Waste-derived catalysts for water electrolysis: circular economy-driven sustainable green hydrogen energy

Z Chen, S Yun, L Wu, J Zhang, X Shi, W Wei, Y Liu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
The sustainable production of green hydrogen via water electrolysis necessitates cost-
effective electrocatalysts. By following the circular economy principle, the utilization of waste …

[HTML][HTML] Rational engineering design of nickel hydroxides for urea oxidation reaction: A mini-review

S Lu, X Zheng, L Fang, F Yin, H Liu - Electrochemistry Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Nickel hydroxide (Ni (OH) 2) are promising catalysts for efficient urea oxidation
reactions (UOR), which can address the energy and environmental concerns associated …

Nickel and cobalt oxides supported on activated carbon derived from willow catkin for efficient supercapacitor electrode

MS Gouda, M Shehab, S Helmy, M Soliman… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Supercapacitors have attracted more interest due to the advantages of extended cycle life,
great power density, and fast charging and discharging rate. A chemical activation technique …

Highly efficient urea oxidation via nesting nano-nickel oxide in eggshell membrane-derived carbon

S Lu, M Hummel, Z Gu, Y Wang, K Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Here, we reported a strategy of using an eggshell membrane to produce hierarchically
porous carbon as a low-cost substrate for synthesizing a nano-nickel oxide catalyst (C …

Visual detection and sensing of mercury ions and glutathione using fluorescent copper nanoclusters

C Zhang, M Liang, C Shao, Z Li, X Cao… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Visual detection of mercury ions and glutathione is of great significance to public health and
environmental issues. Herein, we developed a fluorescent sensor (l-Cys/CuNCs@ ESM) …

Urea electrooxidation in alkaline environment: Fundamentals and applications

H Wang, X Zheng, L Fang, S Lu - ChemElectroChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urea is an important chemical in agricultural, biosystem and chemical engineering. It can not
only be a fertilizer and feed supplement, but also converted into electricity and hydrogen …

Synthesis of Au@ ZIF-8 nanocomposites for enhanced electrochemical detection of dopamine

S Lu, M Hummel, K Chen, Y Zhou, S Kang… - Electrochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles and zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanocomposites (Au@ ZIF-8) were
synthesized through a simple hydrothermal method and used as an enzyme-free sensor for …

Review on biomass-derived carbon-based materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen production: state of the art and outlook

L Li, S Lu, L Fang, Y Wei, S Yang - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
The increasing demand for sustainable hydrogen production is driven by the rapid
expansion of global energy consumption. Electrocatalytic H2 production is one of the …

Photo-sensitive CuS/NiO heterostructure electrocatalysts for energy-saving hydrogen evolution reaction at all pH conditions

HK Thakkar, KK Joshi, PM Pataniya, G Bhadu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heterostructures based on transition metal chalcogenides/oxides have gained significant
interest in the application of electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Facile synthesis of Cu2SnS3 nanocrystals for efficient nitrogen reduction reaction

X He, Z Ling, X Peng, X Yang, L Ma, S Lu - Electrochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conversion of naturally abundant nitrogen into ammonia in a sustainable way at room
temperature would be an ideal alternative to the currently dominant Haber–Bosch process …