Small Structures,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 8, 2025
CO
2
electroreduction
offers
a
promising
approach
to
reducing
the
human
carbon
footprint
by
converting
into
fuels
and
valuable
chemicals.
Physical
vapor
deposition
(PVD)
techniques,
including
sputtering,
thermal
evaporation,
pulsed
laser
deposition,
enable
fabrication
of
high‐performance
catalysts
with
controlled
morphology,
strong
adhesion,
high
purity.
These
methods
allow
precise
customization
surface
features,
enhancing
catalyst
stability
efficiency.
PVD
facilitates
various
materials,
such
as
metal
oxides,
alloys,
nanocomposites,
making
it
essential
for
developing
durable
energy
conversion
environmental
applications.
This
review
explores
role
in
reduction,
focusing
on
its
advantages
over
alternative
techniques
like
electrodeposition
chemical
deposition.
It
highlights
PVD's
ability
produce
uniform,
reproducible
films
tailored
catalytic
properties.
Challenges
related
scalability,
uniformity,
efficiency
are
discussed,
along
potential
solutions
codeposition,
multilayer
strategies,
hybrid
approaches.
Future
advancements
material
design
also
considered
enhance
performance.
By
addressing
these
aspects,
this
provides
insights
optimizing
PVD‐based
efficient
stable
reduction.
Nanoscale,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(48), P. 19577 - 19585
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Zn-NO3-
batteries
can
generate
electricity
while
producing
NH3
in
an
environmentally
friendly
manner,
making
them
a
very
promising
device.
However,
the
conversion
of
NO3-
to
involves
proton-assisted
8-electron
(8e-)
transfer
process
with
high
kinetic
barrier,
requiring
high-performance
catalysts
realize
potential
applications
this
technology.
Herein,
we
propose
heterostructured
CoO/CuO
nanoarray
electrocatalyst
prepared
on
copper
foam
(CoO/CuO-NA/CF)
that
electrocatalytically
and
efficiently
convert
at
low
achieves
maximum
yield
296.9
μmol
h-1
cm-2
Faraday
efficiency
(FE)
92.9%
-0.2
V
vs.
reversible
hydrogen
electrode
(RHE).
Impressively,
battery
based
monolithic
CoO/CuO-NA/CF
delivers
60.3
cm-2,
FENH3
82.0%,
power
density
4.3
mW
cm-2.
This
study
provides
paradigm
for
catalyst
preparation
energy-efficient
production
simultaneously
generating
electrical
energy.
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(14), P. 5060 - 5069
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Asymmetric
dual
active
sites
are
constructed
through
symbiotic
effect.
Owing
to
the
differences
in
electron
density,
adsorption
capacity
and
dipole–dipole
repulsion,
energy
barriers
reduced,
leading
selective
C
2
H
4
production.
ACS Materials Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
6(5), P. 1769 - 1778
Published: April 3, 2024
Metal–organic
frameworks
(MOFs)
have
emerged
as
promising
contenders
in
storage
applications
due
to
their
unique
properties.
In
this
study,
we
synthesized
CuZn-MOF-Px
by
meticulously
adjusting
the
laser
power
during
fabrication.
This
precise
tuning
substantially
enhanced
controlled
defects
and
porosity,
enhancing
electrode's
surface
area
specific
capacitance.
The
optimized
CuZn-MOF-P7
electrode
demonstrated
a
capacitance
of
3.7
F
cm–2
at
1
mA
current
density.
Furthermore,
showed
outstanding
durability,
holding
onto
97%
its
50
after
16000
cycles.
To
demonstrate
practical
utility,
engineered
planar
hybrid
supercapacitor
(PHSC)
employing
cathode
activated
carbon
(AC)
anode.
configuration
displayed
22.3
μWh
6.75
mW
energy
density,
respectively,
highlighting
efficiency
applicability.
work's
significance
lies
innovative
use
irradiated
approach
for
improving
performance
MOF-based
materials
devices.
