Powering the Future with Liquid Sunshine

Shih, Choon Fong; Zhang, Tao; Li, Jinghai; Bai, Chunli

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.08.016

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“…[1][2][3] In particular, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have received significant research attention as However, these suffer from being only intermittent.…”

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1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Chen

Liu

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Advanced Energy Materials

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a viable alternative to more widespread lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This is because of low cost and ready availability of sodium. [4][5][6] However, the larger ionic radius of Na + (1.02 vs Li + 0.76 Å) leads to sluggish electrochemical kinetics, larger volume change, and unsatisfactory reversibility. Consequently, graphite, the commercial anode material of LIBs, cannot be directly used in SIBs because of suppressed electrochemical kinetics. [7,8] The development of an earth-abundant and low-cost anode material remains a significant research challenge to the fabrication of high-performance SIBs.Recently, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted attention as potential anode materials for SIBs due to their unique physical and chemical properties. [9][10][11] MoS 2 , a typical TMD, has been widely investigated because of its layered structure with large interlayerspacing (6.15 Å) that is beneficial to insertion/extraction of Na + . [12][13][14] However, conductivity and Na + diffusion is restricted by its semi-conducting 2H-phase and relatively large van der Waals interaction between adjacent layers. This results in poor electrochemical performance. 1T-MoS 2 with metallic conductivity and interlayer-expanded MoS 2 with reduced van der Waals interaction, have therefore been extensively studied. [15][16][17][18] However the fabrication of a stable 1T-MoS 2 together with extremely weak interlayer coupling via a facile and low-cost method has not been reported.Inspiringly, ReS 2 (rhenium disulfide) is a new TMD known to exhibit both distorted 1T (1T′) phase and extremely weak interlayer van der Waals interaction. [19][20][21][22][23] This makes it highly suitable for application to LIBs and SIBs. [24][25][26] The theoretical capacity of ReS 2 is 428 mAh g −1 . This value is based on the conversion reaction between one atom of ReS 2 and four of Li + or Na + . Despite these intrinsic structural advantages, a drawback is that, ReS 2 nanosheets suffer from irreversible structural change on deep charge-discharge processing. Additionally, it is reported that the direction of the largest volume expansion is along the out-of-plane. [27,28] This significantly impedes electrochemical performance of anisotropic ReS 2 anode materials in SIBs. To the best of our knowledge, only limited research has been undertaken to address this, including preparation of ReS 2 (rhenium disulfide) is a new transition-metal dichalcogenide that exhibits 1T′ phase and extremely weak interlayer van der Waals interactions. This makes it promising as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries. However, achieving both a high-rate capability and a long-life has remained a major research challenge. Here, a new composite is reported, in which both are realized for the first time. 1T′-ReS 2 is confined through strong interfacial interaction in a 2D-honeycombed carbon nanosheets that comprise an rGO inter-layer and a N-doped carbon coating-layer (rGO@ReS 2 @N-C). The strong interfacial interaction between carbon and ReS 2 increases overallconduc...

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“…[1][2][3] In particular, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have received significant research attention as However, these suffer from being only intermittent.…”

Section: Sodium-ion Batteriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This results in poor electrochemical performance. [1][2][3] In particular, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have received significant research attention as [15][16][17][18] However the fabrication of a stable 1T-MoS 2 together with extremely weak interlayer coupling via a facile and low-cost method has not been reported.…”

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1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Chen

Liu

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Advanced Energy Materials

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“…[93] Im letzten Jahrzehnt wurden große Fortschritte fürl ichtgetriebene C 1 -Umwandlungen erzielt, besonders fürV erfahren wie die lichtgetriebene FTS,W GS-Reaktion, CO 2 -Reduktion sowie CH 4 -u nd CH 3 OH-Umwandlung.V on diesen Reaktionen ist die photokatalytische CO 2 -Umwandlung mit H 2 Oa ls Wasserstoffquelle über Halbleiter-Photokatalysatoren besonders interessant (CO 2 + H 2 O!CO,C H 4 usw. Viele der Reaktionen von Interesse bençtigen aber raue Te mperatur-u nd Druckbedingungen, sodass alternative Te chnologien mit geringerer Energiezufuhr wünschenswert sind, um die C 1 -Chemie nachhaltiger zu machen.…”

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“…Gegenüber herkçmmlichen thermischen Verfahren ist die C 1 -Solarchemie ein vielversprechender Alternativansatz, bei der die reichlich vorhandene und saubere Sonnenenergie genutzt wird. [93] Im letzten Jahrzehnt wurden große Fortschritte fürl ichtgetriebene C 1 -Umwandlungen erzielt, besonders fürV erfahren wie die lichtgetriebene FTS,W GS-Reaktion, CO 2 -Reduktion sowie CH 4 -u nd [94] Es sind bereits mehrere ausgezeichnete Übersichtsartikel über die photokatalytische CO 2 -Reduktion [95,96] und die photoelektrochemische CO 2 -Reduktion [97,98]…”

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Von Sonnenlicht zu Brennstoffen: aktuelle Fortschritte der C₁‐Solarchemie

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Die katalytische C1‐Chemie auf der Grundlage der Aktivierung/Umwandlung von Synthesegas (CO+H2), Methan, Kohlendioxid und Methanol verfügt über enormes Potential für die Entwicklung nachhaltiger Kohlenwasserstoffbrennstoffe als Ersatz für Öl, Kohle und Erdgas. Herkömmliche thermisch‐katalytische Verfahren zur C1‐Umsetzung benötigen hohe Temperaturen und Drücke und sind daher mit einem großen CO2‐Fußabdruck verbunden. Dagegen bietet die solargetriebene C1‐Katalyse einen umweltfreundlichen und nachhaltigen Weg für die Herstellung von Brennstoffen und anderen chemischen Grundstoffen, wenn auch die Umwandlungseffizienzen noch zu niedrig für industrielle Wirtschaftlichkeit sind. In unserem Aufsatz beleuchten wir aktuelle Fortschritte und Meilensteine der C1‐Solarchemie, einschließlich der solaren Fischer‐Tropsch‐Synthese, Wassergas‐Shift‐Reaktion, CO2‐Hydrierung, Methan‐ und Methanolumwandlung. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf der rationalen Entwicklung von Katalysatoren, Struktur‐Reaktivitäts‐Beziehungen und Reaktionsmechanismen. Strategien für die Hochskalierung solargetriebener C1‐Verfahren werden ebenfalls diskutiert.

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“…Nowadays, the substitution of fossil fuels with renewable and green energy resources is one of the most compelling challenges facing our society . Sunlight is by far the amplest renewable energy resource on the Earth.…”

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Catalysis of a Single Transition Metal Site for Water Oxidation: From Mononuclear Molecules to Single Atoms

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The ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904037.Low-cost, nonprecious transition metal (TM) catalysts toward efficient water oxidation are of critical importance to future sustainable energy technologies. The advances in structure engineering of water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) with single TM centers as active sites, for example, single metallic molecular complexes (SMMCs), supported SMMCs, and single-atom catalysts (SACs) in recent reports are examined. The efforts made on these configurations in terms of design principle, advanced characterization, performances and theoretical studies, are critically reviewed. A clear roadmap with the correlations between the single-TM-site-based structures (coordination and geometric structure, TM species, support), and the catalytic performances in water oxidation is provided. The insights bridging SMMCs with SACs are also given. Finally, the challenges and opportunities in the single-TM-site catalysis are proposed.

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Powering the Future with Liquid Sunshine

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1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Von Sonnenlicht zu Brennstoffen: aktuelle Fortschritte der C₁‐Solarchemie

Catalysis of a Single Transition Metal Site for Water Oxidation: From Mononuclear Molecules to Single Atoms

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Powering the Future with Liquid Sunshine

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1T′‐ReS2 Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

1T′‐ReS2 Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Von Sonnenlicht zu Brennstoffen: aktuelle Fortschritte der C1‐Solarchemie

Catalysis of a Single Transition Metal Site for Water Oxidation: From Mononuclear Molecules to Single Atoms

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1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

1T′‐ReS₂ Confined in 2D‐Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Von Sonnenlicht zu Brennstoffen: aktuelle Fortschritte der C₁‐Solarchemie