Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Critical Review on the Mechanisms of Fe2+ Regeneration in the Electro-Fenton Process: Fundamentals and Boosting Strategies

F Deng, H Olvera-Vargas, M Zhou, S Qiu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review presents an exhaustive overview on the mechanisms of Fe3+ cathodic reduction
within the context of the electro-Fenton (EF) process. Different strategies developed to …

Boosting oxygen electrocatalytic activity of Fe–N–C catalysts by phosphorus incorporation

Y Zhou, R Lu, X Tao, Z Qiu, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials hosting single-atom iron (Fe–N–C) are major non-
precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The nitrogen-coordinated …

Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO2

Y Shen, C Ren, L Zheng, X Xu, R Long… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photochemical conversion of CO2 into high-value C2+ products is difficult to achieve due to
the energetic and mechanistic challenges in forming multiple CC bonds. Herein, an efficient …

Understanding the structure-performance relationship of active sites at atomic scale

R Li, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based atomically dispersed catalysts have attracted more attention because of their
excellent catalytic performance and nearly 100% atom utilization. Therefore, it is very …

Anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers and fuel cells

Y Yang, P Li, X Zheng, W Sun, SX Dou, T Ma… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Anion-exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) and fuel cells (AEMFCs)
are technologies that, respectively, achieve transformation and utilization of renewable …

Principles of designing electrocatalyst to boost reactivity for seawater splitting

X Liu, J Chi, H Mao, L Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Directly seawater electrolysis would be a transformative technology for large‐scale carbon‐
neutral hydrogenproduction without relying on pure water. However, current seawater …

Engineering Single-Atom Active Sites on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting CO2 Photoreduction

L Ran, Z Li, B Ran, J Cao, Y Zhao, T Shao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion is an emerging solution to meet the challenges of
sustainable energy systems and environmental/climate concerns. However, the construction …

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 …

Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …