[HTML][HTML] Defect and interface engineering for aqueous electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

Y Wang, P Han, X Lv, L Zhang, G Zheng - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction (ECR) with rationally designed electrocatalysts is a
promising strategy to reduce CO 2 emission and produce value-added products. Reactive …

Recent Progress in Surface-Defect Engineering Strategies for Electrocatalysts toward Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: A Review

S Balu, A Hanan, H Venkatesvaran, SW Chen… - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is one of the biggest threats to the
world. As per the IEA report of 2021, global CO2 emissions amounted to around 31.5 Gt …

Highly efficient binary copper− iron catalyst for photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction toward methane

B Zhou, P Ou, N Pant, S Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A rational design of an electrocatalyst presents a promising avenue for solar fuels synthesis
from carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation but is extremely challenging. Herein, we use density …

Experimental identification of topological defects in 2D colloidal glass

V Vaibhav, A Bera, ACY Liu, M Baggioli, P Keim… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Topological defects are singularities within a field that cannot be removed by continuous
transformations. The definition of these irregularities requires an ordered reference …

Plasticity in amorphous solids is mediated by topological defects in the displacement field

M Baggioli, I Kriuchevskyi, TW Sirk, A Zaccone - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The microscopic mechanism by which amorphous solids yield plastically under an externally
applied stress or deformation has remained elusive in spite of enormous research activity in …

Topological defects reveal the plasticity of glasses

M Baggioli - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
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Deformations, relaxation, and broken symmetries in liquids, solids, and glasses: A unified topological field theory

M Baggioli, M Landry, A Zaccone - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
We combine hydrodynamic and field theoretic methods to develop a general theory of
phonons as Goldstone bosons in crystals, glasses, and liquids based on nonaffine …

Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Amorphous Photocatalysts: Fundamental Hypotheses and Applications in CO2 Photoreduction

NS Powar, D Kim, SI In - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In principle, photocatalytic activity can be precisely controlled with crystalline catalysts.
However, an amorphous photocatalyst could be a viable candidate for CO2 photoreduction …

Clustering of negative topological charges precedes plastic failure in 3D glasses

A Bera, M Baggioli, TC Petersen, TW Sirk… - PNAS …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The deformation mechanism in amorphous solids subjected to external shear remains
poorly understood because of the absence of well-defined topological defects mediating the …

Nanoarchitectonics of amorphous Fe–Ni–B nanosheets for high throughput overall water splitting reaction

A Yadav, A Kumar, SK Purkayastha, AK Guha… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amorphous and defect rich Fe–Ni–B alloy nanosheets are developed which can efficiently
catalyzes both the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction (HER, OER) at low …