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Category Archives: Energy Storage
Combined capacitive and electrochemical charge storage mechanism in high-performance graphene-based lithium-ion batteries
Improvements in lithium (Li)-ion battery technology can be achieved by developing novel, high-performance electrode materials. Graphene appears to be a good candidate as an anode material for Li-ion batteries thanks to the similarity with graphite, the good electrical conductivity, … Continue reading
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In situ decoration of laser-scribed graphene with TiO2 nanoparticles for scalable high-performance micro-supercapacitors
Graphene-based miniaturized supercapacitors, obtained via laser conversion of suitable precursors, have been attracting recent attention for the production of energy storage small-scale devices. In this work, a one-pot synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles embedded in porous graphene-based electrodes has been obtained with … Continue reading
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Enhancing the performance of carbon electrodes in supercapacitors through medium-temperature fluoroalkylation
Medium-temperature fuoroalkylation of microporous activated carbons (ACs) with 1,1,1,2-tetrafuoroethane is presented. Supercapacitor (SC) electrodes based on the fuoroalkylated ACs showed enhanced specifc capacitance and high specific energy in electrolytes, either aqueous potassium hydroxide solution or tetraethylammonium tetrafuoroborate-acetonitrile solution. We found … Continue reading
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Nickel addition to optimize the hydrogen storage performance of lithium intercalated fullerides
The addition of transition metals to alkali intercalated fullerides proved to enhance their already good hydrogen absorption properties. Herein we present a study based on two different synthetic strategies, allowing the addition of nickel as aggregates with different size to … Continue reading
Posted in Catalysis, Energy Storage, Fullerenes, Hydrogen Storage
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Neutron scattering study of nickel decorated thermally exfoliated graphite oxide
Surface decoration of graphene-based nanostructures with metals has been predicted to be an efficient way towards the development of resistant catalysts and novel materials for energy applications, such as hydrogen production and storage. We report on an extensive neutron scattering … Continue reading
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Degassing and phase transitions with temperature in melanophlogite
Melanophlogite (type I clathrate) has a microporous framework of corner sharing SiO4 tetrahedra, which can host guest gases. Here, a multi–analytical approach has been employed to understand the phase transitions with temperature and the degassing behaviour of a melanophlogite sample, which … Continue reading
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Super-activated biochar from poultry litter for high-performance supercapacitors
We report on the preparation of a novel hierarchically-porous super-activated carbon originating from organic waste with specific surface area exceeding 3000 m2/g, obtained starting from biochar derived by the pyrolysis of poultry litter. The chemical activation process proved to be efficient … Continue reading
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Electrochemical intercalation of fullerene and hydrofullerene with sodium
We report on the ability of fullerene C60 and hydrogenated fullerene C60Hx (x∼39) to operate as negative electrodes in novel Na-ion batteries. Building upon the known solubility of C60 in common organic electrolytes used in batteries, we developed a suitably … Continue reading
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Extending the hydrogen storage limit in fullerene
Li6C60 has been chosen as the most representative system to study the hydrogenation mechanism in alkali-cluster intercalated fullerides. We present a muon spin relaxation (μSR) experiment that hints the chance to achieve a higher storage capacity on fullerene with respect … Continue reading
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Molecular and Ionic Dynamics in NaxLi6−xC60
We report on the C60, Na, and Li dynamics in NaxLi6−xC60 fullerides (x = 0, 1, 5, and 6) in the temperature range 80−550 K by using 13C, 23Na, and 7Li solid state NMR. The results show that the C60 … Continue reading
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