A concise review of the Raman spectra of carbon allotropes

V Thapliyal, ME Alabdulkarim, DR Whelan… - Diamond and Related …, 2022 - Elsevier
Raman spectroscopy has developed into a leading tool for characterizing organic materials
based on their rotational and vibrational spectral signatures. This article summarises …

Raman techniques: fundamentals and frontiers

RR Jones, DC Hooper, L Zhang, D Wolverson… - Nanoscale research …, 2019 - Springer
Driven by applications in chemical sensing, biological imaging and material
characterisation, Raman spectroscopies are attracting growing interest from a variety of …

Single carbon vacancy traps atomic platinum for hydrogen evolution catalysis

Q Yang, H Liu, P Yuan, Y Jia, L Zhuang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The coordinated configuration of atomic platinum (Pt) has always been identified as an
active site with high intrinsic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we …

Raman spectroscopy for carbon nanotube applications

A Jorio, R Saito - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The use of Raman spectroscopy for carbon nanotube applications is presented here as a
tutorial review. After introducing the relevant basic aspects of Raman spectroscopy of …

Understanding the atomic and defective interface effect on ruthenium clusters for the hydrogen evolution reaction

T Gao, X Tang, X Li, S Wu, S Yu, P Li, D Xiao… - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water electrolysis powered by renewable electric energy is a promising technology for
green hydrogen production without carbon emissions, while highly efficient and cost …

Tailoring the coordination environment of cobalt in a single-atom catalyst through phosphorus doping for enhanced activation of peroxymonosulfate and thus efficient …

Y Zou, J Hu, B Li, L Lin, Y Li, F Liu, X Li - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The catalytic activity of single-atom catalysts (SACs) can be enhanced by engineering the
coordination environment of metal centres. Herein, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) was …

Stable and Efficient Single-Atom Zn Catalyst for CO2 Reduction to CH4

L Han, S Song, M Liu, S Yao, Z Liang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of highly active and durable catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2
(ERC) to CH4 in aqueous media is an efficient and environmentally friendly solution to …

Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

J Pang, RG Mendes, A Bachmatiuk, L Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

Hard carbons for sodium-ion batteries: Structure, analysis, sustainability, and electrochemistry

X Dou, I Hasa, D Saurel, C Vaalma, L Wu, D Buchholz… - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Hard carbons are extensively studied for application as anode materials in sodium-ion
batteries, but only recently a great interest has been focused toward the understanding of …

Removal of phenols by highly active periodate on carbon nanotubes: A mechanistic investigation

J Peng, P Zhou, H Zhou, B Huang, M Sun… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their derivatives have been widely exploited to activate
various oxidants for environmental remediation. However, the intrinsic mechanism of CNTs …