Heteroatom-substituted carbon alloys for use in energy conversion and storage systems

• Kawaguchi Masayuki

  Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, and Department of Environmental Science, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan Fundamental Electronics Research Institute, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan

Abstract

Carbon-based materials containing heteroatoms, such as boron and nitrogen, are called heteroatom-substituted carbon alloys. Preparation and applications of heteroatom-substituted carbon alloys, particularly materials composed of boron, carbon and nitrogen (B/C/N materials), and carbon and nitrogen (C/N materials) are summarized in this review. Examples of potential applications of the materials to energy conversion and storage systems, such as secondary batteries, capacitors and photocatalysts are described. B/C/N materials can be intercalated with sodium (Na) to form a first stage intercalation compound, which can be used as the anode of Na ion batteries. C/N materials used as the electrode of capacitors have higher volumetric capacities than commercially-used activated carbon, and show photocatalytic behavior as an electrode for the production of hydrogen by the electrolysis of water. Important roles of boron and nitrogen in B/C/N and C/N materials are also discussed.

Journal

• TANSO

  TANSO 2015 (267), 84-93, 2015

  THE CARBON SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Keywords

• Heteroatom-substituted carbon alloy
• B/C/N material
• C/N material
• Energy conversion
• Energy storage

Details

• CRID: 1390001204229739136
• NII Article ID: 130005067305
• NII Book ID: AN00140335
• DOI: 10.7209/tanso.2015.84
• ISSN: 18845495
• ISSN: 03715345
• NDL BIB ID: 026329893
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/026329893
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I026329893
• Text Lang: ja
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