Modulating electronic structures of MOF through orbital rehybridization by Cu do** promotes photocatalytic reduction of nitrate to produce ammonia

Y Zhao, J Shen, J Yuan, H Mao, X Cheng, Z Xu, Z Bian - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Ammonia synthesis through nitrate reduction can mitigate nitrate pollution and fulfill energy
demands. However, the process still has limitations because it is a complex eight-electron …

Unified ORR mechanism criteria via charge–spin–coordination of Fe functional units

K Song, B Yang, X Zou, W Zhang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
For oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) consisting of complex multi-electron and proton-
coupled elementary steps, it has been always a core issue to address controlling the …

Single-atom tailored atomically-precise nanoclusters for enhanced electrochemical reduction of CO2-to-CO activity

YM Wang, FQ Yan, QY Wang, CX Du, LY Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of facile tailoring approach to adjust the intrinsic activity and stability of
atomically-precise metal nanoclusters catalysts is of great interest but remians challenging …

Fe/Cu diatomic sites dispersed on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon for the boosted oxygen reduction reaction in Mg-air and Zn-air batteries

W Zhang, B Feng, L Huang, Y Liang, J Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The sluggish catalytic kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on cathodes seriously
impedes the widespread application of Mg-air and Zn-air batteries. Herein, this obstacle is …

Heat‐Resistant Carbon‐Coated Potassium Magnesium Hexacyanoferrate Nanoplates for High‐Performance Potassium‐Ion Batteries

J Liao, Z Yuan, Q Hu, X Sheng, L Song… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metal hexacyanoferrates (HCFs) are regarded as promising cathode materials for potassium‐
ion batteries (PIBs) on account of their low cost and high energy density. However, the …

Boosting ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalysis by promoting electronic redistribution of Fe-NC on CoFe-FeNC for ultra-long rechargeable Zn-air batteries

S Zhang, J Yang, L Yang, T Yang, Y Liu, L Zhou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fe-NC materials are among the most promising platinum group metals-free catalysts for air
cathode of Zn-air batteries (ZABs). However, they are still limited by sluggish reaction …

Recent Design Strategies for M‐N‐C Single‐Atom Catalysts in Oxygen Reduction: An Entropy Increase Perspective

W Yan, W Chen, Y Chen - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, a diverse array of novel metal‐nitrogen‐carbon (M‐N‐C) single‐atom catalysts
(SACs) have rapidly evolve, particularly in the realm of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

FeCu bimetallic clusters for efficient urea production via coupling reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrate

T Hou, T Wei, Y Wu, L Zhang, J Ding, Q Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urea electrosynthesis has appeared to meet the nitrogen cycle and carbon neutrality with
energy-saving features. Copper can co-electrocatalyze among CO 2 and nitrogen species to …

Switch Volmer‐Heyrovsky to Volmer‐Tafel Pathway for Efficient Acidic Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Correlating Pt Single Atoms with Clusters

J Wang, W Zang, X Liu, J Sun, S **, W Liu, Z Kou… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As cost‐effective catalysts, platinum (Pt) single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted
substantial attention. However, most studies indicate that Pt SACs in acidic hydrogen …

Tailoring Cu–Zn dual-atom sites with reordering d-orbital splitting manner for highly efficient acetylene semihydrogenation

Y Yue, B Wang, C **, K Huang, Q Zhou, R Chang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design of inexpensive, nontoxic, and abundant transition metal catalysts for the
selective hydrogenation of alkynes remains a significant challenge faced by both the …