Nitrogen doped carbon nanofiber derived from polypyrrole functionalized polyacrylonitrile for applications in lithium-ion batteries and oxygen reduction reaction

Jiayi Guo; Jiaqi Liu; Henghan Dai; Rui Zhou; Tianying Wang; Cuicui Zhang; Shan Ding; Heng-Guo Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.117

Nitrogen doped carbon nanofiber derived from polypyrrole functionalized polyacrylonitrile for applications in lithium-ion batteries and oxygen reduction reaction

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Dec 1:507:154-161. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.117. Epub 2017 Jul 31.

Authors

Jiayi Guo¹, Jiaqi Liu¹, Henghan Dai¹, Rui Zhou¹, Tianying Wang¹, Cuicui Zhang¹, Shan Ding¹, Heng-Guo Wang²

Affiliations

¹ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. Electronic address: wanghengguo@cust.edu.cn.

PMID: 28787616
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.117

Abstract

Nitrogen doped carbon nanofiber films (NCNFs) is successfully synthesized via the carbonization of polypyrrole (PPY) functionalized electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers. Benefitting from the nitrogen-doped one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure, the as-obtained NCNFs show multifunctional applications as electrode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). For LIB application, the obtained NCNFs could be directly used as flexible, free-standing and binder-free electrode, which exhibits high specific capacity up to 698.9mAhg^-1 (higher than that of carbon nanofiber derived from PAN), long life over 160 cycles, and good rate capability (148.8mAhg^-1 at 2Ag^-1). In addition, a preliminary ORR catalytic activity study has demonstrated that the NCNFs exhibit good catalytic activity. Therefore, these properties endorse NCNFs as auspicious candidates for both LIBs and ORR.

Keywords: Carbon materials; Flexible electrode; Lithium-ion batteries; Nitrogen dope; Oxygen reduction reaction.