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A Stable High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery Using a Biomass-Derived Sulfur-Carbon Cathode and Lithiated Silicon Anode
Marangon, Vittorio; Hernández-Rentero, C.; Olivares-Marín, Mara; Gómez-Serrano, Vicente; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Hassoun, Jusef (Wiley, 2021)A full lithium-ion-sulfur cell with a remarkable cycle life was achieved by combining an environmentally sustainable biomass-derived sulfur-carbon cathode and a pre-lithiated silicon oxide anode. X-ray diffraction, Raman ... -
Alternative lithium-ion battery using biomass-derived carbons as environmentally sustainable anode
Hernández-Rentero, C.; Marangon, Vittorio; Olivares-Marín, Mara; Gómez-Serrano, Vicente; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Hassoun, Jusef (Elsevier, 2020)Disordered carbons derived from biomass are herein efficiently used as an alternative anode in lithium-ion battery. Carbon precursor obtained from cherry pit is activated by using either KOH or H3PO4, to increase the ... -
Biomass Porous Carbons Derived from Banana Peel Waste as Sustainable Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Luna-Lama, Fernando; Morales, Julián; Caballero, Álvaro (MDPI, 2021)Disordered carbons derived from banana peel waste (BPW) were successfully obtained by employing a simple one-step activation/carbonization method. Different instrumental techniques were used to characterize the structural, ... -
Contribution to the understanding of the performance differences between commercial current collectors in Li–S batteries
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Luna-Lama, Fernando; Caballero, Álvaro; Rodríguez-Castellón, Enrique; Morales, Julián (Elsevier, 2021)Lithium–sulfur batteries have been recognised as highly promising next-generation batteries, due to their low cost and high theoretical energy density. Despite numerous advances in this technology over the last decade, its ... -
Effect of Nitrogen Dopant Agents in the Performance of Graphene-Based Cathodes for Li-S Batteries
Licari, Adrián; Benítez, Almudena; Gómez-Cámer, J.L.; Trócoli, Rafael; Caballero, Álvaro (MDPI, 2024)Lithium-sulphur (Li-S) batteries offer high energy density compared to lithium-ion batteries, emerging as a promising technology for the next generation of energy storage systems. The ongoing challenge is to improve their ... -
Enhanced Performance of Zn/Br Flow Battery Using N-Methyl-N-Propylmorpholinium Bromide as Complexing Agent
Jiménez-Blasco, Uxua; Moreno, Eduardo; Cólera, M.; Díaz-Carrasco, P.; Arrebola Haro, José Carlos; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Varga, Óscar A. (MDPI, 2021)Redox flow batteries (RFB) are one of the most interesting technologies in the field of energy storage, since they allow the decoupling of power and capacity. Zinc–bromine flow batteries (ZBFB) are a type of hybrid RFB, ... -
Human Hemoglobin-Based Zinc–Air Battery in a Neutral Electrolyte
García-Caballero, Valentín; Lorca, Sebastián; Villa Moreno, Marta; Caballero, Álvaro; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Fernández Romero, A.J.; Cano, Manuel (ACS, 2023)The use of human hemoglobin (Hb) as a catalytic component of the air electrode in a primary zinc–air battery with a neutral electrolyte has been investigated. Three different electrode modifications, using the drop-casting ... -
Integral evaluation of granular activated carbon at four stages of a full-scale WWTP deodorization system
Márquez, P.; Benítez de la Torre, A.; Caballero, Álvaro; Siles, J.A.; Martín, M.A. (Elsevier, 2021)Odor emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have always been a public concern. In this work, the physico-chemical, olfactometric and textural characterization of granular active carbon (GAC) used by an urban ... -
Lithium–Oxygen Battery Exploiting Highly Concentrated Glyme-Based Electrolytes
Marangon, Vittorio; Hernández-Rentero, C.; Levchenko, Stanislav; Bianchini, Giacomo; Spagnolo, Davide; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Hassoun, Jusef (American Chemical Society, 2020)Concentrated solutions of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and lithium nitrate (LiNO3) salts in either diethylene-glycol dimethyl-ether (DEGDME) or triethylene-glycol dimethyl-ether (TREGDME) are herein ... -
MIL-88A Metal-Organic Framework as a Stable Sulfur-Host Cathode for Long-Cycle Li-S Batteries
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Amaro-Gahete, J.; Esquivel, Dolores; Romero-Salguero, F.J.; Morales, Julián; Caballero, Álvaro (MDPI, 2020)Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have received enormous interest as a promising energy storage system to compete against limited, non-renewable, energy sources due to their high energy density, sustainability, and low cost. ... -
Pistachio Shell-Derived Carbon Activated with Phosphoric Acid: A More Efficient Procedure to Improve the Performance of Li–S Batteries
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Morales, Julián; Caballero, Álvaro (MDPI, 2020)A sustainable and low-cost lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery was produced by reusing abundant waste from biomass as a raw material. Pistachio shell was the by-product from the agri-food industry chosen to obtain activated ... -
Porous Cr2O3@C composite derived from metal organic framework in efficient semi-liquid lithium-sulfur battery
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Marangon, Vittorio; Hernández-Rentero, C.; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Hassoun, Jusef (Elsevier, 2020)A carbon composite including Cr2O3 (Cr2O3@C) and benefitting of a metal organic framework (MOF) precursor is herein synthesized, and originally employed in a semi-liquid lithium-sulfur cell using a catholyte solution formed ... -
Recent advances in bromine complexing agents for zinc–bromine redox flow batteries
Jiménez-Blasco, Uxua; Arrebola, José Carlos; Caballero, Álvaro (MDPI, 2023)The development of energy storage systems (ESS) has become an important area of research due to the need to replace the use of fossil fuels with clean energy. Redox flow batteries (RFBs) provide interesting features, such ... -
Recent advances in lithium-sulfur batteries using biomass-derived carbons as sulfur host
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Amaro-Gahete, J.; Chien, Yu-Chuan; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián; Brandell, Daniel (Elsevier, 2022)While biomass waste is generated in abundance, these materials and their production processes are generally environmentally friendly, low cost, non-hazardous and easily scalable. These advantages position biomass materials ... -
Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Based on a Cathode of Copper Hexacyanoferrate
Rojas, Víctor; Cáceres, Gustavo; López, Silvana; Henríquez, Rodrigo; Grez, Paula; Schrebler, Ricardo; Navarrete, Emilio; Herrera, Francisco; Caballero, Álvaro; Gómez-Cámer, J.L. (IOP Publishing, 2021)In this work, the performance of copper(II) hexacyanoferrate(III) (CuHCF) as a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries was studied. The compound was synthesized by a precipitation reaction in aqueous solution in a closed ... -
Revisiting the HKUST-1/S Composite as an Electrode for Li-S Batteries: Inherent Problems That Hinder Its Performance
Haro, Jorge de; Benítez de la Torre, A.; Caballero, Álvaro; Morales, Julián (Wiley, 2020)A composite formed by the HKUST-1 metal-organic framework (MOF) and sulfur (S) was studied as an electrode for Li-S batteries. For preparation, a simple milling procedure in ethanol, to facilitate its homogeneity, was used ... -
Simple and Eco-Friendly Fabrication of Electrode Materials and Their Performance in High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries
Barbosa, Lucía; Luna-Lama, Fernando; González Peña, Yarivith; Caballero, Álvaro (Wiley, 2019)The huge consumption of rechargeable Li-ion batteries (LIBs) make it necessary to recover and reuse the different components of spent batteries, thus favoring sustainable development. Graphite is a critical material in the ... -
Simple and eco-friendly thermal regeneration of granular activated carbon from the odour control system of a full-scale WWTP: Study of the process in oxidizing atmosphere
Márquez, P.; Benítez de la Torre, A.; Hidalgo-Carrillo, J.; Urbano, Francisco José; Caballero, Álvaro; Siles, J.A.; Martín, M.A. (Elsevier, 2021)Adsorption by granular activated carbon (GAC) is an efficient, reliable, and well-established technique for treating malodours in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, when the lifespan of GAC is over, it becomes ... -
Simple and Sustainable Preparation of Cathodes for Li−S Batteries: Regeneration of Granular Activated Carbon from the Odor Control System of a Wastewater Treatment Plant
Benítez de la Torre, A.; Márquez, Pedro; Martín Santos, María Ángeles; Caballero, Álvaro (Wiley, 2021)To obtain a wide variety of green materials, numerous investigations have been undertaken on industrial waste that can act as sustainable resources. The use of hazardous wastes derived from wastewater treatment plants ... -
Simple and Sustainable Preparation of Nonactivated Porous Carbon from Brewing Waste for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Tesio, Álvaro Y.; Gómez-Cámer, J.L.; Morales, Julián; Caballero, Álvaro (Wiley, 2020)The development of renewable energy sources requires the parallel development of sustainable energy storage systems because of its noncontinuous production. Even the most-used battery on the planet, the lithium-ion battery, ...