Title:An Overview of Heteroatoms-doped Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Systems
VOLUME: 1
Author(s):Liang Chen, Zhenghao Zeng, Wenbin Fu, Wenqiang Hu, Chenxi Xu* and Jiawei Zhang*
Affiliation:School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, The First High School of Changsha, Changsha, 410005, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332
Keywords:heteroatoms-doped, carbon nanomaterials, electrochemical performance, energy storage and conversion
Abstract:In recent decades, carbon nanomaterials have attracted lots of attention in the field of energy storage and conversion due to their exceptional mechanical, electrical and chemical properties. Nevertheless, pristine carbon nanomaterials
possess inert surface and uncontrollable band gap, greatly restricting their application. Doping heteroatoms into carbon
skeleton has been verified as a valid strategy to adjust the electronic structure and physicochemical properties of carbon
nanomaterials, which opens an avenue to improving the electrochemical performance of carbon nanomaterials. Herein, we
first give a simple description of carbon nanomaterials and the necessity of heteroatoms doping. Then we discuss and analyze the doping types and doping methods of heteroatoms-doped carbon nanomaterials. Afterwards, the specific electrochemical applications of heteroatoms-doped carbon nanomaterials are systematically introduced from the perspective of
fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries and supercapacitor. Eventually, the possible challenges in the near
future for the synthesis of heteroatoms-doped carbon nanomaterials and their related electrochemical application in the field
of energy storage and conversion are summarized.
