MOF-based materials for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

JM Huang, XD Zhang, JY Huang, DS Zheng… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The overuse of fossil fuels in recent years has resulted in exceedingly high carbon dioxide
(CO 2) levels in the air, exacerbating the severe greenhouse effect. It is urgent for scientists …

Surface engineered single‐atom systems for energy conversion

Y Yu, Z Zhu, H Huang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are demonstrated to show exceptional reactivity and
selectivity in catalytic reactions by effectively utilizing metal species, making them a …

Tuning Coordination Structures of Zn Sites Through Symmetry‐Breaking Accelerates Electrocatalysis

Y Sun, W Fan, Y Li, NLD Sui, Z Zhu, Y Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating the coordination environment of individual active sites in a precise manner
remains an important challenge in electrocatalytic reactions. Herein, inspired by theoretical …

Potential Alignment in Tandem Catalysts Enhances CO2-to-C2H4 Conversion Efficiencies

M Liu, Q Wang, T Luo, M Herran, X Cao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The in-tandem catalyst holds great promise for addressing the limitation of low* CO
coverage on Cu-based materials for selective C2H4 generation during CO2 …

Robust ultramicroporous metal–organic frameworks with benchmark affinity for acetylene

YL Peng, T Pham, P Li, T Wang, Y Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Highly selective separation and/or purification of acetylene from various gas mixtures is a
relevant and difficult challenge that currently requires costly and energy‐intensive …

Tailoring the coordination environment of double-atom catalysts to boost electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: a first-principles study

J Wu, D Wu, H Li, Y Song, W Lv, X Yu, D Ma - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Tailoring the coordination environment is an effective strategy to modulate the electronic
structure and catalytic activity of atomically dispersed transition-metal (TM) catalysts, which …

Selective CO2‐to‐Syngas Conversion Enabled by Bimetallic Gold/Zinc Sites in Partially Reduced Gold/Zinc Oxide Arrays

R Zhao, Z Zhu, T Ouyang, ZQ Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrocatalytic CO2‐to‐syngas (gaseous mixture of CO and H2) is a promising way
to curb excessive CO2 emission and the greenhouse gas effect. Herein, we present a …

Hierarchical Dual Single-Atom Catalysts with Coupled CoN4 and NiN4 Moieties for Industrial-Level CO2 Electroreduction to Syngas

Y Chen, M Xia, C Zhou, Y Zhang, C Zhou, F Xu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Renewable-driven electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to syngas is an
encouraging alternative strategy to traditional fossil fuel-based syngas production, and the …

Electron Localization in Rationally Designed Pt1Pd Single-Atom Alloy Catalyst Enables High-Performance Li–O2 Batteries

E Zhang, A Dong, K Yin, C Ye, Y Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Li–O2 batteries (LOBs) are considered as one of the most promising energy storage devices
due to their ultrahigh theoretical energy density, yet they face the critical issues of sluggish …

Cooperative alkaline hydrogen evolution via inducing local electric field and electron localization

Q Wang, Y Gong, Y Tan, X Zi, R Abazari, H Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) represents a promising means to store
intermittent renewable energy into clean energy. Unfortunately, the sluggish H 2 O …