Biomass-based functional materials for rechargeable Zn-ion batteries

Q Zhao, T Xu, K Liu, H Du, M Zhang, Y Wang… - Energy Storage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zn-ion batteries have recently generated great enthusiasm in the energy storage and
conversion field due to the high theoretical specific capacitance and low redox potential …

Sustainable polysaccharide-based materials for intelligent packaging

Y Wang, K Liu, M Zhang, T Xu, H Du, B Pang… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike traditional food packaging which is mainly used to enhance food quality and provide
consumers with product descriptions, intelligent packaging, as a novel type of food …

Fabrication of a facile self-floating lignin-based carbon Janus evaporators for efficient and stable solar desalination

W Li, T Li, B Deng, T Xu, G Wang, W Hu… - Advanced Composites and …, 2024 - Springer
Desalination with solar-driven photothermal evaporator is extremely attractive for tackling
the current freshwater shortage of humanity, and a scalable and efficient interfacial solar …

Lignin as a green and multifunctional alternative to phenol for resin synthesis

W Li, H Sun, G Wang, W Sui, L Dai, C Si - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenolic resins (PRs) are being widely used in many fields such as molding plastics, foams,
coatings, and semiconductor packaging owing to their good properties including corrosion …

Lignin-derived materials for triboelectric nanogenerators with emphasis on lignin multifunctionality

W Li, W Zhang, Y Xu, G Wang, T Xu, S Nie, C Si - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainably sourced lignin, as natural polymer material rich in functional groups with
electronegativity such as hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, is prone to gain or lose electrons to …

Lignocellulose‐Mediated Functionalization of Liquid Metals toward the Frontiers of Multifunctional Materials

W Li, L Zhu, Y Xu, G Wang, T Xu, C Si - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulose‐mediated liquid metal (LM) composites, as emerging functional materials,
show tremendous potential for a variety of applications. The abundant hydroxyl, carboxyl …

Cellulose nanopaper: fabrication, functionalization, and applications

W Liu, K Liu, H Du, T Zheng, N Zhang, T Xu, B Pang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose nanopaper has shown great potential in diverse fields including optoelectronic
devices, food packaging, biomedical application, and so forth, owing to their various …

Strong, conductive, and freezing-tolerant polyacrylamide/PEDOT: PSS/cellulose nanofibrils hydrogels for wearable strain sensors

M Zhang, Y Wang, K Liu, Y Liu, T Xu, H Du, C Si - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels with prominent flexibility, versatility, and high sensitivity play an important role in
the design and fabrication of wearable sensors. In particular, these flexible conductive …

Facile and scalable preparation of cage-like mesoporous carbon from lignin-based phenolic resin and its application in supercapacitor electrodes

W Li, G Wang, W Sui, T Xu, Z Li, AM Parvez, C Si - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the similarity in chemical structure, lignin has presented great potential in the
synthesis of bio-based phenolic resin. Herein, a facile and scalable synthesis strategy for a …

Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors based on nanocellulose aerogels for human motion monitoring: A review

F Ji, Z Sun, T Hang, J Zheng, X Li, G Duan… - Composites …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors have become a research hotspot owing to
their broad applications in the fields of electronic skin, smart wearability, and human motion …