Metal oxides, carbides and phosphides for supercapacitor and electrocatalysis
- Autores: Jianjun Hu
- Directores de la Tesis: Hermenegildo García Gómez (dir. tes.), Josep Albero Sancho (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de València ( España ) en 2024
- Idioma: inglés
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: María del Carmen Quintana Mani (presid.), José Luis Jordá (secret.), Francisco Fabregat Santiago (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Química Sostenible por la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; la Universidad de Extremadura; la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón; la Universitat de València (Estudi General) y la Universitat Politècnica de València
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- Resumen
The greenhouse effect, caused by the massive consumption of fossil fuels over the past 100 years, has exacerbated the trend of global climate warming and has also severe impact on human health and the ecological environment. Renewable energy power generation technologies are crucial for addressing climate change and achieving energy sustainability, but these technologies also face some common problems and challenges, such as intermittency and unpredictability, grid integration and stability, energy storage issues, etc.
Therefore, researching efficient electrochemical energy storage devices and developing advanced energy technologies converting renewable electrical energy into chemical energy becomes particularly crucial.
Supercapacitor is a novel type of electrochemical energy storage device that enables the rapid cycle of discharge and charge. Its greater power density, rapid charge-discharge capabilities, wider operating temperature range and safety allow widespread applications in industrial backup power supplies, electric vehicles, the military sector, and other fields. Therefore, in the current doctoral thesis, metal oxides and metal phosphide materials have been employed as supercapacitor electrodes for the study of energy storage mechanisms and explore the potential for practical applications.
On the other hand, converting sustainable electrical energy into chemical energy for storage and utilization is also an effective way, in which electrical energy is employed to drive non-spontaneous chemical reactions. The current doctoral thesis developed a metal phosphide catalyst using a green and pollution-free synthesis method and applied it to electrocatalytic water-splitting reactions. Experimental results show that the material can operate stably for a long time at high current density. Furthermore, electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia is considered an efficient route for nitrate wastewater treatment and production of hydrogen-rich ammonia fuel. We successfully prepared a bimetallic carbide catalyst using a sonochemical method, which exhibits excellent low overpotential nitrate reduction and high-efficiency ammonia yield properties.
