Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X Xiao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

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 …

Electrocatalysis in alkaline media and alkaline membrane-based energy technologies

Y Yang, CR Peltier, R Zeng, R Schimmenti, Q Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …

High‐loading Co single atoms and clusters active sites toward enhanced electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction for high‐performance Zn–air battery

M Zhang, H Li, J Chen, FX Ma, L Zhen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of precious‐metal alternative electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) is highly desired for a variety of fuel cells, and single atom catalysts (SACs) …

Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic structure regulation in the design of low-cost efficient electrocatalysts: From theory to applications

R Cheng, Y Min, H Li, C Fu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalysts play a pivotal role in reducing the reaction barriers for key reactions such as
the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen …

Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding, and utilization

C Xie, D Yan, H Li, S Du, W Chen, Y Wang, Y Zou… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …

Active site engineering in porous electrocatalysts

H Chen, X Liang, Y Liu, X Ai, T Asefa… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysis is at the center of many sustainable energy conversion technologies that are
being developed to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. The past decade has witnessed …

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications

J Wang, H Kong, J Zhang, Y Hao, Z Shao… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based materials have multiple advantages including abundant sources, tunable
molecular structures, high electronic conductivity, and environmental compatibility. Rapidly …