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Carbon-Based Materials: Structures and Electrochemical Applications

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 1367

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Shuijian He

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International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: porous carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; electrospinning; electrodeposition; chemical vapor deposition; solvothermal method; template method; supercapacitors; zinc ion battery/capacitor; electrocatalysis; electrochemical sensors; water treatment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon materials are rising stars in the 21st century. Carbon materials belong to a big family which includes carbon quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nano-onions, carbon spheres, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene, carbon aerogels/monoliths/foams/sponges, etc. Various precursors, especially biomass, have been exploited in preparing functional carbon materials. Versatile nanotechnologies such as chemical vapor deposition, electrospinning, the hydrothermal method, and the template method have been developed to synthesize carbon materials with different structures. Carbon materials are promising materials for electrochemical applications due to their good conductivity, excellent stability, tunable microstructure, etc. Moreover, carbon materials are excellent substrates in loading electroactive materials for energy storage devices, electrocatalysis, electrochemical sensors, etc. The field is blooming into many new areas of discovery.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Shuijian He
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • porous carbon
  • carbon quantum dot
  • carbon nanotube/nanofiber
  • graphene
  • supercapacitor
  • metal ion battery/capacitor
  • capacitive deionization
  • electrocatalyst
  • electrochemical sensor
  • electrochemiluminescence

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Electronic Structures of Penta-SiC2 and g-SiC3 Nanoribbons: A First-Principles Study
by Zhichao Liu, Xiaobiao Liu and Junru Wang
Materials 2023, 16(11), 4041; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16114041 - 29 May 2023
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The dimensions of nanoribbons have a significant impact on their material properties. In the fields of optoelectronics and spintronics, one-dimensional nanoribbons exhibit distinct advantages due to their low-dimensional and quantum restrictions. Novel structures can be formed by combining silicon and carbon at different [...] Read more.
The dimensions of nanoribbons have a significant impact on their material properties. In the fields of optoelectronics and spintronics, one-dimensional nanoribbons exhibit distinct advantages due to their low-dimensional and quantum restrictions. Novel structures can be formed by combining silicon and carbon at different stoichiometric ratios. Using density functional theory, we thoroughly explored the electronic structure properties of two kinds of silicon–carbon nanoribbons (penta-SiC2 and g-SiC3 nanoribbons) with different widths and edge conditions. Our study reveals that the electronic properties of penta-SiC2 and g-SiC3 nanoribbons are closely related to their width and orientation. Specifically, one type of penta-SiC2 nanoribbons exhibits antiferromagnetic semiconductor characteristics, two types of penta-SiC2 nanoribbons have moderate band gaps, and the band gap of armchair g-SiC3 nanoribbons oscillates in three dimensions with the width of the nanoribbon. Notably, zigzag g-SiC3 nanoribbons exhibit excellent conductivity, high theoretical capacity (1421 mA h g−1), moderate open circuit voltage (0.27 V), and low diffusion barriers (0.09 eV), making them a promising candidate for high storage capacity electrode material in lithium-ion batteries. Our analysis provides a theoretical basis for exploring the potential of these nanoribbons in electronic and optoelectronic devices as well as high-performance batteries. Full article
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