Carbon-based electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn–air batteries: design concepts, recent progress and future perspectives

X Zou, M Tang, Q Lu, Y Wang, Z Shao… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
With increasing interest in energy storage solutions, rapid progress has been made by
researchers in the area of rechargeable Zn–air batteries (R-ZABs), which offer multiple …

Recent advances in rare-earth-based materials for electrocatalysis

X Wang, Y Tang, JM Lee, G Fu - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
The past several years have witnessed great progress in electrocatalytic applications of
transition-metal-based materials through electronic modulation resulting from dd and dp …

Superb all‐pH hydrogen evolution performances powered by ultralow Pt‐decorated hierarchical Ni‐Mo porous microcolumns

W Yu, Z Chen, Y Fu, W Xiao, B Dong… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving efficient and robust hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts under all‐
pH conditions is significant for clean hydrogen production. Herein, an ultralow Pt‐decorated …

[HTML][HTML] Surface carbon layer controllable Ni3Fe particles confined in hierarchical N-doped carbon framework boosting oxygen evolution reaction

Z Li, X Wu, X Jiang, B Shen, Z Teng, D Sun, G Fu… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing high-efficiency and low-cost catalysts towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
is extremely important for overall water splitting and rechargeable metal− air batteries …

A Facile “Double‐Catalysts” Approach to Directionally Fabricate Pyridinic N B‐Pair‐Doped Crystal Graphene Nanoribbons/Amorphous Carbon Hybrid …

M Fan, Q Yuan, Y Zhao, Z Wang, A Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon material is a promising electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).
Doping of heteroatoms, the most widely used modulating strategy, has attracted many efforts …

Nitrogen vacancies enriched Ce-doped Ni3N hierarchical nanosheets triggering highly-efficient urea oxidation reaction in urea-assisted energy-saving electrolysis

M Li, X Wu, K Liu, Y Zhang, X Jiang, D Sun… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR), which has favorable thermodynamic energy barriers
compared with oxygen evolution reaction (OER), can provide more cost-effective electrons …

Designing superior bifunctional electrocatalyst with high-purity pyrrole-type CoN4 and adjacent metallic cobalt sites for rechargeable Zn-air batteries

H Yang, S Gao, D Rao, X Yan - Energy Storage Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing cost-effective and high-efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for both oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for rechargeable …

Surface chemical reconstruction of hierarchical hollow inverse-spinel manganese cobalt oxide boosting oxygen evolution reaction

C Fan, X Wu, M Li, X Wang, Y Zhu, G Fu, T Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inverse-spinel manganese cobalt oxide (MnCo 2 O 4) is an active and stable electrocatalyst
towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline medium, but the room still remains for …

Regulating and identifying the structures of PdAu alloys with splendid oxygen reduction activity for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

S Qiao, H Shou, W Xu, Y Cao, Y Zhou… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alloying improves catalytic performance, but the control is challenging due to element
contributions. Here, we study the structural differences in PdxAuy alloys to understand their …

Phase engineering and synchrotron-based study on two-dimensional energy nanomaterials

Q He, B Sheng, K Zhu, Y Zhou, S Qiao, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of two-dimensional
(2D) nanomaterials with unique physicochemical properties for various energy applications …