Ultralow-coordinated Ni species boosting paired electrosynthesis of formate from waste plastic and carbon dioxide DOI
Tao Chen,

Qizhi Hu,

Chao Wu

et al.

Journal of Energy Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Work Function‐Guided Electrocatalyst Design DOI
Zhijie Chen, Tianyi Ma, Wei Wei

et al.

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(29)

Published: April 29, 2024

Abstract The development of high‐performance electrocatalysts for energy conversion reactions is crucial advancing global sustainability. design catalysts based on their electronic properties (e.g., work function) has gained significant attention recently. Although numerous reviews electrocatalysis have been provided, no such reports function‐guided electrocatalyst are available. Herein, a comprehensive summary the latest advancements in diverse electrochemical applications provided. This includes function‐based catalytic activity descriptors, and both monolithic heterostructural catalysts. measurement function first discussed descriptors various fully analyzed. Subsequently, function‐regulated material‐electrolyte interfacial electron transfer (IET) employed catalyst design, methods regulating optimizing performance discussed. In addition, key strategies tuning function‐governed material‐material IET examined. Finally, perspectives determination, put forward to guide future research. paves way rational efficient sustainable applications.

Language: Английский

Citations

50

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

Upcycling of plastic wastes for hydrogen production: Advances and perspectives DOI Creative Commons
Zhijie Chen, Wei Wei, Xueming Chen

et al.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 195, P. 114333 - 114333

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

The abundant plastic wastes become an imperative global issue, and how to handle these organic gains growing scientific industrial interest. Recently, converting into hydrogen fuel has been investigated, the "waste-to-value" practice accelerates circular economy. To accelerate development of plastic-to-hydrogen conversion, in this review, recent advances conversion via thermochemical, photocatalytic, electrocatalytic routes are analyzed. All thermo-, photo-, electrochemical processes can transform different hydrogen, production efficiency depends heavily on selected techniques, operating parameters, applied catalysts. application rational-designed catalysts promote selective from feedstocks. Further studies process optimization, cost-effective catalyst design, mechanism investigation needed.

Language: Английский

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29

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

NiCo layered double hydroxides/NiFe layered double hydroxides composite (NiCo-LDH/NiFe-LDH) towards efficient oxygen evolution in different water matrices DOI
Jin Qian,

Yichu Zhang,

Zhijie Chen

et al.

Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 345, P. 140472 - 140472

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

30

In Situ Amorphization of Electrocatalysts DOI Creative Commons

Hui-shan Meng,

Zhijie Chen,

Jinliang Zhu

et al.

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 26, 2024

Abstract Electrocatalysis represents an efficient and eco‐friendly approach to energy conversion, enabling the sustainable synthesis of valuable chemicals fuels. The deliberate engineering electrocatalysts is crucial improving efficacy scalability electrocatalysis. Notably, occurrence in situ amorphization within has been observed during various electrochemical processes, influencing conversion efficiency catalytic mechanism understanding. Of note, dynamic transformation catalysts into amorphous structures complex, often leading configurations. Therefore, revealing this process understanding function species are pivotal for elucidating structure‐activity relationship electrocatalysts, which will direct creation highly catalysts. This review examines mechanisms behind structure formation, summarizes characterization methods detecting species, discusses strategies controlling (pre)catalyst properties conditions that influence amorphization. It also emphasizes importance spontaneously formed oxidation reduction reactions. Finally, it addresses challenges electrocatalysts. aiming guide efficient, selective, stable reactions, inspire future advancements field.

Language: Английский

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15

Electrochemical alcohol oxidation reaction on Precious‐Metal‐Free catalysts: Mechanism, activity, and selectivity DOI Creative Commons
Jiawei Shi, Jun Ma,

Enze Ma

et al.

Carbon Neutralization, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(2), P. 285 - 312

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract The electrochemical alcohol oxidation reaction (AOR) is pivotal for the development of sustainable energy. complete alcohols has attracted extensive attention as a vital process in fuel cells. Moreover, an alternative to oxygen evolution reaction, selective emerges effective means lower energy expenditure associated with electrolytic hydrogen production while yielding high‐value products. Nonprecious metal materials have been widely applied catalysis due their cost‐effectiveness and excellent durability. In recent years, leveraging advantages nonprecious electrocatalytic AOR, researchers delved into catalytic mechanisms various efficient catalysts fabricated evaluated. This review provides overview current advancements diverse systems centered around materials. It systematically summarizes shared traits distinctions characteristics across systems, thereby laying theoretical foundation developing novel catalyst that are efficient, stable, highly selective. will facilitate utilization further toward alcohols.

Language: Английский

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13

Electrocatalytic upcycling of plastic waste: Progress, challenges, and future DOI Creative Commons
Jinzhou Li, J.T. Chen, Luyao Zhang

et al.

Electron, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(3)

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Abstract The escalating accumulation of plastic waste has been developed into a formidable global environmental challenge. Traditional disposal methods such as landfilling and incineration not only exacerbate degradation by releasing harmful chemicals greenhouse gases, but also squander finite resources that could otherwise be recycled or repurposed. Upcycling is kind recycling technology converts high‐value helps to avoid resource pollution. Electrocatalytic upcycling emerges novel distinguished its mild operational conditions, high transformation efficiency product selectivity. This review commences with an overview the employed in management respective advantages inherent limitations are delineated. different types upcycled electrocatalytic strategy then discussed process examined together mechanisms underlying upcycling. Furthermore, structure‐activity relationships between electrocatalysts performance elucidated. aims furnish readers comprehensive understanding techniques for provide guidance design towards efficient transformation.

Language: Английский

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12

Microenvironment Engineering of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Liquid-Phase Environmental Catalysis DOI

Zhong‐Shuai Zhu,

Shuang Zhong, Cheng Cheng

et al.

Chemical Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 124(20), P. 11348 - 11434

Published: Oct. 9, 2024

Environmental catalysis has emerged as a scientific frontier in mitigating water pollution and advancing circular chemistry reaction microenvironment significantly influences the catalytic performance efficiency. This review delves into engineering within liquid-phase environmental catalysis, categorizing microenvironments four scales: atom/molecule-level modulation, nano/microscale-confined structures, interface surface regulation, external field effects. Each category is analyzed for its unique characteristics merits, emphasizing potential to enhance efficiency selectivity. Following this overview, we introduced recent advancements advanced material system design promote (e.g., purification, transformation value-added products, green synthesis), leveraging state-of-the-art technologies. These discussions showcase was applied different reactions fine-tune regimes improve from both thermodynamics kinetics perspectives. Lastly, discussed challenges future directions engineering. underscores of intelligent materials drive development more effective sustainable solutions decontamination.

Language: Английский

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11

Electrocatalysis‐driven sustainable plastic waste upcycling DOI Creative Commons

Gaihong Wang,

Zhijie Chen, Wei Wei

et al.

Electron, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(2)

Published: April 29, 2024

Abstract With large quantities and natural resistance to degradation, plastic waste raises growing environmental concerns in the world. To achieve upcycling of into value‐added products, electrocatalytic‐driven process is emerging as an attractive option due mild operation conditions, high reaction selectivity, low carbon emission. Herein, this review provides a comprehensive overview upgrading via electrocatalysis. Specifically, key electrooxidation processes including target intermediates pathways electro‐reforming are discussed. Subsequently, advanced electrochemical systems, integration anodic monomer oxidation cathodic reduction photo‐involved electrolysis processes, summarized. The design strategies electrocatalysts with enhanced activity highlighted catalytic mechanisms electrocatalytic elucidated. promote electrochemistry‐driven sustainable waste, challenges opportunities further put forward.

Language: Английский

Citations

9