Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20, P. 100383 - 100383
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Global
water
bodies
are
increasingly
imperiled
by
nitrate
pollution,
primarily
originating
from
industrial
waste,
agricultural
runoffs,
and
urban
sewage.
This
escalating
environmental
crisis
challenges
traditional
treatment
paradigms
necessitates
innovative
solutions.
Electro-catalysis,
especially
utilizing
copper-based
catalysts,
known
for
their
efficiency,
cost-effectiveness,
eco-friendliness,
offer
a
promising
avenue
the
electro-catalytic
reduction
of
to
ammonia.
In
this
review,
we
systematically
consolidate
current
research
on
diverse
including
pure
Cu,
Cu
alloys,
oxides,
single-atom
entities,
composites.
Furthermore,
assess
catalytic
performance,
operational
mechanisms,
future
directions
find
effective,
long-term
solutions
purification
ammonia
synthesis.
Electro-catalysis
technology
shows
potential
in
mitigating
pollution
has
strategic
importance
sustainable
management.
As
application,
regarding
complexity
real
water,
scale-up
commerical
efficient
collection
produced
NH
Applied Physics Reviews,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(4)
Published: Nov. 28, 2022
Nanomaterials
with
high
purity
and
functionality
are
in
demand
for
diverse
applications
the
energy
environmental
domains,
making
them
an
intensively
researched
issue.
The
production
of
novel
electro-
photoactive
nanomaterials
has
been
profoundly
influenced
by
synthetic
routes
that
make
possible
development
surface
crystalline-tuned
advanced
materials.
significant
size
textural
tailored
properties
materials
synthesized
through
laser
interaction
matter
have
emerged
as
a
promising
technique.
high-power
pulsed
laser-assisted
synthesis
liquids
provides
many
degrees
parameter
control
(i.e.,
power,
wavelength,
reaction
time
duration,
pulse
repetition
rate,
solvent)
numerous
advantages
over
traditional
physical
chemical
methods,
such
purity,
no
byproducts,
simple,
nontoxic,
need
surfactants
reducing
agents.
We
first
focused
on
fundamental
insights
into
mechanism
techniques
depth
this
paper,
taking
account
various
experimental
conditions
to
accelerate
hypotheses
appropriate
efficient
nanomaterials.
advancement
using
technologies,
which
allowed
us
reveal
detailed
mechanistic
well
effective
processes.
Finally,
challenges
future
prospects
emerging
field
laser-based
concisely
proposed.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
17(8), P. 7539 - 7549
Published: March 6, 2023
Phase
engineering
of
nanocatalysts
on
specific
facets
is
critical
not
only
for
enhancing
catalytic
activity
but
also
intensely
understanding
the
impact
facet-based
phase
electrocatalytic
reactions.
In
this
study,
we
successfully
reshaped
a
two-dimensional
(2D)
MXene
(Ti3C2Tx)
obtained
by
etching
Ti3AlC2
MAX
via
pulsed
laser
irradiation
in
liquid
(PLIL)
process.
We
produced
TiO2@TiC
core-shell
structure
spheres
with
sizes
200-350
nm,
and
then
∼2
nm
ultrasmall
Pt
NPs
were
decorated
surface
using
single-step
PLIL
method.
These
advances
allow
significant
increase
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER)
under
visible
light
illumination.
The
effect
optimal
loading
time
was
identified,
resulting
Pt/TiO2@TiC/Pt-5
min
sample
demonstrated
outstanding
electrochemical
photoelectrochemical
performance.
HER
over
catalyst
exhibits
low
overpotential
48
mV
at
10
mA/cm2
an
ultralow
Tafel
slope
54.03
mV/dec
excellent
stability
50
h,
which
production
even
superior
to
that
commercial
Pt/C
catalysts
(55
mV,
62.45
mV/dec).
This
investigation
serves
as
potential
laser-dependent
provides
reliable
strategy
rational
design
fabrication
highly
effective
nanocatalysts.
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20, P. 100383 - 100383
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Global
water
bodies
are
increasingly
imperiled
by
nitrate
pollution,
primarily
originating
from
industrial
waste,
agricultural
runoffs,
and
urban
sewage.
This
escalating
environmental
crisis
challenges
traditional
treatment
paradigms
necessitates
innovative
solutions.
Electro-catalysis,
especially
utilizing
copper-based
catalysts,
known
for
their
efficiency,
cost-effectiveness,
eco-friendliness,
offer
a
promising
avenue
the
electro-catalytic
reduction
of
to
ammonia.
In
this
review,
we
systematically
consolidate
current
research
on
diverse
including
pure
Cu,
Cu
alloys,
oxides,
single-atom
entities,
composites.
Furthermore,
assess
catalytic
performance,
operational
mechanisms,
future
directions
find
effective,
long-term
solutions
purification
ammonia
synthesis.
Electro-catalysis
technology
shows
potential
in
mitigating
pollution
has
strategic
importance
sustainable
management.
As
application,
regarding
complexity
real
water,
scale-up
commerical
efficient
collection
produced
NH
