High Thermoelectric Performance of n-type BiTeSe-Based Composites Incorporated with Both Inorganic and Organic Nanoinclusions DOI

Shuhuan Yang,

Hongwei Ming, Chen Zhu

et al.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(13), P. 16732 - 16743

Published: March 20, 2024

N-type Bi

Language: Английский

Electrochemical Oxidation of Small Molecules for Energy‐Saving Hydrogen Production DOI
Hainan Sun, Xiaomin Xu, Liangshuang Fei

et al.

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(30)

Published: May 27, 2024

Abstract Electrochemical water splitting is a promising technique for the production of high‐purity hydrogen. Substituting slow anodic oxygen evolution reaction with an oxidation that thermodynamically more favorable enables energy‐efficient Moreover, this approach facilitates degradation environmental pollutants and synthesis value‐added chemicals through rational selection small molecules as substrates. Strategies small‐molecule electrocatalyst design are critical to electrocatalytic performance, focus on achieving high current density, selectivity, Faradaic efficiency, operational durability. This perspective discusses key factors required further advancement, including technoeconomic analysis, new reactor system design, meeting requirements industrial applications, bridging gap between fundamental research practical product detection separation. aims advance development hybrid electrolysis applications.

Language: Английский

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41

Dual doping: An emerging strategy to construct efficient metal catalysts for water electrolysis DOI Creative Commons
Zhijie Chen, Ning Han, Wei Wei

et al.

EcoEnergy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 114 - 140

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract Developing efficient electrocatalysts for water electrolysis is critical sustainable hydrogen energy development. For enhancing the catalytic performance of metal catalysts, dual doping has attracted enormous interest its high effectiveness and facile realization. Dual effective tuning electronic properties, electrical conductivity, populating active sites, improving stability catalysts. In this review, recent developments in cation–cation, cation–anion, anion–anion dual‐doped catalysts splitting are comprehensively summarized discussed. An emphasis put on illustrating how regulates external internal properties boosts Additionally, perspectives pointed out to guide future research engineering high‐performance heteroatom‐doped electrocatalysts.

Language: Английский

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31

Mechanosynthesized electroactive materials for sustainable energy and environmental applications: A critical review DOI Creative Commons
Zhijie Chen, Gao‐Feng Han, Asif Mahmood

et al.

Progress in Materials Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 145, P. 101299 - 101299

Published: April 16, 2024

Electrochemistry-driven techniques for advanced energy storage/conversion and environmental protection play a crucial role in achieving sustainable development goals. As an indispensable component diverse electrochemical systems, electroactive materials gain soaring interest terms of rational design synthesis. Notably, mechanochemistry-based green powerful synthesis has been widely employed to fabricate materials, given their scalability tunability. Recently, mechanochemically synthesized have applied various fields, leading significant progress. However, systematic analysis these advancements is still missing. Herein, we comprehensively discuss recent achievements mechanosynthesized applications. The mechanochemical introduced, along with different types materials. Subsequently, the review delves into applications conversion/storage systems remediation. structure-performance correlation are illustrated by discussing effects process on internal external properties performance. Lastly, key perspectives this field discussed, including monitoring, field-assisted synthesis, material performance optimization, practical applications, mechanochemistry-driven fuels/chemicals By illustrating current advances related aims shed some light upcoming research synthesis-driven sustainability.

Language: Английский

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28

Ruthenium‐Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: from Nanoparticles to Single Atoms DOI
Yanqiang Li, Xuan Liu,

Junlong Xu

et al.

Small, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(45)

Published: July 27, 2024

Abstract Benefiting from similar hydrogen bonding energy to Pt and much lower price compare with Pt, Ru based catalysts are promising candidates for electrocatalytic evolution reaction (HER). The catalytic activity of nanoparticles can be enhanced through improving their dispersion by using different supports, the strong metal supports interaction further regulate performance. In addition, single‐atom (SACs) almost 100% atomic utilization attract great attention coordinative atmosphere single atoms adjusted supports. Moreover, syngenetic effects improve performance catalysts. this review, progress HER electrocatalysts summarized according existing forms, including (NPs), (SAs) combination both NPs SAs. common such as carbon materials, oxides, phosphides sulfides classified clarify active centers. Especially, possible mechanisms reasons improved discussed experimental results theoretical calculations. Finally, some challenges opportunities prospected facilitate development HER.

Language: Английский

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Current Status and Perspectives of Dual-Atom Catalysts Towards Sustainable Energy Utilization DOI Creative Commons
Yizhe Li, Yajie Li, Hao Sun

et al.

Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Abstract The exploration of sustainable energy utilization requires the implementation advanced electrochemical devices for efficient conversion and storage, which are enabled by usage cost-effective, high-performance electrocatalysts. Currently, heterogeneous atomically dispersed catalysts considered as potential candidates a wide range applications. Compared to conventional catalysts, metal atoms in carbon-based have more unsaturated coordination sites, quantum size effect, strong metal–support interactions, resulting exceptional catalytic activity. Of these, dual-atomic (DACs) attracted extensive attention due additional synergistic effect between two adjacent atoms. DACs advantages full active site exposure, high selectivity, theoretical 100% atom utilization, ability break scaling relationship adsorption free on sites. In this review, we summarize recent research advancement DACs, includes (1) comprehensive understanding synergy atomic pairs; (2) synthesis DACs; (3) characterization methods, especially aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy synchrotron spectroscopy; (4) energy-related last part focuses great catalysis small molecules, such oxygen reduction reaction, CO 2 hydrogen evolution N reaction. future challenges opportunities also raised prospective section.

Language: Английский

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25

Bimetallic Single-Atom Catalysts for Water Splitting DOI Creative Commons
Megha A. Deshmukh, Aristides Bakandritsos, Radek Zbořil

et al.

Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: Sept. 25, 2024

Abstract Green hydrogen from water splitting has emerged as a critical energy vector with the potential to spearhead global transition fossil fuel-independent society. The field of catalysis been revolutionized by single-atom catalysts (SACs), which exhibit unique and intricate interactions between atomically dispersed metal atoms their supports. Recently, bimetallic SACs (bimSACs) have garnered significant attention for leveraging synergistic functions two ions coordinated on appropriately designed BimSACs offer an avenue rich metal–metal metal–support cooperativity, potentially addressing current limitations in effectively furnishing transformations involve synchronous proton–electron exchanges, substrate activation reversible redox cycles, simultaneous multi-electron transfer, regulation spin states, tuning electronic properties, cyclic states low energies. This review aims encapsulate growing advancements bimSACs, emphasis pivotal role generation via splitting. We subsequently delve into advanced experimental methodologies elaborate characterization SACs, elucidate discuss local coordination environment. Overall, we present comprehensive discussion deployment bimSACs both evolution reaction oxygen reaction, half-reactions electrolysis process.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable hydrogen production: Solar-powered biomass conversion explored through (Photo)electrochemical advancements DOI Creative Commons
Rajender Boddula,

Yen‐Yi Lee,

Srinivaas Masimukku

et al.

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 186, P. 1149 - 1168

Published: April 18, 2024

The incorporation of biomass waste into the process wealth creation through production hydrogen, a significant fuel source for renewable energy. Hydrogen from various sources, including crop remnants, algae, or waste, makes use easily accessible and materials, ensuring an uninterrupted supply without exhausting fossil reserves. Traditional techniques, like gasification pyrolysis, used hydrogen residues, present notable challenges such as high temperature pressure demands, substantial capital investment, risk releasing pollutants. Conversely, innovative approach photoelectrocatalytic green stands at vanguard clean energy advancements, holding great promise directly deriving with help sunlight, offering genuinely sustainable eco-friendly resolution. integration sunlight extra electrical stimulus biomass-to-hydrogen conversion, leveraging resources that are abundantly available continuously renewed, endorses truly nature this process. resultant fuel, created method, burns cleanly, emitting solely water vapor thus significantly curbing greenhouse gas emissions air pollution. This exhaustive review presents detailed evaluation utilization diverse raw covering carbohydrates, lignin, triglycerides (fats oils), proteins, terpenes production. It highlights transformative possibilities arising synergistic amalgamation electrocatalytic (EC) photocatalytic (PC) technologies, setting new pioneering era transition towards effective circular economy.

Language: Английский

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Green hydrogen production's impact on sustainable development goals DOI
C. Martínez de León,

P. Molina,

C. Ríos

et al.

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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2

High‐Efficiency Metasurface‐Based Surface‐Plasmon Lenses DOI Open Access
Feifei Liu, Dongyi Wang,

Han Zhu

et al.

Laser & Photonics Review, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(7)

Published: March 25, 2023

Abstract A device that can couple propagating light into surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) focused a small region is highly desired for on‐chip photonics applications (e.g., energy‐harvesting, sensing, etc.). However, current technologies suffer from large footprint, low working efficiency, and insufficient light‐manipulation freedom. Here, generic approach designing plasmonic lenses to generate predesigned vector SPP vortices with high efficiencies established. Constructed set of meta‐atoms exhibiting tailored reflection phases polarization‐conversion capabilities, the devices convert normally incident circularly polarized efficiencies, due both phase polarization matching. As illustrations, this study experimentally demonstrates directional conversion (coupling efficiency: 35%; utilization 98%) focusing effect at wavelength 1064 nm, two meta‐couplers in stripe arc shapes, respectively. Finally, ring‐shaped meta‐coupler designed/fabricated, generation vortex significantly enhanced efficiency as compared previous schemes demonstrated. The results pave way realizing efficiently utilize SPPs minimal footprints.

Language: Английский

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In-situ construction of hexagonal-star-shaped MnCo2S4@MoS2 boosting overall water splitting performance at large-current-density: Compositional-electronic regulation, functions, and mechanisms DOI
Tiantian Ma,

Xueran Shen,

Qingze Jiao

et al.

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 464, P. 142592 - 142592

Published: March 24, 2023

Language: Английский

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