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.     

A Honeycomb-Like Bulk Superstructure of Carbon Nanosheets for Electrocatalysis and Energy Storage

Superstructures have attracted extensive attention because of their potential applications in materials science and biology. Herein, we fabricate the first centimeter-sized porous superstructure of carbon nanosheets (SCNS) by using metal–organic framework nanoparticles as a template and polyvinylpyrrolidone as an additional carbon source. The SCNS shows a honeycomb-like morphology with wall-sharing carbon cages, in each cavity of which a porous carbon sphere is encapsulated. A single piece of SCNS is directly used as the electrode for a two-electrode symmetrical supercapacitor cell without any binders and supports, benefiting from its advantage in ultra-large geometric size, and the Fe-immobilized SCNS exhibits excellent catalytic performances for oxygen reduction reaction and in a Zn–air battery. This synthetic strategy presents a facile approach for preparing functional SCNS at centimetric scale with controllable morphologies and compositions favoring the fabrication of energy devices.     

Amorphous and Crystalline 2D Polymeric Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution and Hydrogen Peroxide Production

Photocatalytic reactions, including hydrogen/oxygen generation, water splitting and hydrogen peroxide production, are regarded as a renewable and promising method to harvest and use solar energy. The key to achieving this goal is to explore efficient photocatalysts with high productivity. Recently, two‐dimensional (2D) polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets were reported as efficient photocatalysts toward various products because of their outstanding properties, such as high specific surface area, more reactive sites, the quantum effect in thickness and unique electronic properties. This minireview attempts to overview recent advances in the preparation, structure and properties of crystalline and amorphous carbon nitride nanosheets, and their applications in photocatalytic hydrogen/oxygen evolution, water splitting and hydrogen peroxide production. We also thoroughly discuss the effect of defects, dopants and composites on the photocatalytic efficiency of these carbon nitride nanosheets. Finally, we outlook the ongoing opportunities and future challenges for 2D carbon nitride nanosheets in the field of photocatalysis.     

Singlet Oxygen and the Origin of Oxygen Functionalities on the Surface of Carbon Electrodes

The generation of oxygen‐containing functionalities on pristine carbon surfaces is investigated and shown to be light sensitive, specifically to infra‐red radiation. A mechanistic route involving singlet oxygen, ¹O₂, is proposed and evidenced.     

Porous Organic Molecular Frameworks with Extrinsic Porosity: A Platform for Carbon Storage and Separation

The assembly of porous organic molecular frameworks (POMFs), which typically evidence common feasibility and compatibility, purification, and regeneration at practical conditions, remains a strategic challenge in modern materials science and is crucial for their favorable applications in biological, medical, and environmental realms. However, instructive knowledge of well‐organized POMF assembly by supramolecular interactions is, in general, ambiguous to date. Nevertheless, a significant advance in controlled POMF assembly has been recently achieved. This Minireview highlights these approaches, with a particular focus on the design of molecular constituents and assembly strategies. We also look beyond the field of solid‐state POMF materials into the assembly and recognition in solution, thus covering recent advances in POMFs based on material design and applications in carbon storage and separation.     

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.     

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。     

核桃青皮制备高含氧量多孔炭及其对Ni2+的吸附性能

以核桃青皮为原料, 先用水热法制备其炭前驱体, 然后以不同的温度活化得到生物质炭(HBC_x). 采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、 氮气吸附-脱附仪(BET)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等手段对HBC_x进行了表征, 并考察其对废水中高浓度和低浓度Ni²⁺的吸附性能. SEM和BET表征结果表明, 大量的大孔(约2 μm)均匀地分布在HBC_x上, 其具有分级多孔结构, 当活化温度为800 ℃, 所得HBC₈₀₀的比表面积为 94 m²/g, 平均孔径为4.07 nm; 炭材料表面含氧和含氮官能团丰富, 氧含量(摩尔分数)高达21.24%, 可与Ni²⁺发生离子交换或共沉淀, 这些基团有利于吸附过程的进行. 所制备的多孔炭对废液中低浓度的Ni²⁺去除率接近100%, 表现出优异的吸附性能. Langmuir等温模型能很好地描述了HBC_x对Ni²⁺的吸附过程, 为单分子层吸附, HBC₈₀₀对Ni²⁺的最大理论吸附量高达127.39 mg/g. 拟二级吸附动力学模型可以更好地反映吸附过程, 吸附速率主要由化学吸附所控制. 固定床动态吸附结果表明该材料有优异的工业应用前景.     

Optimal Configuration of N-Doped Carbon Defects in 2D Turbostratic Carbon Nanomesh for Advanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

The charge redistribution strategy driven by heteroatom doping or defect engineering has been developed as an efficient method to endow inert carbon with significant oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The synergetic effect between the two approaches is thus expected to be more effective for manipulating the charge distribution of carbon materials for exceptional ORR performance. Herein we report a novel molecular design strategy to achieve a 2D porous turbostratic carbon nanomesh with abundant N-doped carbon defects (NDC). The molecular level integration of aromatic rings as the carbon source and urea units as the N source and sacrificial template into the novel precursor of polyurea (PU) promises the formation of abundant carbon edge defects and N doping sites. A special active site—a carbon edge defect doped with a graphitic valley N atom—was revealed to be responsible for the exceptional ORR performance of NDC material.     

ZIF‐8 Derived Graphene‐Based Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Sheets as Highly Efficient and Durable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

Nitrogen‐doped carbon (NC) materials have been proposed as next‐generation oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts to significantly improve scalability and reduce costs, but these alternatives usually exhibit low activity and/or gradual deactivation during use. Here, we develop new 2D sandwich‐like zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) derived graphene‐based nitrogen‐doped porous carbon sheets (GNPCSs) obtained by in situ growing ZIF on graphene oxide (GO). Compared to commercial Pt/C catalyst, the GNPCSs show comparable onset potential, higher current density, and especially an excellent tolerance to methanol and superior durability in the ORR. Those properties might be attributed to a synergistic effect between NC and graphene with regard to structure and composition. Furthermore, higher open‐circuit voltage and power density are obtained in direct methanol fuel cells.     

The Influence of N‐doped Carbon Materials on Supported Pd: Enhanced Hydrogen Storage and Oxygen Reduction Performance

N‐doped graphene has become an important support for Pd in both hydrogen storage and catalytic reactions. The molecular orbitals of carbon materials (including graphene, fullerene, and small carbon clusters) and those of the supported Pd species will hybrid much stronger as N dopants are introduced, owing to the increased electrostatic attraction at the interface. This enhances the carbon substrates′ catching force for the supported Pd, preventing its leaching and aggregation in many practical applications. The better dispersion and stabilization of Pd nanoparticles, which are induced by various carbon supports with N‐doping, are pleasing to us and could increase their efficiency and facilitate their recycling during various reaction processes in several fields.     

铁镍合金纳米颗粒镶嵌的多级孔氮掺杂碳催化剂的制备及析氧性能研究

非贵金属铁镍合金催化剂在析氧反应（OER）中性能优异，表现出取代贵金属RuO₂催化剂的巨大潜力.以SiO₂为大孔模板，多巴胺为氮碳源，Fe³⁺，Ni²⁺为金属源，通过原位吸附、聚合、焙烧、刻蚀等步骤制备得到铁镍合金纳米颗粒镶嵌的多级孔氮掺杂碳催化剂.碱性介质中的析氧反应测试表明，合金催化剂达到电流密度10 mA·cm^-2时过电位仅为286 mV，显著低于以RuO₂为催化剂的380 mV过电位；同时经过2000圈循环伏安老化后活性几乎无衰减，稳定性高.所制备的合金催化剂具有两方面结构优势：（1）铁镍合金以及单质铁纳米颗粒镶嵌于大孔碳的薄层孔壁中，有利于暴露活性位点；（2）石墨化氮碳层对合金纳米颗粒的保护提高了材料抗腐蚀性，进而提升其稳定性.     

Optimal Configuration of N‐Doped Carbon Defects in 2D Turbostratic Carbon Nanomesh for Advanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

The charge redistribution strategy driven by heteroatom doping or defect engineering has been developed as an efficient method to endow inert carbon with significant oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The synergetic effect between the two approaches is thus expected to be more effective for manipulating the charge distribution of carbon materials for exceptional ORR performance. Herein we report a novel molecular design strategy to achieve a 2D porous turbostratic carbon nanomesh with abundant N‐doped carbon defects (NDC). The molecular level integration of aromatic rings as the carbon source and urea units as the N source and sacrificial template into the novel precursor of polyurea (PU) promises the formation of abundant carbon edge defects and N doping sites. A special active site—a carbon edge defect doped with a graphitic valley N atom—was revealed to be responsible for the exceptional ORR performance of NDC material.     

Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon with Atomically Dispersed FeN4 for Ultraefficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

The low catalytic activity and poor mass transport capacity of platinum group metal free (PGM‐free) catalysts seriously restrict the application of proton‐exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Catalysts derived from Fe‐doped ZIF‐8 could in theory be as active as Pt/C thanks to the high intrinsic activity of FeN₄; however, the micropores fail to meet rapid mass transfer. Herein, an ordered hierarchical porous structure is introduced into Fe‐doped ZIF‐8 single crystals, which were subsequently carbonized to obtain an FeN₄‐doped hierarchical ordered porous carbon (FeN₄/HOPC) skeleton. The optimal catalyst FeN₄/HOPC‐c‐1000 shows excellent performance with a half‐wave potential of 0.80 V in 0.5 m H₂SO₄ solution, only 20 mV lower than that of commercial Pt/C (0.82 V). In a real PEMFC, FeN₄/HOPC‐c‐1000 exhibits significantly enhanced current density and power density relative to FeN₄/C, which does not have an optimized pore structure, implying an efficient utilization of the active sites and enhanced mass transfer to promote the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).     

Mechanisms of Molecular Mobility of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Carbon Molecular Sieves

Molecular mobility of oxygen, O₂, and nitrogen, N₂, in Carbon Molecular Sieves, CMS, was investigated using the Frequency Response, FR, technique to identify mass-transfer mechanisms and related kinetic time constants. The FR data showed that O₂ mobility in four types of CMS was dominantly controlled by surmounting surface-barrier resistances, whereas the mobility of both O₂ and N₂ in pellets of a fifth CMS type obeyed the Fickian diffusion model. Temperature and pressure dependences of surface-barrier penetration time constants were obtained for O₂ and N₂ in several of those CMS materials. The kinetic time constants of surface-barrier penetration were related to Langmuir-type rate constants, which indicates that kinetic behavior of O₂ therein could also be interpreted in terms of a Langmuir-kinetics equation.     

纳米Fe(OH)3为模板的三维石墨烯类多孔碳的制备及其催化氧还原性能研究

以煤焦油沥青为碳源,纳米Fe(OH)₃为模板制备了一种三维石墨烯类多孔碳材料,通过测试氧还原性能,确定了最佳制备工艺为：反应物煤沥青,纳米Fe(OH)₃,KOH的质量配比为6:8:4,热解温度为800 ℃. 扫描电镜（SEM）测试结果表明,制得的产品具有明显的孔结构且分布均匀. 透射电镜（TEM）测试结果进一步表明,产品具有泡沫状的多孔结构,高分辨透射电子显微镜图像表明该产品具有多层的三维石墨烯结构. X射线衍射（XRD）数据表明,在29^o位置出现的衍射峰是多层石墨烯结构,42^o位置的衍射峰表明,产品具有一定程度的石墨化. 由拉曼光谱结果计算I_G与I_2D的比值表明产品为多层石墨烯结构. X射线光电子能谱分析（XPS）检测到的C元素含量约为88.7%,主要包含C-C键,图谱中未发现铁元素的存在,证明纳米Fe(OH)₃模板已被洗净. 根据比表面积测定（BET）可知,多孔碳的比表面积为2040 m²•g^-1,孔径集中分布在10~400 nm,这与TEM测试得到的结果一致. 在0.1 mol•L^-1 KOH中进行催化氧还原性能测试,起始还原电位为0 V (vs. Hg/HgO),电子转移数为3.58。测试结果表明,制得的三维石墨烯类多孔碳具有良好的催化氧还原性能.     

Integrated Ultrafine Co0.85Se in Carbon Nanofibers: An Efficient and Robust Bifunctional Catalyst for Oxygen Electrocatalysis

Transition-metal selenides are emerging as alternative bifunctional catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); however, their activity and stability are still less than desirable. Herein, ultrafine Co_0.85Se nanoparticles encapsulated into carbon nanofibers (CNFs), Co_0.85Se@CNFs, is reported as an integrated bifunctional catalyst for OER and ORR. This catalyst exhibits a low OER potential of 1.58 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) (E_{J=10, OER}) to achieve a current density (J) of 10 mA cm⁻² and a high ORR potential of 0.84 V vs. RHE (E_{J=−1, ORR}) to reach −1 mA cm⁻². Thus, the potential between E_{J=10, OER} and E_{J=−1, ORR} is only 0.74 V, indicating considerable bifunctional activity. The excellent bifunctionality can be attributed to high electronic conduction, abundant electrochemically active sites, and the synergistic effect of Co_0.85Se and CNFs. Furthermore, this Co_0.85Se@CNFs catalyst displays good cycling stability for both OER and ORR. This study paves a new way for the rational design of hybrid catalysts composed of transition-metal selenides and carbon materials for efficiently catalyzing OER and ORR.     

磷酸钒钠Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3电化学储能研究进展

锂离子电池在全球范围内的广泛应用加剧了对锂资源的消耗,其成本和原料将限制其未来发展。钠与锂具有相似物理化学性质,并且储量丰富。根据锂离子"摇椅式"电池原理,富钠离子化合物可类似富锂离子正极材料,提供可脱嵌的钠离子及结构。钠离子较锂离子大,其可逆脱嵌反应要求材料结构具有较大的容钠位与离子迁移通道。聚阴离子体磷酸钒钠Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3属于钠离子超导体(NASICON)材料,其NASICON结构骨架形成了稳定的容钠位,并且开放的三维离子迁移通道利于提高钠离子的扩散。Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3作为电池正极材料,具有理想的比容量、电压平台与循环稳定性,从而受到了广泛关注。本文首先介绍了Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3结构特点,其次结合团队已有的工作基础对Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3在钠离子电池、混合离子电池、水系电池,混合超级电容器等体系中的应用与反应机理进行了阐述;总结了基于Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3设计的复合材料与结构并探讨了Na_3V_2(PO_4)_3可能存在的问题与未来发展趋势。     

一步水热法制备氮掺杂碳点用于Fe3+检测及细胞成像

以生物相容性优异的人体必需氨基酸分子色氨酸和苏氨酸为前驱体,通过一步水热法合成了水溶性良好的蓝色荧光氮掺杂碳点(N-CDs).采用高分辨率透射电镜、X射线衍射光谱、X射线光电子能谱、傅里叶红外吸收光谱、紫外可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱对其结构、组成和光学性质进行研究.结果表明所制备的N-CDs尺寸均一,平均粒径为4.1 nm...     

MnxOy/NC and CoxOy/NC Nanoparticles Embedded in a Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Matrix for High‐Performance Bifunctional Oxygen Electrodes

Reversible interconversion of water into H₂ and O₂, and the recombination of H₂ and O₂ to H₂O thereby harnessing the energy of the reaction provides a completely green cycle for sustainable energy conversion and storage. The realization of this goal is however hampered by the lack of efficient catalysts for water splitting and oxygen reduction. We report exceptionally active bifunctional catalysts for oxygen electrodes comprising Mn₃O₄ and Co₃O₄ nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen‐doped carbon, obtained by selective pyrolysis and subsequent mild calcination of manganese and cobalt N₄ macrocyclic complexes. Intimate interaction was observed between the metals and nitrogen suggesting residual M–N_x coordination in the catalysts. The catalysts afford remarkably lower reversible overpotentials in KOH (0.1 M ) than those for RuO₂, IrO₂, Pt, NiO, Mn₃O₄, and Co₃O₄, thus placing them among the best non‐precious‐metal catalysts for reversible oxygen electrodes reported to date.