Electrolyte‐wettability issues and challenges of electrode materials in electrochemical energy storage, energy conversion, and beyond

L Zhao, Y Li, M Yu, Y Peng, F Ran - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrolyte‐wettability of electrode materials in liquid electrolytes plays a crucial role in
electrochemical energy storage, conversion systems, and beyond relied on interface …

Optimizing Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts for improved hydrogen evolution performance in alkaline electrolytes: a comprehensive review

G Gao, G Zhu, X Chen, Z Sun, A Cabot - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The splitting of water through electrocatalysis offers a sustainable method for the production
of hydrogen. In alkaline electrolytes, the lack of protons forces water dissociation to occur …

Electrolyte-philicity of electrode materials

L Zhao, F Ran - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical interfacial interaction of electrode materials with liquid electrolytes in
electrochemical energy storage systems including supercapacitors, metal ion batteries, and …

Probing functional structures, defects, and interfaces of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides by electron microscopy

R Luo, M Gao, C Wang, J Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit remarkable properties that are
strongly influenced by their atomic structures, as well as by various types of defects and …

Electrochemiluminescence from single molecule to imaging

J Dong, J Feng - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The revolution of quantum physics about a hundred years ago has greatly promoted the
development of theoretical chemistry, which enables the understanding of the relationship …

Moisture-induced degradation of quantum-sized semiconductor nanocrystals through amorphous intermediates

H Ma, S Kang, S Lee, G Park, Y Bae, G Park, J Kim… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Elucidating the water-induced degradation mechanism of quantum-sized semiconductor
nanocrystals is an important prerequisite for their practical application because they are …

Observing ion diffusion and reciprocating hopping motion in water

S Liu, X Han, C Ophus, S Zhou, YH Jiang, Y Sun… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
When an ionic crystal dissolves in solvent, the positive and negative ions associated with
solvent molecules release from the crystal. However, the existing form, interaction, and …

Experimental guidelines to image transient single-molecule events using graphene liquid cell electron microscopy

H Wang, Z Xu, S Mao, S Granick - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
In quest of the holy grail to “see” how individual molecules interact in liquid environments,
single-molecule imaging methods now include liquid-phase electron microscopy, whose …

Recent advances in in-situ transmission electron microscopy techniques for heterogeneous catalysis

J Qu, M Sui, R Li - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
The process of heterogeneous catalytic reaction under working conditions has long been
considered a" black box", which is mainly because of the difficulties in directly characterizing …

The role of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy in unraveling the structure-property …

L Bijelić, F Ruiz-Zepeda, N Hodnik - Inorganic chemistry frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Platinum-based fuel cell electrocatalysts are structured on a nano level in order to extend
their active surface area and maximize the utilization of precious and scarce platinum. Their …