Chemical Society Reviews,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
53(3), С. 1447 - 1494
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
A
comprehensive
overview
on
organic
polymers
as
electrocatalysts
is
summarized.
By
presenting
the
engineering
strategies,
insightful
understandings,
challenges,
and
perspectives,
we
hope
this
review
can
provide
valuable
references
for
readers.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
62(24)
Опубликована: Март 27, 2023
The
sluggish
kinetics
and
mutual
interference
of
oxygen
evolution
reduction
reactions
in
the
air
electrode
resulted
large
charge/discharge
overpotential
low
energy
efficiency
Zn-air
batteries.
In
this
work,
we
designed
a
breathing
air-electrode
configuration
battery
using
P-type
Ca3
Co4
O9
N-type
CaMnO3
as
charge
discharge
thermoelectrocatalysts,
respectively.
Seebeck
voltages
generated
from
thermoelectric
effect
synergistically
compensated
overpotentials.
carrier
migration
accumulation
on
cold
surface
optimized
electronic
structure
metallic
sites
thus
enhanced
their
intrinsic
catalytic
activity.
overpotentials
were
by
101
90
mV,
respectively,
at
temperature
gradient
200
°C.
displayed
remarkable
68.1
%.
This
work
provides
an
efficient
avenue
towards
utilizing
waste
heat
for
improving
battery.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 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.
Nano-Micro Letters,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(1)
Опубликована: Март 26, 2024
Zinc-air
batteries
(ZABs)
are
promising
energy
storage
systems
because
of
high
theoretical
density,
safety,
low
cost,
and
abundance
zinc.
However,
the
slow
multi-step
reaction
oxygen
heavy
reliance
on
noble-metal
catalysts
hinder
practical
applications
ZABs.
Therefore,
feasible
advanced
non-noble-metal
electrocatalysts
for
air
cathodes
need
to
be
identified
promote
catalytic
reaction.
In
this
review,
we
initially
introduced
advancement
ZABs
in
past
two
decades
provided
an
overview
key
developments
field.
Then,
discussed
working
mechanism
design
bifunctional
from
perspective
morphology
design,
crystal
structure
tuning,
interface
strategy,
atomic
engineering.
We
also
included
studies,
machine
learning,
characterization
technologies
provide
a
comprehensive
understanding
structure-performance
relationship
pathways
redox
reactions.
Finally,
challenges
prospects
related
designing