An overview of silicon-air batteries: Principle, current state and future perspectives

S Hu, Z Wang, J Wang, S Pang, B Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the increasing demand for sustainable and durable energy sources, various
novel energy conversion and storage systems have emerged and experienced rapid …

Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC)

Z Wang, X Dong, W Tang, ZL Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) is an emerging field that utilizes electron transfer occurring
at the liquid–solid and even liquid–liquid interfaces because of the contact-electrification …

High-coordination Fe–N 4 SP single-atom catalysts via the multi-shell synergistic effect for the enhanced oxygen reduction reaction of rechargeable Zn–air battery …

J Liu, W Chen, S Yuan, T Liu, Q Wang - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically dispersed iron–nitrogen–carbon (Fe–N–C) catalysts are immensely promising
alternatives to noble metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), while their …

Molecular self-assembly in conductive covalent networks for selective nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

F Sun, Y Gao, M Li, Y Wen, Y Fang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical nitrate (NO3–) reduction in aqueous media provides a useful approach for
ammonia (NH3) synthesis. While efforts are focused on developing catalysts, the local …

Porous liquids open new horizons: synthesis, applications, and prospects

D Wang, Y Ying, Y Xin, P Li, Z Yang… - Accounts of Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Though the idea of liquids with accessible porosity seems counterintuitive,
porous liquids (PLs) have indeed demonstrated themselves to hold great promise in …

Positional thiophene isomerization: a geometric strategy for precisely regulating the electronic state of covalent organic frameworks to boost oxygen reduction

Q Wang, C Wang, K Zheng, B Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the oxygen conversion efficiency of metal‐free carbon‐based fuel cells dramatically
improved, the building blocks of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) raised principal …

Microstructure and bionic engineering of triphase reaction interface for zinc-air batteries

S Zeng, G Duan, R Yu, Q Qin, S He, S Jiang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) hold immense promise for energy storage due to their potential
advantages over existing technologies in terms of electrochemical performance, cost, and …

Design principles for using amphiphilic polymers to create microporous water

C DelRe, H Hong, MB Wenny, DP Erdosy… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aqueous dispersions of microporous nanocrystals with dry, gas-accessible pores─ referred
to as “microporous water”─ enable high densities of gas molecules to be transported …

Fast‐Charging Zinc‐Air Batteries with Stable Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis of Mo‐Induced Nanodefective Mo─ Co/N─ C Catalyst

Y Zhang, X Ma, Z Cheng, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fast‐charging technology plays a pivotal role in propelling the commercialization of zinc‐air
batteries (ZABs). While the lifetime of ZABs under fast‐charging is severely shortened by the …

Selective oxygen reduction reaction: mechanism understanding, catalyst design and practical application

S Li, L Shi, Y Guo, J Wang, D Liu, S Zhao - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key component for many clean energy
technologies and other industrial processes. However, the low selectivity and the sluggish …