Chemistry of zipping reactions in mesoporous carbon consisting of minimally stacked graphene layers

Tian Xia, Takeharu Yoshii, Keita Nomura, Keigo Wakabayashi, Zheng-Ze Pan, Takafumi Ishii, Hideki Tanaka, Takashi Mashio, Jin Miyawaki, Toshiya Otomo, Kazutaka Ikeda, Yohei Sato, Masami Terauchi, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8448
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Toward three-dimensionally ordered nanoporous graphene materials: template synthesis, structure, and applications

Masanori Yamamoto, Shunsuke Goto, Rui Tang and Kaoru Yamazaki

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 1953
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Porous nanographene formation on γ-alumina nanoparticles via transition-metal-free methane activation

Masanori Yamamoto, Qi Zhao, Shunsuke Goto, Yu Gu, Takaaki Toriyama, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Hirotomo Nishihara, Alex Aziz, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige, Takashi Kyotani and Kaoru Yamazaki

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 3140
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The carbon chain growth during the onset of CVD graphene formation on γ-Al2O3 is promoted by unsaturated CH2 ends

Qi Zhao, Masanori Yamamoto, Kaoru Yamazaki, Hirotomo Nishihara, Rachel Crespo-Otero and Devis Di Tommaso

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 23357
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Synthesis of microporous polymers with exposed C60 surfaces by polyesterification of fullerenol

Hirotomo Nishihara, Akio Harigaya, Alberto Castro-Muñiz, Mao Ohwada, Takashi Kyotani and Yuta Nishina

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 7086
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Mechanism of methane activation and graphene growth on oxide ceramics

Hanzhang Zhou, Mengxuan Zhang, Takeharu Yoshii, Devis Di Tommaso and Hirotomo Nishihara

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 13646
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A thermodynamically favorable route to the synthesis of nanoporous graphene templated on CaO via chemical vapor deposition

Kritin Pirabul, Qi Zhao, Shogo Sunahiro, Zheng-Ze Pan, Takeharu Yoshii, Yuichiro Hayasaka, Eddie Hoi-Sing Pang, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 6051
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Surface defect healing in annealing from nanoporous carbons to nanoporous graphenes

Kaoru Yamazaki, Shunsuke Goto, Shunya Yoshino, Anna Gubarevich, Katsumi Yoshida, Hideki Kato and Masanori Yamamoto

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 32972
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Ordered carbonaceous frameworks: a new class of carbon materials with molecular-level design

Takeharu Yoshii, Koki Chida, Hirotomo Nishihara and Fumito Tani

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 3578
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Unlocking the chemical environment of nitrogen in perovskite-type oxides

Shunsuke Shimizu, Takeharu Yoshii, Ginga Nishikawa, Jingwen Wang, Shu Yin, Eiichi Kobayashi and Hirotomo Nishihara

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 10350
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Superior sulfur infiltration into carbon mesosponge via chemical reaction for enhanced cycling stability in lithium–sulfur batteries

Tianshu Liu, Koki Fujita, Ayako Kawase, Zheng-Ze Pan, Takuma Kuroda, Shinichiroh Iwamura and Hirotomo Nishihara

EES Batteries, 2025, 1, 640
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Aligned Macroporous Monoliths by Ice-Templating

Zheng-Ze Pan, Wei Lv, Quan-Hong Yang and Hirotomo Nishihara

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2022, 95, 611
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Mechanistic insights of CO methanation over MgO using DFT

Shagun Mishra and Satyapaul A. Singh

Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, 72, 370
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Mechanism of activated carbon-catalyzed methane decomposition process for the production of hydrogen and high-value carbon

Ji Su Yun, Ji Hong Kim, Seok Chang Kang and Ji Sun Im

Carbon Lett., 2023, 33, 1799
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Stereolithography 3D Printed Carbon Microlattices with Hierarchical Porosity for Structural and Functional Applications

Akira Kudo, Kazuya Kanamaru, Jiuhui Han, Rui Tang, Kazuaki Kisu, Takeharu Yoshii, Shin‐ichi Orimo, Hirotomo Nishihara and Mingwei Chen

Small, 2023, 19
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From waste to wealth: Using MgO nanoparticles to transform ammonium into a valuable resource

Hawzhin Amanollahi, Gholamreza Moussavi, Somayeh Ostovar and Stefanos Giannakis

Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023, 56, 104331
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Synthesis and Electrochemical Applications of Graphene Mesosponge^®

Shinichiroh IWAMURA, Masashi ITO and Hirotomo NISHIHARA

Denki Kagaku, 2024, 92, 21
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Nanoporous Membrane Electrodes with an Ordered Array of Hollow Giant Carbon Nanotubes

Hongyu Liu, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Alex Aziz, Rui Tang, Wei Lv and Hirotomo Nishihara

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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Unlocking the potential of 2D nanomaterials for sustainable intelligent packaging

Shima Jafarzadeh, Majid Nooshkam, Zeinab Qazanfarzadeh, Nazila Oladzadabbasabadi, Przemyslaw Strachowski, Navid Rabiee, Kamyar Shirvanimoghaddam, Mehdi Abdollahi and Minoo Naebe

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 490, 151711
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Probing non-Faradaic process during elastic deformation in a single sphere of extremely soft mesoporous carbon

Kritin Pirabul, Zheng-Ze Pan, Kazuya Kanamaru, Yoshiko Horiguchi, Yasufumi Takahashi, Akichika Kumatani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Carbon, 2024, 228, 119376
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Mechanistic Insight into Transfer-Free CVD Growth of Graphene on SiO2

Preethu P Satheesh, Mohandas Sanjay Kumar, Santhosh Durairaj, Navanya Raveendran, Krishna Moorthy Ponnusamy, Senthil Kumar Eswaran, Muthuramalingam Prakash and S. Chandramohan

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 14390
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Adsorption properties of templated nanoporous carbons comprising 1–2 graphene layers

Hirotomo Nishihara, Hong-Wei Zhao, Kazuya Kanamaru, Keita Nomura, Mao Ohwada, Masashi Ito, Li-Xiang Li, Bai-Gang An, Toshihide Horikawa and Takashi Kyotani

Carbon Rep., 2022, 1, 123
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Ultra-high-performance graphene-based bulk materials strengthened by Y-type connection structure

Jie Li, Jie Sheng, Changsheng Xing, Bin Liu, Yunzhong Wu, Tong Zhang, Jiaxu Shuang, Ziyue Yang, Lidong Wang and Weidong Fei

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 485, 149974
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Efficient Discrimination of Hazardous Organophosphate Flame Retardants via Cataluminescence-Based Multidimensional Ratiometric Sensing

Zhengjun Gong, Yi Deng, Binbin Zheng, Huanhuan Zhu and Xiaoying Huang

Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 4544
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Contamination-Free Reference Electrode Using Prussian Blue for Small Oxygen Sensors

Akiko Yoshida, Kritin Pirabul, Shunsuke Fujii, Zheng-Ze Pan, Takeharu Yoshii, Mutsuhiro Ito, Kenichi Izawa, Yuka Minegishi, Yukinori Noguchi, Norihito Hiyoshi, Kota Takeda, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Tetsuji Itoh and Hirotomo Nishihara

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 50115
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High-performance paper-based biocathode fabricated by screen-printing an improved mesoporous carbon ink and by oriented immobilization of bilirubin oxidase

Noya Loew, Isao Shitanda, Himeka Goto, Hikari Watanabe, Tsutomu Mikawa, Seiya Tsujimura and Masayuki Itagaki

Sci Rep, 2022, 12
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Silicon Radical‐Induced CH4 Dissociation for Uniform Graphene Coating on Silica Surface

Kritin Pirabul, Qi Zhao, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Hongyu Liu, Mutsuhiro Itoh, Kenichi Izawa, Makoto Kawai, Rachel Crespo‐Otero, Devis Di Tommaso and Hirotomo Nishihara

Small, 2024, 20
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Improvement of corrosion resistance of waterborne potassium silicate zinc-rich coating by addition of Nano-ZnO/graphene

Qing-Bo Lv, Fei-Yu Guo, Zi-Ming Huang, Yun-Shan Bai and Huan-Huan Liu

Chem. Pap., 2024, 78, 7933
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Prominent Structural Dependence of Quantum Capacitance Unraveled by Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Mesosponge

Rui Tang, Alex Aziz, Wei Yu, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Ginga Nishikawa, Takeharu Yoshii, Keita Nomura, Erin E. Taylor, Nicholas P. Stadie, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Small, 2024, 20
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Thermal decomposition of magnesium carbonate in methane atmosphere for the synthesis of syngas: The effect of O2

Qian Yin, Huiting Song, Yao Xue, Zixian Li, Huijie Liu, Yang Li, Jingyi Guo, Ming Xu, Hong Yan, Yufei Zhao and Xue Duan

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12, 111864
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Pore-size control of soft mesoporous carbon by hot pressing

Kazuya Kanamaru, Masashi Ito, Masanobu Uchimura, Yasushi Ichikawa, Kazuki Sone, Ami Ikura and Hirotomo Nishihara

Carbon Rep., 2022, 1, 214
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Theoretical insights into the role of defects in the optimization of the electrochemical capacitance of graphene

Alex Aziz, Wei Yu, Rui Tang, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso and Hirotomo Nishihara

Energy Materials and Devices, 2024, 2, 9370035
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Edge‐Site‐Free and Topological‐Defect‐Rich Carbon Cathode for High‐Performance Lithium‐Oxygen Batteries

Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Alex Aziz, Rui Tang, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Hideki Tanaka, Eva Scholtzová, Daniel Tunega, Yuta Nishina, Kiho Nishioka, Shuji Nakanishi, Yi Zhou, Osamu Terasaki and Hirotomo Nishihara

Advanced Science, 2023, 10
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Controlled synthesis of graphene-based hybrids on hydration-dehydration treated bio-shell-derived catalysts

Hong Wang, Xinyue Peng, Xiaodong Tang, Qiang Chen and Jingjing Li

Ceramics International, 2024, 50, 18002
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Nano-Sized Graphene Cages Realize Highly Loaded “Solid-Solid” Process in Cathode Materials of Lithium Sulfur Batteries

Qingbo Lyu, Yanlin Wei, Yuqi Yang, Hao Wu, Ting Zhou, Ziming Huang, Huanhuan Liu and Yunshan Bai

J. Electrochem. Soc., 2024, 171, 120512
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of nitrogen species in carbon at the ppm level

Takeharu Yoshii, Ginga Nishikawa, Viki Kumar Prasad, Shunsuke Shimizu, Ryo Kawaguchi, Rui Tang, Koki Chida, Nobuhiro Sato, Ryota Sakamoto, Kouhei Takatani, Daniel Moreno-Rodríguez, Peter Škorňa, Eva Scholtzová, Robert Karoly Szilagyi and Hirotomo Nishihara

Chem, 2024, 10, 2450
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Structural control of nanoporous frameworks consisting of minimally stacked graphene walls

Kritin Pirabul, Zheng-Ze Pan and Hirotomo Nishihara

Front. Mater., 2024, 10
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Nanofabrication of Ni-incorporated three-dimensional ordered mesoporous carbon for catalytic methane decomposition

Xin Yang, En Yang, Bo Hu, Jiahui Yan, Fangna Shangguan, Qingqing Hao, Huiyong Chen, Jianbo Zhang and Xiaoxun Ma

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10, 107451
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An overview of recent technologies employed for the direct conversion of carbon dioxide into advanced solid materials

Wan Nurmawaddah Wan Abdul Rahman Jauhari, Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak and Zahira Yaakob

Fuel, 2025, 391, 134620
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Dual-Tuned Bamboo-Derived Hard Carbon via Stepwise Pyrolysis for High-Efficiency Sodium-Ion Storage

Kangjie Zhou, Jiao Peng, Yi Tang, Juan Yang, Li He, Peng Liu, Jiali Liu, Wang Qiu, Liang Hu, Liping Zheng, Qiliang Wei and Xianyou Wang

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 13772
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Graphite Wrapped FeNi3/Co with Carbon Nanotubes Anchored on MgO@Carbon Fiber Reinforcements via Continuous Fabrication for High-Efficiency Microwave Attenuation

Chengjuan Wang, Haotian Jiang, Xianzhao Cao, Xu He, Xuanbo Chen, Bowen Cui, Xiaodan Xu, Yanxiang Wang and Chengguo Wang

Adv. Fiber Mater., 2024, 6, 1640
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Synthesis of graphene mesosponge using CaO nanoparticles formed from CaCO3

Shogo Sunahiro, Kritin Pirabul, Zhengze Pan, Takeharu Yoshii, Yuichiro Hayasaka, Qi Zhao, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Catalysis Today, 2024, 437, 114763
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Evolution of the understanding of quantum capacitance through advancements in graphene-related carbon materials

Rui Tang

Carbon Lett., 2024, 34, 1845
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Application of MgO-Titanomagnetite mixture in high-temperature catalytic pyrolysis of radiata pine

Misel Iminabo, Alex C. K. Yip, John T. Iminabo and Shusheng Pang

Biomass Conv. Bioref., 2024, 14, 18979
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Quantitative study on catalysis of unpaired electrons in carbon edge sites

Keigo Wakabayashi, Takeharu Yoshii and Hirotomo Nishihara

Carbon, 2023, 210, 118069
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Structural Engineering of Nanocarbons Comprising Graphene Frameworks via High-Temperature Annealing

Kritin Pirabul, Zheng-Ze Pan, Rui Tang, Shogo Sunahiro, Hongyu Liu, Kazuya Kanamaru, Takeharu Yoshii and Hirotomo Nishihara

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2023, 96, 510
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Bimetallic ordered carbonaceous frameworks from Co- and Cu-porphyrin bimolecular crystals

Koki Chida, Takeharu Yoshii, Norihito Hiyoshi, Tetsuji Itoh, Jun Maruyama, Kazuhide Kamiya, Masataka Inoue, Fumito Tani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Carbon, 2023, 201, 338
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Few-layered-graphene - Si3N4 composite powders prepared by decomposition of methane onto a Si3N4 powder bed: Control of the average number of layers in the graphene stack

Adam Berrais, Alicia Weibel, David Mesguich, Viviane Turq, Claude Estournès and Christophe Laurent

Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2025, 45, 116799
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Extraordinary Capacitance and Stability of Carbon Electrode for Electrochemical Capacitors

Soshi SHIRAISHI, Koki URITA, Hirotomo NISHIHARA and Takeshi KONDO

Electrochemistry, 2024, 92, 074001
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Mesoporous nanoplates consisting of seamless graphene frameworks

Tianshu Liu, Rikuto Kaku, Zheng-Ze Pan, Mao Ohwada, Kritin Pirabul, Baohua Li and Hirotomo Nishihara

Electrochimica Acta, 2024, 484, 144034
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Capacitance of Edge-Free Three-Dimensional Graphene: New Perspectives on the Design of Carbon Structures for Supercapacitor Applications

Rui Tang, Keita Nomura, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

SSRN Journal, 2022
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One-step growth of the interconnected carbon nanotubes/graphene hybrids from cuttlebone-derived bi-functional catalyst for lithium-ion batteries

Yan Zhong, Kuan Deng, Jie Zheng, Tingting Zhang, Peng Liu, Xingbin Lv, Wen Tian and Junyi Ji

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023, 149, 205
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Progress in templated nanocarbons and related materials chemistry

Hirotomo Nishihara

Carbon Rep., 2024, 3, 47
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Development of Microdrip Enzyme Device Using Carbon-Coated Porous Silica Spheres

Shunsuke Fujii, Akiko Yoshida, Tracy T. Chuong, Yuka Minegishi, Kritin Pirabul, Zheng-Ze Pan, Yuta Nishina, Takashi Kyotani, Hirotomo Nishihara, Kouji Masumoto, Galen D. Stucky and Tetsuji Itoh

ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2023, 1, 1426
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Nanoscale Optical Sensing Approaches for Quantitative Evaluation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapeutic Efficacy

Yucheng Zhou and Hong Zhang

Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics, 2024, 19, 69
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Advancements in Chemical Vapor Deposited Carbon Films for Secondary Battery Applications

Jiwoo Kim, Young‐Wook Cho, Sang‐Gil Woo, Je‐Nam Lee and Gwan‐Hyoung Lee

Small, 2025, 21
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Protrusions induction by carbon black on surface of activated carbon to enhance its catalytic activity

Li Yang, Chunmei Xin, Guohui Xuan, Shuai Liu, Fang Liu and Yanyan Ren

Fuel, 2022, 324, 124378
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Recent Research Progress of Porous Graphene and Applications in Molecular Sieve, Sensor, and Supercapacitor

Mengya Liu, Liping Wang and Gui Yu

Small, 2024, 20
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3D Continuously Porous Graphene for Energy Applications

Jiuhui Han, Isaac Johnson and Mingwei Chen

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34
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Carbon-coated anodic aluminum oxide: Synthesis, characterization, and applications

Hongyu Liu, Zheng-Ze Pan, Tetsuji Itoh, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Applied Physics Reviews, 2024, 11
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Magnesium Hydroxide Templated Hierarchical Porous Carbon Nanosheets as Electrodes for High-Energy-Density Supercapacitors

Yafen Tian, Xiangyu Zhu, Muhammad Abbas, Daniel W. Tague, Melissa A. Wunch, John P. Ferraris and Kenneth J. Balkus

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5, 6805
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Sequential Catalysis of Defected-Carbon and Solid Catalyst in Li–O2 Batteries

Zhaohan Shen, Wei Yu, Alex Aziz, Koki Chida, Takeharu Yoshii and Hirotomo Nishihara

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 6239
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Capacitance of edge-free three-dimensional graphene: New perspectives on the design of carbon structures for supercapacitor applications

Rui Tang, Keita Nomura, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Takashi Kyotani and Hirotomo Nishihara

Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 429, 141009
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Unveiling Carbon Cluster Coating in Graphene CVD on MgO: Combining Machine Learning Force field and DFT Modeling

Qi Zhao, Hirotomo Nishihara, Rachel Crespo-Otero and Devis Di Tommaso

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 53231
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Hierarchically Porous and Minimally Stacked Graphene Cathodes for High‐Performance Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

Wei Yu, Zhaohan Shen, Takeharu Yoshii, Shinichiroh Iwamura, Manai Ono, Shoichi Matsuda, Makoto Aoki, Toshihiro Kondo, Shin R. Mukai, Shuji Nakanishi and Hirotomo Nishihara

Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14
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