1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon prepared by one-step carbonization using natural minerals as templates for supercapacitors.

The reasonable construction of one-dimensional (1D)/two-dimensional (2D) hybrid dimensional porous carbon materials with complementary advantages and disadvantages is an important approach to addressing the structural and performance deficiencies of single carbon materials, while also significantly improving the electrochemical performance of super-capacitors. In this study, 1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon was synthesized through one-step carbonization using 1D fibrous brucite and 2D layered magnesium carbonate hydroxide as templates. By adjusting the feed ratio of 1D fibrous and 2D layered templates, the morphology, pore structure and specific surface area (SSA) of the prepared 1D hollow tubular/2D nanosheet hybrid dimensional porous carbon were controlled.

Polystyrene as Graphene Film and 3D Graphene Sponge Precursor.

Polystyrene as a thin film on arbitrary substrates or pellets form defective graphene/graphitic films or powders that can be dispersed in water and organic solvents. The materials were characterized by visible absorption, Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron and atomic force microscopy, and electrochemistry. Raman spectra of these materials showed the presence of the expected 2D, G, and D peaks at 2750, 1590, and 1350 cm, respectively.

Uniform nanoporous graphene sponge from natural polysaccharides as a metal-free electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation.

Structuring of graphene as graphene sponges in the submicrometric scale has been achieved by using silica spheres (80 nm diameter) as hard templates and chitosan or alginate as precursor of defective N-doped or undoped graphene, respectively. The resulting defective N-doped graphene sponge exhibits a remarkable activity and stability for hydrogen evolution reaction with onset at 203 mV for a current density of 0.5 mA cm with a small Tafel plot slope of 69.

Facile synthesis, structure and enhanced photocatalytic activity of novel BiOBr/Bi(CO)OH composite photocatalysts.

Novel composite photocatalysts BiOBr/Bi(CO)OH were successfully fabricated via a chemical etching method. After flower-like Bi(CO)OH microstructure assembled by nanorods was etched by KBr under an appropriate acidic condition, BiOBr nano-rods could be in-situ generated in nanorods, forming a heterostructure. The heterostructures exhibited a commendable photocatalytic performance toward the degradation of rhodamine B under the visible light irradiation.

Boron-doped bismuth oxybromide microspheres with enhanced surface hydroxyl groups: Synthesis, characterization and dramatic photocatalytic activity.

B-doped BiOBr photocatalysts were successfully synthesized via a facile solvothermal method with boric acid used as boron source. As-obtained products consist of novel hierarchical microspheres, whose nanosheet building units were formed by nanoparticles splicing. They showed dramatic photocatalytic efficiency toward the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) and phenol under the visible-light irradiation and the highest activity was achieved by 0.

One-pot synthesis of bismuth oxyhalide/oxygen-rich bismuth oxyhalide heterojunction and its photocatalytic activity.

BiOBr/Bi24O31Br10 heterojunction photocatalysts were prepared by a facile solvothermal method for the first time. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), N2 sorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS) and photoluminescence (PL) were applied to investigate the structures, morphologies, surface areas and photocatalytic properties of as-prepared samples. The photocatalytic activity of the samples was evaluated by the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under the visible-light irradiation.