electrocatalysis
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- Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a promising water treatment technology that is proposed to solve water scarcity.
- Nanostructured ceria doped with other rare earth elements is a good oxygen ion conductor, which gives rise to various catalytic applications such as the construction of membranes for syngas production by partial oxidation of methane.
- Conducting mesoporous TiO2 is rapidly gaining importance for green energy applications.
- Nickel cobaltate (NCO)with high pseudo-capacitance is mostly micron materials, and agglomeration is prone to occur in the process of electrode reaction.
- Nanosheets with large exposed surface and high chemical activity are of paramount significance for catalysis, gas sensing and energy storage.
- Because of its unique reductive properties, nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) has been widely used in soil and groundwater remediation.
- Metal molybdates nanostructures hold great promise as high-performance electrode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
- The electro-catalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to produce ammonia is a significant and challenging mission in chemistry, in which metal-free NRR catalysts with high activity, stability and selectivity are still highly desired.
- Well crystallized, shape-formed, and electrochemically active lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) films are electroplated directly on an electron-conducting substrate in an aqueous solution using a soft solution processing that is economical, consumes less energy consuming, and is environmentally friendly.
- Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is one of the methods which have the capability to recycle CO2 into valuable products for energy and industrial applications.
- Electrohydrodynamic and hydroelectric effects at the water-solid interface are of fundamental importance and also underpin many important applications ranging from the controlled liquid transport by applying an external electric field to the power generation from moving liquid.
- Pyrite, FeS2, is a promising sodium battery electrode candidate owing to its abundance in natural resources; however, it suffers from poor cyclic performance and poor rate performance, which hinders its large-scale commercial application.
- Nitrogen-doped graphene exhibits high electrocatalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which is essential for many renewable energy technologies.
- As a potential multi-electron electrode material for next generation lithium ion batteries, iron fluoride (FeF3) and its analogues are attracting much more attentions.
- Water-fed electrolysers are promising for conversion of carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, but suffer stability issues due to precipitate formation at the cathode.
- Metal cluster catalysts have aroused much interest in the field of electrocatalysis due to high degree of materials utilization and strong substrate interaction, but negative effects such as materials aggregation must be minimized.
- Titanium is under consideration as a potential stable bio-anode because of its high conductivity, suitable mechanical properties, and electrochemical inertness in the operating potential window of bio-electrochemical systems; however, its application is limited by its poor electron-transfer capacity with electroactive bacteria and weak ability to form biofilms on its hydrophobic surface.
- Many materials have been explored as potential hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts to generate clean hydrogen fuel via water electrolysis, but none so far compete with the highly efficient and stable (but cost prohibitive) noble metals.
- Over the past decade, a wide range of nanomaterials have attracted extensive attention for artificial enzymes (nanozymes) to meet task-specific applications because of their intrinsic enzyme-like catalytic activities.