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Linjie Zhi
A Novel Approach Towards Carbon–Ru Electrodes with Mesoporosity for Supercapacitors
Diels-Alder Reactions of Tetraphenylcyclopentadienones in Nanochannels: Fabrication of Nanotubes from Hyperbranched Polyphenylenes
Solid-State Synthesis of “Bamboo-Like” and Straight Carbon Nanotubes by Thermolysis of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene–Cobalt Complexes
Solid-State Pyrolyses of Metal Phthalocyanines: A Simple Approach towards Nitrogen-Doped CNTs and Metal/Carbon Nanocables
Solid-state pyrolysis of organometallic precursors has emerged as an alternative method for preparing carbon nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) and carbon anions. The morphology of the tubes can be controlled by the nature of the precursors and the pyrolysis procedures, and micrometer long nanotubes, composed of metal carbide wires encased in a graphitic sheath. Cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) as well as iron phthalocyanine were pyrolyzed at different temperatures to obtain CNTs. HRTEM and energy-dispersion X-Ray analysis disclosed that the core consisted of long, iron-containing single crystals and that the core was fully surrounded by crystallized graphic carbon. Iron-filled carbo…
A simple approach towards one-dimensional mesoporous carbon with superior electrochemical capacitive activity.
One-dimensional (1D) mesoporous carbons with highly ordered 3D interconnected pore structure and large-diameter pore size (10–20 nm) have been synthesized by a simple precursor-controlled thermolysis approach; such unique carbonaceous frameworks show superior capacitive behavior in electrochemical double-layer capacitors.
Solid-state pyrolysis of polyphenylene-metal complexes: A facile approach toward carbon nanoparticles
Novel polyphenylene-metal complexes with discotic, linear, and dendritic geometries are synthesized by using a facile approach consisting of reactions between Co2(CO)8 and ethynyl functionalities in dichloromethane. Various carbon nanoparticles (CNPs), including graphitic carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphitic carbon rods, and carbon-metal hybrid particles are obtained from the solid-state pyrolysis of these complexes. The ultimate structures of the CNPs are found to be dependant on the structure and composition of the starting compounds. Precursors containing graphenes always result in graphitic CNTs in high yield, whereas dendritic precursors give rodlike carbon materials. Alternatively, line…
Precursor-Controlled Formation of Novel Carbon/Metal and Carbon/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites
Carbonaceous materials have long been considered as a high-performance material due to their light weight, high thermal resistance, tunable porosity and strength, but also because of their exciting electronic properties. When hybridized with other metal nanoparticles to form carbon/ metal nanocomposites (CMCs), multifunctionality is achieved through the combination of carbon and metal, leading to interesting magnetic materials, catalysts, battery electrodes, or chemical sensors. Various methods for preparing CMCs have been developed. In most cases, metal cations deposited on carbonaceous materials were reduced chemically or physically to form CMCs. In these processes, heterogeneous dispersi…
Synthesis of Microporous Carbon Nanofibers and Nanotubes from Conjugated Polymer Network and Evaluation in Electrochemical Capacitor
One-dimensional fibers and tubes are constructed through the oriented carbon-carbon cross-linking reactions towards rigid conjugated polymer networks. As the result, a template-free and one-step synthesis of CNTs and CNFs is achieved through a simple carbonization of the as-formed carbon-rich tubular and fiberlike polyphenylene precursors under argon. Microporous CNTs and CNFs with a surface area up to 900 m2 g–1 are obtained, together with HR-TEM characterizations indicating the formation of intrinsic microporous structure in these rigid carbon-rich networks. The primary electrochemical experiments reveal their promising applications as advanced electrodes in electrochemical double-layered…
Self-assembly of amphiphilic imidazolium-based hexa-peri-hexabenzo-coronenes into fibreous aggregates
Imidazolium-based amphiphilic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes were synthesized and shown to undergo ordered columnar self-assembly in solid-state as well as in solution to yield defined nanofibers upon solution drop casting onto solid substrate.
Uniform Carbon and Carbon/Cobalt Nanostructures by Solid-State Thermolysis of Polyphenylene Dendrimer/Cobalt Complexes
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From Well-Defined Carbon-Rich Precursors to Monodisperse Carbon Particles with Hierarchic Structures
The creation of nanoscale particles with well-defined structures has long been considered as a promising approach to generate materials with novel properties. Carbonaceous nanoparticles (CNPs) with defined architectures, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), C60, carbon onions, carbon spheres, and carbon rods are particularly attractive owing to their unique electronic properties and many potential applications. At the same time, when these CNPs are regularly organized, additional functions appear. Such materials are believed to have hierarchic structures, in which the organization of the CNPs forms the first-order structure (FOS) and the configuration of the single CNP forms the secondor higher…