Biomass-derived carbon has demonstrated great potentials as advanced electrode for capacitive deionization(CDI),owing to good electroconductivity,easy availability,intrinsic pores/channels.However,conventional simple ...Biomass-derived carbon has demonstrated great potentials as advanced electrode for capacitive deionization(CDI),owing to good electroconductivity,easy availability,intrinsic pores/channels.However,conventional simple pyrolysis of biomass always generates inadequate porosity with limited surface area.Moreover,biomass-derived carbon also suffers from poor wettability and single physical adsorption of ions,resulting in limited desalination performance.Herein,pore structure optimization and element co-doping are integrated on banana peels(BP)-derived carbon to construct hierarchically porous and B,N co-doped carbon with large ions-accessible surface area.A unique expansionactivation(EA)strategy is proposed to modulate the porosity and specific surface area of carbon.Furthermore,B,N co-doping could increase the ions-accessible sites with improved hydrophilicity,and promote ions adsorption.Benefitting from the synergistic effect of hierarchical porosity and B,N co-doping,the resultant electrode manifest enhanced CDI performance for NaCl with large desalination capacity(29.5 mg g^(-1)),high salt adsorption rate(6.2 mg g^(-1)min^(-1)),and versatile adsorption ability for other salts.Density functional theory reveals the enhanced deionization mechanism by pore and B,N co-doping.This work proposes a facile EA strategy for pore structure modulation of biomass-derived carbon,and demonstrates great potentials of integrating pore and heteroatoms-doping on constructing high-performance CDI electrode.展开更多
By using the first-principles calculations, the electronic Structure and quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes with B/N pairs co-doping have been investigated. It is shown that the total energies o...By using the first-principles calculations, the electronic Structure and quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes with B/N pairs co-doping have been investigated. It is shown that the total energies of metallic carbon nanotubes are sensitive to the doping sites of the B/N pairs. The energy gaps of the doped metallic carbon nanotubes decrease with decreasing the concentration of the B/N pair not only along the tube axis but also around the tube. Moreover, the I-V characteristics and transmissions of the doped tubes are studied. Our results reveal that the conducting ability of the doped tube decreases with increasing the concentrations of the B/N pairs due to symmetry breaking of the system. This fact opens a new way to modulate band structures of metallic carbon nanotubes by doping B/N pair with suitable concentration and the novel characteristics are potentially useful in future applications.展开更多
Using the first-principles calculations, we investigate the electronic band structure and the quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes （MCNTs） with B/N pair co-doping. The results about formation en...Using the first-principles calculations, we investigate the electronic band structure and the quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes （MCNTs） with B/N pair co-doping. The results about formation energy show that the B/N pair co-doping configuration is a most stable structure. We find that the electronic structure and the transport properties are very sensitive to the doping concentration of the B/N pairs in MCNTs, where the energy gaps increase with doping concentration increasing both along the tube axis and around the tube, because the mirror symmetry of MCNT is broken by doping B/N pairs. In addition, we discuss conductance dips of the transmission spectrum of doped MCNTs. These unconventional doping effects could be used to design novel nanoelectronic devices.展开更多
Titanium dioxide co-doped with N and B was prepared by sol-gel method. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light. Its physicochemical properties were chara...Titanium dioxide co-doped with N and B was prepared by sol-gel method. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light. Its physicochemical properties were characterized by means of UV-Vis DRS, XRD, PT-IR, and XPS. The results indicated that N-B-TiO2 has good activity to the photodegradation of MB. Its decolourizing rate of methylene blue solution goes up to 98.4% under the visible light irradiation with 5 h. The doping nitrogen forms N-Ti-O and boron primarily existing in oxide appears in the N-B-TiO2 sample. They response for visible light of TiOa was also exploited.展开更多
A facile preparation of nitrogen-doped β-TiO2（N-doped β-TiO2） nanobelts and their visible-light photocatalytic activity were reported.The preparation of N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts consisted of cation-exchange betwe...A facile preparation of nitrogen-doped β-TiO2（N-doped β-TiO2） nanobelts and their visible-light photocatalytic activity were reported.The preparation of N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts consisted of cation-exchange between layered sodium titanate nanobelts and NH 4 ＋ in aqueous solution at room temperature and subsequent calcination in air.Such a calcination treatment is beneficial to the formation of monoclinic N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts.Various measurement results indicate that not only were the nitrogen atoms doped into the lattice of β-TiO2 nanobelts resulting in a strong visible-light absorption,but also a large number of defects were caused by them in the lattice,increasing the stability of β-TiO2.The photocatalysis enhancement of N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts for the photodegradation of Rhodamine B was demonstrated.展开更多
基金We gratefully acknowledge financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52202371,51905125,52102364)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2020QE066)+2 种基金Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Float Glass(No.2020KF08)SDUT&Zibo City Integration Development Project(No.2021SNPT0045)the fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M672081).
文摘Biomass-derived carbon has demonstrated great potentials as advanced electrode for capacitive deionization(CDI),owing to good electroconductivity,easy availability,intrinsic pores/channels.However,conventional simple pyrolysis of biomass always generates inadequate porosity with limited surface area.Moreover,biomass-derived carbon also suffers from poor wettability and single physical adsorption of ions,resulting in limited desalination performance.Herein,pore structure optimization and element co-doping are integrated on banana peels(BP)-derived carbon to construct hierarchically porous and B,N co-doped carbon with large ions-accessible surface area.A unique expansionactivation(EA)strategy is proposed to modulate the porosity and specific surface area of carbon.Furthermore,B,N co-doping could increase the ions-accessible sites with improved hydrophilicity,and promote ions adsorption.Benefitting from the synergistic effect of hierarchical porosity and B,N co-doping,the resultant electrode manifest enhanced CDI performance for NaCl with large desalination capacity(29.5 mg g^(-1)),high salt adsorption rate(6.2 mg g^(-1)min^(-1)),and versatile adsorption ability for other salts.Density functional theory reveals the enhanced deionization mechanism by pore and B,N co-doping.This work proposes a facile EA strategy for pore structure modulation of biomass-derived carbon,and demonstrates great potentials of integrating pore and heteroatoms-doping on constructing high-performance CDI electrode.
基金supported by the Major Research Plan from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2011CB921900)the China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation (Grant No. 201003009)+2 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (GrantNo. 20090460145)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 201012200053)the Science and Technology Program of Hunan Province of China (Grant No. 2010DFJ411)
文摘By using the first-principles calculations, the electronic Structure and quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes with B/N pairs co-doping have been investigated. It is shown that the total energies of metallic carbon nanotubes are sensitive to the doping sites of the B/N pairs. The energy gaps of the doped metallic carbon nanotubes decrease with decreasing the concentration of the B/N pair not only along the tube axis but also around the tube. Moreover, the I-V characteristics and transmissions of the doped tubes are studied. Our results reveal that the conducting ability of the doped tube decreases with increasing the concentrations of the B/N pairs due to symmetry breaking of the system. This fact opens a new way to modulate band structures of metallic carbon nanotubes by doping B/N pair with suitable concentration and the novel characteristics are potentially useful in future applications.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10325415 and 50504017)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China(Grant No.07JJ3102)+1 种基金the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department,China(Grant No.10C1171)the Science Development Foundation of Central South University,China(Grant Nos.08SDF02 and 09SDF09)
文摘Using the first-principles calculations, we investigate the electronic band structure and the quantum transport properties of metallic carbon nanotubes （MCNTs） with B/N pair co-doping. The results about formation energy show that the B/N pair co-doping configuration is a most stable structure. We find that the electronic structure and the transport properties are very sensitive to the doping concentration of the B/N pairs in MCNTs, where the energy gaps increase with doping concentration increasing both along the tube axis and around the tube, because the mirror symmetry of MCNT is broken by doping B/N pairs. In addition, we discuss conductance dips of the transmission spectrum of doped MCNTs. These unconventional doping effects could be used to design novel nanoelectronic devices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20771024)the Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province (Nos. 2007J0359, 2006F5030)
文摘Titanium dioxide co-doped with N and B was prepared by sol-gel method. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light. Its physicochemical properties were characterized by means of UV-Vis DRS, XRD, PT-IR, and XPS. The results indicated that N-B-TiO2 has good activity to the photodegradation of MB. Its decolourizing rate of methylene blue solution goes up to 98.4% under the visible light irradiation with 5 h. The doping nitrogen forms N-Ti-O and boron primarily existing in oxide appears in the N-B-TiO2 sample. They response for visible light of TiOa was also exploited.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2006CB932605)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20876002)the Fund of Beijing Technology and Business University for the Talent,China
文摘A facile preparation of nitrogen-doped β-TiO2（N-doped β-TiO2） nanobelts and their visible-light photocatalytic activity were reported.The preparation of N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts consisted of cation-exchange between layered sodium titanate nanobelts and NH 4 ＋ in aqueous solution at room temperature and subsequent calcination in air.Such a calcination treatment is beneficial to the formation of monoclinic N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts.Various measurement results indicate that not only were the nitrogen atoms doped into the lattice of β-TiO2 nanobelts resulting in a strong visible-light absorption,but also a large number of defects were caused by them in the lattice,increasing the stability of β-TiO2.The photocatalysis enhancement of N-doped β-TiO2 nanobelts for the photodegradation of Rhodamine B was demonstrated.
