Flocculant-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Supercapacitor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Preparation of Chitosan-Containing Textile Sludge
2.3. Preparation of NSC-Fe
2.4. Characterization
2.5. Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Flocculation Performance
3.2. Characterization of Samples
3.3. Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Activity
3.4. Supercapacitor Performance
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, Y.; Shi, Y.; Yan, B.; Wei, T.; Lv, Y.; Chen, L.; Yu, F.; Guo, X. Flocculant-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Supercapacitor. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081135
Zhang Y, Shi Y, Yan B, Wei T, Lv Y, Chen L, Yu F, Guo X. Flocculant-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Supercapacitor. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081135
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yinglin, Yulin Shi, Bo Yan, Tingting Wei, Yin Lv, Long Chen, Feng Yu, and Xuhong Guo. 2019. "Flocculant-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Supercapacitor" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081135