Synthesis of Organized Layered Carbon by Self-Templating of Dithiooxamide

Jingsan Xu; Jixin Zhu; Xiaofei Yang; Shaowen Cao; Jiaguo Yu; Menny Shalom; Markus Antonietti

doi:10.1002/adma.201600707

Synthesis of Organized Layered Carbon by Self-Templating of Dithiooxamide

Adv Mater. 2016 Aug;28(31):6727-33. doi: 10.1002/adma.201600707. Epub 2016 May 17.

Authors

Jingsan Xu¹, Jixin Zhu², Xiaofei Yang³, Shaowen Cao⁴, Jiaguo Yu⁴, Menny Shalom¹, Markus Antonietti¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, 14476, Germany.
² Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Technology University, 30 South Puzu Road, Nanjing, 211816, China.
³ School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.

PMID: 27187106
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600707

Abstract

An unusual small molecule, dithiooxamide is used to produce nanostructured carbon via direct pyrolysis. The carbon shows a unique 2D-layer assembled structure and is in situ dual-heteroatom (N and S)-doped, meanwhile having relatively high surface area. These carbon materials can be further decorated with inorganic parts via a precomplexing approach. The functionalized carbon and the hybrid nanomaterials demonstrate remarkable performance for lithium-ion storage.

Keywords: 2D carbon materials; electrochemical energy storage; hierarchical nanostructures; hybrids; self-assembly.