Abstract: The use of coal pitch as a binder in anode production for the aluminum industry is an outdated approach. Such pitch has a high content of carcinogens, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and tar phenols, and its environmental impact is…
Conversion/alloying anode materials exhibiting high K storage capacities suffer from large volume variations and unstable electrode/electrolyte interfaces upon cycling. Herein, taking SnS/reduced graphene oxide (SnS/rGO) anodes as an example, the…
Rational construction of multidimensional composites with abundant heterointerfaces is still a persistent challenge, especially dual interface structure. Herein, a facile interface engineering strategy has been put forward to construct…
Multi-component hollow structures with attractive physicochemical properties, often show superior electrochemical performance in alkali-ion batteries. Herein, a template-directed strategy is proposed for synthesis of multi-component hollow nanosphere…
The rationally structural engineering is an efficient strategy to improve the comprehensive performance of potassium-ion storage anode materials. In this paper, a hybrid with hollow FeS2 nanoparticles anchored into the 3D carbon skeleton (labeled as…
Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) composed of battery-type anodes with large energy densities and capacitor-type cathodes with high power densities are considered as appealing energy-storage devices. Here, a LIC with good performance is constructed using…
3D carbon-based materials with multiscale hierarchy are promising electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications, but the synthesis in an efficient and large-scale way is still a great challenge. Herein, a carbon…
Alloy-type anode materials exhibit great promise in alkali metal ion batteries (AMIBs), due to their high theoretical capacities and appropriate operation voltages. Nevertheless, their applications are severely obstructed by large volume expansion…
Rice husk-based SiO2/C composite is a promising anode material for lithium ion battery, but it remains necessary to explore simple methods to improve its lithium storage performance. In this research, SiO2/C was prepared by adjusting ash content of…
Rice hull-derived SiO2/C composites are promising anode materials for Li-ion battery, but it is a challenge to improve their lithium storage performance by a simple method. In this research, SiO2/C composites were prepared by heating rice hull char…
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), with their advantages of high specific capacity, long cycling life and eco-friendliness, have been widely used in many fields. Dwindling reserves, however, limit their further development. Sharing similar chemical…
Lignin-derived hard carbon (HC) has great potential as energy storage materials. However, it is difficult to obtain desired electrochemical performances by direct carbonization of lignin. Herein, we demonstrate a pre-oxidation strategy to enhance the…
Niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) material is a promising anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the outstanding cycle performance and rate capability. However, the relatively low capacity severely limits the comprehensive performance. Generally,…
Soft carbon materials are considered as promising anodes for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) due to their low cost, ease of available, excellent electronic conductivity and tunable interlayer distance. However, they still exhibit unsatisfying…
Porous silicon (Si)/carbon nanocomposites have been extensively explored as a promising anode material for high-energy lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs). However, shrinking of the pores and sintering of Si in the nanoporous structure during…
The morphological and structural characteristics of material always play pivotal roles to be applied in energy storage and conversion applications. The conventional electrode materials are facing severe challenges, including (i) high commercial cost,…
Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) with the capability of high energy and high power are considered to be attractive for advanced energy storage applications. However, the design and fabrication of suitable electrode materials with desirable properties by…
Nowadays, rational yet high value-added utilization of low-cost petroleum asphalt still faces a significant challenge. In light of its high carbon content and abundant sulfur atoms, here, an in-situ bonding sulfur strategy is proposed to fabricate…
Hard carbon anode materials for sodium ion batteries were prepared from petroleum pitch by air oxidation stabilization followed by carbonization. The effects of the oxidation stabilization temperature on the compositions and microstructures of the…
This work focuses on analyzing the electrokinetic behavior of asphaltenes of extra heavy oil. For this, electrodepositions were carried out in asphaltene solutions (4 %w/w) with two solvents of different polarities: toluene and chloroform. In…
In subsurface anoxic environments, microbial communities generally produce methane as an end-product to consume organic compounds. This metabolic function is a source of biogenic methane in coastal natural gas aquifers, submarine mud volcanoes, and…
Soil bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) utilize indigenous microorganisms to generate biocurrent/electric fields that stimulate the degradation of organic pollutants, exhibiting great potential in the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from soils. In…
A fuel processor that reforms natural gas to hydrogen-rich mixture to feed the anode field of fuel cell stack is considered. The first reactor that generates the majority of the hydrogen in the fuel processor is based on catalytic partial oxidation…
A fuel processor that reforms natural gas to hydrogen-rich mixture to feed the anode field of fuel cell stack is considered. The first reactor that generates the majority of the hydrogen in the fuel processor is based on catalytic partial oxidation…
Here, we prepare a soft package 10 Ah lithium iron phosphate full battery by using lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material to study the influence of the negative electrode binder on the performance of the lithium iron phosphate battery. It is…
In this study, electrodialysis was used to achieve a combined action of capturing carbon dioxide and treating high-salinity water to produce hydrochloric acid, hydrogen gas, and carbonate and bicarbonate salts. Sodium chloride (NaCl) was selected as…
Hard carbon anode materials for sodium ion batteries were prepared from petroleum pitch by air oxidation stabilization followed by carbonization. The effects of the oxidation stabilization temperature on the compositions and microstructures of the…