Reconfiguring hard carbons with emerging sodium‐ion batteries: a perspective

Y Chu, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Q Li, Y Jia, X Dong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbons, an important category of amorphous carbons, are non‐graphitizable and are
widely accepted as the most promising anode materials for emerging sodium‐ion batteries …

Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …

High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis

X Lei, Q Tang, Y Zheng, P Kidkhunthod, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution of molecular oxygen, known as oxygen
electrocatalysis, is one of the most important reactions that are central to a range of energy …

High Durability of Fe–N–C Single‐Atom Catalysts with Carbon Vacancies toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

Mesopore‐Rich Fe–N–C Catalyst with FeN4–O–NC Single‐Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media

L Peng, J Yang, Y Yang, F Qian, Q Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fe–N–C catalysts offer excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in
alkaline media. With a view toward boosting the intrinsic ORR activity of Fe single‐atom sites …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

Identification of Cu(100)/Cu(111) Interfaces as Superior Active Sites for CO Dimerization During CO2 Electroreduction

ZZ Wu, XL Zhang, ZZ Niu, FY Gao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The electrosynthesis of valuable multicarbon chemicals using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a
feedstock has substantially progressed recently but still faces considerable challenges. A …

High‐loading Co single atoms and clusters active sites toward enhanced electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction for high‐performance Zn–air battery

M Zhang, H Li, J Chen, FX Ma, L Zhen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of precious‐metal alternative electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) is highly desired for a variety of fuel cells, and single atom catalysts (SACs) …

[PDF][PDF] Transition metal nitrides: activity origin, synthesis and electrocatalytic applications

R Qin, P Wang, C Lin, F Cao, J Zhang… - Acta Phys. Chim …, 2021 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Currently, because of the worldwide over-exploitation and consumption of fossil fuels,
energy crisis and environmental pollution are becoming more prominent. Hence, the …

Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …