The quest to identify precious metal free hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts has received
unprecedented attention in the past decade. In this Review, we focus our attention to recent …

Bubble behaviors play crucial roles in mass transfer and energy efficiency in gas evolution
reactions. Combining multiscale structures and surface chemical compositions, micro …

III–V semiconductor nanowires are indispensable building blocks for nanoscale electronic
and optoelectronic devices. However, solely relying on their intrinsic physical and material …

Abstract Non-noble-metal-based [Mo 3 S 13] 2− nanoclusters (MS-c) as a co-catalyst face
the problems of instability and inevitable aggregation, which limit its photocatalytic …

Group VI transition metal chalcogenides are the subject of increasing research interest for
various electrochemical applications such as low-temperature water electrolysis, batteries …

Li‐O2 batteries are acknowledged as one of the most promising energy systems due to their
high energy density approaching that of gasoline, but the poor battery efficiency and …

Multivalent cation batteries are attracting increasing attention in energy-storage applications,
but reversible storage of highly polarizing multivalent cations is a major difficulty for the …

To produce H 2 more efficiently from water splitting, low-cost, highly active, and robust
electrocatalysts based on the earth-abundant elements that could operate in alkaline …

In lithium–sulfur batteries, a serious obstacle is the dissolution and diffusion of long-chain
polysulfides, resulting in rapid capacity decay and low Coulombic efficiency. At present, a …

Electrochemical energy conversion and storage driven by renewable energy sources is
drawing ever-increasing interest owing to the needs of sustainable development. Progress …