Cation-vacancy induced Li+ intercalation pseudocapacitance at atomically thin heterointerface for high capacity and high power lithium-ion batteries

It is challenging to create cation vacancies in electrode materials for enhancing the performance of rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, we utilized a strong alkaline etching method to successfully create Co vacancies at the interface of atomically thin Co_(3−x)O_(4)/graphene@CNT heterostructure for high-energy/power lithium storage. The creation of Co-vacancies in the sample was confirmed by high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscope (HRSTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron energy loss near-edge structures (ELNES). The obtained Co_(3−x)O_(4)/graphene@CNT delivers an ultra-high capacity of 1688.2 mAh g^(−1) at 0.2 C, excellent rate capability of 83.7% capacity retention at 1 C, and an ultralong life up to 1500 cycles with a reversible capacity of 1066.3 mAh g^(−1). Reaction kinetic study suggests a significant contribution from pseudocapacitive storage induced by the Co-vacancies at the Co_(3−x)O_(4)/graphene@CNT interface. Density functional theory confirms that the Co-vacancies could dramatically enhance the Li adsorption and provide an additional pathway with a lower energy barrier for Li diffusion, which results in an intercalation pseudocapacitive behavior and high-capacity/rate energy storage.

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Effects of Thermal Compressive Strain on the Orientation Recovery for Ultra-Thin CNT-Filled Polypropylene Molding

Due to the strong shearing field during processing,untra-thin injection molded CNT-filled polypropylene(PP) always forms a strong CNT orientation along the flow direction,which results in its anisotropic conductivity.In order to evaluate the mechanism on recovery of the orientation,we processed the molding under the condition of different thermal compressive strains with modified hot-rolling machine.The stability of the molding's conductivity after rolling was studied under the action of alternated loading.The disoriented behavior of the microstructures during rolling was observed by SEM and 2 D-WAXD,and the degree of orientation of CNT was calculated.The conductivity of the sample was measured using a standard two-terminal DC resistor.The results showed that the deformation resistance in the rolling direction was greater than that in the transverse deformation under the action of large thermal compressive strain.The samples would mainly deform in the transverse direction and not elongate in the direction of the rolling,which could speed up the recovery of the orientation structure and reduce the anisotropy of the conductivity.The recovery speed of the orientation was related to the level of the thermal compressive strain.After the hotrolling processing,the stability of the sample's conductivity under the alternating load was improved because of the effect induced by polymer strengthening.

Engineering miniature gold nanorods with tailorable plasmonic wavelength in NIR region via ternary surfactants mediated growth

Plasmonic nanoparticles are endowed profound capability for sensing,biomedicine,and cancer therapy.However,the inaccessibly adjustable wavelength in near infrared(NIR)region window and size limit for the particles penetration in tumor strongly hinder their developments.Miniature gold nanorods(mini-Au NRs)with diameter less than 12 nm can effectively address this challenge due to the tiny size and tailorable NIR absorption.Herein,we adopt ternary surfactants(hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB),sodium oleate(NaOL),and sodium salicylate(NaSal))mediated growth strategy to precisely synthesize miniature Au NRs under micelle space-confinement.Importantly,the selectively dense accumulation of ternary surfactants can efficiently improve the micellar stacking parameters(p)and lower micellar free energy(F),further tends to achieve the formation of Au NRs with tiny diameter and high purity.Compared with that of conventional methods,the purity of mini-Au NRs up to 100%can be dramatically improved via varying the relative concentration of ternary surfactants.The diameter of Au NRs can be dynamically controlled to 6,8,and 11 nm through regulating the concentration of silver nitrate and the mole ratio of ternary surfactants.Such ternary surfactants system is favorable for the aging of tiny Au NRs,and further enables the aspect ratio-tunable in the region from 2.70 to 7.32,as well as tailorable plasmonic wavelength in wide NIR window from 700 to 1,147 nm.Therefore,our findings shed a light on the precise preparation of small sized plasmonic nanoparticles and pave the way to applications in biomedicine,imaging,and cancer therapy.

Rigid POSS Nanofiller Regulated the Interfacial Self-assembly of Particles into 2D Monolayer Superlattice with Fixed Interparticle Spacing

Plasmonic superlattices of nanoparticles(NPs)possess unique“surface lattice resonances”properties that facilitates their wide applications in plasmonic sensing,photocatalysis,and nanoscale light manipulation.However,it is still challenging to manufacture superlattices with precisely controllable NPs distance and break the size limitation of NPs.Herein,we provided an effective strategy to construct NPs superlattices via shape-persistent polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane(POSS)molecular nanoparticles govern interfacial assembly.As a nanoscale molecule with diameter of 1.5 nm,the POSS-SH molecule provides sufficient rigid steric hindrance and hydrophobic effect for tailoring the uniformity and controllable distance between NPs in superlattices.Interestingly,synergistically with hydrophilic ligands of polyethylene glycol(PEG-SH)with optimized ratio,the rigid POSS ligands can effectively regulate the distance between NPs in a fixed range of 2.3—2.8 nm,which is independent of ligands molecular weight and particle size.Furthermore,the effective approach can be universal to anisotropic NPs for manufacturing monolayer films with high NPs density.We believe this nanoscale molecule tailored interfacial self-assembly strategy can effectively break the size of NPs and assembly obstacles for superlattice monolayer film.Additionally,the definite distance between NPs in superlattices can minimize optical energy attenuation and facilitates the applications such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and photocatalysis.