Electrochemical nitrogen fixation and utilization: theories, advanced catalyst materials and system design

W Guo, K Zhang, Z Liang, R Zou, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen is a fundamental constituent for all living creatures on the Earth and modern
industrial society. The current nitrogen industry is largely powered by fossil fuels with huge …

Circumventing challenges: design of anodic electrocatalysts for hybrid water electrolysis systems

HY Wang, ML Sun, JT Ren… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water electrolysis, driven by renewable energy resources, is a promising energy conversion
technology that has gained intensive interest in recent years. However, conventional water …

Partially exposed RuP2 surface in hybrid structure endows its bifunctionality for hydrazine oxidation and hydrogen evolution catalysis

Y Li, J Zhang, Y Liu, Q Qian, Z Li, Y Zhu, G Zhang - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Replacing the sluggish anode reaction in water electrolysis with thermodynamically
favorable hydrazine oxidation could achieve energy-efficient H2 production, while the …

Carbon‐based metal‐free catalysts for key reactions involved in energy conversion and storage

S Zhao, DW Wang, R Amal, L Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysts are key for renewable energy technologies and other important industrial
processes. Currently, noble metals and metal oxides are the most widely used catalysts for …

Anodic hydrazine oxidation assists energy‐efficient hydrogen evolution over a bifunctional cobalt perselenide nanosheet electrode

JY Zhang, H Wang, Y Tian, Y Yan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Water electrolysis is a promising source of hydrogen; however, technological challenges
remain. Intensive efforts have focused on develo** highly efficient and earth‐abundant …

N‐, O‐, and S‐Tridoped Carbon‐Encapsulated Co9S8 Nanomaterials: Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting

S Huang, Y Meng, S He, A Goswami… - Advanced functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The development of highly active and stable earth‐abundant catalysts to reduce or eliminate
the reliance on noble‐metal based ones in green and sustainable (electro) chemical …

Heteroatom-induced accelerated kinetics on nickel selenide for highly efficient hydrazine-assisted water splitting and Zn-hydrazine battery

HY Wang, L Wang, JT Ren, WW Tian, ML Sun… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Hydrazine-assisted water electrolysis is a promising energy conversion technology for
highly efficient hydrogen production. Rational design of bifunctional electrocatalysts, which …

Single Ru atoms with precise coordination on a monolayer layered double hydroxide for efficient electrooxidation catalysis

Z Wang, SM Xu, Y Xu, L Tan, X Wang, Y Zhao… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic properties of single-atom catalysts (SACs) can be influenced largely by the
chemical environment exerted by supports. Therefore, a precise location of the single atom …

In-situ synthesis of bimetallic phosphide with carbon tubes as an active electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

J Wang, F Ciucci - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019 - Elsevier
Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are attracting increasing interest as promising
electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Coupling TMPs with carbon …

Metal-free and noble metal-free heteroatom-doped nanostructured carbons as prospective sustainable electrocatalysts

T Asefa - Accounts of chemical research, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The large-scale deployment of many types of fuel cells and electrolyzers is
currently constrained by the lack of sustainable and efficient catalysts that can replace the …