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General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis

Nanowires and nanotubes have been the focus of considerable efforts in energy storage and solar energy conversion because of their unique properties. However, owing to the limitations of synthetic methods, most inorganic nanotubes, especially for multi-element oxides and binary-metal oxides, have be...

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Autores principales: Niu, Chaojiang, Meng, Jiashen, Wang, Xuanpeng, Han, Chunhua, Yan, Mengyu, Zhao, Kangning, Xu, Xiaoming, Ren, Wenhao, Zhao, Yunlong, Xu, Lin, Zhang, Qingjie, Zhao, Dongyuan, Mai, Liqiang
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Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26067281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8402
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author Niu, Chaojiang
Meng, Jiashen
Wang, Xuanpeng
Han, Chunhua
Yan, Mengyu
Zhao, Kangning
Xu, Xiaoming
Ren, Wenhao
Zhao, Yunlong
Xu, Lin
Zhang, Qingjie
Zhao, Dongyuan
Mai, Liqiang
author_facet Niu, Chaojiang
Meng, Jiashen
Wang, Xuanpeng
Han, Chunhua
Yan, Mengyu
Zhao, Kangning
Xu, Xiaoming
Ren, Wenhao
Zhao, Yunlong
Xu, Lin
Zhang, Qingjie
Zhao, Dongyuan
Mai, Liqiang
author_sort Niu, Chaojiang
collection PubMed
description Nanowires and nanotubes have been the focus of considerable efforts in energy storage and solar energy conversion because of their unique properties. However, owing to the limitations of synthetic methods, most inorganic nanotubes, especially for multi-element oxides and binary-metal oxides, have been rarely fabricated. Here we design a gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis method to synthesize various controllable 1D nanostructures, including mesoporous nanotubes, pea-like nanotubes and continuous nanowires. The key point of this method is the gradient distribution of low-/middle-/high-molecular-weight poly(vinyl alcohol) during the electrospinning process. This simple technique is extended to various inorganic multi-element oxides, binary-metal oxides and single-metal oxides. Among them, Li(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3), Na(0.7)Fe(0.7)Mn(0.3)O(2) and Co(3)O(4) mesoporous nanotubes exhibit ultrastable electrochemical performance when used in lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, respectively. We believe that a wide range of new materials available from our composition gradient electrospinning and pyrolysis methodology may lead to further developments in research on 1D systems.
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spelling pubmed-44904062015-07-13 General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis Niu, Chaojiang Meng, Jiashen Wang, Xuanpeng Han, Chunhua Yan, Mengyu Zhao, Kangning Xu, Xiaoming Ren, Wenhao Zhao, Yunlong Xu, Lin Zhang, Qingjie Zhao, Dongyuan Mai, Liqiang Nat Commun Article Nanowires and nanotubes have been the focus of considerable efforts in energy storage and solar energy conversion because of their unique properties. However, owing to the limitations of synthetic methods, most inorganic nanotubes, especially for multi-element oxides and binary-metal oxides, have been rarely fabricated. Here we design a gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis method to synthesize various controllable 1D nanostructures, including mesoporous nanotubes, pea-like nanotubes and continuous nanowires. The key point of this method is the gradient distribution of low-/middle-/high-molecular-weight poly(vinyl alcohol) during the electrospinning process. This simple technique is extended to various inorganic multi-element oxides, binary-metal oxides and single-metal oxides. Among them, Li(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3), Na(0.7)Fe(0.7)Mn(0.3)O(2) and Co(3)O(4) mesoporous nanotubes exhibit ultrastable electrochemical performance when used in lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, respectively. We believe that a wide range of new materials available from our composition gradient electrospinning and pyrolysis methodology may lead to further developments in research on 1D systems. Nature Pub. Group 2015-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4490406/ /pubmed/26067281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8402 Text en Copyright © 2015, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Niu, Chaojiang
Meng, Jiashen
Wang, Xuanpeng
Han, Chunhua
Yan, Mengyu
Zhao, Kangning
Xu, Xiaoming
Ren, Wenhao
Zhao, Yunlong
Xu, Lin
Zhang, Qingjie
Zhao, Dongyuan
Mai, Liqiang
General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
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title_full General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
title_fullStr General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
title_full_unstemmed General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
title_short General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
title_sort general synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26067281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8402
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