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Mesoporous carbon with large pores as anode for Na-ion batteries

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Sodium ion (Na+) batteries have attracted increased attention for energy storage owing to the natural abundance and low cost of sodium. Herein, we report the synthesis of mesoporous carbon with large pores as anode for Na-ion batteries. The mesoporous carbon was obtained by carbonization and dense packing of 50 nm resorcinol and formaldehyde spheres synthesized through an extension Stöber method. Our work demonstrates that replacement of lithium by sodium using large pore carbon as anode might offer an alternative route for rechargeable batteries.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Program. Jian Liu gratefully acknowledges the award of UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards and a UQ Early-Career-Research Grant. Hao Liu would like to thank the support from UTS Chancellor’s Post Doctoral Fellowship (CPDF).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Jian Liu & Moses O. Tade

  2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Jian Liu & Tianyu Yang

  3. Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia

    Hao Liu & Guoxiu Wang

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SPECIAL ISSUE: Advanced Materials for Clean Energy

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Liu, J., Liu, H., Yang, T. et al. Mesoporous carbon with large pores as anode for Na-ion batteries. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 2186–2190 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0164-2

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