Defects on carbons for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

X Yan, Y Jia, X Yao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The exploration of highly active and durable cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
catalysts with economical production costs is still the bottleneck to realize the large-scale …

Metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

L Dai, Y Xue, L Qu, HJ Choi, JB Baek - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The rising global energy demand and environmental impact of traditional energy resources
pose serious challenges to human health, energy security, and environmental protection.(1 …

Deconvoluting the XPS spectra for nitrogen-doped chars: An analysis from first principles

M Ayiania, M Smith, AJR Hensley, L Scudiero… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantifying the content of surface nitrogen and oxygen containing functional groups in
amorphous nitrogen doped carbons via deconvolution of C 1s x-ray photoelectron (XPS) …

Nonstoichiometric oxides as low-cost and highly-efficient oxygen reduction/evolution catalysts for low-temperature electrochemical devices

D Chen, C Chen, ZM Baiyee, Z Shao, F Ciucci - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1.1 Background Develo** efficient energy conversion devices that are in line with the
conservation of the natural environment is a critical challenge for modern society. Fossil …

Recent advances in understanding of the mechanism and control of Li 2 O 2 formation in aprotic Li–O 2 batteries

Z Lyu, Y Zhou, W Dai, X Cui, M Lai, L Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Aprotic Li–O2 batteries represent promising alternative devices for electrical energy storage
owing to their extremely high energy densities. Upon discharge, insulating solid Li2O2 forms …

Oxygen electrocatalysts in metal–air batteries: from aqueous to nonaqueous electrolytes

ZL Wang, D Xu, JJ Xu, XB Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of renewable energy and electrified transportation, electrochemical
energy storage will be more important in the future than it has ever been in the past …

The lithium/air battery: still an emerging system or a practical reality?

L Grande, E Paillard, J Hassoun, JB Park… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium/air is a fascinating energy storage system. The effective exploitation of air as a
battery electrode has been the long‐time dream of the battery community. Air is, in principle …

N-doped carbon nanomaterials are durable catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic fuel cells

J Shui, M Wang, F Du, L Dai - Science advances, 2015 - science.org
The availability of low-cost, efficient, and durable catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) is a prerequisite for commercialization of the fuel cell technology. Along with intensive …

A review of cathode materials and structures for rechargeable lithium–air batteries

Z Ma, X Yuan, L Li, ZF Ma, DP Wilkinson… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Rechargeable lithium air (Li–air) batteries, especially the non-aqueous type, are considered
the most promising energy storage and conversion device candidates for use in future …

Strongly coupled inorganic/nanocarbon hybrid materials for advanced electrocatalysis

Y Liang, Y Li, H Wang, H Dai - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical systems, such as fuel cell and water splitting devices, represent some of the
most efficient and environmentally friendly technologies for energy conversion and storage …