Nanofier Composites

Micro/nano fibers have the advantages of high specific surface area, high porosity, and easy functionalization compared with ordinary fibers, and thus have a wide range of application prospects in the fields of wearable devices, electronic textiles, and energy materials. Cross-combining nanoscience, physics, material science, bionics and other disciplines to design and develop functional fibers and their composites that integrate electricity, light, magnetism and heat is the research topic we are committed to carry out.

1. Smart fibers and textiles

Through hybridizingfunctional micro/nano materials (conductive, phase change, chromic, luminescence, etc.) with elastic fibers, low modulus, highlystretchable, multi-functional smart fibers and fabrics can be preparation via different spinning technology, and their applications in the field of epidermal electronics, intelligent fabrics will be studied in depth.

2. Multi-functional fiber-based aerogels

To address the problems of poor mechanical properties, single structure and function of nanofiber-based aerogel, we explore the low-cost construction strategy of high-performance and multifunctional fiber-based aerogels from the aspects of surface modification, modulation of interfacial force between building blocks, and optimization of molding methods.

Representive publications：

1. X. B. Zhu, Y. Ouyang, J. W. Chen, X. G. Zhu, X. Luo, F. L. Lai, H. Zhang, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu. In-situ extracted poly(acrylic acid) contributing to electrospun nanofiber separators with precisely tuned pore structures for ultra-stable lithium-sulfur batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 3253-3263.

2. Y. P. Huang*, F. Cui, J. Bao, Y. Zhao, J. B. Lian, T. X. Liu, H. M. Li*. MnCo₂S₄/FeCo₂S₄ “lollipop” arrays on hollow N-doped carbon skeleton as flexible electrodes for hybrid supercapacitors, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 20778.

3. W. Zong, F. L. Lai*, G. J. He, J. R. Feng, W. Wang, R. Q. Lian, Y. E. Miao, G. C. Wang, I. P. Parkin, T. X. Liu*. Sulfur-deficient bismuth sulfide/nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers as advanced free-standing electrode for asymmetric supercapacitors. Small, 2018, 14, 1801562.

4. H. Y. Lu, Y. P. Huang, W. Fan*, T. X. Liu*. Lotus root-like porous carbon nanofibers anchored with CoP nanoparticles as all-pH hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst. Nano Res., 2018, 11, 1274-1284.

5. X. Luo, X. B. Lu, G. Y. Zhou, X. Y. Zhao, Y. Ouyang, X. B. Zhu, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu. Ion-selective polyamide acid nanofiber separators for high-rate and stable lithium-sulfur batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 42198-42206.

6. F. L. Lai, D. Y. Yong, X. L. Ning, B. C. Pan, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu*. Bionanofiber assisted decoration of few-layered MoSe2 nanosheets on 3D conductive networks for efficient hydrogen evolution. Small, 2017, 13, 1602866.

7. X. L. Ning, F. Li, Y. Zhou, Y. E. Miao*, C. Wei, T. X. Liu*. Confined growth of uniformly dispersed NiCo2S4 nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. Chem. Eng. J., 2017, 328, 599-608.

8. H. H. Gu, W. Fan*, T. X. Liu*. Phosphorus-doped NiCo2S4 nanocrystals grown on electrospun carbon nanofibers as ultra-efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 277-283.

9. Y. E. Miao*, F. Li, Y. Zhou, F. L. Lai, H. Y. Lu, T. X. Liu*. Engineering a nanotubular mesoporous cobalt phosphide electrocatalyst by the Kirkendall effect towards highly efficient hydrogen evolution reactions. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 16313-16320.

10. F. L. Lai, Y. E. Miao*, L. Z. Zuo, H. Y. Lu, Y. P. Huang, T. X. Liu*. Biomass-derived nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber network: a facile template for decoration of ultrathin nickel-cobalt layered double hydroxide nanosheets as high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor electrode. Small, 2016, 12, 3235-3244.

11. F. L. Lai, Y. P. Huang, L. Z. Zuo, H. H. Gu, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu*. Electrospun nanofiber-supported carbon aerogel as a versatile platform toward asymmetric supercapacitors. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 15861-15869.

12. F. L. Lai, Y. E. Miao*, Y. P. Huang, Y. F. Zhang, T. X. Liu*. Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber/molybdenum disulfide nanocomposites derived from bacterial cellulose for high-efficiency electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution rection. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 3558-3566.

13. L. S. Zhang, W. Fan*, T. X. Liu*. Flexible hierarchical membranes of WS2 nanosheets grown on graphene-wrapped electrospun carbon nanofibers as advanced anodes for highly reversible lithium storage. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 16387-16394.

14. Y. P. Huang, L. S. Zhang, H. Y. Lu, F. L. Lai, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu*. A highly flexible and conductive graphene-wrapped carbon nanofiber membrane for high-performance electrocatalytic applications. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 969-976.

15. Y. P. Huang, Y. E. Miao, J. Fu, S. Y. Mo, C. Wei, T. X. Liu*. Perpendicularly oriented few-layer MoSe2 on SnO2 nanotubes for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2015, 3, 16263-16271.

16. J. J. Yan, H. Y. Lu, Y. P. Huang, J. Fu, S. Y. Mo, C Wei, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu*. Polydopamine-derived porous carbon fiber/cobalt composites for efficient oxygen reduction reactions. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3(46), 23299-23306.

17. L. S. Zhang, Q. W. Ding, Y. P. Huang, H. H. Gu, Y. E. Miao*, T. X. Liu*. Flexible Hybrid Membranes with Ni(OH)2 Nanoplatelets Vertically Grown on Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers for High-Performance Supercapacitors. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 22669-22677.

18. Y. P. Huang, Y. E. Miao, H. Y. Lu, T. X. Liu*. Hierarchical ZnCo2O4@NiCo2O4 core-sheath nanowires: Bifunctionality towards high-performance supercapacitors and oxygen reduction reaction. Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 10100-10108.

19. Y. E. Miao, Y. P. Huang, L. S. Zhang, W. Fan, F. L. Lai, T. X. Liu*. Electrospun porous carbon nanofiber@MoS2 core/sheath fiber membranes as highly flexible and binder-free anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 11093-11101.

20. F. L. Lai, Y. P. Huang, Y. E. Miao, T. X. Liu*. Controllable preparation of multi-dimensional hybrid materials of nickel-cobalt layered double hydroxide nanorods/nanosheets on electrospun carbon nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitors. Electrochim. Acta, 2015, 174, 456-463.