Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Recent development and future perspectives of amorphous transition metal‐based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

T Guo, L Li, Z Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER), as a relevant half reaction for water splitting to address the
energy crisis, has captured a great deal of attention. However, this technology has always …

Constructing built‐in electric field in heterogeneous nanowire arrays for efficient overall water electrolysis

S Zhang, C Tan, R Yan, X Zou, FL Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions are key to
water electrolysis. Herein, we report a built‐in electric field (BEF) strategy to fabricate …

Amorphous/crystalline heterostructure transition-metal-based catalysts for high-performance water splitting

Y Zhang, F Gao, D Wang, Z Li, X Wang, C Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rational phase engineering on transition-metal-based (TM-based) catalysts is an
efficient strategy to improve the catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Electrochemical water splitting: Bridging the gaps between fundamental research and industrial applications

H Sun, X Xu, H Kim, WC Jung… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting represents one of the most promising technologies to
produce green hydrogen, which can help to realize the goal of achieving carbon neutrality …

Design of modified MOFs electrocatalysts for water splitting: High current density operation and long-term stability

Y Zhang, X Zheng, X Guo, J Zhang, A Yuan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is highly desirable to develop efficient catalysts under high-current-density operation and
long-term stability for high performance water splitting. However, most reported modified …

Recent advances in interface engineering strategy for highly‐efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

Y Du, B Li, G Xu, L Wang - InfoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen energy generated by the electrocatalytic water splitting reaction has been
established as a renewable and clean energy carrier with ultra‐high energy density, which …

Engineering crystallinity and oxygen vacancies of Co (II) oxide nanosheets for high performance and robust rechargeable Zn–air batteries

Y Tian, X Liu, L Xu, D Yuan, Y Dou, J Qiu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) processes
highly rely on the rational design and synthesis of high‐performance electrocatalysts …

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 …

Deficiency and surface engineering boosting electronic and ionic kinetics in NH4V4O10 for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery

F Cui, D Wang, F Hu, X Yu, C Guan, G Song, F Xu… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries present their unique advantages, such as cost-efficient and non-
flammability for large-scale energy storage. However, their widespread application is …