Carbon materials, owing to their excellent electrical conductivity, tailorability,
inexpensiveness and versatility, have been extensively studied as electrode materials for …

Increasing concerns over climate change and energy shortage have driven the development
of clean energy devices such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells and solar water …

Owing to their high earth‐abundance, eco‐friendliness, high electrical conductivity, large
surface area, structure tunability at the atomic/morphological levels, and excellent stability in …

Transition metal fluorides as Li-free conversion-type cathode materials have high theoretical
specific capacities, however, their preparation strategy, sluggish electrochemical kinetic and …

Three-dimensional carbon superstructures with ingenious topographies and favorable
functionalities present attractive prospects in energy fields. Compared to the simple low …

Natural products have been used to prevent and treat human diseases for thousands of
years, especially the extensive natural small molecules (NSMs) such as terpenoids, steroids …

Recently, natural biomass has been widely explored as a precursor to prepare carbon
materials due to its abundant, low-cost, and renewable character. Herein, a series of high …

Abstract Development of high-performance and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) is crucial for hydrogen economy. Inspired by hydrogen evolution …

Asphaltene with high aromaticity derived from coal direct liquefaction residue is a favorable
precursor to prepare new carbon materials because it is easy to polymerize or cross link …

The application of ZnO nanoparticles as photocatalyst is significantly hampered by limited
absorption range for solar spectrum, fast recombination of photogenerated carriers and poor …