Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally
benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic …

The electronic metal–support interaction (EMSI), which acts as a bridge between theoretical
electronic study and the design of heterogenous catalysts, has attracted much attention …

Aqueous electrolytes are the leading candidate to meet the surging demand for safe and low-
cost storage batteries. Aqueous electrolytes facilitate more sustainable battery technologies …

Developing highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts toward oxygen evolution reaction
(OER) is an urgent demand to produce clean hydrogen energy. In this study, a series of …

As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Spinels with the formula of AB2O4 (where A and B are metal ions) and the properties of
magnetism, optics, electricity, and catalysis have taken significant roles in applications of …

Sunlight is by far the most plentiful renewable energy resource, providing Earth with enough
power to meet all of humanity's needs several hundred times over. However, it is both diffuse …

Aluminum is a naturally abundant, trivalent charge carrier with high theoretical specific
capacity and volumetric energy density, rendering aluminum-ion batteries a technology of …

Water electrolysis is the most promising method for efficient production of high purity
hydrogen (and oxygen), while the required power input for the electrolysis process can be …

A fundamental change has been achieved in understanding surface electrochemistry due to
the profound knowledge of the nature of electrocatalytic processes accumulated over the …