Plasma-Fluorination Synthesis of High Surface Area Aluminum Trifluoride from a Zeolite Precursor

This study evaluated the performance of the commonly used strong buffer electrolytes, i.e. phosphate buffers, during CO2 electroreduction in neutral pH conditions by using in-situ surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Unfortunately, the buffers break down a lot faster than anticipated which has serious implications on many studies in the literature such as selectivity and kinetic analysis of the electrocatalysts. Increasing electrolyte concentration, surprisingly, did not extend the potential window of the phosphate buffers due to dramatic increase in hydrogen evolution reaction. Even high concentration phosphate buffers (1 M) break down within the potentials (-1 V vs RHE) where hydrocarbons are formed on copper electrodes. We have extended the discussion to high surface area electrodes by evaluating electrodes composed of copper nanowires. We would like highlight that it is not possible to cope with high local current densities on these high surface area electrodes by using high buffer capacity solutions and the CO2 electrocatalysts are needed to be evaluated by casting thin nanoparticle films onto inert substrates as commonly employed in fuel cell reactions and up to now scarcely employed in CO2 electroreduction. In addition, we underscore that normalization of the electrocatalytic activity to the electrochemical active surface area is not the ultimate solution due to concentration gradient along the catalyst layer.This will “underestimate” the activity of high surface electrocatalyst and the degree of underestimation will depend on the thickness, porosity and morphology of the catalyst layer.

Rugae-like FeP nanocrystal assembly on a carbon cloth: an exceptionally efficient and stable cathode for hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale ◽

10.1039/c5nr02375k ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (25) ◽

pp. 10974-10981 ◽

Cited By ~ 95

Author(s):

Xiulin Yang ◽

Ang-Yu Lu ◽

Yihan Zhu ◽

Shixiong Min ◽

Mohamed Nejib Hedhili ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gas Phase ◽

Surface Area ◽

Hydrogen Evolution ◽

Hydrogen Generation ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Catalytic Efficiency ◽

Carbon Cloth ◽

Nanocrystal Assembly

High surface area FeP nanosheets on a carbon cloth were prepared by gas phase phosphidation of electroplated FeOOH, which exhibit exceptionally high catalytic efficiency and stability for hydrogen generation.

Supercapacitors Based On High-Surface-Area Graphene

ECS Meeting Abstracts ◽

10.1149/ma2013-02/41/2453 ◽

2013 ◽

Keyword(s):

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area

High Surface Area NiCoP Nanostructure as Efficient Water Splitting Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Materials Research Bulletin ◽

10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111312 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 111312

Author(s):

Sisir Maity ◽

Dheeraj Kumar Singh ◽

Divya Bhutani ◽

Suchitra Prasad ◽

Umesh V. Waghmare ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Surface Area ◽

Water Splitting ◽

Oxygen Evolution ◽

Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area

Fast synthesis of high surface area bio-based porous carbons for p-nitrophenol removal

MethodsX ◽

10.1016/j.mex.2021.101464 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101464

Author(s):

Yichen Wu ◽

Nan Zhang ◽

Charles-François de Lannoy

Keyword(s):

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Porous Carbons ◽

Fast Synthesis

Synthesis of high surface area and functionalized nanoporous biocarbons and their efficiency for CO2 capture and supercapacitors

Green Chemistry ◽

10.1039/d1gc01376a ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gurwinder Singh ◽

Rohan Bahadur ◽

Ajanya Maria Ruban ◽

Jefrin Marykala Davidraj ◽

Dawei Su ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Surface Area ◽

Co2 Capture ◽

Water Purification ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Energy Storage And Conversion ◽

Waste Biomass ◽

Fabrication Technology ◽

Significant Attention

Nanoporous biocarbons derived from waste biomass have created significant attention owing to their great potential for energy storage and conversion and water purification. However, the fabrication technology for these materials...

Developing Eco-Friendly and Cost-Effective Porous Adsorbent for Carbon Dioxide Capture

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules26071962 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (7) ◽

pp. 1962

Author(s):

Mahboubeh Nabavinia ◽

Baishali Kanjilal ◽

Noahiro Fujinuma ◽

Amos Mugweru ◽

Iman Noshadi

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Surface Area ◽

Co2 Capture ◽

High Surface ◽

Scale Up ◽

Polymer Networks ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Excellent Thermal Stability ◽

Doped Polymers ◽

Metal Doped

To address the issue of global warming and climate change issues, recent research efforts have highlighted opportunities for capturing and electrochemically converting carbon dioxide (CO2). Despite metal doped polymers receiving widespread attention in this respect, the structures hitherto reported lack in ease of synthesis with scale up feasibility. In this study, a series of mesoporous metal-doped polymers (MRFs) with tunable metal functionality and hierarchical porosity were successfully synthesized using a one-step copolymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde with Polyethyleneimine (PEI) under solvothermal conditions. The effect of PEI and metal doping concentrations were observed on physical properties and adsorption results. The results confirmed the role of PEI on the mesoporosity of the polymer networks and high surface area in addition to enhanced CO2 capture capacity. The resulting Cobalt doped material shows excellent thermal stability and promising CO2 capture performance, with equilibrium adsorption of 2.3 mmol CO2/g at 0 °C and 1 bar for at a surface area 675.62 m2/g. This mesoporous polymer, with its ease of synthesis is a promising candidate for promising for CO2 capture and possible subsequent electrochemical conversion.

3D isotropic hole-in-platelet graphene hydrogels with high surface area and fast mass transfer ability as efficient adsorbents

Chemical Engineering Journal ◽

10.1016/j.cej.2021.129466 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 129466

Author(s):

Jing Wu ◽

He Gan ◽

Qin Wang ◽

Hongbo Liu

Keyword(s):

Mass Transfer ◽

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area

Gold nanoparticles grown on hydrophobic and texturally-tunable PDMS-like framework

New Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1039/d1nj00274k ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marieme Kacem ◽

Nadia Katir ◽

Jamal El Haskouri ◽

Abdellatif Essoumhi ◽

Abdelkrim El Kadib

Keyword(s):

Gold Nanoparticles ◽

Surface Area ◽

Metal Clusters ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Mesoporous Silicas

Mesoporous silicas are among the most suitable high-surface area solids to support small-sized metal clusters and nanoparticles. Unfortunately, the instability of silica in water constitutes a serious impedement for its...

Effective Poly (Cyclotriphosphazene-Co-4,4′-Sulfonyldiphenol)@rGO Sheets for Tetracycline Adsorption: Fabrication, Characterization, Adsorption Kinetics and Thermodynamics

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano11061540 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1540

Author(s):

Muhammad Ahmad ◽

Tehseen Nawaz ◽

Mohammad Mujahid Alam ◽

Yasir Abbas ◽

Shafqat Ali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adsorption Capacity ◽

Surface Area ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

High Adsorption ◽

Clean Environment ◽

Equilibrium Data ◽

Langmuir Isotherm Model ◽

High Adsorption Capacity ◽

Adsorption Equilibrium Data

The development of excellent drug adsorbents and clarifying the interaction mechanisms between adsorbents and adsorbates are greatly desired for a clean environment. Herein, we report that a reduced graphene oxide modified sheeted polyphosphazene (rGO/poly (cyclotriphosphazene-co-4,4′-sulfonyldiphenol)) defined as PZS on rGO was used to remove the tetracycline (TC) drug from an aqueous solution. Compared to PZS microspheres, the adsorption capacity of sheeted PZS@rGO exhibited a high adsorption capacity of 496 mg/g. The adsorption equilibrium data well obeyed the Langmuir isotherm model, and the kinetics isotherm was fitted to the pseudo-second-order model. Thermodynamic analysis showed that the adsorption of TC was an exothermic, spontaneous process. Furthermore, we highlighted the importance of the surface modification of PZS by the introduction of rGO, which tremendously increased the surface area necessary for high adsorption. Along with high surface area, electrostatic attractions, H-bonding, π-π stacking and Lewis acid-base interactions were involved in the high adsorption capacity of PZS@rGO. Furthermore, we also proposed the mechanism of TC adsorption via PZS@rGO.