简介：AfacilehydrothermalmethodwasdevelopedforthepreparationofFe2O3@CnanocompositesusingFeCl3·6H2Oasironsourceandglucoseascarbonsourceunderalkalinecondition.Themorphologyandstructureoftheas-preparedproductwereidentifiedbytransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),highresolutiontransmissionelectronmicroscopy(HRTEM),field-emissionscanningelectronmicroscopy(FESEM),X-raydiffraction(XRD),Ramanspectroscopy,FourierTransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),andthermogravimetricanalysis(TGA).Theas-prepareα-Fe2O3@Cnanocompositeswereemployedforsupercapacitorelectrodematerial.Thesynergisticcombinationofcarbonelectricaldouble-layercapacitanceandα-Fe2O3pseudo-capacitanceestablishedsuchnanocompositesasversatileplatformforhighperformancesupercapacitors.Thesynthesismethoddevelopedhereisexpectedtoobtainothermetaloxide/carboncomposite.

简介：Tomeettherequirementsofelectronicvehicles(EVs)andhybridelectricvehicles(HEVs),thehighenergydensityLiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2(NCA)cathodeandSi–Canodehaveattractedmoreattention.HerewereportthethermalbehaviorsofNCA/Si–Cpouchcellduringthecharge/dischargeprocessesatdifferentcurrentdensities.ThetotalheatgenerationsarederivedfromthesurfacetemperaturechangeduringelectrochemicalLi+insertion/extractioninadiabaticsurrounding.Thereversibleheatisdeterminedbytheentropiccoefficients,whicharerelatedwithopen-circuitvoltageatdifferenttemperatures;whiletheirreversibleheatisdeterminedbytheinternalresistance,whichcanbeobtainedviaV–Icharacteristic,electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopyandhybridpulsepowercharacterization(HPPC).Duringtheelectrochemicalprocess,thereversibleheatcontributeslessthan10%tototalheatgeneration;andtheheatgeneratedinchargeprocessislessthanthatindischargeprocess.Theresultsofthermalbehaviorsanalysesareconducivetounderstandingthesafetymanagementandpavingthewayforbuildingareliablethermalmodelofhighenergydensitylithiumionbattery.

简介：Uptothisdate,researchersarestillfacingdifficultiestoexpandthetechnologyofdirectmethanolfuelcells(DMFCs)becauseofthehighoverpotentialrequiredtooxidizethemethanolanditsrelativelypoorperformanceduetoCOpoisoningoftheleading-highcostanodecatalyst.Inlinewiththis,wehavesuccessfullymodifiedthemorphologicalstructureandcompositionoflowcostcobaltbased-metaloxides,MCo2O4(M=ZnandNi),withthesimpleandnobleuseofpolyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)asgrowthmodifierandsurfacestabilizerduringthesynthesisofnanoparticlesinourpreviousreports,whichshownhighelectrocatalyticactivityandstrongstability.DuetothegoodperformanceofourPVPmodifiedMCo2O4towardspseudocapacitorandoxygenevolutionreactionapplications,wedecidedtoextendourresearchstudytomethanoloxidationreaction.Remarkably,PVPmodifiedNiCo2O4electrodedirectlygrownonnickelfoamsubstrateviaasimplehydrothermalprocessexhibitedbetterperformancecomparedwithPVPmodifiedZnCo2O4andNiCo2O4withoutPVP.Ithadobtainedaremarkablylowonsetpotentialof0.285Vandhighcurrentdensityof280mAcm-2,andshowngreatstabilityandhighpoisontoleranceduringacontinuousCVcyclingandChronoamperometrytest,whichattainedhighefficiencyof86.86%and98.52%,respectively.ThesepositiveresultsofPVPmodifiedNiCo2O4electrodetowardsMORmightbeattributedtoitshierarchical3Dnanostructureswithhighlymesoporoussurfaceandlargesurfaceareawhichmayhaveprovidednumerouselectroactivesites,andtheexceptionalcorrosionstabilityofNiCo2O4electrodeinalkalinesolution.