Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(19), P. 6218 - 6245
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
offers
a
comprehensive
summary
of
the
advanced
electrocatalysts
for
HzOR-assisted
water
electrolysis.
The
inherent
relationship
between
various
regulatory
strategies
and
catalytic
performance
is
discussed.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 10, 2024
Abstract
Electrocatalytic
water
splitting
driven
by
sustainable
energy
is
a
clean
and
promising
water‐chemical
fuel
conversion
technology
for
the
production
of
high‐purity
green
hydrogen.
However,
sluggish
kinetics
anodic
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
pose
challenges
large‐scale
hydrogen
production,
limiting
its
efficiency
safety.
Recently,
OER
has
been
replaced
nucleophilic
oxidation
(NOR)
with
biomass
as
substrate
coupled
(HER),
which
attracted
great
interest.
Anode
NOR
offers
faster
kinetics,
generates
high‐value
products,
reduces
consumption.
By
coupling
reaction,
can
be
enhanced
while
yielding
products
or
degrading
pollutants.
Therefore,
NOR‐coupled
HER
another
new
electrolytic
strategy
after
significance
realizing
development
global
decarbonization.
This
review
explores
potential
reactions
an
alternative
to
delves
into
mechanisms,
guiding
future
research
in
production.
It
assesses
different
methods,
analyzing
pathways
catalyst
effects.
Furthermore,
it
evaluates
role
electrolyzers
industrialized
discusses
prospects
challenges.
comprehensive
aims
advance
efficient
economical
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 2264 - 2283
Published: Jan. 29, 2024
The
electro-oxidation
of
hydrazine
is
important
for
direct
fuel
cells
and
fundamental
understanding
electrocatalysis
in
the
nitrogen
cycle.
In
this
Review,
we
discuss
oxidation
reaction
(HzOR),
spanning
a
vast
range
metal
surfaces,
nanoparticles,
atomically
dispersed
ions,
organometallic
macrocycles,
enzymes.
Emphasis
given
to
structure–activity
correlations
reactivity
descriptors,
including
formulation
Zagal
principle,
an
electrochemical
corollary
Sabatier
principle.
addition,
identify
overarching
themes
that
span
different
subfields
HzOR
electrocatalysis,
hoping
inspire
cross-disciplinary
research
avenues.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(27)
Published: March 4, 2024
Abstract
Aqueous
zinc‐ion
batteries
(ZIBs)
hold
significant
promise
for
large‐scale
energy
storage.
While
considerable
strides
have
been
made
in
modifying
separators,
the
challenge
of
developing
dendrite‐free,
corrosion‐resistant,
and
cost‐effective
separators
achieving
extended
cycling
performance
Zn
anodes
persists.
In
light
this,
a
TiO
2
coating
separator
to
mitigate
interfacial
corrosion
passivation
reactions,
thereby
facilitating
high‐performance
ZIBs
is
designed.
This
study
delves
into
influence
loading
amount
crystal
phase
layers
on
modification.
symmetric
cells
employing
anatase
‐modified
glass
fiber
(A‐TiO
@GF)
demonstrate
superior
2+
ion
transport
kinetics
mild
ZnSO
4
electrolyte,
ensuring
sustained
long‐term
stability
uniform
deposition.
Furthermore,
reduced
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER)
activity
A‐TiO
coatings
curbs
H
+
migration,
minimizing
HER.
Consequently,
assembled
Zn||CaV
8
O
20
full
outstanding
durability
impressive
specific
capacity,
boasting
discharge
capacity
142
mAh
g
−1
after
1000
cycles.
work
introduces
straightforward
interface
engineering
strategy
creating
efficient
batteries,
promoting
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 14, 2024
Lithium-sulfur
batteries
(LSB)
with
high
theoretical
energy
density
are
plagued
by
the
infamous
shuttle
effect
of
lithium
polysulfide
(LPS)
and
sluggish
sulfur
reduction/evolution
reaction.
Extensive
research
is
conducted
on
how
to
suppress
effects,
including
physical
structure
confinement
engineering,
chemical
adsorption
strategy,
design
redox
catalysts.
Recently,
rational
mitigate
effects
enhance
reaction
kinetics
based
field
has
been
widely
studied,
providing
a
more
fundamental
understanding
interactions
species.
Herein,
focused
their
methods
mechanisms
interaction
summarized
systematically
LPS.
Overall,
working
principle
LSB
system,
origin
effect,
kinetic
trouble
in
briefly
described.
Then,
mechanism
application
materials
concepts
external
field-assisted
elaborated,
electrostatic
force,
built-in
electric
field,
spin
state
regulation,
strain
magnetic
photoassisted
other
strategies
pivotally
elaborated
discussed.
Finally,
potential
directions
enhancing
performance
weakening
high-energy
anticipated.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Abstract
As
promising
bifunctional
electrocatalysts,
transition
metal
nitrides
are
expected
to
achieve
an
efficient
hydrazine
oxidation
reaction
(HzOR)
by
fine‐tuning
electronic
structure
via
strain
engineering,
thereby
facilitating
hydrogen
production.
However,
understanding
the
correlation
between
strain‐induced
atomic
microenvironments
and
reactivity
remains
challenging.
Herein,
a
generalized
compressive
strained
W‐Ni
3
N
catalyst
is
developed
create
surface
with
enriched
states
that
optimize
intermediate
binding
activate
both
water
2
H
4
.
Multi‐dimensional
characterizations
reveal
nearly
linear
evolution
(HER)
activity
d‐band
center
of
under
state.
Theoretically,
enhances
electron
transfer
capability
at
surface,
increasing
donation
into
antibonding
orbitals
adsorbed
species,
which
accelerates
HER
HzOR.
Leveraging
modified
from
W
incorporation,
catalysts
demonstrate
outstanding
performance,
achieving
overpotentials
46
mV
for
10
mA
cm
−2
81
HzOR
100
Furthermore,
achieves
overall
splitting
low
cell
voltage
0.185
V
50
,
maintaining
stability
≈450
h.
This
work
provides
new
insights
dual
engineering
in
design
advanced
catalysts.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(11)
Published: Dec. 19, 2023
Abstract
Electrocatalytic
reduction
of
nitric
oxide
(NO)
to
ammonia
(NH
3
)
is
a
clean
and
sustainable
strategy
simultaneously
remove
NO
synthesize
NH
.
However,
the
conversion
low
concentration
still
huge
challenge.
In
this
work,
dilatation
strain
between
Cu
Co
interface
over
Cu@Co
catalyst
built
up
investigated
for
electroreduction
(volume
ratio
1%)
The
shows
high
yield
627.20
µg
h
−1
cm
−2
Faradaic
efficiency
76.54%.
Through
combination
spherical
aberration‐corrected
transmission
electron
microscopy
geometric
phase
analyses,
it
that
atoms
occupy
lattice
sites
form
in
xy
direction
within
region.
Further
density
functional
theory
calculations
temperature‐programmed
desorption
(NO‐TPD)
results
show
surface
on
helpful
enhance
adsorption
reduce
energy
barrier
rate‐determining
step
(*NO
*NOH),
thereby
accelerating
catalytic
reaction.
To
realize
exhaust
gas
removal,
green
synthesis,
electricity
output,
Zn‐NO
battery
with
cathode
assembled
power
3.08
mW
an
273.37