Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Biphenylene network: A nonbenzenoid carbon allotrope

Q Fan, L Yan, MW Tripp, O Krejčí, S Dimosthenous… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The quest for planar sp2-hybridized carbon allotropes other than graphene, such as
graphenylene and biphenylene networks, has stimulated substantial research efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic structure regulation in the design of low-cost efficient electrocatalysts: From theory to applications

R Cheng, Y Min, H Li, C Fu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalysts play a pivotal role in reducing the reaction barriers for key reactions such as
the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen …

Nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons as multitalents of present and future materials science

Y Gu, Z Qiu, K Müllen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As cut-outs from a graphene sheet, nanographenes (NGs) and graphene nanoribbons
(GNRs) are ideal cases with which to connect the world of molecules with that of bulk carbon …

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 …

Graphene implanted shape memory polymers with dielectric gene dominated highly efficient microwave drive

YC Wang, YZ Wang, JC Shu, WQ Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave‐driven strategy shows many advantages including selective energization,
uniform heating, and high penetration depth, which is a hot topic in wireless actuators …

Borophene: two-dimensional boron monolayer: synthesis, properties, and potential applications

YV Kaneti, DP Benu, X Xu, B Yuliarto… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Borophene, a monolayer of boron, has risen as a new exciting two-dimensional (2D)
material having extraordinary properties, including anisotropic metallic behavior and flexible …

3D graphene materials: from understanding to design and synthesis control

Z Sun, S Fang, YH Hu - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon materials, with their diverse allotropes, have played significant roles in our daily life
and the development of material science. Following 0D C60 and 1D carbon nanotube, 2D …

Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding, and utilization

C Xie, D Yan, H Li, S Du, W Chen, Y Wang, Y Zou… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …