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Electrochemistry of Low Dimensional and Nanostructured Carbon Materials: Applications in Sensing and Energy Storage

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2021) | Viewed by 7827

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Vivek Kumar

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Suffolk County Community College, The State University of New York, Brentwood, NY 11779, USA
Interests: solar cells; energy storage; and photovoltaic applications; carbon nanomaterials and its derivatives for chemical sensing; electronic; and optical properties of diamond; chemical education
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Dr. Charles C. Chusuei

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Chemistry Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
Interests: electrochemical sensing; carbon nanomaterials; photoelectron spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues

In the last two decades, carbon has transcended beyond its traditional allotropes, graphite and diamond, into a variety of novel forms, distinguished by the unique combinations of their atomic bonding (SP2 or SP3), nanosized structural features (such as pore size, surface features), dimensional confinements (0–3 D), and degree of crystallinities (amorphous to crystalline). These new forms exhibit interesting mechanical, chemical, electronic, and optical properties and have proven their potential in a wide range of applications.

The Special Issue focuses on the electrochemical properties of these novel carbon materials and explores their applications in chemical sensing, biosensing, and energy storage; the three areas where their unique electrochemical properties have found a direct relevance.

In this regard, the Special Issue is inviting work on electrochemical sensing and energy storage applications of all forms of low-dimensional and nanostructured carbon materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphenes, fullerenes, carbon onions, carbon dots, mesoporous carbons, and diamond nanocrystals, as well as their derivatives. Along with original and unpublished research work, comprehensive reviews covering relevant areas are also welcome. 

Feel free to email me or contact the journal with any questions. Thank you for your consideration in sharing your important work in this Special Issue of the Molecules Journal!

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Solids.

Sincerely,

Dr. Vivek Kumar
Dr. Charles C. Chusuei
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Low-dimensional carbon materials
  • Nanostructured carbon materials
  • Chemical sensors
  • Chemical sensing
  • Biosensors
  • Biosensing
  • Energy storage
  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Carbon nanofilms
  • Carbon dots
  • Graphenes
  • Fullerenes
  • Nanodiamonds
  • Nanocrystalline diamond films
  • Carbon onions
  • Nanodiamond powder
  • Amorphous carbon
  • Mesoporous carbon materials
  • Derivatives of carbon
  • Carbon electrodes
  • Nanoelectrodes
  • Electrocatalysis
  • Hydrogen storage
  • Carbon nanocomposites
  • Carbon fibers
  • Carbon microelectrode
  • Doped carbon nanotubes

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MnO2/rGO/CNTs Framework as a Sulfur Host for High-Performance Li-S Batteries
by Wei Dong, Lingqiang Meng, Xiaodong Hong, Sizhe Liu, Ding Shen, Yingkai Xia and Shaobin Yang
Molecules 2020, 25(8), 1989; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081989 - 23 Apr 2020
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Lithium-sulfur batteries are very promising next-generation energy storage batteries due to their high theoretical specific capacity. However, the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries is one of the important bottlenecks that limits its rapid development. Herein, physical and chemical dual adsorption of lithium polysulfides [...] Read more.
Lithium-sulfur batteries are very promising next-generation energy storage batteries due to their high theoretical specific capacity. However, the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries is one of the important bottlenecks that limits its rapid development. Herein, physical and chemical dual adsorption of lithium polysulfides are achieved by designing a novel framework structure consisting of MnO2, reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The framework-structure composite of MnO2/rGO/CNTs is prepared by a simple hydrothermal method. The framework exhibits a uniform and abundant mesoporous structure (concentrating in ~12 nm). MnO2 is an α phase structure and the α-MnO2 also has a significant effect on the adsorption of lithium polysulfides. The rGO and CNTs provide a good physical adsorption interaction and good electronic conductivity for the dissolved polysulfides. As a result, the MnO2/rGO/CNTs/S cathode delivered a high initial capacity of 1201 mAh g−1 at 0.2 C. The average capacities were 916 mAh g−1, 736 mAh g−1, and 547 mAh g−1 at the current densities of 0.5 C, 1 C, and 2 C, respectively. In addition, when tested at 0.5 C, the MnO2/rGO/CNTs/S exhibited a high initial capacity of 1010 mAh g−1 and achieved 780 mAh g−1 after 200 cycles, with a low capacity decay rate of 0.11% per cycle. This framework-structure composite provides a simple way to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-S batteries. Full article
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Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Carbon Dots as Electrochemical Biosensing Composites
by Raja Ram Pandey and Charles C. Chusuei
Molecules 2021, 26(21), 6674; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216674 - 04 Nov 2021
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Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have been extensively used as electrochemical sensing composites due to their interesting chemical, electronic, and mechanical properties giving rise to increased performance. Due to these materials’ unknown long-term ecological fate, care must be given to make their use tractable. In [...] Read more.
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have been extensively used as electrochemical sensing composites due to their interesting chemical, electronic, and mechanical properties giving rise to increased performance. Due to these materials’ unknown long-term ecological fate, care must be given to make their use tractable. In this review, the design and use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and carbon dots (CDs) as electrochemical sensing electrocatalysts applied to the working electrode surface are surveyed for various biosensing applications. Graphene and CDs are readily biodegradable as compared to CNTs. Design elements for CNTs that carry over to graphene and CDs include Coulombic attraction of components and using O or N atoms that serve as tethering points for attaching electrocatalytically active nanoparticles (NPs) and/or other additives. Full article
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