High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, ZY Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) comprising five or more elements in near-equiatomic
proportions have attracted ever increasing attention for their distinctive properties, such as …

Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

High‐entropy intermetallic PtRhBiSnSb nanoplates for highly efficient alcohol oxidation electrocatalysis

W Chen, S Luo, M Sun, X Wu, Y Zhou, Y Liao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The control of multimetallic ensembles at the atomic‐level is challenging, especially for high‐
entropy alloys (HEAs) possessing five or more elements. Herein, the one‐pot synthesis of …

Recent progress and prospects in catalytic water treatment

VI Parvulescu, F Epron, H Garcia, P Granger - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

Progress and perspectives in photo‐and electrochemical‐oxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production

H Luo, J Barrio, N Sunny, A Li, L Steier… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource
substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived materials, such as …

In situ X-ray spectroscopies beyond conventional X-ray absorption spectroscopy on deciphering dynamic configuration of electrocatalysts

J Wang, CS Hsu, TS Wu, TS Chan, NT Suen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Realizing viable electrocatalytic processes for energy conversion/storage strongly relies on
an atomic-level understanding of dynamic configurations on catalyst-electrolyte interface. X …

Multi‐sites electrocatalysis in high‐entropy alloys

H Li, J Lai, Z Li, L Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted widespread attention in electrocatalysis due to
their unique advantages (adjustable composition, complex surface, high tolerance, etc.) …

Improving Pd–N–C fuel cell electrocatalysts through fluorination-driven rearrangements of local coordination environment

J Chang, G Wang, M Wang, Q Wang, B Li, H Zhou… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
The local coordination environment around catalytically active sites plays a vital role in
tuning the activity of electrocatalysts made of carbon-supported metal nanoparticles …

Rational design of septenary high-entropy alloy for direct ethanol fuel cells

J Chang, G Wang, C Li, Y He, Y Zhu, W Zhang, M Sajid… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Promoting C–C bond cleavage of ethanol by a complete 12-electron (12e) ethanol oxidation
reaction (EOR) is a grand challenge for the development of highly efficient direct ethanol fuel …

Hydrogen-intercalation-induced lattice expansion of Pd@ Pt core–shell nanoparticles for highly efficient electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation

G Liu, W Zhou, Y Ji, B Chen, G Fu, Q Yun… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lattice engineering on specific facets of metal catalysts is critically important not only for the
enhancement of their catalytic performance but also for deeply understanding the effect of …