Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y **ong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of amorphous/crystalline heterointerfaces for enhanced electrochemical processes

B Jia, B Zhang, Z Cai, X Yang, L Li, L Guo - EScience, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Amorphous nanomaterials have emerged as potential candidates for energy storage and
conversion owing to their amazing physicochemical properties. Recent studies have proved …

Phase Engineering of High‐Entropy Alloy for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia

R Zhang, Y Zhang, B **ao, S Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Directly electrochemical conversion of nitrate (NO3−) is an efficient and environmentally
friendly technology for ammonia (NH3) production but is challenged by highly selective …

Emerging beyond-graphene elemental 2D materials for energy and catalysis applications

FR Fan, R Wang, H Zhang, W Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as promising candidates for
energy and catalysis applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic …

Phase-engineered cathode for super-stable potassium storage

L Wu, H Fu, S Li, J Zhu, J Zhou, AM Rao, L Cha… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The crystal phase structure of cathode material plays an important role in the cell
performance. During cycling, the cathode material experiences immense stress due to …

Electronic structure design of transition metal-based catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction

L Guo, J Zhou, F Liu, X Meng, Y Ma, F Hao, Y **ong… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
With the increasingly serious greenhouse effect, the electrochemical carbon dioxide
reduction reaction (CO2RR) has garnered widespread attention as it is capable of …

Strain and surface engineering of multicomponent metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases

Q Yao, Z Yu, L Li, X Huang - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Multicomponent metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases show great prospects in
electrochemical energy storage and conversion, owing to unique crystal structures and …

Confined growth of silver–copper Janus nanostructures with {100} facets for highly selective tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

Y Ma, J Yu, M Sun, B Chen, X Zhou, C Ye… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) holds significant potential to
promote carbon neutrality. However, the selectivity toward multicarbon products in CO2RR …