Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X **ao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

Bifunctional single atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries: from dynamic mechanism to rational design

P Zhang, K Chen, J Li, M Wang, M Li, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ever‐growing demands for rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) call for efficient
bifunctional electrocatalysts. Among various electrocatalysts, single atom catalysts (SACs) …

Synthesis of CuCo2S4@Expanded Graphite with crystal/amorphous heterointerface and defects for electromagnetic wave absorption

Z Tang, L Xu, C **e, L Guo, L Zhang, S Guo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The remarkable advantages of heterointerface and defect engineering and their unique
electromagnetic characteristics inject infinite vitality into the design of advanced carbon …

Optimizing electronic synergy of atomically dispersed dual-metal Ni–N 4 and Fe–N 4 sites with adjacent Fe nanoclusters for high-efficiency oxygen electrocatalysis

H Meng, B Wu, D Zhang, X Zhu, S Luo, Y You… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts with M–N4 configurations have been highly investigated due to their
great potential in oxygen electrocatalysis. However, their practical applications in Zn–air …

Atomically dispersed Fe sites regulated by adjacent single Co atoms anchored on N‐P co‐doped carbon structures for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Z Pei, H Zhang, Y Guo, D Luan, X Gu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating the coordination environment and electron distribution for heterogeneous
catalysts at the atomic level is an effective strategy to improve electrocatalytic performance …

Single atom catalysts based on earth-abundant metals for energy-related applications

S Kment, A Bakandritsos, I Tantis, H Kmentová… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic activities related to population growth, economic development, technological
advances, and changes in lifestyle and climate patterns result in a continuous increase in …

Cooperation between dual metal atoms and nanoclusters enhances activity and stability for oxygen reduction and evolution

Z Wang, X **, R Xu, Z Yang, S Ma, T Yan, C Zhu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have achieved the synthesis of dual-metal single atoms and atomic clusters that co-
anchor on a highly graphitic carbon support. The catalyst comprises Ni4 (and Fe4) …

Engineering the Electronic Interaction Between Single Au Atoms and CoN Through Nitrogen‐Coordination Bonding as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for …

X Hu, X Chen, X Li, C Xu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts hold significance in the field of electrocatalysis. In this study, cobalt
nitride (CoN), known for its semiconductor characteristics, is selected as the substrate, on …

Tailoring first coordination sphere of dual‐metal atom sites boosts oxygen reduction and evolution activities

Z Wang, R Xu, Q Ye, X **, Z Lu, Z Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to tune the coordination configuration of dual‐atom catalyst (DAC), especially
in the first coordination sphere, to render high intrinsic catalytic activities for oxygen …

Electrospun porous engineered nanofiber materials: A versatile medium for energy and environmental applications

F Zhang, Y Si, J Yu, B Ding - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy shortage and environmental deterioration have become two intractable global
issues with the eruptive evolution of industry and technology. Porous-engineered …