Porous electrode materials for lithium‐ion batteries–how to prepare them and what makes them special

A Vu, Y Qian, A Stein - Advanced Energy Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous benefits of porous electrode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) have been
demonstrated, including examples of higher rate capabilities, better cycle lives, and …

Design and functionality of colloidal-crystal-templated materials—chemical applications of inverse opals

A Stein, BE Wilson, SG Rudisill - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Templating with colloidal crystals composed of monodisperse spheres is a convenient
chemical method to obtain porous materials with well-ordered periodicity and …

Facile synthesis and self-assembly of hierarchical porous NiO nano/micro spherical superstructures for high performance supercapacitors

C Yuan, X Zhang, L Su, B Gao, L Shen - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a practical and efficient strategy for synthesizing hierarchical (meso-and macro-)
porous NiO nano/micro spherical superstructures. First, β-Ni (OH) 2 microspheres were self …

[PDF][PDF] Mesoporous LiFePO4/C nanocomposite cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries with superior performance

G Wang, H Liu, J Liu, S Qiao, GM Lu, P Munroe… - Adv. Mater, 2010 - researchgate.net
Today, we are facing a severe challenge–global warming and climate change due to the
burning of fossil fuels for energy. The greenhouse gas emissions are mainly derived from …

A lithium-air battery with a potential to continuously reduce O2 from air for delivering energy

Y Wang, H Zhou - Journal of Power Sources, 2010 - Elsevier
A lithium-air battery, in which the catalytic reduction of O2 in an alkaline aqueous electrolyte
and the metallic lithium in a non-aqueous electrolyte were subtly united together by a super …

Structuring materials for lithium-ion batteries: advancements in nanomaterial structure, composition, and defined assembly on cell performance

M Osiak, H Geaney, E Armstrong… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review outlines the developments in the structure, composition, size, and shape control
of many important and emerging Li-ion battery materials on many length scales, and details …

Effect of amorphous FePO4 coating on structure and electrochemical performance of Li1. 2Ni0. 13Co0. 13Mn0. 54O2 as cathode material for Li-ion batteries

Z Wang, E Liu, C He, C Shi, J Li, N Zhao - Journal of Power Sources, 2013 - Elsevier
Lithium-rich layered cathode Li1. 2Mn0. 54Ni0. 13Co0. 13O2 is synthesized by a co-
precipitation method followed by high-temperature treatment and surface coated with …

Self-assembly of chiral nanoparticles into semiconductor helices with tunable near-infrared optical activity

J Yan, W Feng, JY Kim, J Lu, P Kumar, Z Mu… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Unique optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of continuous semiconductor helices
with nanoscale and mesoscale dimensions represent a previously unexplored materials …

High capacity three-dimensional ordered macroporous CoFe2O4 as anode material for lithium ion batteries

ZH Li, TP Zhao, XY Zhan, DS Gao, QZ Xiao, GT Lei - Electrochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional ordered macroporous (3DOM) cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) was prepared
using polystyrene (PS) colloidal crystal template. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) …

Ultra-low loading of IrO2 with an inverse-opal structure in a polymer-exchange membrane water electrolysis

JE Park, S Kim, OH Kim, CY Ahn, MJ Kim, SY Kang… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, an iridium oxide (IrO 2) inverse-opal membrane-electrode assembly (inverse-
opal MEA) was fabricated via the decal-transfer method for an anode in polymer-electrolyte …