Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …

Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

Homogeneously catalyzed electroreduction of carbon dioxide—methods, mechanisms, and catalysts

R Francke, B Schille, M Roemelt - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The utilization of CO2 via electrochemical reduction constitutes a promising approach
toward production of value-added chemicals or fuels using intermittent renewable energy …

Progress and Perspective of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction for Renewable Carbonaceous Fuels and Chemicals

W Zhang, Y Hu, L Ma, G Zhu, Y Wang, X Xue… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide unrestrained emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) has caused serious
environmental pollution and climate change issues. For the sustainable development of …

Metal‐Free Carbon Materials for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction

X Duan, J Xu, Z Wei, J Ma, S Guo, S Wang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid increase of the CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has resulted in
numerous environmental issues, such as global warming, ocean acidification, melting of the …

Metal-organic framework-derived nitrogen-doped highly disordered carbon for electrochemical ammonia synthesis using N2 and H2O in alkaline electrolytes

S Mukherjee, DA Cullen, S Karakalos, K Liu, H Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is considered an important chemical for both agriculture fertilizer and
renewable energy. The conventional Haber-Bosh process to produce NH 3 is energy …

Atomic modulation and structure design of carbons for bifunctional electrocatalysis in metal–air batteries

Y Huang, Y Wang, C Tang, J Wang, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With the extensive research and development of renewable energy technologies, there is an
increasing interest in developing metal‐free carbons as a new class of bifunctional …

Carbon Solving Carbon's Problems: Recent Progress of Nanostructured Carbon‐Based Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

A Vasileff, Y Zheng, SZ Qiao - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to useful molecules offers an elegant technological
solution to current energy security and sustainability issues because it sequesters carbon …

Metal-free boron-doped graphene for selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid/formate

N Sreekanth, MA Nazrulla, TV Vineesh… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we report the electrocatalytic activity of boron-doped graphene for the reduction of
CO2. Electrolysis takes place at low overpotentials leading exclusively to formate as the …

A Disquisition on the Active Sites of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Value‐Added Chemicals and Fuel

R Daiyan, WH Saputera, H Masood… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable‐electricity‐powered electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR) have
been identified as an emerging technology to address the issue of rising CO2 emissions in …