Chemical-enzymatic fractionation to unlock the potential of biomass-derived carbon materials for sodium ion batteries

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Vol. 7; no. 47; pp. 26954 - 26965
• Main Authors: Feng, Yiming, Tao, Lei, He, Yanhong, Jin, Qing, Kuai, Chunguang, Zheng, Yunwu, Li, Mengqiao, Hou, Qingping, Zheng, Zhifeng, Lin, Feng, Huang, Haibo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
• Subjects: Agricultural wastes; Batteries; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon sources; Carbonization; Cellulose; Electrochemical analysis; Electrochemistry; Fractionation; Hemicellulose; Interlayers; Lignin; Lignocellulose; Organic chemistry; Plant biomass; Sodium; Sodium-ion batteries; Specific capacity; Walnuts

Plant biomass, the most abundant and sustainable carbon source, offers a rich chemical space to design hard carbons for sodium ion batteries. However, the compositional complexity of biomass has for a long time compromised the predictability of the structural and electrochemical properties of carbon...