A novel approach was developed to prepare porous carbon materials with an extremely high surface area of 2459.6 m(2)g(-1) by using Aspergillus flavus conidia as precursors. The porous carbon serves as a superior cathode material to anchor sulfur due to its uniform and tortuous morphology, enabling high capacity and good cycle lifetime in lithium sulfur-batteries. Under a current rate of 0.2 C, ...

Storm drainage inlets transport urban runoff and discharge to underground sewer systems. If the inlet structure is blocked, system hampered, leading flooding. To quantitatively analyze influence of clogging conditions on capacity, laboratory experiments were conducted address impact different capacity under upstream conditions. These based a two-layer platform that mimicked complete including g...

Porous- and hollow-structured LiNb3O8 anode material was prepared by a hydrothermal-assisted sintering strategy for the first time. The phase evolution was studied, and the formation mechanism of the porous and hollow structure was proposed. The formation of the unique structure can be attributed to the local existence of liquid phase because of the volatilization of Li element. As the anode ma...

The high theoretical capacity and low discharge potential of silicon have attracted much attention on Si-based anodes. Herein, hollow porous SiO2 nanocubes have been prepared via a two-step hard-template process and evaluated as electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The hollow porous SiO2 nanocubes exhibited a reversible capacity of 919 mAhg(-1) over 30 cycles. The reasonable property ...

A novel sponge-like porous C/Sn composite is synthesized by dispersing SnO2 nanoparticles into a softtemplate polymer matrix followed by carbonization. The mesoporous C/Sn anodes can deliver a capacity as high as 1300mAh g 1 after 450 charge/discharge cycles, and provide a capacity of 180mAh g 1 even at 4000 mA g 1 charge/discharge current density. An extra reversible capacity over the theoreti...