Laser irradiation construction of nanomaterials toward electrochemical energy storage and conversion: Ongoing progresses and challenges

Abstract

The emerging use of laser irradiation in synthesis smartly bridges "nanotechnology" and "light", and has attracted enormous attention as an efficient synthetic methodology for versatile nanomaterials toward electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices (ESCDs). In this review, recent contributions and progress regarding the laser-induced nanomaterials for ESCDs are comprehensively summarized, with a special focus on their practical utilization in rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors and electrocatalysis. The laser-induced synthesis strategies and corresponding mechanisms involved in nanoarchitecture generation/regulation, including pulsed laser deposition and laser irradiation in liquid, are also discussed in detail. With the in-depth insights into the mechanisms and revolutionary advancements of laser irradiation technology, the comprehensive performances of ESCDs have been strikingly optimized. Finally, the existing challenges and future directions in this booming research field are outlined. This review will exert the significant guidance for future design and purposeful fabrication of advanced laser-induced nanomaterials with appealing properties for advanced ESCDs and beyond.

Fundamentals and comprehensive insights on pulsed laser synthesis of advanced materials for diverse photo- and electrocatalytic applications

“…The PLD technique is used to fabricate a variety of thin films, including metallic multilayers, ceramic oxides, nitrides, and various superlattices with fine crystalline quality and different textures. Also, PLD validates relatively less costs compared to other thin film deposition techniques such as CVD and molecular beam epitaxy 2 , 16 .…”

“…The pulsed laser method uses a laser as an energy source for the reaction of targeted source materials. The interaction of the laser and source materials can be designed in various environments to produce diverse materials 2 , 16 , 17 . The pulsed laser-assisted synthetic route offers many degrees of parameter control (i.e., pulsed laser wavelength, power, reaction time duration, laser pulse repetition rate, and solvent) and possesses several advantages over conventional chemical and physical synthetic routes to control the fine-tuning of size, composition, surface, and crystalline structures associated with catalytic, electronic, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties 1 , 18 , 19 .…”

Strong Interaction over Ru/Defects‐Rich Aluminium Oxide Boosts Photothermal CO2 Methanation via Microchannel Flow‐Type System

“…Laser microfabrication gradually emerged as an efficient way to construct catalysts, [32,33] the universal fabrication of micro/nanostructured materials on different metal surfaces by laser direct-writing was also proposed by Fan group. [34] Our group had reported laser-fabricated Cu 6 Sn 5 /Sn [35] gas diffusion electrode for efficient CO 2 electroreduction to formate; Ni@NCNTs/NF-L [36] and Ni/MoN/rNS [37] for water splitting; Co@NCNTs/Si pillars [38] for efficient solar evaporator.…”

Formation of solid‐solution Co x Ni 1− x CO 3 as high‐performance anode materials for lithium‐ion batteries

“…And the development of high-specific-capacity anode materials becomes crucially important. [7][8][9][10][11] Transition metal oxides (TMOs) (M = Fe, Co, Mn, Ni, etc.) as typical conversion type materials have been gained the great interest to researchers and have been widely reported due to their high theoretical-specific capacities and Yuyan Wanga and Zhiwei Zhao contributed equally to this work.…”

“…Traditional LIBs with low theoretical capacity of graphite anode (372 mAh g −1 ) have greatly limited the growing demand for next‐generation electrical energy storage systems (EESSs). And the development of high‐specific‐capacity anode materials becomes crucially important 7‐11 . Transition metal oxides (TMOs) (M = Fe, Co, Mn, Ni, etc.)…”