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 …

Active site engineering in porous electrocatalysts

H Chen, X Liang, Y Liu, X Ai, T Asefa… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysis is at the center of many sustainable energy conversion technologies that are
being developed to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. The past decade has witnessed …

Nanoarchitectonics of metallene materials for electrocatalysis

B Jiang, Y Guo, F Sun, S Wang, Y Kang, X Xu, J Zhao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the synthesis of metal nanostructures is one approach for catalyst engineering
and performance optimization in electrocatalysis. As an emerging class of unconventional …

A Supported Pd2 Dual‐Atom Site Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

N Zhang, X Zhang, Y Kang, C Ye, R **… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐atom site catalysts (DACs) have emerged as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis
because the synergistic effect between adjacent metal atoms can promote their catalytic …

Low-coordination rhodium catalysts for an efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

H Liu, J Timoshenko, L Bai, Q Li, M Rüscher… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is an essential bulk chemical and the main component of fertilizers. In addition, the
use of ammonia (NH3) as an energy carrier and hydrogen storage material has continuously …

Defect engineering in earth-abundant electrocatalysts for CO 2 and N 2 reduction

Q Wang, Y Lei, D Wang, Y Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CRR) and N2 reduction reaction (NRR), which
convert inert small molecules into high-value products under mild conditions, have received …

Rational‐Designed Principles for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Upgrading of CO2 to Value‐Added Chemicals

W Zhang, Z **, Z Chen - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical transformation of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been considered as a promising
strategy to utilize and further upgrade it to value‐added chemicals, aiming at alleviating …

Theory-guided design of catalytic materials using scaling relationships and reactivity descriptors

ZJ Zhao, S Liu, S Zha, D Cheng, F Studt… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The active sites of heterogeneous catalysts can be difficult to identify and understand, and,
hence, the introduction of active sites into catalysts to tailor their function is challenging …

Recent advances, properties, fabrication and opportunities in two-dimensional materials for their potential sustainable applications

A Hayat, M Sohail, A El Jery, KM Al-Zaydi, S Raza… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials, characterized by unique chemical,
physical, and electrical characteristics, now offer intriguing energy and catalysis application …

Current progress in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction to fuels on heterogeneous catalysts

A Liu, M Gao, X Ren, F Meng, Y Yang, L Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As a promising and important carbon source, utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) can
effectively solve the energy crisis caused by fossil resource consumption and the …