Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201705253
Keywords
hollow mesoporous carbon; lithium-ion batteries; metal-organic frameworks; outward contraction; rigid interfaces
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51478224]
- priority academic program development of Jiangsu higher education institutions
- China Scholarship Council
- Shanghai Tongji Gao Tingyao Environmental Science and Technology Development Foundation
- Australian Research Council
- Queensland Government
- Australian National Fabrication Facility
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility at the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland
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Novel carbon materials derived from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted much attention, but the commonly inevitable inward contraction during the carbonization process has restricted their structural variety and applications. In this work, a novel rigid-interface induced outward contraction approach is reported for synthesizing hollow mesoporous carbon nanocubes (HMCNCs) by using ZIF-8 nanocubes as precursors. HMCNCs exhibit a cubic morphology with the particle sizes slightly larger than ZIF-8 nanocubes. Due to the unique outward contraction process, uniform carbon nanocubes with a hollow cavity, an outer microporous shell, and an inner mesoporous wall are simultaneously formed with a large pore size (25 nm), high surface area (1085.7 m(2) g(-1)), high porosity (3.77 cm(3) g(-1)), and high nitrogen content (12.2%). When used as a cathode material for Li-SeS2 batteries, the HMCNCs deliver a stable capacity of 812.6 mA h g(-1) at 0.2 A g(-1) after 100 cycles and an outstanding rate capability (455.1 mA h g(-1) at 5.0 A g(-1)). The findings may pave the way for the construction of distinctive MOF-derived carbon materials for various applications.
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