA g⁻¹ (1000 cycles). Kinetics analysis reveals that the potassium ion (K⁺) storage of NOPC is controlled by a capacitive process, which plays a crucial role in the excellent rate performance and superior reversible ability. The high proportion of capacitive behavior can be ascribed to the hierarchically porous structure and improved conductivity resulting from nitrogen and oxygen doping. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) calculations theoretically validate the enhanced potassium storage effect of the as-obtained NOPC. More importantly, the route to NOPC from cyanobacteria in molten salt provides a green approach to the synthesis of porous carbon materials.     

The Synthesis of Porous Na3V2(PO4)3 for Sodium-Ion Storage

Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ (NVP) has been regarded as a potential cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its excellent structural stability and rapid Na⁺ conductivity. However, its electrochemical performances are restricted by the large bulk structure and poor electronic conductivity. The construction of porous NVP materials is a powerful method to improve the electrochemical properties. This concept aims to provide an overview of recent progress of porous NVP materials for SIBs. Herein, the synthetic strategies and formation mechanisms of porous NVP materials as well as the relationship between the porous structures and electrochemical performances of NVP materials are reviewed. Furthermore, the challenges and prospects for the preparation of porous NVP materials in this field are outlined.