Surface design strategy of catalysts for water electrolysis

B Zhou, R Gao, JJ Zou, H Yang - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen, a new energy carrier that can replace traditional fossil fuels, is seen as one of the
most promising clean energy sources. The use of renewable electricity to drive hydrogen …

Particulate photocatalysts for light-driven water splitting: mechanisms, challenges, and design strategies

Q Wang, K Domen - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven water splitting provides a leading approach to store the abundant yet
intermittent solar energy and produce hydrogen as a clean and sustainable energy carrier. A …

Modulating electronic structure of metal-organic frameworks by introducing atomically dispersed Ru for efficient hydrogen evolution

Y Sun, Z Xue, Q Liu, Y Jia, Y Li, K Liu, Y Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Developing high-performance electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction is
important for clean and sustainable hydrogen energy, yet still challenging. Herein, we report …

Vacancy defects in 2D transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts: From aggregated to atomic configuration

X Wang, J Wu, Y Zhang, Y Sun, K Ma, Y Xie… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vacancy defect engineering has been well leveraged to flexibly shape comprehensive
physicochemical properties of diverse catalysts. In particular, growing research effort has …

Atomic‐Level Regulated 2D ReSe2: A Universal Platform Boostin Photocatalysis

J Ran, L Chen, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar hydrogen (H2) generation via photocatalytic water splitting is practically promising,
environmentally benign, and sustainably carbon neutral. It is important therefore to …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity in - Multilayers

Y Wan, T Hu, X Mao, J Fu, K Yuan, Y Song, X Gan… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
van der Waals materials possess an innate layer degree of freedom and thus are excellent
candidates for exploring emergent two-dimensional ferroelectricity induced by interlayer …

Topochemistry‐driven synthesis of transition‐metal selenides with weakened van der Waals force to enable 3D‐printed Na‐ion hybrid capacitors

W Zong, H Guo, Y Ouyang, L Mo… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid capacitors exhibit promise to bridge the gap between rechargeable high‐energy
density batteries and high‐power density supercapacitors. This separation is due to sluggish …

Optimized metal chalcogenides for boosting water splitting

J Yin, J Jin, H Lin, Z Yin, J Li, M Lu, L Guo… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic water splitting (2H2O→ 2H2+ O2) is a very promising avenue to effectively
and environmentally friendly produce highly pure hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) at a large …

Activating layered metal oxide nanomaterials via structural engineering as biodegradable nanoagents for photothermal cancer therapy

Z Zhou, X Wang, H Zhang, H Huang, L Sun, L Ma, Y Du… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Layered metal oxides including MoO3 and WO3 have been widely explored for biological
applications owing to their excellent biocompatibility, low toxicity, and easy preparation …