Hard carbon(HC)is widely used in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs),but its performance has always been limited by lowinitial Coulombic efficiency(ICE)and cycling *** compensation agent is a favorable strategy to make up for ...
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Hard carbon(HC)is widely used in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs),but its performance has always been limited by lowinitial Coulombic efficiency(ICE)and cycling *** compensation agent is a favorable strategy to make up for the loss of active sodium ions consumed *** it lacks agent that effectively decomposes to increase the active sodium ions as well as regulate carbon defects for decreasing the irreversible sodium ions ***,we propose 1,2-dihydroxybenzene Na salt(NaDB)as a cathode compensation agent with high specific capacity(347.9 mAh g^(-1)),lower desodiation potential(2.4–2.8 V)and high utilization(99%).Meanwhile,its byproduct could functionalize HC with more C=O groups and promote its reversible ***,the presodiation hard carbon(pHC)anode exhibits highly reversible capacity of 204.7 mAh g^(-1) with 98%retention at 5 C rate over 1000 ***,with 5 wt%NaDB initially coated on the Na3V2(PO4)3(NVP)cathode,the capacity retention of NVP + NaDB|HC cell could increase from 22%to 89%after 1000 cycles at 1 C *** work provides a new avenue to improve reversible capacity and cycling performance of SIBs through designing functional cathode compensation agent.
Seawater electrolysis is a highly promising method to produce high energy density hydrogen,especially in dry areas that have scarce freshwater ***,application of seawater electrolysis is confronted by two major proble...
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Seawater electrolysis is a highly promising method to produce high energy density hydrogen,especially in dry areas that have scarce freshwater ***,application of seawater electrolysis is confronted by two major problems associated with catalysts employed for the anodic oxygen evolution reaction(OER) including the competitive hypochlorite evolution reaction(HCER) and strong chloridion(Cl-) triggered *** studies aimed at overcoming these problems,a facile method has been developed to synthesize a homologous CoS2heterojunction as an OER *** to a difference in work functions at the interface and increased electron density,this material has directed electron transfer and strong chloridion repulsion properties,*** have shown that CoS2achieves low overpotentials of 289 and 322 mV at 10 mA cm-2current density in respective alkaline(1 M KOH) and alkaline simulated seawater ***,the outstanding stability of CoS2is reflected in a negligible decline in activity during promotion of the OER for 100 *** of density functional theory calculations reveal that the homologous CoS2heterojunction promotes directed electron transport for optimizing adsorption/desorption of reactive species and heightens the Cl-adsorption energy for strongly repulsing Cl-,phenomena that enhance OER performance in alkaline simulated seawater.
N-acetylglucosamine(GlcNAc)is an amino monosaccharide that has a variety of bioactivities and is widely used in pharmaceutical and food *** of GlcNAc by chitin hydrolysis is limited by the supply of raw materials and ...
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N-acetylglucosamine(GlcNAc)is an amino monosaccharide that has a variety of bioactivities and is widely used in pharmaceutical and food *** of GlcNAc by chitin hydrolysis is limited by the supply of raw materials and encounters the risk of shellfish protein *** efficient biosynthesis of GlcNAc,one challenge is to balance the carbon distribution between growth and ***,we applied the strategy of synergistic carbon utilization,in which glycerol supports cell growth and provides the acetyl group of GlcNAc while glucose serves as the precursor to *** efficiency of GlcNAc production was stepwise improved by blocking the product re-uptake and degradation,strengthening the biosynthetic pathway and synergistically utilizing two carbon *** these efforts,the final strain produced 41.5 g/L GlcNAc with a yield of 0.49 g/g of total carbon *** addition,we also explored the feasibility of using acetate as a cheap carbon source to partly replace *** study provides a promising alternative strategy for sustainable and efficient pro-duction of GlcNAc.
Pervaporation desalination by highly hydrophilic materials such as poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA)based separation membrane is a burgeoning technology of late ***,the improvement of membrane flux in pervaporation desalinatio...
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Pervaporation desalination by highly hydrophilic materials such as poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA)based separation membrane is a burgeoning technology of late ***,the improvement of membrane flux in pervaporation desalination has been a difficult ***,a novel hybrid membrane with doped graphene oxide quantum dots(GOQDs)which is rich in hydrophilic groups and small size into the matrix of PVA was prepared to improve the membrane *** membranes structures were described by field emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM),atomic force microscopy(AFM),Fourier transform infrared(FT-IR),differential scanning calorimetry(DSC),thermogravimetric analysis(TGA)and X-ray diffraction(XRD).And more,Water contact angle,swelling degree,and pervaporation properties were carried out to explore the effect of GOQDs in PVA *** addition,GOQDs content in the hybrid membrane,NaCl concentration,and feed temperature were investigated ***,the hydrogen bonds between PVA chains were weakened by the interaction between GOQDs and PVA ***,the hybrid membrane with optimized doped GOQDs content,200 mg·L^(-1),displays a high membrane flux of 17.09 kg·m^(-2)·h^(-1)and the salt rejection is consistently greater than 99.6%.
The diffusion and chemical reactions inside the catalyst particles and the heterogeneous flow structure in the computational cells are key factors to affect the accuracy of the coarse-grid simulation in circulating fl...
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The diffusion and chemical reactions inside the catalyst particles and the heterogeneous flow structure in the computational cells are key factors to affect the accuracy of the coarse-grid simulation in circulating fluidized bed(CFB)methanation *** this work,a particle-scale model is developed to calculate the effective reaction rate considering the transient diffusion and chemical reactions in the particle scale,i.e.,the scale of the single catalyst particle.A modified sub-grid drag model is proposed to consider the effects of the meso-scale and chemical reactions on the heterogeneous gas-solid interaction,where the meso-scale is between the single particle and the whole reactor and featured with the particle ***,a coupled model is developed by integrating the particle-scale and modified sub-grid drag models into ***,the coupled model is validated to achieve accurate predictions on the CO methanation process in a CFB ***,the coupled model can be performed with a coarse grid(∼58 times particle diameter)and a large time step(0.005 s)to accelerate the *** simply changing the reaction kinetics,different gas-solid catalytic reaction systems can be simulated by using the coupled model.
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR)is a key process for producing energy efficient and environment friendly ***-doped two-dimensional materials are highly promising as NRR ***,the interaction between dop...
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Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR)is a key process for producing energy efficient and environment friendly ***-doped two-dimensional materials are highly promising as NRR ***,the interaction between doped boron and matrix materials on NRR catalytic performance is still unclear,which is limiting the development of catalysts containing boron for ***,NRR on different boron-doped twodimensional(2D)materials was explored by first principle *** is found that adsorption energy of intermediate*NNH(E*NNH)can be used as a descriptor to characterize the catalytic activity for ***-adsorbed black phosphorus(B-BP)is demonstrated showing excellent NRR catalytic activity and suppressing hydrogen evolution *** is disclosed that the excellent catalytic performance of boron-doped structures comes from a proper quantitatively electron transfer(0.8e)between nitrogen in*NNH and the active site boron *** work not only established a descriptor for NRR catalytic activity on B-doped 2D materials,but also screened out a potential NRR *** importantly,the intrinsic reason and mechanism of high catalytic activity of boron-doped structures were *** work provides a design principle for exploring high-performance NRR electrocatalysts containing boron.
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...
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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 ***,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 *** 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 *** high performance of MOF-derived IECs has also been demonstrated in electrocatalytic gasinvolved *** is promising for green energy storage and *** structure-activity relationship and performance improvement mechanism of IECs are uncovered by discussing some in situ technologies for ***,we provide an outlook on the challenges and prospects in this booming field.
Comprehensive Summary A novel visible-light-induced radical cascade 6-endo cyclization of dienes(N-(2-vinylphenyl)acryl amides)is developed utilizingα-carbonyl bromides as alkyl *** approach affords an efficient way ...
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Comprehensive Summary A novel visible-light-induced radical cascade 6-endo cyclization of dienes(N-(2-vinylphenyl)acryl amides)is developed utilizingα-carbonyl bromides as alkyl *** approach affords an efficient way for synthesizing six-membered benzo-fused lactam derivatives with chemo-and regio-selectivity and good functional group ***,secondary,and tertiary bromides are well-compatible with this cascade cyclization reaction.
Hydrogen sulfide(H_(2)S)is an industrial exhausted gas that is highly toxic to humans and the *** desulfurization and fabrication of cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs)can solve this issue with a doub...
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Hydrogen sulfide(H_(2)S)is an industrial exhausted gas that is highly toxic to humans and the *** desulfurization and fabrication of cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs)can solve this issue with a double ***,the amino-functionalized lotus root-like carbon nanofibers(NH_(2)-PLCNFs)are prepared by the amination of electrospinning carbon nanofibers under dielectric barrier discharge *** catalytic oxidation of H_(2)S to elemental sulfur(S)is achieved over the metalfree NH_(2)-PLCNFs catalyst,and the obtained composite S@NH_(2)-PLCNFs is further used as cathode in ***_(2)-PLCNFs enable efficient desulfurization(removal capacity as high as 3.46 g H_(2)S g^(−1) catalyst)and strongly covalent stabilization of S on modified carbon *** equipped with S@NH_(2)-PLCNFs deliver a high specific capacity of 705.8 mA h g^(−1) at 1 C after 1000 cycles based on the spatial confinement and the covalent stabilization of electroactive materials on amino-functionalized porous carbon *** is revealed that S@NH_(2)-PLCNFs obtained by this kind of chemical vapor deposition leads to a more homogeneous S distribution and superior electrochemical performance to the sample S/NH_(2)-PLCNF-M prepared by the traditional molten *** work opens a new avenue for the combination of environment protection and energy storage.
Electrochemical CO_(2)reduction into energy-carrying compounds,such as formate,is of great importance for carbon neutrality,which however suffers from high electrical energy input and liquid products ***,we fabricated...
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Electrochemical CO_(2)reduction into energy-carrying compounds,such as formate,is of great importance for carbon neutrality,which however suffers from high electrical energy input and liquid products ***,we fabricated self-supported ultrathin NiCo layered double hydroxides(LDHs)electrodes as anode for methanol electrooxidation to achieve a high formate production rate(5.89 mmol h^(-1)cm^(-2))coupled with CO_(2)electro-reduction at the cathode.A total formate faradic efficiency of both anode for methanol oxidation and cathode for CO_(2)reduction can reach up to 188%driven by a low cell potential of only 2.06 V at 100 mA cm^(-2)in membrane-electrode assembly(MEA).Physical characterizations demonstrated that Ni^(3+)species,formed on the electrochemical oxidation of Ni-containing hydroxide,acted as catalytically active species for the oxidation of methanol to ***,DFT calculations revealed that ultrathin LDHs were beneficial for the formation of Ni^(3+)in hydroxides and introducing oxygen vacancy in NiCo-LDH could decrease the energy barrier of the rate-determining step for methanol *** work presents a promising approach for fabricating advanced electrodes towards electrocatalytic reactions.
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