Facet effects on bimetallic ZnSn hydroxide microcrystals for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction
August 2024
Employing crystal facets to regulate the catalytic properties in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR) has been well demonstrated on electrocatalysts containing single metals but...
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Armoring lithium metal anode with soft–rigid gradient interphase toward high-capacity and long-life all-solid-state battery
August 2024
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are highly promising for realizing high-capacity, low-cost, and safe Li metal batteries. However, the Li dendritic growth and side reactions between Li and SPEs also...
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Reversible aqueous aluminum metal batteries enabled by a water-in-salt electrolyte
July 2024
Aluminum (Al), the most abundant metallic element on the earth crust, has been reckoned as a promising battery material for its the highest theoretical volume capacity (8046 mAh cm−3). Being rechargeable...
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FCF-LDH/BiVO4 with synergistic effect of physical enrichment and chemical adsorption for efficient reduction of nitrate
July 2024
Photoelectrochemical NO3− reduction (PEC NITRR) not only provides a promising solution for promoting the global nitrogen cycle, but also converts NO3− to the important chemicals (NH3). However, it is...
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Bimetallic CoNi single atoms supported on three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous chromia: highly active catalysts for n-hexane combustion
July 2024
Developing the alternative supported noble metal catalysts with low cost, high catalytic efficiency, and good resistance toward carbon dioxide and water vapor is critically demanded for the oxidative...
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July 2024
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Surface-neutralization engineered NiCo-LDH/phosphate hetero-sheets toward robust oxygen evolution reaction
July 2024
Developing highly active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts with robust durability is essential in producing high-purity hydrogen through water electrolysis. Layered double hydroxide (LDH)...
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to syngas
July 2024
While carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major greenhouse gas, it is also an important C1 resource. In the trend of energy conservation and emission reduction, electrocatalytic reduction has become a very promising...
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CAOSA-extracted lignin improves enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose
July 2024
The conversion of biomass into sugar platform compounds is very important for the biorefinery industry. Pretreatment is essential to the biomass of the sugar platform, however, the lignin obtained by...
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Tailoring NH4+ storage by regulating oxygen defect in ammonium vanadate
July 2024
Defect engineering is an effective strategy for modifying the energy storage materials to improve their electrochemical performance. However, the impact of oxygen defect and its content on the electrochemical...
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July 2024
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Methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production driven by an atomically precise Cu catalyst
July 2024
Plasmon-induced hot-electron transfer from metal nanostructures is being intensely pursed in current photocatalytic research, however it remains elusive whether molecular-like metal clusters with excitonic...
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Facile synthesis of accordion-like porous carbon from waste PET bottles-based MIL-53(Al) and its application for high-performance Zn-ion capacitor
July 2024
It is of great scientific and economic value to recycle waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) into high-value PET-based metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and further convert it into porous carbon...
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Advanced oxidation via the synergy of C-defective/ C–O band modified ultrathin porous g-C3N4 and PMS for efficient photothermal degradation of bisphenol pollutants and lignin derivatives
July 2024
This work uses thermal polymerization of urea nitrate, oxyacetic acid and urea as the raw material to prepare ultra-thin porous carbon nitride with carbon defects and C–O band (OA-UN-CN). Density functional...
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Solar-assisted two-stage catalytic membrane reactor for coupling CO2 splitting with methane oxidation reaction
Available online 24 July 2024
A two-stage catalytic membrane reactor (CMR) that couples CO2 splitting with methane oxidation reactions was constructed based on an oxygen-permeable perovskite asymmetric membrane. The asymmetric membrane...
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Boosting electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO using molecule-regulated Ag nanoparticle in ionic liquids
Available online 18 July 2024
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a promising approach to convert CO2 to high-valued chemicals and fuels. However, developing efficient electrocatalysts featuring desirable activity and selectivity...
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Heterogeneous iron-based catalysts for a sustainable photoinduced nitrogen fixation.
Available online 14 July 2024
Ammonia is nowadays one of the most important commodities chemicals intensively produced at about 175 million tons per year, contributing to 1.8 % of the global energy demand. The constantly increasing...
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Copper Silicate Nanoneedle Arrays on Reduced Graphene Oxide Like “Shelter Forest” Guiding Zn Gradient Deposition
Available online 14 July 2024
With the sustainable and efficient development of aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs), the research on addressing the issues of the adaptability and durability of zinc anodes has been hot-topic and is...
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Rational engineering of triazine-benzene linked covalent-organic frameworks for efficient CO2 photoreduction
Available online 5 July 2024
Three large π-conjugated and imine-based COFs, named TFP-TAB, TFP-TTA, and TTA-TTB, were synthesized via the ordered incorporation of benzene and triazine rings in the same host framework to study how...
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Synergistic Li6PS5Cl@Li3OCl composite electrolyte for high-performance all-solid-state lithium batteries
Available online 4 July 2024
Li6PS5Cl is a highly wanted sulfide-solid-electrolyte (SSE) for developing all-solid-state lithium batteries, due to its high ionic conductivity, good processability and abundant compositional elements....
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Towards carbon neutrality of calcium carbide-based acetylene production with sustainable biomass resources
June 2024
Acetylene is produced from the reaction between calcium carbide (CaC2) and water, while the production of CaC2 generates significant amount of carbon dioxide not only because it is an energy-intensive...
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