Theoretical investigation of synergistically boosting the anchoring and electrochemical performance of lithiophilic/sulfiphilic transition metal carbides for lithium–sulfur …

M Wang, J Mao, Y Pang, X Zhang, Z Yang, Z Lu… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is one of the most promising next-generation energy-storage
systems with a high energy density and low cost. However, their commercial applications …

Single Pd atomic catalyst on Mo 2 CO 2 monolayer (MXene): unusual activity for CO oxidation by trimolecular Eley–Rideal mechanism

C Cheng, X Zhang, M Wang, S Wang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The geometric stability, electronic structure and catalytic properties of a single Pd atom
deposited on a pristine Mo2CO2 monolayer and a defective Mo2CO2 monolayer with an …

Oxygen molecule dissociation on heteroatom doped graphdiyne

Z Feng, Y Ma, Y Li, R Li, Y Tang, X Dai - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Developing metal-free electrocatalysts is vitally significant for oxygen molecule dissociation.
Graphdiynes (GDY) doped with nonmetal atoms are designed and optimized as metal-free …

High electrocatalytic response of ultra-refractory ternary alloys of Ta-Hf-C carbide toward hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic media

DP Valencia, L Yate, W Aperador, Y Li… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transition metal carbide alloys are promising materials to replace platinum as electrodes in
electrocatalysts toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Although tantalum hafnium …

A First-Principles Study of O2 Dissociation on Platinum Modified Titanium Carbide: A Possible Efficient Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

S Wang, X Chu, X Zhang, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The adsorption and dissociation of O2 on the Pt modified TiC (001) surfaces with different Pt
coverages of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 ML are comparatively investigated using ab initio density …

Study of nanostructured ultra-refractory Tantalum-Hafnium-Carbide electrodes with wide electrochemical stability window

E Coy, V Babacic, L Yate, K Załęski, Y Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbides have gathered increasing attention in energy and electrochemistry
applications, mainly due to their high structural and physicochemical properties. Their high …

The adsorption and dissociation of O2 on Pd and Pt modified TaC (1 0 0) surface: A first principles study

Y Meng, X Zhang, J Mao, X Xu, Z Yang - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The adsorption and dissociation of O 2 on the palladium and platinum modified TaC (1 0 0)
surfaces were investigated based on the density functional theory calculations. It is found …