Carbon Dot Regulating NiSe/MnO Heterostructures for High-Performance Supercapacitors.

Structural regulation is an effective strategy for enhancing an electrode's energy storage performance. Herein, lignin-derived carbon dots (LCDs) are explored for the structural tailoring of NiSe/MnO to improve the electrochemical performance in supercapacitors. After the dendritic NiSe microcrystals are synthesized via a microwave method, NF/NiSe/MnO-LCDs are prepared by another microwave process to form a composite mixture of LCDs, MnO, and NF/NiSe.

Free-standing SnS/carbonized cellulose film as durable anode for lithium-ion batteries.

Metal sulfides have recently attracted broad attention for lithium-ion batteries (LIB) owing to their high theoretical capacity and long lifetime. However, the inferior structural integrity and low electron conductivity of metal sulfides limit their practical applications. A feasible strategy is to distribute these materials in conductive carbonaceous substrates with shapeable morphology.

Mn O /N-Doped Graphite Catalysts from Wastewater for the Degradation of Methylene Blue.

The accelerating research interest in graphene involving the use of Hummers method has generated non-negligible amount of wastewater containing residual graphite as well as Mn . In this paper, we report the first example of using this wastewater as precursor to prepare Mn O /N-doped graphite (NG) composites through a facile solvothermal process. The mass fraction of Mn O in the composites was manipulated by adding various amounts of extra Mn .

N-Doped Carbon Nanofibrous Network Derived from Bacterial Cellulose for the Loading of Pt Nanoparticles for Methanol Oxidation Reaction.

The large-scale, low-cost preparation of Pt-based catalysts with high activity and durability for the methanol oxidation reaction is still challenging. The key to achieving this aim is finding suitable supporting materials. In this paper, N-doped carbon nanofibrous networks are prepared by annealing a gel containing two inexpensive and ecofriendly precursors, that is, bacterial cellulose and urea, for the loading of Pt nanoparticles.

Reconstruction of a Genome-scale Metabolic Network of Komagataeibacter nataicola RZS01 for Cellulose Production.

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is widely used in industries owing to its high purity and strength. Although Komagataeibacter nataicola is a representative species for BC production, its intracellular metabolism leading to BC secretion is unclear. In the present study, a genome-scale metabolic network of cellulose-producing K.

Complete genome sequence of the cellulose-producing strain Komagataeibacter nataicola RZS01.

Komagataeibacter nataicola is an acetic acid bacterium (AAB) that can produce abundant bacterial cellulose and tolerate high concentrations of acetic acid. To globally understand its fermentation characteristics, we present a high-quality complete genome sequence of K. nataicola RZS01.