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 …

Metal oxide-based materials as an emerging family of hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts

Y Zhu, Q Lin, Y Zhong, HA Tahini, Z Shao… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen production from electrochemical water splitting represents a highly promising
technology for sustainable energy storage, but its widespread implementation heavily relies …

Subnanometric Ru clusters with upshifted D band center improve performance for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Hu, K Gao, X Wang, H Zheng, J Cao, L Mi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Subnanometric metal clusters usually have unique electronic structures and may display
electrocatalytic performance distinctive from single atoms (SAs) and larger nanoparticles …

Tuning mass transport in electrocatalysis down to sub‐5 nm through nanoscale grade separation

Z Liu, Y Du, R Yu, M Zheng, R Hu, J Wu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nano and single‐atom catalysis open new possibilities of producing green hydrogen (H2)
by water electrolysis. However, for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) which occurs at a …

Amorphous Mo‐doped NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanosheets@Crystalline NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanorods for High Current‐density Electrocatalytic Water Splitting in Neutral Media

Y Wang, X Li, Z Huang, H Wang, Z Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is vitally important to develop highly active, robust and low‐cost transition metal‐based
electrocatalysts for overall water splitting in neutral solution especially at large current …

Interstitial boron-triggered electron-deficient Os aerogels for enhanced pH-universal hydrogen evolution

Y Li, CK Peng, H Hu, SY Chen, JH Choi, YG Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Develo** high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is
crucial for sustainable hydrogen production, yet still challenging. Here, we report boron …

A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation

AR Poerwoprajitno, L Gloag, J Watt, S Cheong, X Tan… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Single Pt atom catalysts are key targets because a high exposure of Pt substantially
enhances electrocatalytic activity. In addition, PtRu alloy nanoparticles are the most active …

Synergic reaction kinetics over adjacent ruthenium sites for superb hydrogen generation in alkaline media

Q He, Y Zhou, H Shou, X Wang, P Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ruthenium (Ru)‐based electrocatalysts as platinum (Pt) alternatives in catalyzing hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) are promising. However, achieving efficient reaction processes on …

Transition‐metal phosphides: activity origin, energy‐related electrocatalysis applications, and synthetic strategies

Z Pu, T Liu, IS Amiinu, R Cheng, P Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts plays an important role in energy‐
related electrocatalysis fields. Transition‐metal phosphides (TMPs) possess a series of …

Exceptional electrochemical HER performance with enhanced electron transfer between Ru nanoparticles and single atoms dispersed on a carbon substrate

P Su, W Pei, X Wang, Y Ma, Q Jiang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Precisely regulating the electronic structures of metal active species is highly desirable for
electrocatalysis. However, carbon with inert surface provide weak metal–support interaction …