Waste-derived catalysts for water electrolysis: circular economy-driven sustainable green hydrogen energy

Z Chen, S Yun, L Wu, J Zhang, X Shi, W Wei, Y Liu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
The sustainable production of green hydrogen via water electrolysis necessitates cost-
effective electrocatalysts. By following the circular economy principle, the utilization of waste …

Structural design of supported electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

Q Lu, X Zou, Y Bu, Z Shao - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Rechargeable Zn–air batteries, which combine the key features of secondary batteries and
fuel cells, have been regarded as the next-generation energy storage/conversion device in …

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 …

Efficient oxygen reduction catalysts of porous carbon nanostructures decorated with transition metal species

X Huang, T Shen, T Zhang, H Qiu, X Gu… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developing substitutes of noble metal catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at
the cathode is of vital importance for promoting low‐temperature polymer electrolyte …

A facile and scalable strategy for fabrication of superior bifunctional freestanding air electrodes for flexible zinc–air batteries

T Liu, J Mou, Z Wu, C Lv, J Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The large‐scale fabrication of efficient and inexpensive bifunctional catalysts is highly
desirable but very challenging for oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction …

A review on biomass-derived N-doped carbons as electrocatalysts in electrochemical energy applications

S Park, J Kim, K Kwon - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of biomass-derived N-doped carbonaceous materials as electrocatalysts
is of great importance considering their resource abundance in the earth, low price, ease …

Recent advances in materials and design of electrochemically rechargeable zinc–air batteries

X Chen, Z Zhou, HE Karahan, Q Shao, L Wei, Y Chen - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The century‐old zinc–air (Zn–air) battery concept has been revived in the last decade due to
its high theoretical energy density, environmental‐friendliness, affordability, and safety …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into rechargeable Zn-air batteries for future advancements in energy storing technology

A Iqbal, OM El-Kadri, NM Hamdan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to its high theoretical specific energy density, low cost, abundance and environmental
friendliness, the rechargeable Zn-Air batteries (ZAB) are becoming the most prevalent …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries enabled by carbon and carbon composites

J Zhao, D Wei, C Zhang, Q Shao… - Engineered …, 2021 - espublisher.com
The merits, such as high specific capacity, less self-discharge and high storage life, make
Zinc (Zn)-air batteries promising to serve as energy storage and conversion equipment to …

Biomass-derived bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reaction: A review

SS Sekhon, J Lee, JS Park - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen electrode catalysts are important as inter-conversion of O 2 and H 2 O is crucial for
energy technologies. However, the sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction and evolution …