Biomass-derived nanostructured carbons and their composites as anode materials for lithium ion batteries
Since ever-increasing energy demands stimulated intensive research activities on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), biomass as an earth-abundant renewable energy source has played an intriguing and promising role in developing sustainable biomass-derived carbons and their composite materials for high-per...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 46; no. 23; pp. 7176 - 719 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
27.11.2017
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| Summary: | Since ever-increasing energy demands stimulated intensive research activities on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), biomass as an earth-abundant renewable energy source has played an intriguing and promising role in developing sustainable biomass-derived carbons and their composite materials for high-performance LIB anodes. Different from other materials (
e.g.
, silicon, tin, metal oxides,
etc.
), biomass-derived carbons and their composite materials have been applied more and more to LIBs due to their advantages such as low cost, green and eco-friendly synthesis, easy accessibility, sustainable strategy, and improved battery performance, including capacity, cycling property, and stability/durability. This tutorial review focusing on biomass-derived carbons and their composites in the application of LIB anodes will act as a strategic guide to build a close connection between renewable materials and electrochemical energy storage devices. Also, this review provides a critical analysis and comparison of biomass-derived carbons and their composites for LIB anodes, coupled with an important insight into the remaining challenges and future directions in the field.
This review focuses on the derivation of nanostructured carbons and their composite materials from biomass materials for lithium ion battery anodes. |
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| Bibliography: | Prof. David Wilkinson received his BASc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1978, and his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa in 1987 under the supervision of Professor Brian Conway. He then worked for over 20 years as an industrial leader in the areas of fuel cells and advanced lithium batteries. He is a Canada Research Chair at UBC. His main research interests are in electrochemical and photochemical devices, and processes to create clean and sustainable energy and water. He has over 77 U.S. patents and over 165 peer-reviewed publications covering innovative research in these fields. Dr Baizeng Fang earned his PhD in Materials Science in 1997. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Netherlands, JSPS research fellow in Japan, Lise Meitner Scientist in Austria and research professor at Korea University. He is a senior scientist at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Fang has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in high-profile journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research and Chemical Reviews. His research interests include novel nanostructured materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, and artificial photosynthesis. He also serves as an associate editor for RSC Advances. Dr Wenyu Long received his BS in Chemical Engineering & Technology from Liaoning Shihua University in 2002. He obtained his MS in Chemical Engineering from China University of Petroleum - Beijing in 2007 and completed his PhD studies in Chemical Engineering & Technology from the same University in 2014. After that, he worked at the Liaoning Shihua University, researching non-hydrogenation refining, multiphase flow, and reaction engineering of petroleum products. Since 2015, he has started the research of biomass engineering for energy storage and conversion such as batteries and fuel cells. Dr Long has published over 10 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Yan-Jie Wang obtained his PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 2005. Subsequently, he conducted two postdoctoral research studies at Sungkyunkwan University of Korea and Pennsylvania State University of U.S., respectively. In 2009, he was co-hired by the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, and the National Research Council of Canada. From 2012, he worked as a senior research scientist for UBC and the Vancouver International Clean-Tech Research Institute Inc. (VICTRII). Currently, he is appointed as a professor at Dongguan University of Technology. His research interests include energy storage and conversion, biomass and medical areas. Dr Zhuangzhi Wu received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Central South University (CSU), China in 2012, and then worked as an Assistant Professor at CSU. In 2015, he was promoted to a tenured Associate Professor. Dr Wu has published around 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals including ACS Catalysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Chemical Communications. His research interests include the development of novel nanostructured materials for energy conversion and storage, and photo/electrocatalysis. Dr Anna Ignaszak is an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick and an adjunct assistant professor at the Friedrich-Schiller University (Germany), after completing her appointment as a research associate at the Clean Energy Research Center, The University of British Columbia (Canada), and as a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada. She has a diverse background in materials (carbons, composites, metal clusters) for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, electrochemical sensors, and heterogeneous catalysis. The research conducted in her labs in Canada and Germany aims to synthesize morphology-controlled catalysts, understanding the structure-reactivity interplay for optimum redox activity. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6cs00639f |