Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X **ao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

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 …

Tailoring oxygen reduction reaction kinetics of Fe− N− C catalyst via spin manipulation for efficient zinc–air batteries

H Zhang, HC Chen, S Feizpoor, L Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between oxygen species and metal sites of various orbitals exhibits intimate
correlation with the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics. Herein, a new approach for …

Atomically dispersed materials: Ideal catalysts in atomic era

T Gan, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Catalysts can accelerate the chemical reaction rate and effectively promote the molecules
transformation, which is of great significance in the research of chemical industry and …

Nanoscale metal particle modified single‐atom catalyst: synthesis, characterization, and application

R Chen, S Chen, L Wang, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted considerable attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their well‐defined active sites, maximum atomic utilization efficiency …

A Janus dual-atom catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution

B Tang, Y Zhou, Q Ji, Z Zhuang, L Zhang, C Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dual-atom catalysts, which exhibit high activity and atom utilization, show promise for
sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies. However, the rational design and …

Ampere-Level Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia over Monodispersed Bi-Doped FeS2

G Zhang, G Wang, Y Wan, X Liu, K Chu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical conversion of NO3–into NH3 (NO3RR) holds an enormous prospect to
simultaneously yield valuable NH3 and alleviate NO3–pollution. Herein, we report …

Elucidation of the mechanistic origin of spin-state-dependent P-doped Fe single-atom catalysts for the oxidation of organic pollutants through peroxymonosulfate …

Y Chai, H Dai, X Duan, Z Sun, F Hu, J Qian… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the Fe single-atom catalyst (Fe-NC) was decorated via electronic structure
modulation strategy and P was introduced into the second shell layer to improve the ability …

Highly Reversible Zn–Air Batteries Enabled by Tuned Valence Electron and Steric Hindrance on Atomic Fe–N4–C Sites

H Zheng, D Deng, X Zheng, Y Chen, Y Bai, M Liu… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst is the Achilles' heel of achieving robust reversible Zn–
air batteries (ZABs). Herein, durable bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis in alkaline media is …

pd hybridized In-Co dual sites promote nitrite electroreduction to ammonia at high current density

N Zhang, Y Wan, K Chen, G Zhang, K Chu - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrochemical reduction of NO 2-to NH 3 (NO 2 RR) represents an attractive route to
simultaneously mitigate hazardous nitrite and produce value-added NH 3. Herein, main …