Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(44)
Published: Sept. 2, 2024
Abstract
Zn‐based
catalytic
batteries,
recognized
as
eco‐friendly
alternatives,
are
attracting
significant
research
interest
for
their
applications
in
energy
storage,
conversion,
pollutant
degradation,
and
ammonia
synthesis.
This
review
compiles
the
latest
developments
Zn‐nitrogen
oxides
(NO
x
)
covering
various
types
including
Zn‐nitrate,
Zn‐nitric
oxide,
Zn‐nitrite
batteries.
study
explores
electrode
reactions
structural
evolutions
of
these
emphasizing
different
challenges
posed
by
cathodic
reactions.
Advanced
design
strategies
cathode
materials,
such
inhibiting
hydrogen
production,
utilizing
tandem
sites,
enhancing
reactant
enrichment,
presented
evaluated.
These
have
markedly
improved
NO
reduction
performance
driven
progress
Zn‐NO
battery.
The
future
directions
outlined,
highlighting
need
more
efficient
catalysts,
optimization
Zn
anodes,
development
alternative
metal
battery
structure
improvements,
exploration
charging
Addressing
is
crucial
advancing
high‐energy‐density
Advanced Energy Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(28)
Published: March 3, 2024
Abstract
Electrochemically
reducing
nitrate
(NO
3
−
),
a
common
water
pollutant,
to
valuable
ammonia
(NH
)
offers
green,
sustainable,
and
decentralized
route
for
synthesis.
Electrochemical
reduction
reaction
RR)
involves
two
crucial
steps:
deoxygenation
followed
by
nitrite
hydrogenation;
in
particular,
the
hydrogenation
is
rate‐determining
step
(RDS)
NO
RR.
In
this
work,
an
atomically
dispersed
cobalt‐phosphorus
(Co─P)
catalytic
pair
(CP)
with
strong
electronic
coupling
reported.
The
Co
site
Co─P
CP
effectively
activates
,
while
P
facilitates
dissociation
release
H
+
synergistically
enhancing
thermodynamic
kinetic
performance
of
electrochemical
ammonia.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(3), P. 2275 - 2285
Published: Jan. 12, 2024
The
construction
of
structurally
well-defined
supramolecular
hosts
to
accommodate
catalytically
active
species
within
a
cavity
is
promising
way
address
catalyst
deactivation.
resulting
catalysts
can
significantly
improve
the
utilization
catalytic
sites,
thereby
achieving
highly
efficient
chemical
conversion.
In
this
study,
Co-metalated
phthalocyanine
(
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(28)
Published: April 26, 2024
Abstract
Developing
stable
electrocatalysts
with
accessible
isolated
sites
is
desirable
but
highly
challenging
due
to
metal
agglomeration
and
low
surface
stability
of
host
materials.
Here
we
report
a
general
approach
for
synthesis
single‐site
Fe
by
integrating
solvated
complex
in
conductive
macroporous
organic
networks
through
redox‐active
coordination
linkages.
Electrochemical
activation
the
electrode
exposes
high‐density
coordinately
unsaturated
efficient
adsorption
conversion
reaction
substrates
such
as
NO
3
−
H
2
O.
Using
active
sites,
electrocatalytic
reduction
O
oxidation
can
be
coupled
single
cell
produce
NH
at
Faradaic
efficiencies
97
%
100
%,
respectively.
The
exhibits
excellent
robustness
electrocatalysis
200
hours
small
decrease
catalytic
efficiencies.
Both
maximized
Fe‐site
efficiency
microscopic
localization
effect
matrix
contribute
high
performances,
which
provides
new
understandings
tuning
catalysts
high‐performance
cells.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(29), P. 19951 - 19961
Published: July 4, 2024
Converting
dilute
CO2
source
into
value-added
chemicals
and
fuels
is
a
promising
route
to
reduce
fossil
fuel
consumption
greenhouse
gas
emission,
but
integrating
electrocatalysis
with
capture
still
faced
marked
challenges.
Herein,
we
show
that
self-healing
metal–organic
macrocycle
functionalized
as
an
electrochemical
catalyst
selectively
produce
methane
from
flue
air
the
lowest
applied
potential
so
far
(0.06
V
vs
reversible
hydrogen
electrode,
RHE)
through
enzymatic
activation
fashion.
The
capsule
emulates
enzyme'
pocket
abstract
one
in
situ-formed
CO2-adduct
molecule
commercial
amino
alcohols,
forming
easy-to-reduce
substrate-involving
clathrate
combine
electroreduction
for
thorough
reduction.
We
find
system
exhibited
kinetics
first
time
Michaelis–Menten
mechanism
reduction
of
maintained
Faraday
efficiency
(FE)
74.24%
selectivity
over
99%
continuous
operation
200
h.
A
consecutive
working
lab
at
50
mA·cm–2,
eleven-for-one
(10
h
1
healing)
electrolysis
manner,
gives
turnover
number
(TON)
more
than
10,000
within
100
integrated
facilitates
(ca.
13.0%
CO2)
400
ppm
42.7
mL
CH4
1.0
m3
air).
new
strategy
molecular
electrocatalyst
manner
anodic
shifting
potentials
provided
departure
existing
catalytic
techniques.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(44), P. 30685 - 30691
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
porphyrin
box-based
MOF
with
hierarchical
superstructures
was
synthesized,
exhibiting
enhanced
performance
in
singlet
oxygen-mediated
photooxidation.