Energy & Fuels,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
38(21), P. 20155 - 20168
Published: Oct. 10, 2024
In
the
process
of
electrocatalytic
water
splitting,
managing
gaseous
products
is
crucial.
Rapid
gas
diffusion
on
electrode
surface
can
accelerate
mass
transfer,
thereby
enhancing
energy
conversion
efficiency.
recent
years,
regulation
wettability
through
compositional
and
structural
engineering
has
garnered
significant
attention.
this
review,
we
first
introduce
generation
detachment
processes
bubbles
explore
their
impact
transport
transfer
in
water-splitting
reactions,
emphasizing
importance
efficient
improving
catalyst
activity
stability.
Subsequently,
delve
into
fundamental
principles
discuss
design
potential
mechanisms
for
efficiency
chemical
modification,
design,
gradient
design.
Finally,
propose
future
research
directions
field.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Bioinspired
fluid
manipulating
interfaces
possessing
special
wettability,
an
asymmetric
structure,
and
a
geometric
gradient
were
systematically
reviewed,
including
history,
classification,
mechanisms,
fabrication
applications.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(32)
Published: May 30, 2024
Spontaneous
or
nonspontaneous
unidirectional
fluid
transport
across
multidimension
can
occur
under
specific
structural
designs
and
ambient
elements
for
porous
materials.
While
existing
reviews
have
extensively
summarized
on
surfaces,
there
is
an
absence
of
literature
summarizing
fluid's
This
review
introduces
wetting
phenomena
observed
natural
biological
surfaces
structures.
Subsequently,
it
offers
overview
diverse
principles
potential
applications
in
this
field,
emphasizing
various
physical
chemical
(surface
energy,
capillary
size,
topographic
curvature)
(underwater,
oil,
pressure,
solar
energy).
Applications
encompass
moisture-wicking
fabric,
sensors,
skincare,
fog
collection,
oil-water
separation,
electrochemistry,
liquid-based
gating,
evaporators.
Additionally,
significant
formulas
from
studies
are
compelled
to
offer
readers
valuable
references.
Simultaneously,
advantages
challenges
critically
assessed
these
the
perspectives
presented.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(37), P. 49349 - 49361
Published: Sept. 4, 2024
With
the
intensification
of
global
environmental
pollution
and
resource
scarcity,
hydrogen
has
garnered
significant
attention
as
an
ideal
alternative
to
fossil
fuels
due
its
high
energy
density
nonpolluting
nature.
Consequently,
urgent
development
electrocatalytic
water-splitting
electrodes
for
production
is
imperative.
In
this
study,
a
superwetting
selenide
catalytic
electrode
with
peony-flower-shaped
micronano
array
(MoS
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(41)
Published: Aug. 13, 2024
Abstract
Overall
water
splitting
is
a
promising
technology
for
sustainable
hydrogen
production,
but
the
primary
challenge
removing
bubbles
from
electrode
surface
quickly
to
increase
production.
Inspired
by
directional
fluid
transport
properties
of
natural
biological
surfaces
like
Nepenthes
peristome
and
Morpho
butterfly's
wings,
here
strategy
demonstrated
achieve
highly
efficient
overall
bubble‐guidance
electrode,
that
is,
an
anisotropic
groove‐micro/nanostructured
porous
(GMPE).
Gradient
groove
micro/nanostructures
on
GMPE
serve
as
high‐speed
bubble
transmission
channels
exhibit
superior
capabilities.
The
synergistic
effect
asymmetric
Laplace
pressure
generated
between
microscale
structure
patterns
buoyancy
along
pushes
produced
directionally
spread,
transport,
detach
in
time.
Moreover,
low
adhesive
nanosheet
arrays
are
beneficial
reduce
size
release
frequency,
which
cooperatively
improve
mass
transfer
with
structure.
Notably,
outperforms
planar‐micro/nanostructured
(PMPE)
hydrogen/oxygen
evolution
reactions,
GMPE||GMPE
showing
better
performance
than
commercially
available
RuO
2
||20
wt.%
Pt/C.
This
work
improves
electrodes
kinetics
electrochemical
reactions
at
solid‐liquid‐gas
interfaces,
offering
insight
designing
preparing
gas‐involved
photoelectrochemical
electrodes.
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 2, 2024
Abstract
Developing
high‐efficiency
alkaline
water
splitting
technology
holds
great
promise
in
potentially
revolutionizing
the
traditional
petrochemical
industry
to
a
more
sustainable
hydrogen
economy.
Importantly,
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
accompanied
at
anode
is
considered
as
critical
bottleneck
terms
of
both
complicated
mechanism
and
sluggish
kinetics,
requiring
rational
design
OER
electrocatalysts
elucidate
structure‐performance
relationship
reduce
applied
overpotential.
As
benchmarked
non‐precious
metal
candidate,
NiFe‐based
have
gained
enormous
attention
due
low‐cost,
earth‐abundance,
remarkable
intrinsic
activity,
which
are
expected
be
implemented
industrial
splitting.
In
this
contribution,
comprehensive
overview
provided,
starting
with
fundamental
mechanisms,
evaluation
metrics,
synthetic
protocols.
Subsequently,
basic
principles
corresponding
regulatory
strategies
summarized
following
sequence
substrate‐catalyst‐electrolyte
efficient
robust
toward
industrial‐scale
deployment.
Perspectives
on
remaining
challenges
instructive
opportunities
booming
field
finally
discussed.
Nanoscale,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Rice
leaves
inspired
the
development
of
an
anisotropic
microstructured
gas
conduction
electrode
featuring
rapid
desorption
and
transfer
bubbles
to
achieve
highly
efficient
hydrogen
production.
Applied Physics Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
126(5)
Published: Feb. 3, 2025
Crude
oil
spill
accidents
cause
extreme
environmental
damage,
with
huge
economic
costs
that
include
the
loss
of
resources.
Despite
advances
in
conventional
cleanup
technology,
such
as
dispersants,
absorbents,
and
skimmers,
there
is
still
a
need
for
more
efficient
solutions.
In
this
study,
we
introduce
Joule-heated
stearic
acid/carbon
nanotube-wrapped
polyurethane
sponge
(SCPU)
rapid
all-weather
recovery
leaked
crude
oil.
SCPU
both
hydrophobic
oleophilic
electrically
conductive.
When
6
V
were
applied
across
SCPU,
surface
temperature
increased
to
146
°C
within
70
s,
which
reduced
viscosity
shortened
time
by
over
99%.
addition,
can
continuously
recover
floating
on
water
when
connected
peristaltic
pump.
This
has
high
adsorption
capacity,
scalable
preparation
method,
mechanically
stable,
thus
expected
provide
an
practical
solution
responding
accidents.
Nano Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 17, 2025
To
overcome
the
inherent
limitations
of
2D
aerofluidic
systems,
we
propose
a
novel
strategy
that
combines
traditional
Chinese
weaving
technology
with
superhydrophobic
metal
wires
to
construct
3D
underwater
systems.
In
water,
air
is
trapped
between
femtosecond
laser-structured
stainless
steel
and
surrounding
creating
microscale
channel
for
gas
transport
within
designed
system.
The
Laplace
pressure
difference
bubbles
across
different
circular
regions
woven
can
drive
spontaneous
along
connecting
lines
in
space.
Interestingly,
various
systems
be
interconnected
simply
by
touching,
enabling
integration
functional
units
into
multifunctional
Beyond
basic
on-demand
transport,
integrated
facilitate
splitting,
merging,
diodes,
multiline/multigas
operations
such
as
microreactions
gases.
