MXenes for electrocatalysis applications: Modification and hybridization

X Bai, J Guan - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides (MXenes) play important roles in
promoting the development of sustainable energy because they have abundant reactive …

Soft Chemistry of Hard Materials: Low-Temperature Pathways to Bulk and Nanostructured Layered Metal Borides

LT Alameda, KJ Baumler, RR Katzbaer… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus “Synthesis by design” is often considered to be the primary goal of chemists
who make molecules and materials. Synthetic chemists usually have in mind a target they …

Electrochemical synthesis of urea on MBenes

X Zhu, X Zhou, Y Jing, Y Li - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Urea is an important raw material in the chemical industry and is widely used as a nitrogen
source in chemical fertilizers. The current industrial urea synthesis not only requires harsh …

Molybdenum boride as an efficient catalyst for polysulfide redox to enable high‐energy‐density lithium–sulfur batteries

J He, A Bhargav, A Manthiram - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries, despite having high theoretical specific energy,
possess many practical challenges, including lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttling. To address …

Amorphizing metal-organic framework towards multifunctional polysulfide barrier for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

X Zhang, G Li, Y Zhang, D Luo, A Yu, X Wang, Z Chen - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Rational design of separator is especially critical in lithium-sulfur (Li–S) battery
electrochemistry in view of the highly mobile intermediates and their detrimental chemical …

Establishing theoretical landscapes for identifying basal plane active sites in MBene toward multifunctional HER, OER, and ORR catalysts

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Guo, Y Fang, C Tang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring multifunctional electrocatalysts to realize efficient hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is urgently …

Progress, challenges, and opportunities in the synthesis, characterization, and application of metal-boride-derived two-dimensional nanostructures

H Gunda, LE Klebanoff, PA Sharma… - ACS Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) metal-boride-derived nanostructures have been a focus of intense
research for the past decade, with an emphasis on new synthetic approaches, as well as on …

Curbing pollutant CO2 by using two-dimensional MXenes and MBenes

M Ozkan, KAM Quiros, JM Watkins, TM Nelson… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Nearly 85% of current human-caused CO 2 emissions result from the burning of fossil fuels,
including coal, oil, and natural gas. Carbon pollution warms the planet and increases …

Ternary Lithium Nickel Boride with 1D Rapid‐Ion‐Diffusion Channels as an Anode for Use in Lithium‐Ion Batteries

W Liu, K Zong, U Ghani, A Saad, D Liu, Y Deng… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anode materials with high‐rate performances and good electrochemical stabilities are
urgently required for the grid‐scale application of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). Theoretically …

Direct MoB MBene domain formation in magnetron sputtered MoAlB thin films

R Sahu, D Bogdanovski, JO Achenbach, S Zhang… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) inorganic transition metal boride nanosheets are emerging as
promising post-graphene materials in energy research due to their unique properties. State …