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C, Volume 4, Issue 1

March 2018 - 19 articles

Cover Story: Lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries, as next-generation electrochemical energy storage devices, have used sulfur particles produced from different sources or synthesis routes. Notably, challenges persist from the polysulfide-shuttle effect at the cathode. In the present work, the influence of sulfur precursors to produce sulfur impregnated graphene composite is investigated. Composite produced from the sodium thiosulfate route outperforms that obtained from the polysulfide route in the Li–S battery. This is an important step to harvest novel energy storage materials to yield new capacities and better cell performance. View this paper.
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Articles (19)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
13,159 Views
13 Pages

20 March 2018

In our previous studies, we have developed a wet process to synthesize a copper-single walled carbon nanotube (Cu–SWCNT) metal nanocomposite with excellent mechanical properties. The nanostructure of this Cu–SWCNT composite was confirmed independentl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
12,827 Views
14 Pages

Current Progress of Si/Graphene Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Yinjie Cen,
  • Richard D. Sisson,
  • Qingwei Qin and
  • Jianyu Liang

19 March 2018

The demand for high performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is increasing due to widespread use of portable devices and electric vehicles. Silicon (Si) is one of the most attractive candidate anode materials for next generation LIBs. However, the hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,509 Views
15 Pages

2 March 2018

The growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by direct liquid injection chemical vapor deposition (DLICVD) has been studied using the polyoxometalate cluster [HxPMo12O40⊂H4Mo72Fe30(O2CMe)15O254(H2O)98-y(EtOH)y] (FeMoC) as the catalyst with either ethanol or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
11,153 Views
12 Pages

Electrical and Tensile Properties of Carbon Black Reinforced Polyvinyl Chloride Conductive Composites

  • Iftekharul Islam,
  • Shahin Sultana,
  • Swapan Kumer Ray,
  • Husna Parvin Nur,
  • Md. Tofazzal Hossain and
  • Walliullah Md. Ajmotgir

22 February 2018

Conductive polymer composites are becoming more important and useful in many electrical applications. This paper reports on the carbon black (CB) reinforced polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conductive composites. Conductive filler CB was reinforced with ther...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,632 Views
15 Pages

22 February 2018

In this work, mesoporous silica (MCM-41) and a cobalt-incorporated catalyst (Co-MCM-41) were prepared using colloidal silica Cab-O-Sil, sodium silicate and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as the silica sources and cobalt nitrate as the cobalt source....

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,159 Views
9 Pages

Mechanochemical Functionalization of Carbon Black at Room Temperature

  • Desirée Leistenschneider,
  • Katharina Zürbes,
  • Christina Schneidermann,
  • Sven Grätz,
  • Steffen Oswald,
  • Karl Wegner,
  • Benjamin Klemmed,
  • Lars Giebeler,
  • Alexander Eychmüller and
  • Lars Borchardt

13 February 2018

Carbon nanomaterials such as carbon blacks are intrinsically hydrophobic with limited wettability in aqueous media, thus restricting their potential applications. To improve their hydrophilicity, common methods tend to utilize harmful chemicals and c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,206 Views
13 Pages

Phytosterol Recognition via Rationally Designed Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

  • Lachlan J. Schwarz,
  • Brenda K. Y. Leung,
  • Basil Danylec,
  • Simon J. Harris,
  • Reinhard I. Boysen and
  • Milton T. W. Hearn

12 February 2018

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) prepared via a semi-covalent imprinting strategy using stigmasteryl methacrylate as a polymerisable template have been evaluated by static binding methods for their ability to selectively capture other valuable p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,506 Views
13 Pages

Electrostatic Adsorption of Platinum onto Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers for Nanoparticle Synthesis

  • Ritubarna Banerjee,
  • Jose L. Contreras-Mora,
  • Susan K. McQuiston,
  • Brandon Bolton,
  • Bahareh Alsadat Tavakoli Mehrabadi and
  • John R. Regalbuto

11 February 2018

Strong Electrostatic Adsorption (SEA) has been demonstrated as a simple, scientific method to prepare well dispersed Pt nanoparticles over typical forms of carbon: activated, black, and graphitic carbons. Many varieties of specialty carbons have been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,487 Views
15 Pages

9 February 2018

Transition metal (Fe, Co, Ni) complexes on carbon nanomaterials are promising candidates as electrocatalysts towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this paper, nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with embedded Co nanoparticles were successf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,079 Views
19 Pages

Surface Observation and Magnetism of Oil-Extracted Botryococcus braunii Residues before and after Carbonization

  • Aohan Wang,
  • Mikihide Demura,
  • Makoto M. Watanabe,
  • Kotaro Ohara,
  • Takanari Kashiwagi,
  • Kazuo Kadowaki,
  • Eiji Kita,
  • Jiuchao Dong and
  • Hiromasa Goto

2 February 2018

Microalgae is a promising next-generational energy. In this research, we focus on oil-extracted Botryococcus braunii residues collected by adding polysilicato-iron (PSI) as a flocculant followed by carbonization under argon atmosphere. We conducted c...

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