Atomic heterointerface engineering overcomes the activity limitation of electrocatalysts and promises highly-efficient alkaline water splitting

Q Xu, J Zhang, H Zhang, L Zhang, L Chen… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline water splitting, especially anion-exchange-membrane based water electrolysis, is
an attractive way for low-cost and scalable H2 production. Green electricity-driven alkaline …

Delaminated MBene sheets beyond usual 2D transition metal materials for securing Pt single atoms to boost hydrogen evolution

SJ Park, TH Nguyen, DT Tran, VA Dinh… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of a minimum amount of active metal makes single-atom catalysts (SACs) an
effective route to economically catalyze electrochemical reactions. However, maintaining …

Single-atom catalysts designed and prepared by the atomic layer deposition technique

J Fonseca, J Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique allows the synthesis of materials at the atomic
scale to be controlled. ALD has been adapted to design and prepare single-atom catalysts …

Potential of MXene-based heterostructures for energy conversion and storage

J Pang, B Chang, H Liu, W Zhou - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have attracted significant interest owing to
their desirable properties, abundance, and high electrocatalytic activity. Tremendous studies …

Theoretical investigation of HER/OER/ORR catalytic activity of single atom-decorated graphyne by DFT and comparative DOS analyses

M Guo, M Ji, W Cui - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Multifunctional catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction
(OER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) play a key role in the development of …

Molecularly engineered potential of d-orbital modulated iron-bridged delaminated MBene for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

SW Nam, TH Nguyen, DT Tran, VA Dinh… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An air cathode with high catalytic activity and reversibility toward the oxygen evolution
reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is designed using an engineered Fe d …

Fe and P doped 1T-phase enriched WS23D-dendritic nanostructures for efficient overall water splitting

DR Paudel, UN Pan, TI Singh, CC Gudal… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 1T-WS 2 is known for its higher hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance
than 2H-WS 2. However, the lack of thermodynamic stability and absence of large-scale …

Restricted diffusion preparation of fully-exposed Fe single-atom catalyst on carbon nanospheres for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

L Deng, L Qiu, R Hu, L Yao, Z Zheng, X Ren… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SAC) stabilized by nitrogen in carbon support are promising
candidates for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, conventional preparation …

Water Splitting with a Single-Atom Cu/TiO2 Photocatalyst: Atomistic Origin of High Efficiency and Proposed Enhancement by Spin Selection

C Cheng, WH Fang, R Long, OV Prezhdo - JACS au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Anatase TiO2 is an intensely investigated photocatalytic material due to its abundance and
chemical stability. However, it suffers from weak light harvesting and low photocatalytic …