Advanced design strategies for Fe-based metal–organic framework-derived electrocatalysts toward high-performance Zn–air batteries

YF Guo, S Zhao, N Zhang, ZL Liu, PF Wang… - Energy & …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered as one of the most promising energy systems due
to their environmentally friendly and high energy density characteristics. Nevertheless, the …

Science and engineering for non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts to boost their ORR performance: A critical review

SD Bhoyate, J Kim, FM de Souza, J Lin, E Lee… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Metal-air batteries (MABs) and fuel cells (FCs) critically rely on electrocatalytic O 2 activation,
and O 2 reduction reaction (ORR), with noble metal-free materials. However, the inception of …

Single-atom Fe catalyst outperforms its homogeneous counterpart for activating peroxymonosulfate to achieve effective degradation of organic contaminants

K Qian, H Chen, W Li, Z Ao, Y Wu… - Environmental Science & …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Recently, reactive iron species (RFeS) have shown great potential for the selective
degradation of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs). However, the rapid generation of …

Noble-metal-free multicomponent nanointegration for sustainable energy conversion

H Lu, J Tournet, K Dastafkan, Y Liu, YH Ng… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Global energy and environmental crises are among the most pressing challenges facing
humankind. To overcome these challenges, recent years have seen an upsurge of interest …

Activity–selectivity trends in the electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide over single-site metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts

Y Sun, L Silvioli, NR Sahraie, W Ju, J Li… - Journal of the …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped carbon materials featuring atomically dispersed metal cations (M–N–C) are
an emerging family of materials with potential applications for electrocatalysis. The …

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications

J Wang, H Kong, J Zhang, Y Hao, Z Shao… - Progress in Materials …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Carbon-based materials have multiple advantages including abundant sources, tunable
molecular structures, high electronic conductivity, and environmental compatibility. Rapidly …

Emerging applications of biochar-based materials for energy storage and conversion

WJ Liu, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Energy & environmental science, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Global warming, environmental pollution, and an energy shortage in the current fossil fuel
society may cause a severe ecological crisis. Storage and conversion of renewable …

Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell

Y Chen, S Ji, S Zhao, W Chen, J Dong… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Efficient, durable and inexpensive electrocatalysts that accelerate sluggish oxygen reduction
reaction kinetics and achieve high-performance are highly desirable. Here we develop a …

High-efficiency degradation of organic pollutants with Fe, N co-doped biochar catalysts via persulfate activation

X Li, Y Jia, M Zhou, X Su, J Sun - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this study, the Fe, N co-doped biochar (Fe-N-BC) was prepared by pyrolyzing wheat
straw, urea and iron salts and used to activate persulfate (peroxydisulfate, PS) for organic …

Markedly enhanced oxygen reduction activity of single-atom Fe catalysts via integration with Fe nanoclusters

X Ao, W Zhang, Z Li, JG Li, L Soule, X Huang… - ACS …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as one of the most promising alternatives to
noble metal-based catalysts for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). While …