Self-assembled photoactive heterojunction phase gradient

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (23) ◽  
pp. 8868-8874 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Merle ◽  
D. C. Bassett ◽  
J. A. Finch ◽  
G. Demopoulos ◽  
J. E. Barralet

The plant derived chelating agent phytic acid was found to promote the aqueous formation of anatase. By then electrodepositing in an organic solvent the biphasic rutile–anatase mixture could be separated to form a graded heterojunction. A time series characterisation confirmed that a large increase in photocurrent density coincided with the appearance of anatase in the coating.


Carbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 263-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Gao ◽  
Liang Huang ◽  
Chun Li ◽  
Guochuang Xu ◽  
Gaoquan Shi


2009 ◽  
Vol 130 (7) ◽  
pp. 074706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gota Kikugawa ◽  
Taku Ohara ◽  
Toru Kawaguchi ◽  
Eiichi Torigoe ◽  
Yasumasa Hagiwara ◽  
...  


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohannad Nassar ◽  
Noriko Hiraishi ◽  
Yukihiko Tamura ◽  
Masayuki Otsuki ◽  
Kazuhiro Aoki ◽  
...  


2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (8) ◽  
pp. 5019-5024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Su ◽  
Xing-Long Wu ◽  
Chun-Peng Yang ◽  
Jong-Sook Lee ◽  
Jaekook Kim ◽  
...  


2022 ◽  
Vol 517 ◽  
pp. 230727
Author(s):  
Jianfei Xiao ◽  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Tian C. Zhang ◽  
Like Ouyang ◽  
Shaojun Yuan


NANO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050003
Author(s):  
Yin Li ◽  
Keyu Zhang ◽  
Zhengjie Chen ◽  
Yunke Wang ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
...  

The olivine LiFePO4 with various morphologies and different growth lattice planes was prepared by a controllable hydrothermal method with changing precursor concentration and using phytic acid as phosphorus source. The microstructure, crystal orientation and electrochemical performance of the prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and charge–discharge tests. The results show that the morphologies of all samples change from spindle-like to hierarchical plate-like and then to long plate-like shape, and the main exposed facets transform from (100) to (001). This indicates that the precursor concentration and phytic acid play important roles in exposing facets and controlling the morphology of LiFePO4. In order to illustrate these phenomena, a reasonable assembly process is provided and the formation is explained. Li ion diffusion coefficient along [100] and [001] directions was calculated by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results show that the diffusion coefficient of (100) facet is higher than that of (001) facet, indicating a good electrochemical performance for (100) facet. In addition, the capacity test is carried out, which also confirms the above results. With the precursor concentration of 0.5[Formula: see text]M, the obtained LiFePO4 with self-assembled hierarchical structure, smaller size and (100) facet shows the best electrochemical performance: 162.1[Formula: see text]mAh/g at 0.1[Formula: see text]C and 112.4[Formula: see text]mAh/g at 10[Formula: see text]C. Using phytic acid as phosphorus source and controlling precursor concentration to prepare high performance LiFePO4 open up a new prospect for the production of cathode materials for lithium ion batteries.



2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1216-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deng-Guang Yu ◽  
Li-Min Zhu ◽  
S. W. Annie Bligh ◽  
Christopher Branford-White ◽  
Kenneth N. White


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Wenxue Yang ◽  
Haijun Zhang ◽  
Xiaoping Hu ◽  
Yingru Liu ◽  
Suhua Zhang ◽  
...  


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