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Domain Switching In Single-Phase Multiferroics, Tingting Jia, Zhenxiang Cheng, Hongyang Zhao, Hideo Kimura
Domain Switching In Single-Phase Multiferroics, Tingting Jia, Zhenxiang Cheng, Hongyang Zhao, Hideo Kimura
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Multiferroics are a time-honoured research subject by reason for their tremendous application potential in the information industry, such as in multi-state information storage devices and new types of sensors. An outburst of studies on multiferroicity has been witnessed in the 21st century, although this field has a long research history since the 19th century. Multiferroicity has now become one of the hottest research topics in condensed matter physics and materials science. Numerous efforts have been made to investigate the cross-coupling phenomena among ferroic orders such as ferroelectricity, (anti-)ferromagnetism, and ferroelasticity, especially the coupling between electric and magnetic orderings that would …
Elastic Fiber Supercapacitors For Wearable Energy Storage, Si Qin, Shayan Seyedin, Jizhen Zhang, Zhiyu Wang, Fangli Yang, Yuqing Liu, Jun Chen, Joselito M. Razal
Elastic Fiber Supercapacitors For Wearable Energy Storage, Si Qin, Shayan Seyedin, Jizhen Zhang, Zhiyu Wang, Fangli Yang, Yuqing Liu, Jun Chen, Joselito M. Razal
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The development of wearable devices such as smart watches, intelligent garments, and wearable health-monitoring devices calls for suitable energy storage devices which have matching mechanical properties and can provide sufficient power for a reasonable duration. Stretchable fiber-based supercapacitors are emerging as a promising candidates for this purpose because they are lightweight, flexible, have high energy and power density, and the potential for easy integration into traditional textile processes. An important characteristic that is oftentimes ignored is stretchability-fiber supercapacitors should be able to accommodate large elongation during use, endure a range of bending motions, and then revert to its original form …
Feasibility And Characterization Of Common And Exotic Filaments For Use In 3d Printed Terahertz Devices, Andrew Squires, R A. Lewis
Feasibility And Characterization Of Common And Exotic Filaments For Use In 3d Printed Terahertz Devices, Andrew Squires, R A. Lewis
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Recent years have seen an influx of applications utilizing 3D printed devices in the terahertz regime. The simplest, and perhaps most versatile, modality allowing this is Fused Deposition Modelling. In this work, a holistic analysis of the terahertz optical, mechanical and printing properties of 17 common and exotic 3D printer filaments used in Fused Deposition Modelling is performed. High impact polystyrene is found to be the best filament, with a useable frequency range of 0.1-1.3 THz, while remaining easily printed. Nylon, polylactic acid and polyvinyl alcohol give the least desirable terahertz response, satisfactory only below 0.5 THz. Interestingly, most modified …
Effect Of Electrochemical Oxidation And Reduction On Cell De-Adhesion At The Conducting Polymer-Live Cell Interface As Revealed By Single Cell Force Spectroscopy, Hongrui Zhang, Qi Gu, Gordon G. Wallace, Michael J. Higgins
Effect Of Electrochemical Oxidation And Reduction On Cell De-Adhesion At The Conducting Polymer-Live Cell Interface As Revealed By Single Cell Force Spectroscopy, Hongrui Zhang, Qi Gu, Gordon G. Wallace, Michael J. Higgins
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Cell adhesion on conducting polymers is important in organic bioelectronics, including applications such as electronically switchable surfaces and electrochemical transistors. There is a fundamental interest in understanding the conducting polymer-cellular interface though as yet no direct measurements to quantify the cell adhesion forces and energies, particularly at the molecular level, have been undertaken. Here, the authors apply electrochemical-single cell force spectroscopy (EC-SCFS) to directly quantify the de-adhesion forces between single L929 fibroblast cells and polypyrrole doped with dodecylbenzene sulfonate (PPy-DBSA) under electrical stimulation. The EC-SCFS reveals single cell de-adhesion forces of 0.65 nN on PPy-DBSA films with adsorbed fibronectin (FN) …
A Novel High Voltage Battery Cathodes Of Fe2+/Fe3+Sodium Fluoro Sulfate Lined With Carbon Nanotubes For Stable Sodium Batteries, Ranjusha Rajagopalan, Zhenguo Wu, Yumei Liu, Shaymaa Al-Rubaye, En-Hui Wang, Chunjin Wu, Wei Xiang, Benhe Zhong, Xiaodong Guo, Shi Xue Dou, Hua-Kun Liu
A Novel High Voltage Battery Cathodes Of Fe2+/Fe3+Sodium Fluoro Sulfate Lined With Carbon Nanotubes For Stable Sodium Batteries, Ranjusha Rajagopalan, Zhenguo Wu, Yumei Liu, Shaymaa Al-Rubaye, En-Hui Wang, Chunjin Wu, Wei Xiang, Benhe Zhong, Xiaodong Guo, Shi Xue Dou, Hua-Kun Liu
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Current trends in battery research are promoting the development of feasible methods to prepare electrode materials with new architectures that can meet the requirements of high energy density associated with sodium ion batteries (SIB). It is logical to use solid-state processing techniques to fabricate SIB electrode materials due to its ease of handling and capability for large-scale production. From the SIB standpoint, the sulfate based polyanionic system is well known for its high operating voltage. The present study utilizes a hitherto-unknown solid-state process with an entirely new composition to develop an electrode comprising earth abundant carbon, sodium, sulfur, fluorine, and …
Recent Advances In Designing High-Capacity Anode Nanomaterials For Li-Ion Batteries And Their Atomic-Scale Storage Mechanism Studies, Qiuhong Cui, Yeteng Zhong, Lu Pan, Hongyun Zhang, Yijun Yang, Dequan Liu, Feng Teng, Yoshio Bando, Jiannian Yao, Xi Wang
Recent Advances In Designing High-Capacity Anode Nanomaterials For Li-Ion Batteries And Their Atomic-Scale Storage Mechanism Studies, Qiuhong Cui, Yeteng Zhong, Lu Pan, Hongyun Zhang, Yijun Yang, Dequan Liu, Feng Teng, Yoshio Bando, Jiannian Yao, Xi Wang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely applied in portable electronics (laptops, mobile phones, etc.) as one of the most popular energy storage devices. Currently, much effort has been devoted to exploring alternative high-capacity anode materials and thus potentially constructing high-performance LIBs with higher energy/power density. Here, high-capacity anode nanomaterials based on the diverse types of mechanisms, intercalation/deintercalation mechanism, alloying/dealloying reactions, conversion reaction, and Li metal reaction, are reviewed. Moreover, recent studies in atomic-scale storage mechanism by utilizing advanced microscopic techniques, such as in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and other techniques (e.g., spherical aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, cryoelectron microscopy, …
Biofabrication Of Human Articular Cartilage: A Path Towards The Development Of A Clinical Treatment, Carmine Onofrillo, Serena Duchi, Cathal D. O'Connell, Romane Blanchard, Andrea O'Connor, Mark A. Scott, Gordon G. Wallace, Peter Choong, Claudia Di Bella
Biofabrication Of Human Articular Cartilage: A Path Towards The Development Of A Clinical Treatment, Carmine Onofrillo, Serena Duchi, Cathal D. O'Connell, Romane Blanchard, Andrea O'Connor, Mark A. Scott, Gordon G. Wallace, Peter Choong, Claudia Di Bella
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Cartilage injuries cause pain and loss of function, and if severe may result in osteoarthritis (OA). 3D bioprinting is now a tangible option for the delivery of bioscaffolds capable of regenerating the deficient cartilage tissue. Our team has developed a handheld device, the Biopen, to allow in situ additive manufacturing during surgery. Given its ability to extrude in a core/shell manner, the Biopen can preserve cell viability during the biofabrication process, and it is currently the only biofabrication tool tested as a surgical instrument in a sheep model using homologous stem cells. As a necessary step toward the development of …
Gortex-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes With Unprecedented Resistance To Flooding And Leaking, Prerna Tiwari, George Tsekouras, Gerhard F. Swiegers, Gordon G. Wallace
Gortex-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes With Unprecedented Resistance To Flooding And Leaking, Prerna Tiwari, George Tsekouras, Gerhard F. Swiegers, Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A significant and long-standing problem in electrochemistry has demanded the need for gas diffusion electrodes that are "flood-proof" and "leak-proof" when operated with a liquid electrolyte. The absence of a solution to this problem has, effectively, made it unviable to use gas diffusion electrodes in many electrochemical manufacturing processes, especially as "gas-depolarized" counter electrodes with significantly decreased energy consumption. In this work, Gortex membranes (also known as expanded PTFE or ePTFE) have been studied as novel, leak-proof substrates for gas diffusion electrodes [PTFE = poly(tetrafluoroethylene)]. We report the fabrication, characterization, and operation of gas diffusion electrodes comprising finely pored Gortex …
Insight Into The Synergistic Effect On Selective Adsorption For Heavy Metal Ions By A Polypyrrole/Tio2composite, Jie Chen, Mengting Yu, Caiyun Wang, Jiangtao Feng, Wei Yan
Insight Into The Synergistic Effect On Selective Adsorption For Heavy Metal Ions By A Polypyrrole/Tio2composite, Jie Chen, Mengting Yu, Caiyun Wang, Jiangtao Feng, Wei Yan
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Polymer/metal oxide composites are promising candidates for the treatment of water pollution. Adsorption selectivity as well as a large adsorption capacity are two key factors for treating wastewater containing multiple ions. Herein, a PPy+/TiO2(O-) composite with a heterojunction structure was first discovered to have novel selectivity toward heavy metal ions. An interesting self-doping nature of TiO2(O-) together with SO42-for PPy+was reported. This interesting structure contributed to an impressive selective adsorption capability with an ascending order of Zn2+> Pb2+≫ Cu2+in a ternary ion system, where the adsorption for Cu2+could be almost suppressed. Through the designed adsorption experiments and characterization techniques including …
Future Energy Technology: Enabling New Science For A Sustainable Future, Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Zaiping Guo, Yun Hau Ng, Da-Wei Wang
Future Energy Technology: Enabling New Science For A Sustainable Future, Francois Aguey-Zinsou, Zaiping Guo, Yun Hau Ng, Da-Wei Wang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
With the financial crisis hitting the world economy in 2008, the boom of gas shale and fracking in the US, and the recent move toward outdated technologies in some parts of the world, tackling many of the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century has been relegated to second place. The supply of clean energy is one of those challenges. The test facing us is how to sustain economic growth while dealing with limited primary resources and minimizing environmental pollution. Energy is a fundamental necessity for almost everything needed to sustain us, from food production to drug design and safe …
Hierarchical Porous Nio/B-Nimoo4 Heterostructure As Superior Anode Material For Lithium Storage, Zhijian Wang, Shilin Zhang, Hai Zeng, Haimin Zhao, Wei Sun, Meng Jiang, Chuanqi Feng, Jianwen Liu, Tengfei Zhou, Yang Zheng, Zaiping Guo
Hierarchical Porous Nio/B-Nimoo4 Heterostructure As Superior Anode Material For Lithium Storage, Zhijian Wang, Shilin Zhang, Hai Zeng, Haimin Zhao, Wei Sun, Meng Jiang, Chuanqi Feng, Jianwen Liu, Tengfei Zhou, Yang Zheng, Zaiping Guo
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Ternary transition metal oxides (TTMOs) have attracted considerable attention for rechargeable batteries because of their fascinating properties. However, the unsatisfactory electrochemical performance originating from the poor intrinsic electronic conductivity and inferior structural stability impedes their practical applications. Here, the novel hierarchical porous NiO/β-NiMoO4heterostructure is fabricated, and exhibits high reversible capacity, superior rate capability, and excellent cycling stability in Li-ion batteries (LIBs), which is much better than the corresponding single-phase NiMoO4and NiO materials. The significantly enhanced electrochemical properties can be attributed to its superior structural characteristics, including the large surface area, abundant pores, fast charge transfer, and catalytic effect of the …
Investigation On The Catalytic Performance Of Reduced‐Graphene‐Oxide‐Interpolated Fes2 And Fes For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Hengyi Fang, Taizhong Huang, Jianfeng Mao, Shuo Yao, M Dinesh, Yue Sun, Dong Liang, Lei Qi, Jiemei Yu, Zhankun Jiang
Investigation On The Catalytic Performance Of Reduced‐Graphene‐Oxide‐Interpolated Fes2 And Fes For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Hengyi Fang, Taizhong Huang, Jianfeng Mao, Shuo Yao, M Dinesh, Yue Sun, Dong Liang, Lei Qi, Jiemei Yu, Zhankun Jiang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) plays a key role in many kinds of energy conversion and energy storage devices, especially in fuel cells. Developing low-cost, easily prepared, and high-efficiency catalysts is a crucial factor for the large-scale applications of fuel cells. Herein, we report the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) interpolated FeS2and FeS as low cost and high performance electrocatalyst for ORR in the alkaline electrolyte. Cyclic voltammetry tests indicate that the onset potential of the ORR for FeS2@rGO is −0.142 V, which is close to the state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C (-0.114 V) catalyst. A low Tafel slope of ∼ 98 mV/decade …
Twist-Coil Coupling Fibres For High Stroke Tensile Artificial Muscles, Shazed Md Aziz, Sina Naficy, Javad Foroughi, Hugh Ralph Brown, Geoffrey M. Spinks
Twist-Coil Coupling Fibres For High Stroke Tensile Artificial Muscles, Shazed Md Aziz, Sina Naficy, Javad Foroughi, Hugh Ralph Brown, Geoffrey M. Spinks
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A new concept for tensile artificial muscles is introduced in which the torsional actuation of a twisted polymer fibre drives a twist to writhe conversion in a serially attached elastomeric fibre. Thermally induced torsional rotation of the twisted fibre caused formation of coils in the elastomeric fibre which resulted in overall muscle length contraction. Theoretical predictions of the muscle strain were developed by means of a modified single-helix theory. Experimental tests were conducted to measure the isotonic contraction strains for elastomeric fibres of different diameters and lengths. A good agreement between the measured and calculated results was found. Practical applicability …
Tuning The Structure Of Three Dimensional Nanostructured Molybdenum Disulfide/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Composite For High Lithium Storage, Yunfeng Chao, Yu Ge, Yong Zhao, Jicheng Jiang, Caiyun Wang, Chunyan Qin, Amruthalakshmi Vijayakumar, Changchun Yu, Gordon G. Wallace
Tuning The Structure Of Three Dimensional Nanostructured Molybdenum Disulfide/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Composite For High Lithium Storage, Yunfeng Chao, Yu Ge, Yong Zhao, Jicheng Jiang, Caiyun Wang, Chunyan Qin, Amruthalakshmi Vijayakumar, Changchun Yu, Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Molybdenum disulfide/nitrogen-doped carbon nanocomposite can afford high capacity, good rate capability and cycling stability in lithium ion batteries owing to the synergistic effect from these two components. Structure of the material has a great impact on the performance as well. In this work, MoS2/nitrogen-doped carbon (MoS2/C) composites have been developed by manipulating the nano-featured polypyrrole templates to guide and confine their growth. They are formed via a simple hydrothermal process combined with a subsequent annealing process. The MoS2/nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (MoS2/CNT) composite with 76% of MoS2 exhibits an excellent performance including a high capacity of 1232 mAh g−1 at a …
Aesthetically Pleasing, Visible Light Transmissive, Luminescent Solar Concentrators Using A Bodipy Derivative, Alina Brzeczek-Szafran, Christopher Richardson, Vanessa Lopez, Pawel W. Wagner, Andrew Nattestad
Aesthetically Pleasing, Visible Light Transmissive, Luminescent Solar Concentrators Using A Bodipy Derivative, Alina Brzeczek-Szafran, Christopher Richardson, Vanessa Lopez, Pawel W. Wagner, Andrew Nattestad
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A visible light transmitting BODIPY derivative with an emission peak at 604 nm and quantum yield of 64% is incorporated into a PMMA matrix, resulting in an aesthetically pleasing luminescent solar concentrator (LSC), suitable for "power window" applications. A Monte Carlo modeling platform is shown to be useful firstly to tune device performance, but also to give direction to future synthetic efforts. From this an 4 mm thick LSC of (100 x 100 mm) is shown to have optical efficiency of ≈3.3%.
Boosting Potassium-Ion Batteries By Few-Layered Composite Anodes Prepared Via Solution-Triggered One-Step Shear Exfoliation, Yajie Liu, Zhixin Tai, Jian Zhang, Wei Kong Pang, Qing Zhang, Haifeng Feng, Konstantin K. Konstantinov, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu
Boosting Potassium-Ion Batteries By Few-Layered Composite Anodes Prepared Via Solution-Triggered One-Step Shear Exfoliation, Yajie Liu, Zhixin Tai, Jian Zhang, Wei Kong Pang, Qing Zhang, Haifeng Feng, Konstantin K. Konstantinov, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Earth-abundant potassium is a promising alternative to lithium in rechargeable batteries, but a pivotal limitation of potassium-ion batteries is their relatively low capacity and poor cycling stability. Here, a high-performance potassium-ion battery is achieved by employing few-layered antimony sulfide/carbon sheet composite anode fabricated via one-step high-shear exfoliation in ethanol/water solvent. Antimony sulfide with few-layered structure minimizes the volume expansion during potassiation and shortens the ion transport pathways, thus enhancing the rate capability; while carbon sheets in the composite provide electrical conductivity and maintain the electrode cycling stability by trapping the inevitable by-product, elemental sulfur. Meanwhile, the effect of the exfoliation …
A Bioprinting Printing Approach To Regenerate Cartilage For Microtia Treatment, Johnson Chung, Juliane Kade, Mohammadali Jeiranikhameneh, Zhilian Yue, Payal Mukherjee, Gordon G. Wallace
A Bioprinting Printing Approach To Regenerate Cartilage For Microtia Treatment, Johnson Chung, Juliane Kade, Mohammadali Jeiranikhameneh, Zhilian Yue, Payal Mukherjee, Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The need to search for biomaterials that can promote tissue regeneration and easy to replicate and manufacture is a major driving force for research and development in the area of reconstructive surgery and regenerative medicine. It is of great importance to otolaryngologists to find alternate solutions that require harvesting large amounts of autologous cartilage in patients needing cartilage grafts. Due to its very limited self-regeneration capacity, cartilage repair and reconstruction is extremely challenging. Microtia is a congenital condition of abnormal development of the outer and/ or the middle ear and can range from mild to complete absence of the ear. …
Recent Advances In Dirac Spin-Gapless Semiconductors, Xiaotian Wang, Tingzhou Li, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hong Chen
Recent Advances In Dirac Spin-Gapless Semiconductors, Xiaotian Wang, Tingzhou Li, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Hong Chen
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Spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs), the new generation of spintronic materials, have received increasing attention recently owing to their various attractive properties such as fully spin-polarization and high carrier mobility. Based on their unique band structures, SGSs can be divided into two types: parabolic and Dirac-like linear. The linear-type SGSs, also called Dirac SGSs (DSGSs), have real massless fermions and dissipation-less transport properties, and thus are regarded as promising material candidates for applications in ultra-fast and ultra-low-power spintronic devices. DSGSs can be further classified into p-state type or d-state type depending on the degree of contribution of either the p-orbitals or d-orbitals …
Long Range Intrinsic Ferromagnetism In Two Dimensional Materials And Dissipationless Future Technologies, Babar Shabbir, Muhammad Nadeem, Zhigao Dai, Michael S. Fuhrer, Qi-Kun Xue, Xiaolin Wang, Qiaoliang Bao
Long Range Intrinsic Ferromagnetism In Two Dimensional Materials And Dissipationless Future Technologies, Babar Shabbir, Muhammad Nadeem, Zhigao Dai, Michael S. Fuhrer, Qi-Kun Xue, Xiaolin Wang, Qiaoliang Bao
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The inherent susceptibility of low-dimensional materials to thermal fluctuations has long been expected to pose a major challenge to achieve intrinsic long-range ferromagnetic order in two-dimensional materials. The recent explosion of interest in atomically thin materials and their assembly into van der Waals heterostructures has renewed interest in two-dimensional ferromagnetism, which is interesting from a fundamental scientific point of view and also offers a missing ingredient necessary for the realization of spintronic functionality in van der Waals heterostructures. Recently, several atomically thin materials have been shown to be robust ferromagnets. Such ferromagnetism is thought to be enabled by magnetocrystalline anisotropy …
Surface Engineering With Ar+/O2+ Ion Beam Bombardment: Tuning The Electronic And Magnetic Behavior Of Ni80fe20/La0.7sr0.3mno3/Srtio3(001) Junctions, I Bergenti, Palash K. Manna, C H. Lin, P Graziosi, X Liu, Grace L. Causer, F Liscio, A Ruotolo, V A. Dediu, Johan Van Lierop, Frank Klose, Ko-Wei Lin
Surface Engineering With Ar+/O2+ Ion Beam Bombardment: Tuning The Electronic And Magnetic Behavior Of Ni80fe20/La0.7sr0.3mno3/Srtio3(001) Junctions, I Bergenti, Palash K. Manna, C H. Lin, P Graziosi, X Liu, Grace L. Causer, F Liscio, A Ruotolo, V A. Dediu, Johan Van Lierop, Frank Klose, Ko-Wei Lin
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The magnetic and magnetotransport properties of Ni80Fe20/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (NiFe/LSMO) bilayers were investigated after bombarding the LSMO surface with low-energy Ar+ or O2+/Ar+ ion beams before the growth of the top NiFe layer. A variety of magnetic properties are revealed, including an asymmetric two-stepped hysteresis loop with an exchange bias loop shift, and alternatively, a symmetric two-stepped hysteresis loop with an enhanced coercivity. Polarized neutron reflectometry measurements provide details of the magnetic depth profile and interface layer magnetism at different temperatures. The LSMO surface modifications determine a complex magnetic and electric NiFe/LSMO interface having a strong effect on the magnetoresistance of the …
Photocatalytic Reduction On Bismuth-Based P-Block Semiconductors, Dandan Cui, Liang Wang, Yi Du, Weichang Hao, Jun Chen
Photocatalytic Reduction On Bismuth-Based P-Block Semiconductors, Dandan Cui, Liang Wang, Yi Du, Weichang Hao, Jun Chen
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With the constant increase in demand for fuel energy, research on the exploration of renewable energy sources is becoming significantly critical. Herein, photocatalysis for the direct conversion of solar to chemical energy has attracted tremendous attention. In particular, because of the energy band edges mainly formed by p orbitals or s-p hybridized states, resulting in narrow band gaps and highly dispersive band structures, photocatalysts constructed from p-block elements exhibit remarkable visible-light photocatalytic activity. Taking bismuth oxyhalide-based photocatalysts, a typical family of p-block semiconductors, as an example, the following perspective mainly focuses on three significant strategies, including constituent adjustment, vacancy engineering, …
Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Sea-Cucumber-Like Fes2@C Nanorods With Outstanding Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage Properties, Zhenxiao Lu, Nana Wang, Yaohui Zhang, Pan Xue, Meiqing Guo, Bin Tang, Xun Xu, Wenxian Wang, Zhongchao Bai, Shi Xue Dou
Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Sea-Cucumber-Like Fes2@C Nanorods With Outstanding Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage Properties, Zhenxiao Lu, Nana Wang, Yaohui Zhang, Pan Xue, Meiqing Guo, Bin Tang, Xun Xu, Wenxian Wang, Zhongchao Bai, Shi Xue Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are supposed to be attractive energy strorage and supply devices due to the abundant reserves of sodium. Their limited specific capacity and rate capacity, however, are standing in the way of the extensive application of SIBs. It is reported herein that porous sea-cucumber-like FeS2@C nanorods can act as efficient cathode materials to satisfy the rigorous requirements of the proposed applications. The fabrication of the sea-cucumber-like FeS2@C nanorods involves the hydrothermal growth of F-MIL (where F = Fe, MIL = materials from the Lavoisier Institute) nanorods, and subsequent sulfidation. The electrochemical results demonstrate that …
Development Of Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Inks For High Performance Flexible Microsupercapacitors Via Extrusion Printing, Yuqing Liu, Binbin Zhang, Qun Xu, Yuyang Hou, Shayan Seyedin, Si Qin, Gordon G. Wallace, Stephen T. Beirne, Joselito M. Razal, Jun Chen
Development Of Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Inks For High Performance Flexible Microsupercapacitors Via Extrusion Printing, Yuqing Liu, Binbin Zhang, Qun Xu, Yuyang Hou, Shayan Seyedin, Si Qin, Gordon G. Wallace, Stephen T. Beirne, Joselito M. Razal, Jun Chen
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Extrusion printing of interdigitated electrodes for flexible microsupercapacitors (fMSCs) offers an attractive route to the fabrication of flexible devices where cost, scalability, and processability of ink formulations are critical. In this work, highly concentrated, viscous, and water-dispersible inks are developed based on graphene oxide (GO)/polyaniline (PANi) composite for extrusion printing. The optimized GO/PANi-based all-solid-state symmetric fMSCs obtained by extrusion printing interdigitated microelectrodes can deliver outstanding areal capacitance of 153.6 mF cm -2 and volumetric capacitance of 19.2 F cm -3 at 5 mV s -1 . It is shown that by fabricating asymmetric fMSCs using the GO/PANi as positive electrode …
Fabrication And In Vitro Characterization Of Electrochemically Compacted Collagen/Sulfated Xylorhamnoglycuronan Matrix For Wound Healing Applications, Lingzhi Kang, Xiao Liu, Zhilian Yue, Zhi Chen, Christopher Baker, Pia C. Winberg, Gordon G. Wallace
Fabrication And In Vitro Characterization Of Electrochemically Compacted Collagen/Sulfated Xylorhamnoglycuronan Matrix For Wound Healing Applications, Lingzhi Kang, Xiao Liu, Zhilian Yue, Zhi Chen, Christopher Baker, Pia C. Winberg, Gordon G. Wallace
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Skin autografts are in great demand due to injuries and disease, but there are challenges using live tissue sources, and synthetic tissue is still in its infancy. In this study, an electrocompaction method was applied to fabricate the densely packed and highly ordered collagen/sulfated xylorhamnoglycuronan (SXRGlu) scaffold which closely mimicked the major structure and components in natural skin tissue. The fabricated electrocompacted collagen/SXRGlu matrices (ECLCU) were characterized in terms of micromorphology, mechanical property, water uptake ability and degradability. The viability, proliferation and morphology of human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) cells on the fabricated matrices were also evaluated. The results indicated that …
Enhanced Electrochemical Stability Of Carbon-Coated Antimony Nanoparticles With Sodium Alginate Binder For Sodium-Ion Batteries, Jianmin Feng, Liqun Wang, Dejun Li, Pengyi Lu, Feng Hou, Ji Liang
Enhanced Electrochemical Stability Of Carbon-Coated Antimony Nanoparticles With Sodium Alginate Binder For Sodium-Ion Batteries, Jianmin Feng, Liqun Wang, Dejun Li, Pengyi Lu, Feng Hou, Ji Liang
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The poor cycling stability of antimony during a repeated sodium ion insertion and desertion process is the key issue, which leads to an unsatisfactory application as an anode material in a sodium-ion battery. Addressed at this, we report a facile two-step method to coat antimony nanoparticles with an ultrathin carbon layer of few nanometers (denoted Sb@C NPs) for sodium-ion battery anode application. This carbon layer could buffer the volume change of antimony in the charge-discharge process and improve the battery cycle performance. Meanwhile, this carbon coating could also enhance the interfacial stability by firmly connecting the sodium alginate binders through …
Weavable Asymmetric Carbon Nanotube Yarn Supercapacitor For Electronic Textiles, Changsoon Choi, Jong Park, Keon Jung Kim, Duck Lee, Monica Jung De Andrade, Shi Hyeong Kim, Sanjeev Gambhir, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Ray H. Baughman, Seon Jeong Kim
Weavable Asymmetric Carbon Nanotube Yarn Supercapacitor For Electronic Textiles, Changsoon Choi, Jong Park, Keon Jung Kim, Duck Lee, Monica Jung De Andrade, Shi Hyeong Kim, Sanjeev Gambhir, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Ray H. Baughman, Seon Jeong Kim
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Asymmetric supercapacitors are receiving much research interests due to their wide operating potential window and high energy density. In this study, we report the fabrication of asymmetrically configured yarn based supercapacitor by using liquid-state biscrolling technology. High loading amounts of reduced graphene oxide anode guest (90.1 wt%) and MnO 2 cathode guest (70 wt%) materials were successfully embedded into carbon nanotube yarn host electrodes. The resulting asymmetric yarn supercapacitor coated by gel based organic electrolyte (PVDF-HFP-TEA·BF 4 ) exhibited wider potential window (up to 3.5 V) and resulting high energy density (43 μW h cm -2 ). Moreover, the yarn …
Remarkable Enhancement In Sodium-Ion Kinetics Of Nafe2(Cn)(6) By Chemical Bonding With Graphene, Weijie Li, Chao Han, Qingbing Xia, Kai Zhang, Shulei Chou, Yong-Mook Kang, Jiazhao Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, Shi Xue Dou
Remarkable Enhancement In Sodium-Ion Kinetics Of Nafe2(Cn)(6) By Chemical Bonding With Graphene, Weijie Li, Chao Han, Qingbing Xia, Kai Zhang, Shulei Chou, Yong-Mook Kang, Jiazhao Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, Shi Xue Dou
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Hexacyanoferrate (Prussian blue, PB)/reduced graphene oxide (PB-RGO) composites with a synergistic structure (graphene/PB/graphene) and a chemical bond are fabricated using a facile one-step method that does not require any external chemical reducing agent. Here, Na4Fe(CN)6 is decomposed in an acidic solution to produce Fe2+ ions, which anchor onto the electronegative graphene oxide (GO) layers by electrostatic interaction and then reduce the GO. The formation of an FeOC chemical bond in the composite results in an excellent rate capability of the PB-RGO composite at room temperature, delivering capacities of 78.1, 68.9, and 46.0 mAh g−1 even at the high rates of …
Structural Design Of Anode Materials For Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wanlin Wang, Weijie Li, Shun Wang, Zongcheng Miao, Hua-Kun Liu, Shulei Chou
Structural Design Of Anode Materials For Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wanlin Wang, Weijie Li, Shun Wang, Zongcheng Miao, Hua-Kun Liu, Shulei Chou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
With the high consumption and increasing price of lithium resources, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been considered as attractive and promising potential alternatives to lithium ion batteries, owing to the abundance and low cost of sodium resources, and the similar electrochemical properties of sodium to lithium. Nevertheless, the lower energy density and limited cycling life of SIBs are still the main challenges impeding their wide application. Tremendous work has been done on anode materials for SIBs, and rational structural design is considered as an effective way to enhance their electrochemical performance. In this review, different types of anode materials for …
Three-Dimensional Macroporous Graphitic Carbon For Supercapacitor Application, Rahul R. Salunkhe, Jie Wang, Azhar Alowasheeir, Jianjian Lin, Victor Malgras, Yoshio Bando, Mohamed B. Zakaria, Abdulmohsen Alshehri, Jeonghun Kim, Yusuke Yamauchi, Kevin C.-W Wu
Three-Dimensional Macroporous Graphitic Carbon For Supercapacitor Application, Rahul R. Salunkhe, Jie Wang, Azhar Alowasheeir, Jianjian Lin, Victor Malgras, Yoshio Bando, Mohamed B. Zakaria, Abdulmohsen Alshehri, Jeonghun Kim, Yusuke Yamauchi, Kevin C.-W Wu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Two-dimensional (2D) graphene materials have attracted great interest as promising electrode materials in supercapacitors due to their high electrical conductivity derived from sp 2 -cabon network. These 2D layered materials, however, tend to stack with each other, which largely decreases the surface area. Here we report the design of highly graphitic macroporous carbon with large surface area suitable for supercapacitor applications. When benchmarked with other carbon materials, such as amorphous macroporous carbon, activated carbon, graphite or exfoliated graphene oxides, our graphitic macroporous carbon show superior capacitance.
Synergistically Enhanced Interfacial Interaction To Polysulfide Via N,O Dual-Doped Highly Porous Carbon Microrods For Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Nana Wang, Zhongfei Xu, Xun Xu, Ting Liao, Bin Tang, Zhongchao Bai, Shi Xue Dou
Synergistically Enhanced Interfacial Interaction To Polysulfide Via N,O Dual-Doped Highly Porous Carbon Microrods For Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Nana Wang, Zhongfei Xu, Xun Xu, Ting Liao, Bin Tang, Zhongchao Bai, Shi Xue Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have received tremendous attention because of their extremely high theoretical capacity (1672 mA h g -1 ) and energy density (2600 W h kg -1 ). Nevertheless, the commercialization of Li-S batteries has been blocked by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfide intermediates, the insulating nature of sulfur, and the volume expansion during cycling. Here, hierarchical porous N,O dual-doped carbon microrods (NOCMs) were developed as sulfur host materials with a large pore volume (1.5 cm 3 g -1 ) and a high surface area (1147 m 2 g -1 ). The highly porous structure of the NOCMs …