Electrocatalysis in alkaline media and alkaline membrane-based energy technologies

Y Yang, CR Peltier, R Zeng, R Schimmenti, Q Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

Modulation of *CHxO Adsorption to Facilitate Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over Cu-Based Catalysts

J Zhao, P Zhang, T Yuan, D Cheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper (Cu) can efficiently catalyze the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to
produce value-added fuels and chemicals, among which methane (CH4) has drawn …

Crystallographically textured electrodes for rechargeable batteries: symmetry, fabrication, and characterization

J Zheng, LA Archer - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The vast of majority of battery electrode materials of contemporary interest are of a
crystalline nature. Crystals are, by definition, anisotropic from an atomic-structure …

Oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectra

F Frati, MOJY Hunault, FMF De Groot - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
We review oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectra of both molecules and solids. We start
with an overview of the main experimental aspects of oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption …

Synchrotron X-ray analytical techniques for studying materials electrochemistry in rechargeable batteries

F Lin, Y Liu, X Yu, L Cheng, A Singer… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable battery technologies have ignited major breakthroughs in contemporary
society, including but not limited to revolutions in transportation, electronics, and grid energy …

One-dimensional electrical contact to a two-dimensional material

L Wang, I Meric, PY Huang, Q Gao, Y Gao, H Tran… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Heterostructures based on layering of two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene
and hexagonal boron nitride represent a new class of electronic devices. Realizing this …

Structurally ordered intermetallic platinum–cobalt core–shell nanoparticles with enhanced activity and stability as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

D Wang, HL Xin, R Hovden, H Wang, Y Yu, DA Muller… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
To enhance and optimize nanocatalyst performance and durability for the oxygen reduction
reaction in fuel-cell applications, we look beyond Pt–metal disordered alloys and describe a …

Periodic segregation of solute atoms in fully coherent twin boundaries

JF Nie, YM Zhu, JZ Liu, XY Fang - Science, 2013 - science.org
The formability and mechanical properties of many engineering alloys are intimately related
to the formation and growth of twins. Understanding the structure and chemistry of twin …

Elastic strain engineering of ferroic oxides

DG Schlom, LQ Chen, CJ Fennie, V Gopalan… - Mrs Bulletin, 2014 - cambridge.org
Using epitaxy and the misfit strain imposed by an underlying substrate, it is possible to
elastically strain oxide thin films to percent levels—far beyond where they would crack in …