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Application of Nanocomposites and Porous Carbons for Energy Storage, Electrochemical Catalysis and Flexible Electronic Devices

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 3063

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School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Interests: nanocomposite; porous carbon; biomass; biopolymer; flexible devices
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School of Light Industry and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Interests: energy storage; electrochemical catalysis; photo catalysis; flexible devices
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nanocomposites and porous carbons play an increasingly more important role in various fields. The development of these functional materials and novelty production technologies has attracted great interest for the last decade.

This Special Issue focuses on (1) the new methods for fabricating nanocomposites and porous carbons from various nano building blocks and carbon precursors (including petroleum and biomass resources); (2) physical and chemical properties; (3) their applications in a broad range, such as energy storage, electrochemical catalysis, and flexible electronic devices. We seek contributions that deal with the design and fabrication of novel types of nanocomposites and porous carbons. Determining the effects of interface and microstructure on the energy storage, catalysis, and mechanical, optical, electrical properties of these materials is also welcomed. Both research papers and reviews are accepted. We believe that those of you who contribute to this Special Issue will enhance the number of successful applications of nanocomposites and porous carbons in critical science and engineering fields.

Prof. Dr. Linxin Zhong
Prof. Dr. Xinwen Peng
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nanocomposite
  • porous carbon
  • energy storage
  • electrochemical catalysis
  • flexible electronic devices

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Shape-Memory and Anisotropic Carbon Aerogel from Biomass and Graphene Oxide
by Zilu Lin, Wenzhao Jiang, Zehong Chen, Linxin Zhong and Chuanfu Liu
Molecules 2021, 26(18), 5715; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26185715 - 21 Sep 2021
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Abstract
Biomass, as the most abundant and sustainable resource on the earth, has been regarded as an ideal carbon source to prepare various carbon materials. However, manufacturing shape-memory carbon aerogels with excellent compressibility and elasticity from biomass remains an open challenge. Herein, a cellulose-derived [...] Read more.
Biomass, as the most abundant and sustainable resource on the earth, has been regarded as an ideal carbon source to prepare various carbon materials. However, manufacturing shape-memory carbon aerogels with excellent compressibility and elasticity from biomass remains an open challenge. Herein, a cellulose-derived carbon aerogel with an anisotropic architecture is fabricated with the assistance of graphene oxide (GO) through a directional freeze-drying process and carbonization. The carbon aerogel displays excellent shape-memory performances, with high stress and height retentions of 93.6% and 95.5% after 1000 compression cycles, respectively. Moreover, the carbon aerogel can identify large ranges of compression strain (10–80%), and demonstrates excellent current stability during cyclic compression. The carbon aerogel can precisely capture a variety of biological signals in the human body, and thus can be used in wearable electronic devices. Full article
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