Designing a built-in electric field for efficient energy electrocatalysis

X Zhao, M Liu, Y Wang, Y **ong, P Yang, J Qin… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To utilize intermittent renewable energy as well as achieve the goals of peak carbon dioxide
emissions and carbon neutrality, various electrocatalytic devices have been developed …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X **ong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic splitting of water holds great promise as a sustainable and
environmentally friendly technology for hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics …

Lattice Strain and Schottky Junction Dual Regulation Boosts Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanoparticles Anchored on a N-Modified Carbon Catalyst for H2 Production

Z Jiang, S Song, X Zheng, X Liang, Z Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium-based materials are considered great promising candidates to replace Pt-based
catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline conditions. Herein, we adopt a facile method to …

[HTML][HTML] Theory-oriented screening and discovery of advanced energy transformation materials in electrocatalysis

H **g, P Zhu, X Zheng, Z Zhang, D Wang… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various metal-based electrocatalysts from nanocrystals, to clusters and single-atoms, have
been well-discovered towards high-efficient power devices and electrocatalytic conversion …

Design concept for electrocatalysts

Y Wang, X Zheng, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based electrocatalysts with different sizes (single atoms, nanoclusters, and
nanoparticles) show different catalytic behaviors for various electrocatalytic reactions …

In situ precise anchoring of Pt single atoms in spinel Mn 3 O 4 for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

J Wei, K **ao, Y Chen, XP Guo, B Huang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the synthesis of single atom catalysts (SACs) has attracted intensive attention for
the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), realizing the precise control of the structure of atomic …

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 …

Isolating single and few atoms for enhanced catalysis

Y Chen, J Lin, B Jia, X Wang, S Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts have triggered great interest in the field of catalysis
owing to their unique features. Isolated single or few metal atoms can be anchored on …

Structural optimization of carbon-based diatomic catalysts towards advanced electrocatalysis

T Tang, Z Wang, J Guan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As an extension of single-atom catalysts (SACs), diatomic catalysts (DACs) perfectly inherit
the advantages of SACs but break some theoretical limitations of SACs due to the interaction …