Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Electrochemical nitrate reduction: ammonia synthesis and the beyond

Y Xiong, Y Wang, J Zhou, F Liu, F Hao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural nitrogen cycle has been severely disrupted by anthropogenic activities. The overuse
of N‐containing fertilizers induces the increase of nitrate level in surface and ground waters …

Constructing Cu−C Bonds in a Graphdiyne‐Regulated Cu Single‐Atom Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction to CH4

G Shi, Y Xie, L Du, X Fu, X Chen, W Xie… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regulating intermediates through elaborate catalyst design to control the reaction direction
is crucial for promoting the selectivity of electrocatalytic CO2‐to‐CH4. M− C (M= metal) …

Confined growth of Silver–Copper Janus nanostructures with {100} facets for highly selective tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

Y Ma, J Yu, M Sun, B Chen, X Zhou, C Ye… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) holds significant potential to
promote carbon neutrality. However, the selectivity toward multicarbon products in CO2RR …

Preparation of Au@Pd Core–Shell Nanorods with fcc-2H-fcc Heterophase for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation

X Zhou, Y Ma, Y Ge, S Zhu, Y Cui, B Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Controlled construction of bimetallic nanostructures with a well-defined heterophase is of
great significance for developing highly efficient nanocatalysts and investigating the …

Recent progresses in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction on copper‐based catalysts toward multicarbon products

J Yu, J Wang, Y Ma, J Zhou, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) offers a promising way of
effectively converting CO2 to value‐added chemicals and fuels by utilizing renewable …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Rare‐earth single‐atom catalysts: a new frontier in photo/electrocatalysis

X Wang, Y Zhu, H Li, JM Lee, Y Tang, G Fu - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) provide well‐defined active sites with 100% atom utilization,
and can be prepared using a wide range of support materials. Therefore, they are attracting …

Insight on Atomically Dispersed Cu Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

J Wang, D Deng, Q Wu, M Liu, Y Wang, J Jiang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECO2R) with renewable electricity is an advanced carbon
conversion technology. At present, copper is the only metal to selectively convert CO2 into …

Research advances in amorphous‐crystalline heterostructures toward efficient electrochemical applications

Y Jin, M Zhang, L Song, M Zhang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interface engineering of heterostructures has proven a promising strategy to effectively
modulate their physicochemical properties and further improve the electrochemical …