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 …

Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang, Y Feng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn–air batteries: design concepts, recent progress and future perspectives

X Zou, M Tang, Q Lu, Y Wang, Z Shao… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
With increasing interest in energy storage solutions, rapid progress has been made by
researchers in the area of rechargeable Zn–air batteries (R-ZABs), which offer multiple …

Recent advances of noble-metal-free bifunctional oxygen reduction and evolution electrocatalysts

CX Zhao, JN Liu, J Wang, D Ren, BQ Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction and evolution reactions constitute the core process of many vital energy
storage or conversion techniques. However, the kinetic sluggishness of the oxygen redox …

Photoelectrochemical energy storage materials: design principles and functional devices towards direct solar to electrochemical energy storage

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced solar energy utilization technologies have been booming for carbon-neutral and
renewable society development. Photovoltaic cells now hold the highest potential for …

Sequential phase conversion‐induced phosphides heteronanorod arrays for superior hydrogen evolution performance to Pt in wide pH media

H Yang, P Guo, R Wang, Z Chen, H Xu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing an efficient and non‐precious pH‐universal hydrogen evolution reaction
electrocatalyst is highly desirable for hydrogen production by electrochemical water splitting …

Decoration of NiFe‐LDH Nanodots Endows Lower Fe‐d Band Center of Fe1‐N‐C Hollow Nanorods as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts with Small Overpotential …

ZQ Liu, X Liang, FX Ma, YX Xiong… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐atom Fe‐N‐C (denoted as Fe1‐N‐C) catalysts exhibit inadequate
bifunctional activities to conquer the sluggish oxygen reduction and evolution reaction …

A review of precious‐metal‐free bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts: rational design and applications in Zn− air batteries

HF Wang, C Tang, Q Zhang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The bifunctional electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) and oxygen
evolution reactions (OERs) is critical for the development of rechargeable Zn–air batteries …

Recent progress in electrically rechargeable zinc–air batteries

J Fu, R Liang, G Liu, A Yu, Z Bai, L Yang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, the surging interest for higher‐energy‐density, cheaper, and safer
battery technology has spurred tremendous research efforts in the development of improved …

Interface engineering of air electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

M Luo, W Sun, BB Xu, H Pan… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of high costs and the insufficient energy density of current lithium‐ion batteries,
aqueous rechargeable zinc (Zn)–air batteries with the advantages of low cost …