A review on theoretical models for lithium–sulfur battery cathodes

S Feng, ZH Fu, X Chen, Q Zhang - InfoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been considered as promising battery systems
due to their huge advantages on theoretical energy density and rich resources. However …

Advances and Challenges for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO: From Fundamentals to Industrialization

S Jin, Z Hao, K Zhang, Z Yan, J Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) provides an attractive
approach to convert renewable electricity into fuels and feedstocks in the form of chemical …

Electrocatalysis for CO 2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

G Wang, J Chen, Y Ding, P Cai, L Yi, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuously increasing CO2 released from human activities poses a great threat to
human survival by fluctuating global climate and disturbing carbon balance among the four …

In situ dual doping for constructing efficient CO2-to-methanol electrocatalysts

P Li, J Bi, J Liu, Q Zhu, C Chen, X Sun, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Methanol is a highly desirable product of CO2 electroreduction due to its wide array of
industrial applications. However, the development of CO2-to-methanol electrocatalysts with …

Imidazolium-functionalized Mo3P nanoparticles with an ionomer coating for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to propane

M Esmaeilirad, Z Jiang, AM Harzandi, A Kondori… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Propane is a tri-carbon (C3) alkane widely used as a fuel. Despite recent advances in CO2
electrocatalysis, the production of C3+ molecules directly from CO2 is challenging due to …

Improving CO2 photoconversion with ionic liquid and Co single atoms

Y Liu, J Sun, H Huang, L Bai, X Zhao, B Qu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photocatalytic CO2 conversion promises an ideal route to store solar energy into chemical
bonds. However, sluggish electron kinetics and unfavorable product selectivity remain …

Atomistic understanding of two-dimensional electrocatalysts from first principles

X Zhao, ZH Levell, S Yu, Y Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional electrocatalysts have attracted great interest in recent years for renewable
energy applications. However, the atomistic mechanisms are still under debate. Here we …

Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte

S Nitopi, E Bertheussen, SB Scott, X Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce
valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol, from electrochemical …

Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide Driven by the Intrinsic Defects in the Carbon Plane of a Single Fe–N4 Site

W Ni, Z Liu, Y Zhang, C Ma, H Deng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating the in‐plane defects of metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts to regulate the
electroreduction reaction of CO2 (CO2RR) remains a challenging task. Here, it is …

Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO

J Gu, CS Hsu, L Bai, HM Chen, X Hu - Science, 2019 - science.org
Currently, the most active electrocatalysts for the conversion of CO2 to CO are gold-based
nanomaterials, whereas non–precious metal catalysts have shown low to modest activity …