Recent advances in multi-scale design and construction of materials for direct methanol fuel cells

Z Xia, X Zhang, H Sun, S Wang, G Sun - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
As one of the substitute power sources with low environmental impact and high energy
density, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) show great potentials in applications of portable …

Adsorptive removal and separation of chemicals with metal-organic frameworks: contribution of π-complexation

NA Khan, SH Jhung - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Efficient removal and separation of chemicals from the environment has become a vital
issue from a biological and environmental point of view. Currently, adsorptive …

Enhanced interfacial solar evaporation through formation of micro‐meniscuses and microdroplets to reduce evaporation enthalpy

Z Yu, R Gu, Y Tian, P Xie, B Jin… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar water evaporation, a promising way to address water shortages and water
pollution, has attracted increasing attention. However, low evaporation rates limit its practical …

A flexible quasi‐solid‐state nickel–zinc battery with high energy and power densities based on 3D electrode design

J Liu, C Guan, C Zhou, Z Fan, Q Ke, G Zhang… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201603038 foil and/or other metal supports also decreases the energy
density and flexibility of the full device. Besides, the overall power density and energy …

Enhancing oxidation resistance of Cu (I) by tailoring microenvironment in zeolites for efficient adsorptive desulfurization

YX Li, JX Shen, SS Peng, JK Zhang, J Wu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The zeolite Cu (I) Y is promising for adsorptive removal of thiophenic sulfur
compounds from transportation fuels. However, its application is seriously hindered by the …

High‐performance flexible solid‐state Ni/Fe battery consisting of metal oxides coated carbon cloth/carbon nanofiber electrodes

C Guan, W Zhao, Y Hu, Q Ke, X Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous Ni/Fe batteries have great potential as flexible energy storage devices, owing to
their low cost, low toxicity, high safety, and high energy density. However, the poor cycling …

Polypyrrole nanomaterials: Structure, preparation and application

L Hao, C Dong, L Zhang, K Zhu, D Yu - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, nanostructured polypyrrole (PPy) has been widely studied because of its
many specific properties, which have obvious advantages over bulk-structured PPy. This …

Sustainable Separations of C4‐Hydrocarbons by Using Microporous Materials

M Gehre, Z Guo, G Rothenberg, S Tanase - ChemSusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Petrochemical refineries must separate hydrocarbon mixtures on a large scale for the
production of fuels and chemicals. Typically, these hydrocarbons are separated by …

Nanosized proton conductor array with high specific surface area improves fuel cell performance at low Pt loading

F Ning, J Qin, X Dan, S Pan, C Bai, M Shen, Y Li, X Fu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of ordered catalyst layers, based on micro-/nanostructured arrays such as the
ordered Nafion array, has demonstrated great potential in reducing catalyst loading and …

Facile loading of Cu (I) in MIL-100 (Fe) through redox-active Fe (II) sites and remarkable propylene/propane separation performance

AR Kim, TU Yoon, EJ Kim, JW Yoon, SY Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel Cu (I) loading method, which includes the reduction of CuCl 2 to CuCl without an
external reducing agent and high-temperature calcination, was developed using the redox …