Rechargeable zinc–air batteries: advances, challenges, and prospects

XW Lv, Z Wang, Z Lai, Y Liu, T Ma, J Geng, ZY Yuan - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (Re‐ZABs) are one of the most promising next‐generation
batteries that can hold more energy while being cost‐effective and safer than existing …

Synthesis of PtCu–based nanocatalysts: Fundamentals and emerging challenges in energy conversion

W Yan, D Zhang, Q Zhang, Y Sun, S Zhang… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell and direct methanol fuel cells have gained more
attention due to high–energy density, remarkable conversion efficiency, and low emission …

Shell-thickness-dependent Pd@ PtNi core–shell nanosheets for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Q Chen, Z Chen, A Ali, Y Luo, H Feng, Y Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Platinum-based ultrathin core–shell nanosheets catalyst with moderate shell thickness have
great potential to solve the problems of highly active catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction …

In situ heterogeneous interface construction boosting fast ion/electron transfer for high-performances lithium/potassium storage

X Wang, S Zhang, Y Shan, L Chen, G Gao, X Zhu… - Energy Storage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Molybdenum diselenide (MoSe 2) materials have aroused great attention for Li/K storage
due to its high theoretical capacity and low cost. However, MoSe 2 often suffer from poor rate …

Double boosting single atom Fe–N4 sites for high efficiency O2 and CO2 electroreduction

H Yang, X Wang, SB Wang, P Zhang, C Xiao, HMK Sari… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-N 4 single-atom catalysts have emerged as the frontier of catalysis. However, the low
metal loading and abundance of single atoms embedded in carbon skeleton hinder their …

No annealing synthesis of ordered intermetallic PdCu nanocatalysts for boosting formic acid oxidation

X Li, Y Liu, JJ Zhang, B Yan, C Jin, J Dou… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Owing to their high catalytic efficiency and selectivity, the ordered intermetallic Pd-based
nanocatalysts have greater promise than disordered nanocatalysts for formic acid oxidation …

Anchored Pt-Co nanoparticles on honeycombed graphene as highly durable catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

R Lin, T Zheng, L Chen, H Wang, X Cai… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Durability is an important factor in evaluating the performance of a catalyst. In this work, the
spatial protection of the carrier to nanoparticles was considered to improve the durability of …

High-index surface structure engineering of Au–Pd concave triple-octahedrons for boosting electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

F Liu, C Chen, X Jiang, JY Guo, Y Wei… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrate reduction to ammonia (NRA) is of extreme significance in the ammonia synthesis,
wastewater remediation, and nitrogen cycle. However, NRA seriously suffers from slow …

Single-Cu-atoms anchored on 3D macro-porous carbon matrix as efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction and Pt co-catalyst for methanol oxidation

J Ma, B Liu, R Wang, Z Sun, Y Zhang, Y Sun… - Chinese Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single metal atoms immobilized on a carbon substrate are of great potential for enhancing
the catalytic activities for oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reactions (ORR/MOR) …

Unconventional high-index facet of iridium boosts oxygen evolution reaction: how the facet matters

F Xue, X Guo, B Min, Y Si, H Huang, J Shi, M Liu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Iridium (Ir) nanostructures with well-defined shapes, and particularly, highly active surface,
are attractive for the application of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER), yet they …