Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

J Wang, Y Gao, H Kong, J Kim, S Choi… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in the development of non-precious catalysts
(NPCs) for alkaline water electrolysis (AWE), especially with the strides made in …

In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Delocalization state-induced selective bond breaking for efficient methanol electrosynthesis from CO2

S Kong, X Lv, X Wang, Z Liu, Z Li, B Jia, D Sun… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Methanol manufacturing by CO2 electrolysis is a potential near-zero-emission route to
carbon neutrality, but most of the previous studies in aqueous electrolytes have achieved …

Limits of detection for EXAFS characterization of heterogeneous single-atom catalysts

J Finzel, KM Sanroman Gutierrez, AS Hoffman… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts (SACs), consisting of individual metal atoms dispersed on a support,
attract attention due to their unique reactivity, efficient use of precious metals, and precise …

Thermal separation of heavy metals from municipal solid waste incineration fly ash: A review

D He, H Hu, F Jiao, W Zuo, C Liu, H Xie, L Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash is categorized as a hazardous waste
owing to the presence of heavy metals. The thermal separation of heavy metals from MSWI …

Surface reconstruction-derived heterostructures for electrochemical water splitting

X Luo, X Tan, P Ji, L Chen, J Yu, S Mu - EnergyChem, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic water splitting for green hydrogen generation is of great significance for
renewable energy conversion and storage. The development of efficient electrocatalysts to …

A critical review on the multiple roles of manganese in stabilizing and destabilizing soil organic matter

H Li, F Santos, K Butler, E Herndon - Environmental science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manganese (Mn) is a biologically important and redox-active metal that may exert a poorly
recognized control on carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Manganese influences …

Atomically-thin two-dimensional sheets for understanding active sites in catalysis

Y Sun, S Gao, F Lei, Y Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysis can speed up chemical reactions and it usually occurs on the low coordinated
steps, edges, terraces, kinks and corner atoms that are often called “active sites”. However …

Engineering of transition metal catalysts confined in zeolites

N Kosinov, C Liu, EJM Hensen, EA Pidko - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transition metal–zeolite composites are versatile catalytic materials for a wide range of
industrial and lab-scale processes. Significant advances in fabrication and characterization …

In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies of nanoscale electrocatalysts

M Wang, L Árnadóttir, ZJ Xu, Z Feng - Nano-Micro Letters, 2019 - Springer
Nanoscale electrocatalysts have exhibited promising activity and stability, improving the
kinetics of numerous electrochemical reactions in renewable energy systems such as …