Reconfiguring hard carbons with emerging sodium‐ion batteries: a perspective

Y Chu, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Q Li, Y Jia, X Dong… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbons, an important category of amorphous carbons, are non‐graphitizable and are
widely accepted as the most promising anode materials for emerging sodium‐ion batteries …

Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …

High durability of Fe–N–C single‐atom catalysts with carbon vacancies toward the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis

X Lei, Q Tang, Y Zheng, P Kidkhunthod, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution of molecular oxygen, known as oxygen
electrocatalysis, is one of the most important reactions that are central to a range of energy …

Recent advances in carbon‐based electrodes for energy storage and conversion

G Kothandam, G Singh, X Guan, JM Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based nanomaterials, including graphene, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes, are
attracting significant attention as promising materials for next‐generation energy storage …

Unveiling the dynamic active site of defective carbon-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production

Q Wu, H Zou, X Mao, J He, Y Shi, S Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Active sites identification in metal-free carbon materials is crucial for develo** practical
electrocatalysts, but resolving precise configuration of active site remains a challenge …

Mesopore‐Rich Fe–N–C Catalyst with FeN4–O–NC Single‐Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media

L Peng, J Yang, Y Yang, F Qian, Q Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fe–N–C catalysts offer excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in
alkaline media. With a view toward boosting the intrinsic ORR activity of Fe single‐atom sites …

High‐loading Co single atoms and clusters active sites toward enhanced electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction for high‐performance Zn–air battery

M Zhang, H Li, J Chen, FX Ma, L Zhen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of precious‐metal alternative electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) is highly desired for a variety of fuel cells, and single atom catalysts (SACs) …

Site-specific reactivity of stepped Pt surfaces driven by stress release

G Liu, AJ Shih, H Deng, K Ojha, X Chen, M Luo… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysts are widely used to promote chemical reactions. Although it is
known that chemical reactions usually happen on catalyst surfaces, only specific surface …

Identification of Cu(100)/Cu(111) Interfaces as Superior Active Sites for CO Dimerization During CO2 Electroreduction

ZZ Wu, XL Zhang, ZZ Niu, FY Gao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The electrosynthesis of valuable multicarbon chemicals using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a
feedstock has substantially progressed recently but still faces considerable challenges. A …