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 …

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 …

Construction of Co4 Atomic Clusters to Enable Fe−N4 Motifs with Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction Performance

A Han, W Sun, X Wan, D Cai, X Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fe− N− C catalysts with single‐atom Fe− N4 configurations are highly needed owing to the
high activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the limited intrinsic activity and …

Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

S Liu, C Li, MJ Zachman, Y Zeng, H Yu, B Li, M Wang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen-coordinated single atom iron sites (FeN4) embedded in carbon (Fe–N–C) are the
most active platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts for proton-exchange …

Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts

Y Zeng, C Li, B Li, J Liang, MJ Zachman, DA Cullen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Fe–N–C catalysts are the most promising platinum group metal-free oxygen-reduction
catalysts, but they suffer from a low density of active metal sites and the so-called activity …

Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices

Z Jiang, X Liu, XZ Liu, S Huang, Y Liu, ZC Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells and Zn–air batteries based on non-Pt group metal
catalysts typically suffer from sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction. Designing advanced …

Covalent organic framework–based porous ionomers for high-performance fuel cells

Q Zhang, S Dong, P Shao, Y Zhu, Z Mu, D Sheng… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Lowering platinum (Pt) loadings without sacrificing power density and durability in fuel cells
is highly desired yet challenging because of the high mass transport resistance near the …

Regulating catalytic properties and thermal stability of Pt and PtCo intermetallic fuel-cell catalysts via strong coupling effects between single-metal site-rich carbon and …

Y Zeng, J Liang, C Li, Z Qiao, B Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Develo** low platinum-group-metal (PGM) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) …

Sulfur-anchoring synthesis of platinum intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells

CL Yang, LN Wang, P Yin, J Liu, MX Chen, QQ Yan… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Atomically ordered intermetallic nanoparticles are promising for catalytic applications but are
difficult to produce because the high-temperature annealing required for atom ordering …

Current progress in 2D metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalysis

U Khan, A Nairan, J Gao, Q Zhang - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The 2D nanosheets of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently emerged as a
promising material that makes them valuable in widespread electrocatalytic fields due to …