Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies

Turner, Sally; Shevitski, Brian; Long, Hu; Lorenzo, Maydelle; Marquez, James; Aloni, Shaul; Altoe, Virginia; Worsley, Marcus A.; Zettl, Alex

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039

Title: Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Carbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039· OSTI ID:1559260

^[1]; Shevitski, Brian ^[2]; Long, Hu ^[3]; Lorenzo, Maydelle ^[4]; Marquez, James ^[4]; Aloni, Shaul ^[5]; Altoe, Virginia ^[5]; Worsley, Marcus A. ^[6]; Zettl, Alex ^[7]

University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry; Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division; Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, CA (United States)

A versatile and highly tunable synthesis for nanofiber aerogels based on the n-type organic semiconductor perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) is presented. PTCDI nanofiber aerogels are demonstrated to incorporate the organic semiconductor into a high surface area and porous morphology, and can also be graphitized to synthesize carbon nanofiber (CNF) aerogels by thermal annealing. Using this approach, CNF aerogels with variable density and crystallinity are synthesized. Furthermore, by incorporating metal salts into the synthesis, metal-directed assembly yields a variety of nanoscale morphologies. The selection of post-synthesis thermal treatment can result in metal-directed assembly of PTCDI aerogels, low crystallinity graphitic aerogels decorated with metal nanoparticles, or highly crystalline graphitic aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies. The high surface area and porosity afforded by the aerogel morphology coupled with the intrinsic properties of PTCDI or CNFs is important for improving their performance in a number of applications including energy storage and catalysis.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1559260

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1545387; OSTI ID: 2229594

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-843433; ark:/13030/qt5655m7tw

Journal Information:: Carbon, Vol. 153, Issue C; ISSN 0008-6223

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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