Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Ligand-free synthesis of noble metal nanocatalysts for electrocatalysis

L Lu, H Zheng, Y Li, Y Zhou, B Fang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Noble metal nanocatalysts have shown excellent activities for electrocatalysis. The
commonly used method to synthesize these nanocatalysts is the colloidal synthesis, during …

Interstitial boron-triggered electron-deficient Os aerogels for enhanced pH-universal hydrogen evolution

Y Li, CK Peng, H Hu, SY Chen, JH Choi, YG Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developing high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is
crucial for sustainable hydrogen production, yet still challenging. Here, we report boron …

Poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels with broad‐range tunable mechanical properties via the Hofmeister effect

S Wu, M Hua, Y Alsaid, Y Du, Y Ma, Y Zhao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, exhibiting wide applications in soft robotics, tissue engineering, implantable
electronics, etc., often require sophisticately tailoring of the hydrogel mechanical properties …

Phosphorus doped nickel-molybdenum aerogel for efficient overall water splitting

B Zhang, F Yang, X Liu, N Wu, S Che, Y Li - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing cost-effective bifunctional water splitting electrocatalyst is of significant
importance for clean energy applications. Herein, we reported a P-doped Ni-Mo bimetal …

PdBi single‐atom alloy aerogels for efficient ethanol oxidation

H Wang, L Jiao, L Zheng, Q Fang, Y Qin… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom alloys (SAAs) have ignited a surge of unprecedented interest as the advanced
nanomaterials and opened many opportunities for wide applications. Herein, 3D porous …

Printed aerogels: Chemistry, processing, and applications

J Feng, BL Su, H Xia, S Zhao, C Gao, L Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an extraordinarily lightweight and porous functional nanomaterial family, aerogels have
attracted considerable interest in academia and industry in recent decades. Despite the …

Pd metallene aerogels with single-atom W doping for selective ethanol oxidation

H Wang, H Zheng, L Ling, Q Fang, L Jiao, L Zheng… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of advanced electrocatalysts with satisfactory C1 pathway selectivity for
the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) is critical. Herein, a bubbling CO-induced gelation …

Unveiling reductant chemistry in fabricating noble metal aerogels for superior oxygen evolution and ethanol oxidation

R Du, J Wang, Y Wang, R Hübner, X Fan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Amongst various porous materials, noble metal aerogels attract wide attention due to their
concurrently featured catalytic properties and large surface areas. However, insufficient …

[PDF][PDF] Metal aerogels: Controlled synthesis and applications

N Wang, Y Li, Q Cui, X Sun, Y Hu, Y Luo… - Acta Phys.-Chim …, 2023 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Emerging as one of the youngest members in the family of porous materials, metal aerogels
(MAs) are a new class of aerogels entirely built of nanostructured metals such as gold, silver …