Ubhi Manpreet Kaur, Kaur Manpreet, Grewal Jaspreet Kaur, Sharma Virender K
Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India.
Program for the Environment and Sustainability, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 112 Adriance Road, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Materials (Basel). 2023 Jan 29;16(3):1155. doi: 10.3390/ma16031155.
Doping is a great strategy for tuning the characteristics of graphene-based nanomaterials. Phosphorous has a higher electronegativity as compared to carbon, whereas boron can induce p-type conductivity in graphene. This review provides insight into the different synthesis routes of phosphorous- and boron-doped graphene along with their applications in supercapacitors, lithium- ions batteries, and cells such as solar and fuel cells. The two major approaches for the synthesis, viz. direct and post-treatment methods, are discussed in detail. The former synthetic strategies include ball milling and chemical vapor discharge approaches, whereas self-assembly, thermal annealing, arc-discharge, wet chemical, and electrochemical erosion are representative post-treatment methods. The latter techniques keep the original graphene structure via more surface doping than substitutional doping. As a result, it is possible to preserve the features of the graphene while offering a straightforward handling technique that is more stable and controllable than direct techniques. This review also explains the latest progress in the prospective uses of graphene doped with phosphorous and boron for electronic devices, i.e., fuel and solar cells, supercapacitors, and batteries. Their novel energy-related applications will continue to be a promising area of study.
掺杂是调节基于石墨烯的纳米材料特性的一种有效策略。与碳相比,磷具有更高的电负性,而硼可在石墨烯中诱导p型导电性。本综述深入探讨了磷掺杂和硼掺杂石墨烯的不同合成路线及其在超级电容器、锂离子电池以及太阳能电池和燃料电池等电池中的应用。详细讨论了两种主要的合成方法,即直接法和后处理法。前者的合成策略包括球磨法和化学气相放电法,而自组装法、热退火法、电弧放电法、湿化学法和电化学腐蚀法是具有代表性的后处理方法。后一种技术通过比替代掺杂更多的表面掺杂来保持原始的石墨烯结构。因此,在提供一种比直接技术更稳定、更可控的简单处理技术的同时,有可能保留石墨烯的特性。本综述还解释了磷掺杂和硼掺杂石墨烯在电子器件(即燃料电池和太阳能电池、超级电容器和电池)的潜在用途方面的最新进展。它们与能源相关的新颖应用将继续成为一个有前景的研究领域。