Abstract
Electrode and electrolyte materials with higher performance, longer life, and lower cost need to be developed, given the substantial growing demand for advanced electrochemical energy systems. Lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer, has been successfully demonstrated to be a viable precursor or feedstock for the preparation of high-performance electrochemical energy materials and components such as electrodes, electrolyte additives, membrane separators, and binders. Moreover, techno-economic analyses indicate that it is possible to prepare cost-effective carbon structures from lignin at engineering scale, in contrast with current carbon products. These facts suggest that the scalable conversion of lignin into high-value energy materials will offer a promising pathway to not only promote the utilization and valorization of lignin but also boost the development of advanced electrochemical energy systems. This review examines cutting-edge renewable energy materials derived from various lignin compounds and their applications in electrochemical energy systems with an emphasis on supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, and fuel cells. Meanwhile, this review also aims to carve out the critical barriers for lignin-derived high-performance materials for energy applications, and to identify viable approaches for the synthesis of sustainable new energy materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 650-672 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2020 |
Funding
This work was supported by US DOE (Department of Energy), EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), BETO (Bioenergy Technology Office) (grant No. DE-EE0008250) with the Bioproducts, Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University. C.M. Wang was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Subcontract No. 18769 and No. 6951379 under the Advanced Battery Materials Research (BMR) program. The work was conducted in the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility sponsored by DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RLO1830. J.H. Jiang was partially supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) operated by Battelle Energy Alliance under Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. This study was also supported and performed as part of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), a US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. X.Y. Wu was partially supported by China Scholarship Council for Overseas Studies. B. Yang acknowledges the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar-ship Board, The Finland−US Education Exchange Commission, and the Finland Fulbright Center for the Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair Scholarship for his visiting appointment at Aalto University. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up,irrevocable,world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so,for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof nor any of their employees makes any warranty,expressed or implied, or assumes any legalliability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. This work was supported by US DOE (Department of Energy), EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), BETO (Bioenergy Technology Office) (grant No. DE‐EE0008250) with the Bioproducts, Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University. C.M. Wang was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE‐AC02‐05CH11231, Subcontract No. 18769 and No. 6951379 under the Advanced Battery Materials Research (BMR) program. The work was conducted in the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility sponsored by DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy under Contract DE‐AC05‐76RLO1830. J.H. Jiang was partially supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) operated by Battelle Energy Alliance under Contract DE‐AC07‐05ID14517. This study was also supported and performed as part of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), a US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT‐Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE‐AC05‐00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. X.Y. Wu was partially supported by China Scholarship Council for Overseas Studies. B. Yang acknowledges the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar‐ship Board, The Finland−US Education Exchange Commission, and the Finland Fulbright Center for the Fulbright‐Aalto University Distinguished Chair Scholarship for his visiting appointment at Aalto University. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non‐exclusive, paid‐up,irrevocable,world‐wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so,for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof nor any of their employees makes any warranty,expressed or implied, or assumes any legalliability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Battelle Energy Alliance | DE‐AC07‐05ID14517 |
| China Scholarship Council for Overseas Studies | |
| DOE Public Access Plan | |
| US Education Exchange Commission | |
| United States Government | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | 6951379, DE‐AC02‐05CH11231, 18769 |
| Office of Science | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
| Biological and Environmental Research | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| Laboratory Directed Research and Development | |
| Washington State University | |
| Idaho National Laboratory | |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | DE‐AC05‐76RLO1830 |
| Bioenergy Technologies Office | DE‐EE0008250 |
| Vehicle Technologies Office | |
| Center for Bioenergy Innovation | |
| UT-Battelle | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
| Aalto-Yliopisto |
Keywords
- biomass utilization
- electrochemical systems
- energy storage
- large-scale production
- lignin valorization
- renewable materials
