期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 1746-1758出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11958
关键词
cobalt nanoparticles; electrode materials; mesoporous carbon; ultrafine nanoparticles; supercapacitors
资金
- startup funds from the University of Connecticut
- Green Emulsions Micelles and Surfactants (GEMS) Center, FEI Company, under an FEI-UConn
- Research Excellence Award of the University of Connecticut
A general synthetic methodology is reported to grow ultrafine cobalt-based nanoparticles (NPs, 2-7 nm) within high-surface-area mesoporous carbon (MC) frameworks. Our design strategy is based on colloidal amphiphile (CAM) templated oxidative self-polymerization of dopamine. The CAM templates consisting of a hydrophobic silica-like core and a hydrophilic PEO shell can coassemble with dopamine and template its self-polymerization to form polydopamine (PDA) nanospheres. Given that PDA has rich binding sites such as catechol and amine to coordinate metal ions (e.g., Co2+), PDA nanospheres containing Co2+ ions can be converted into hierarchical porous carbon frameworks containing ultrafine metallic Co NPs (Co@MC) using high-temperature pyrolysis. The CAM templates offer strong nanoconfinements to prevent the overgrowth of Co NPs within carbon frameworks. The yielded ultrafine Co NPs have an average size of <7 nm even at a very high loading of 65 wt %. Co@MC can be further converted into various oxides and sulfides, e.g., CoO, Co3O4, CoS2 and transition-metal doped bimetallic CoxM1-xS2, without significantly changing the size of NPs. As a proof-of-concept application, the porous Co-based NPs@MC hybrids were used as electrode materials for supercapacitors, which exhibit excellent supercapacitive performance with outstanding long-term cycling stability, due to the features such as ultrafine size, controllable chemical compositions, hierarchical porous structures, and full coverage of conductive carbons.
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