Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies
Abstract
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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[1];
- 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)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1559260
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1545387; OSTI ID: 2229594
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-843433
Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223; ark:/13030/qt5655m7tw
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Carbon
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 153; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Aerogel; Carbon nanofiber; Organic semiconductor; PTCDI; Self-assembly; Metal-directed assembly
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Turner, Sally, Shevitski, Brian, Long, Hu, Lorenzo, Maydelle, Marquez, James, Aloni, Shaul, Altoe, Virginia, Worsley, Marcus A., and Zettl, Alex. Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039.
Turner, Sally, Shevitski, Brian, Long, Hu, Lorenzo, Maydelle, Marquez, James, Aloni, Shaul, Altoe, Virginia, Worsley, Marcus A., & Zettl, Alex. Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039
Turner, Sally, Shevitski, Brian, Long, Hu, Lorenzo, Maydelle, Marquez, James, Aloni, Shaul, Altoe, Virginia, Worsley, Marcus A., and Zettl, Alex. Fri .
"Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1559260.
@article{osti_1559260,
title = {Self-assembly and metal-directed assembly of organic semiconductor aerogels and conductive carbon nanofiber aerogels with controllable nanoscale morphologies},
author = {Turner, Sally and Shevitski, Brian and Long, Hu and Lorenzo, Maydelle and Marquez, James and Aloni, Shaul and Altoe, Virginia and Worsley, Marcus A. and Zettl, Alex},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.039},
journal = {Carbon},
number = C,
volume = 153,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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