Laser fabrication of bioinspired gradient surfaces for wettability applications

J Wu, K Yin, S Xiao, Z Wu, Z Zhu… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by nature, gradient surfaces have attracted broad research interest because of their
potential in microfluidics, fog/water collection, and water electrolysis. Among the various …

Metal-free carbon based air electrodes for Zn-air batteries: Recent advances and perspective

Y Arafat, MR Azhar, Y Zhong, MO Tadé… - Materials Research Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Zn-air batteries (ZABs) have been recognized as one of the most efficient, cost effective and
environmentally benign energy storage devices that may play an important role in future …

Understanding Synergistic Catalysis on Cu‐Se Dual Atom Sites via Operando X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Z Sun, H Zhang, L Cao, X Liu, D Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The construction and understanding of synergy in well‐defined dual‐atom active sites is an
available avenue to promote multistep tandem catalytic reactions. Herein, we construct a …

Modulating the d-band center of boron doped single-atom sites to boost the oxygen reduction reaction

H Sun, M Wang, X Du, Y Jiao, S Liu, T Qian… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts with low overpotential is
highly desirable but proves to be challenging. One promising way to improve the catalytic …

Boosting oxygen dissociation over bimetal sites to facilitate oxygen reduction activity of zinc‐air battery

H Sun, M Wang, S Zhang, S Liu, X Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc‐air battery is of great interest but its wide‐ranging application is impeded by the
sluggish cathodic reactions, especially the oxygen reduction reaction. Despite blooming …

Efficient sodium storage in selenium electrodes achieved by selenium doping and copper current collector induced displacement redox mechanisms

W Meng, Z Dang, D Li, L Jiang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Selenium (Se), with its high specific volume capacity and high electronic and superior
kinetics, is considered a promising electrode material with promising applications. However …

A general self-sacrifice template strategy to 3D heteroatom-doped macroporous carbon for high-performance potassium-ion hybrid capacitors

J Li, X Hu, G Zhong, Y Liu, Y Ji, J Chen, Z Wen - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Potassium-ion hybrid capacitors (PIHCs) tactfully combining capacitor-type cathode with
battery-type anode have recently attracted increasing attentions due to their advantages of …

Molecule-enhanced electrocatalysis of sustainable oxygen evolution using organoselenium functionalized metal–organic nanosheets

LM Cao, CG Hu, HH Li, HB Huang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Remolding the reactivity of metal active sites is critical to facilitate renewable electricity-
powered water electrolysis. Doping heteroatoms, such as Se, into a metal crystal lattice has …

Unveiling the Nature of Ultrastable Potassium Storage in Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3 Composite

T Yuan, J Yan, Q Zhang, Y Su, S Xie, B Lu, J Huang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The conversion and alloying-type anodes for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have drawn
attention. However, it is still a challenge to relieve the huge volume expansion/electrode …

Three-dimensional Ni3Se4 flowers integrated with ultrathin carbon layer with strong electronic interactions for boosting oxygen reduction/evolution reactions

R Wang, B Liu, S You, Y Li, Y Zhang, D Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transition metal selenides have shown unexpectedly-high activity for oxygen reduction and
oxygen evolution reactions (ORR/OER) in alkaline media. However, many fundamental …