Production, structural design, functional control, and broad applications of carbon nanofiber-based nanomaterials: A comprehensive review

X Zhou, Y Wang, C Gong, B Liu, G Wei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have exhibited wide applications in the fields of materials
science, nanotechnology, energy storage, environmental science, biomedicine, and others …

Single-atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction: recent advances and future perspectives

Z Pu, IS Amiinu, R Cheng, P Wang, C Zhang, S Mu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Hydrogen, a renewable and outstanding energy carrier with zero carbon dioxide emission,
is regarded as the best alternative to fossil fuels. The most preferred route to large-scale …

Electrospinning research and products: The road and the way forward

AM Al-Dhahebi, JK Ling, SG Krishnan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Electrospinning is one of the most accessed nanofabrication techniques during the last three
decades, attributed to its viability for the mass production of continuous nanofibers with …

Applications of bacterial cellulose as precursor of carbon and composites with metal oxide, metal sulfide and metal nanoparticles: A review of recent advances

ML Foresti, A Vázquez, B Boury - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
This mini review is limited to very recent studies (last 5–10 years) on two major issues,
concerning: the production and physical/chemical modification of bacterial cellulose (BC) …

Advanced catalysts for sustainable hydrogen generation and storage via hydrogen evolution and carbon dioxide/nitrogen reduction reactions

KH Liu, HX Zhong, SJ Li, YX Duan, MM Shi… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Accompanied by continuous increasing energy crisis and CO 2-induced global warming,
constructing renewable energy system becomes one of the major scientific challenges …

Carbon nanofiber-based three-dimensional nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications

X Zhou, B Liu, Y Chen, L Guo, G Wei - Materials Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) not only retain a similar one-dimensional nanostructure, similar
special properties, and similar multi-functionality to carbon nanotubes, but they also exhibit a …

Macroscopic‐scale three‐dimensional carbon nanofiber architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices

LF Chen, Y Feng, HW Liang, ZY Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The development of high‐performance electrochemical energy storage devices is critical for
addressing energy crises and environmental pollution. Hence, the design and preparation of …

p-Type CuBi 2 O 4: an easily accessible photocathodic material for high-efficiency water splitting

D Cao, N Nasori, Z Wang, Y Mi, L Wen… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In view of the disadvantages of the conventional photocathodic materials, we focus on
exploiting new candidates for a high-efficiency photoelectrochemical (PEC) system. Herein …

Ultralow-temperature photochemical synthesis of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

H Wei, H Wu, K Huang, B Ge, J Ma, J Lang, D Zu… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient control of nucleation is a prerequisite for the solution-phase synthesis of
nanocrystals. Although the thermodynamics and kinetics of the formation of metal …

Polyethyleneimine functionalized platinum superstructures: enhancing hydrogen evolution performance by morphological and interfacial control

GR Xu, J Bai, JX Jiang, JM Lee, Y Chen - Chemical Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a highly promising green method
for sustainable and efficient hydrogen production. So far, Pt nanocrystals are still the most …