Nitrogen‐rich carbonaceous materials for advanced oxygen electrocatalysis: synthesis, characterization, and activity of nitrogen sites

B Wu, H Meng, DM Morales, F Zeng… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐doped carbons are among the fastest‐growing class of materials used for oxygen
electrocatalysis, namely, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution …

Advanced metal anodes and their interface design toward safe metal batteries: A comprehensive review

Y Luo, X Yang, C Wang, A Fraser, H Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal batteries have attracted significant interest due to their higher energy density
compared to state-of-the-art metal-ion batteries. However, the combination of a metal anode …

Towards enhanced sodium storage of hard carbon anodes: Regulating the oxygen content in precursor by low-temperature hydrogen reduction

M Song, Z Yi, R Xu, J Chen, J Cheng, Z Wang… - Energy Storage …, 2022 - Elsevier
The oxygen content of precursors plays a key role in regulating the structural stability and
microstructures of hard carbon anodes towards sodium-ion batteries, but this is often …

Defect engineering of carbons for energy conversion and storage applications

X Luo, H Zheng, W Lai, P Yuan, S Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies are a vital prerequisite for neutral
future carbon. To this end, carbon materials with attractive features, such as tunable pore …

Fast potassium storage in porous CoV2O6 nanosphere@ graphene oxide towards high-performance potassium-ion capacitors

H Liang, Y Zhang, S Hao, L Cao, Y Li, Q Li… - Energy Storage …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing demand to develop sustainable energy storage equipment has aroused
interest for potassium-ion capacitors (PICs), owing to their high abundance and low cost of …

Eliminating graphite exfoliation with an artificial solid electrolyte interphase for stable lithium‐ion batteries

J Zhou, K Ma, X Lian, Q Shi, J Wang, Z Chen, L Guo… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although graphite materials with desirable comprehensive properties dominate the anode
market of commercial lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), their low capacity during fast charging …

Structural and interfacial characterization of a sustainable Si/hard carbon composite anode for lithium-ion batteries

L Sbrascini, A Staffolani, L Bottoni… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The effects of a biomass-derived hard carbon matrix and a sustainable cross-linked binder
are investigated as electrode components for a silicon-based anode in lithium-ion half-cells …

Surface reconstruction in amorphous CoFe-based hydroxides/crystalline phosphide heterostructure for accelerated saline water electrolysis

X Chen, J Zhao, Z Zhao, W Zhang, X Wang - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Develo** electrocatalysts with high activity and robust performance for large-scale
seawater electrolysis to produce hydrogen holds immense significance. Herein, a highly …

In‐depth mechanism understanding for potassium‐ion batteries by electroanalytical methods and advanced in situ characterization techniques

X Liu, Y Tong, Y Wu, J Zheng, Y Sun, H Li - Small Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of potassium ion batteries (PIBs) stimulated by the dearth of lithium
resources is accelerating. Major progresses on the electrochemical properties are based on …

Conversion of aliphatic structure-rich coal maceral into high-capacity hard carbons for sodium-ion batteries

G Zhao, T Xu, Y Zhao, Z Yi, L **e, F Su, Z Yao… - Energy Storage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pre-oxidation is an effective strategy for preparing high-capacity coal-derived hard carbons.
However, the complex molecular structure of coal results in the uncontrollability of oxidation …