Rechargeable metal-sulfur batteries: key materials to mechanisms

W Yao, K Liao, T Lai, H Sul, A Manthiram - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable metal-sulfur batteries are considered promising candidates for energy
storage due to their high energy density along with high natural abundance and low cost of …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Intermetallic nanocrystals for fuel-cells-based electrocatalysis

F Lin, M Li, L Zeng, M Luo, S Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis underpins the renewable electrochemical conversions for sustainability,
which further replies on metallic nanocrystals as vital electrocatalysts. Intermetallic …

Cation defect engineering of transition metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

D Yan, C **a, W Zhang, Q Hu, C He… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rational design and development of highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
electrocatalysts is vital for the application of renewable energy devices. Recently, the …

Optimization strategies of high-entropy alloys for electrocatalytic applications

L **ao, Z Wang, J Guan - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are expected to become one of the most promising functional
materials in the field of electrocatalysis due to their site-occupancy disorder and lattice order …

Oxygen vacancies‐rich metal oxide for electrocatalytic nitrogen cycle

X Wei, C Chen, XZ Fu, S Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of industry and agriculture has been accompanied by an artificially
imbalanced nitrogen cycle, which threatens human health and ecological environments …

Coordination chemistry of large‐sized yttrium single‐atom catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

B Ji, J Gou, Y Zheng, X Pu, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although being transition metals, the Fenton‐inactive group 3–4 elements (Sc, Y, La, Ti, Zr,
and Hf) can easily lose all the outermost s and d electrons, leaving behind ionic sites with …

Inorganic non-carbon supported Pt catalysts and synergetic effects for oxygen reduction reaction

Q Sun, XH Li, KX Wang, TN Ye, JS Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is regarded as the rate-determining step in a fuel cell or a
metal–air battery because of the kinetically retarded four-electron process. Among the …

Exploring the potential Ru-based catalysts for commercial-scale polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis: a systematic review

S Li, S Zhao, F Hu, L Li, J Ren, L Jiao… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is a vital
clean hydrogen generation technology that can ease the energy crisis resulting from global …

Rare earth oxide based electrocatalysts: synthesis, properties and applications

Y Jiang, H Fu, Z Liang, Q Zhang, Y Du - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
As an important strategic resource, rare earths (REs) constitute 17 elements in the periodic
table, namely 15 lanthanides (Ln)(La–Lu, atomic numbers from 57 to 71), scandium (Sc …