Advanced electrocatalysts with unusual active sites for electrochemical water splitting

H Sun, X Xu, H Kim, Z Shao, WC Jung - InfoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting represents a promising technology for green hydrogen
production. To design advanced electrocatalysts, it is crucial to identify their active sites and …

Research progresses on the application of perovskite in adsorption and photocatalytic removal of water pollutants

L Huang, X Huang, J Yan, Y Liu, H Jiang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of global water pollution and scarcity of water resources is becoming
increasingly serious. Multifunctional perovskites can well drive adsorption and photocatalytic …

Generating dual-active species by triple-atom sites through peroxymonosulfate activation for treating micropollutants in complex water

Q Zhou, C Song, P Wang, Z Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-triggered radical and nonradical active species can
synergistically guarantee selectively removing micropollutants in complex wastewater; …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid complete reconfiguration induced actual active species for industrial hydrogen evolution reaction

L Wang, Y Hao, L Deng, F Hu, S Zhao, L Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rational regulation of electrochemical reconfiguration and exploration of activity origin are
important foundations for realizing the optimization of electrocatalyst activity, but rather …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen spillover in complex oxide multifunctional sites improves acidic hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

J Dai, Y Zhu, Y Chen, X Wen, M Long, X Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Improving the catalytic efficiency of platinum for the hydrogen evolution reaction is valuable
for water splitting technologies. Hydrogen spillover has emerged as a new strategy in …

Nanoparticulate WN/Ni3C Coupling in Ceramic Coatings for Boosted Urea Electro‐Oxidation

Y Feng, N Ran, X Wang, Q Liu, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urea electrolysis can convert urea from urea‐rich wastewater to hydrogen for environmental
protection and sustainable energy production. However, the sluggish kinetics of urea …

Orbital occupancy and spin polarization: from mechanistic study to rational design of transition metal-based electrocatalysts toward energy applications

VH Do, JM Lee - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, development of electrocatalysts for energy applications has
extensively transitioned from trial-and-error methodologies to more rational and directed …

Manipulating electron redistribution induced by asymmetric coordination for electrocatalytic water oxidation at a high current density

S Zhao, F Hu, L Yin, L Li, S Peng - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Electronic structure manipulation with regard to active site coordination is an effective
strategy to improve the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. Herein, we …

[HTML][HTML] Monometallic interphasic synergy via nano-hetero-interfacing for hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolytes

K Dastafkan, X Shen, RK Hocking, Q Meyer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic synergy is a functional yet underrated concept in electrocatalysis. Often, it
materializes as intermetallic interaction between different metals. We demonstrate …

[HTML][HTML] OH spectator at IrMo intermetallic narrowing activity gap between alkaline and acidic hydrogen evolution reaction

J Zhang, L Zhang, J Liu, C Zhong, Y Tu, P Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction in base has resulted in large activity
gap between acidic and alkaline electrolytes. Here, we present an intermetallic IrMo …