Advanced electrocatalysts with unusual active sites for electrochemical water splitting

H Sun, X Xu, H Kim, Z Shao, WC Jung - InfoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting represents a promising technology for green hydrogen
production. To design advanced electrocatalysts, it is crucial to identify their active sites and …

Rechargeable metal-sulfur batteries: Key materials to mechanisms

W Yao, K Liao, T Lai, H Sul, A Manthiram - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable metal-sulfur batteries are considered promising candidates for energy
storage due to their high energy density along with high natural abundance and low cost of …

Synergizing Spatial Confinement and Dual‐Metal Catalysis to Boost Sulfur Kinetics in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

X Ren, Q Wang, Y Pu, Q Sun, W Sun… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sluggish kinetics and parasitic shuttling reactions severely impede lithium–sulfur (Li–S)
battery operation; resolving these issues can enhance the capacity retention and cyclability …

Co/Mon Invigorated Bilateral Kinetics Modulation for Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Y Kong, L Wang, M Mamoor, B Wang, G Qu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sluggish sulfur redox kinetics and Li‐dendrite growth are the main bottlenecks for lithium–
sulfur (Li–S) batteries. Separator modification serves as a dual‐purpose approach to …

Strengthened d‐p Orbital‐Hybridization of Single Atoms with Sulfur Species Induced Bidirectional Catalysis for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

T Sun, F Huang, J Liu, H Yu, X Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have been widely explored as additives to improve the
performance of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries, however, the design of highly catalytic and in …

Identifying the Role of the Cationic Geometric Configuration in Spinel Catalysts for Polysulfide Conversion in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries

CY Zhang, X Lu, X Han, J Yu, C Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An AB2X4 spinel structure, with tetrahedral A and octahedral B sites, is a paradigmatic class
of catalysts with several possible geometric configurations and numerous applications …

Self-recovery catalysts of ZnIn2S4@ In2O3 heterostructures with multiple catalytic centers for cascade catalysis in lithium− sulfur battery

X Jiao, J Hu, Y Zuo, J Qi, W Yan, J Zhang - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The “shuttle effect” of soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries can
lead to sluggish kinetics of sulfur redox reactions and rapid capacity degradation …

Enhanced Electron Delocalization within Coherent Nano‐Heterocrystal Ensembles for Optimizing Polysulfide Conversion in High‐Energy‐Density Li‐S Batteries

Z Zhao, Y Pan, S Yi, Z Su, H Chen, Y Huang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Commercialization of high energy density Lithium‐Sulfur (Li‐S) batteries is impeded by
challenges such as polysulfide shuttling, sluggish reaction kinetics, and limited Li+ transport …

Enabling internal electric field in heterogeneous nanosheets to significantly accelerate alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis

L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian, L Wang, ML Sun, JT Ren… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysis, encompassing both hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) and hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), is of paramount significance in …

Co/CoS2 Heterojunction Embedded in N, S‐Doped Hollow Nanocage for Enhanced Polysulfides Conversion in High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

M Zheng, J Zhao, W Wu, R Chen, S Chen, N Cheng - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Modulating the electronic configuration of the substrate to achieve the optimal chemisorption
toward polysulfides (LiPSs) for boosting polysulfide conversion is a promising way to the …