Untangling the respective effects of heteroatom-doped carbon materials in batteries, supercapacitors and the ORR to design high performance materials

X Feng, Y Bai, M Liu, Y Li, H Yang, X Wang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom-doped carbon materials (HDCMs) have been widely studied as some of the
most prominent material candidates for use in a wide range of applications, such as …

Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

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 …

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications

J Wang, H Kong, J Zhang, Y Hao, Z Shao… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based materials have multiple advantages including abundant sources, tunable
molecular structures, high electronic conductivity, and environmental compatibility. Rapidly …

Recent progress of vacancy engineering for electrochemical energy conversion related applications

Z Wu, Y Zhao, W Jin, B Jia, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient electrocatalysts are key requirements for the development of ecofriendly
electrochemical energy‐related technologies and devices. It is widely recognized that the …

Carbon-based electrodes for advanced zinc-air batteries: oxygen-catalytic site regulation and nanostructure design

W Shao, R Yan, M Zhou, L Ma, C Roth, T Ma… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
Zn-air batteries are highly attractive for direct chemical-to-electrical energy conversion and
for solving the energy crisis and environmental problems. Designing efficient oxygen …

Nonprecious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction in heterogeneous aqueous systems

AA Gewirth, JA Varnell, AM DiAscro - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive review of recent advances in the field of oxygen reduction electrocatalysis
utilizing nonprecious metal (NPM) catalysts is presented. Progress in the synthesis and …

Defect and doping co-engineered non-metal nanocarbon ORR electrocatalyst

J Zhang, J Zhang, F He, Y Chen, J Zhu, D Wang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Exploring low-cost and earth-abundant oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalyst is
essential for fuel cells and metal–air batteries. Among them, non-metal nanocarbon with …

3D heteroatom‐doped carbon nanomaterials as multifunctional metal‐free catalysts for integrated energy devices

R Paul, F Du, L Dai, Y Ding, ZL Wang, F Wei… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable and cost‐effective energy generation has become crucial for fulfilling present
energy requirements. For this purpose, the development of cheap, scalable, efficient, and …

Recent advances in carbon‐based metal‐free electrocatalysts

R Paul, L Zhu, H Chen, J Qu, L Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Precious noble metals (such as Pt, Ir) and nonprecious transition metals (eg, Fe, Co),
including their compounds (eg, oxides, nitrides), have been widely investigated as efficient …