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 …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In Situ Probing the Structure Change and Interaction of Interfacial Water and Hydroxyl Intermediates on Ni(OH)2 Surface over Water Splitting

H Ze, ZL Yang, ML Li, XG Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
There is growing acknowledgment that the properties of the electrochemical interfaces play
an increasingly pivotal role in improving the performance of the hydrogen evolution reaction …

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 …

Toward smart sensing by MXene

Y Li, S Huang, S Peng, H Jia, J Pang, B Ibarlucea… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Internet of Things era has promoted enormous research on sensors,
communications, data fusion, and actuators. Among them, sensors are a prerequisite for …