Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X Xiao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

A review of transition metal boride, carbide, pnictide, and chalcogenide water oxidation electrocatalysts

K Kawashima, RA Márquez, LA Smith… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition metal borides, carbides, pnictides, and chalcogenides (X-ides) have emerged as
a class of materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Because of their high earth …

Amorphous Mo‐doped NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanosheets@Crystalline NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanorods for High Current‐density Electrocatalytic Water Splitting in Neutral Media

Y Wang, X Li, Z Huang, H Wang, Z Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is vitally important to develop highly active, robust and low‐cost transition metal‐based
electrocatalysts for overall water splitting in neutral solution especially at large current …

Engineering Self‐Supported Hydrophobic–Aerophilic Air Cathode with CoS/Fe3S4 Nanoparticles Embedded in S, N Co‐Doped Carbon Plate Arrays for Long‐Life …

L Yan, B Xie, C Yang, Y Wang, J Ning… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The highly sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) at air
cathodes lead to problems such as low power density and unsatisfactory cycling life with …

Ultrafine Homologous Ni2P–Co2P Heterostructures via Space‐Confined Topological Transformation for Superior Urea Electrolysis

Y Liao, Y Chen, L Li, S Luo, Y Qing… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing effective electrocatalysts based on ultrafine heterostructures is a promising
strategy for boosting catalytic performance by exposing active sites and increasing specific …

Modulation of Phase Transition in Cobalt Selenide with Simultaneous Construction of Heterojunctions for Highly‐Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Zinc–Air Battery

X Xu, X Wang, S Huo, X Liu, X Ma, M Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phase transformation of cobalt selenide (CoSe2) can effectively modulate its intrinsic
electrocatalytic activity. However, enhancing electroconductivity and catalytic activity/stability …

Efficient piezophotocatalysis of ZnO@ PVDF coaxial nanofibers modified with BiVO4 and Ag for the simultaneous generation of H2O2 and removal of pefloxacin and …

H Lv, Y Liu, J Zhou, Y Bai, H Shi, B Yue, S Shen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROSs) are important oxidants widely used in biological and
environmental fields. Piezophotocatalysis opens a new route for generating ROSs and …

Interfacial engineering-induced Janus heterostructures with enhanced electronic regulation for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis in rechargeable Zn-air batteries

J Zhang, X Dong, G Wang, J Chen, R Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Construction of efficient non-noble metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are extremely important for zinc-air batteries …

Dual-Atom Co/Ni Electrocatalyst Anchored at the Surface-Modified Ti3C2Tx MXene Enables Efficient Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

X Zhao, WP Li, Y Cao, A Portniagin, B Tang, S Wang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Dual-atom catalytic sites on conductive substrates offer a promising opportunity for
accelerating the kinetics of multistep hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and …

Key materials and structural design in flexible and stretchable zinc-air batteries

W Li, L Cheng, X Chen, Y Liu, Y Liu, Q Liu, Y Huang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With the further development of flexible and wearable devices, the research of flexible
energy devices has become a top priority. Flexible and stretchable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) …