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Bianco A, Bonchio M, Bonifazi D, Da Ros T, Maggini M, Mateo-Alonso A, Tecilla P. Celebrating Maurizio Prato's Passion, Talent and Imagination. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400127. [PMID: 38446047 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
This Editorial introduces a Special Collection of papers dedicated to Maurizio Prato, featuring prominent examples of his team's efforts to integrate complex frontier research with pioneering achievements in the field of carbon nanostructures and molecular nanoscience.
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- Alberto Bianco
- CNRS, UPR3572, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 38, 1090, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Avenida de, Tolosa 72, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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Bezerra LS, Belhout SA, Wang S, Quiroz J, de Oliveira PFM, Shetty S, Rocha G, Santos HLS, Frindy S, Oropeza FE, de la Peña O'Shea VA, Kallio AJ, Huotari S, Huo W, Camargo PHC. Triple Play of Band Gap, Interband, and Plasmonic Excitations for Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Pd/H xMoO 3 Nanoparticles in the Visible Region. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:11467-11478. [PMID: 38382920 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Plasmonic photocatalysis has been limited by the high cost and scalability of plasmonic materials, such as Ag and Au. By focusing on earth-abundant photocatalyst/plasmonic materials (HxMoO3) and Pd as a catalyst, we addressed these challenges by developing a solventless mechanochemical synthesis of Pd/HxMoO3 and optimizing photocatalytic activities in the visible range. We investigated the effect of HxMoO3 band gap excitation (at 427 nm), Pd interband transitions (at 427 nm), and HxMoO3 localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) excitation (at 640 nm) over photocatalytic activities toward the hydrogen evolution and phenylacetylene hydrogenation as model reactions. Although both excitation wavelengths led to comparable photoenhancements, a 110% increase was achieved under dual excitation conditions (427 + 640 nm). This was assigned to a synergistic effect of optical excitations that optimized the generation of energetic electrons at the catalytic sites. These results are important for the development of visible-light photocatalysts based on earth-abundant components.
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- Leticia S Bezerra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508000, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Photoactivated Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, Mostoles, Madrid 28935, Spain
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- Photoactivated Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, Mostoles, Madrid 28935, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China
- NOMATEN Centre of Excellence, National Centre for Nuclear Research. Otwock 05-400, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, PO Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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Wei M, Li M, Gao Q, Cai X, Zhang S, Fang Y, Peng F, Yang S. Bifunctional Ni Foam Supported TiO 2 @Ni 3 S 2 core@shell Nanorod Arrays for Boosting Electrocatalytic Biomass Upgrading and H 2 Production Reactions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305906. [PMID: 37857591 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Replacing traditional oxygen evoltion reaction (OER) with biomass oxidation reaction (BOR) is an advantageous alternative choice to obtain green hydrogen energy from electrocatalytic water splitting. Herein, a novel of extremely homogeneous Ni3 S2 nanosheets covered TiO2 nanorod arrays are in situ growth on conductive Ni foam (Ni/TiO2 @Ni3 S2 ). The Ni/TiO2 @Ni3 S2 electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity and long-term stability for both BOR and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Especially, taking glucose as a typical biomass, the average hydrogen production rate of the HER-glucose oxidation reaction (GOR) two-electrode system reached 984.74 µmol h-1 , about 2.7 times higher than that of in a common HER//OER two-electrode water splitting system (365.50 µmol h-1 ). The calculated power energy saving efficiency of the GOR//HER system is about 13% less than that of the OER//HER system. Meanwhile, the corresponding selectivity of the value-added formic acid produced by GOR reaches about 80%. Moreover, the Ni/TiO2 @Ni3 S2 electrode also exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity on a diverse range of typical biomass intermediates, such as urea, sucrose, fructose, furfuryl alcohol (FFA), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and alcohol (EtOH). These results show that Ni/TiO2 @Ni3 S2 has great potential in electrocatalysis, especially in replacing OER reaction with BOR reaction and promoting the sustainable development of hydrogen production.
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- Meng Wei
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 51006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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Liao W, Wang J, Ni G, Liu K, Liu C, Chen S, Wang Q, Chen Y, Luo T, Wang X, Wang Y, Li W, Chan TS, Ma C, Li H, Liang Y, Liu W, Fu J, Xi B, Liu M. Sustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm -2. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1264. [PMID: 38341446 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Nitrate (NO3‒) pollution poses significant threats to water quality and global nitrogen cycles. Alkaline electrocatalytic NO3‒ reduction reaction (NO3RR) emerges as an attractive route for enabling NO3‒ removal and sustainable ammonia (NH3) synthesis. However, it suffers from insufficient proton (H+) supply in high pH conditions, restricting NO3‒-to-NH3 activity. Herein, we propose a halogen-mediated H+ feeding strategy to enhance the alkaline NO3RR performance. Our platform achieves near-100% NH3 Faradaic efficiency (pH = 14) with a current density of 2 A cm-2 and enables an over 99% NO3--to-NH3 conversion efficiency. We also convert NO3‒ to high-purity NH4Cl with near-unity efficiency, suggesting a practical approach to valorizing pollutants into valuable ammonia products. Theoretical simulations and in situ experiments reveal that Cl-coordination endows a shifted d-band center of Pd atoms to construct local H+-abundant environments, through arousing dangling O-H water dissociation and fast *H desorption, for *NO intermediate hydrogenation and finally effective NO3‒-to-NH3 conversion.
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- Wanru Liao
- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Centre for Metamaterial Research & Innovation, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012, Beijing, PR China.
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China.
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Li H, Dai S, Wu Y, Dong Q, Chen J, Chen HT, Hu A, Chou J, Chen T. Atomic Scaled Depth Correlation to the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of Single Atom Ni Alloy to the NiO 2 Supported Pd Nanocrystal. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2207109. [PMID: 36752398 PMCID: PMC10104651 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study demonstrates the intercalation of single-atom Ni (NiSA ) substantially reduces the reaction activity of Ni oxide supported Pd nanoparticle (NiO2 /Pd) in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The results indicate the transition states kinetically consolidate the adsorption energy for the chemisorbed O and OH species on the ORR activity. Notably, the NiO2 /Ni1 /Pd performs the optimum ORR behavior with the lowest barrier of 0.49 eV and moderate second-step barrier of 0.30 eV consequently confirming its utmost ORR performance. Through the stepwise cross-level demonstrations, a structure-Eads -ΔE correspondence for the proposed NiO2 /Nin /Pd systems is established. Most importantly, such a correspondence reveals that the electronic structure of heterogeneous catalysts can be significantly differed by the segregation of atomic clusters in different dimensions and locations. Besides, the doping-depth effect exploration of the NiSA in the NiO2 /Pd structure intrinsically elucidates that the Ni atom doping in the subsurface induces the most fruitful NiSA /PdML synergy combining the electronic and strain effects to optimize the ORR, whereas this desired synergy diminishes at high Pd coverages. Overall, the results not only rationalize the variation in the redox properties but most importantly provides a precision evaluation of the process window for optimizing the configuration and composition of bimetallic catalysts in practical experiments.
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- Haolin Li
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang Sci‐Tech UniversityHangzhou310018China
- Department of Engineering and System ScienceNational Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu300044Taiwan
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringCity University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR999077China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai200234China
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringCity University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR999077China
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- Department of Electrical EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang Sci‐Tech UniversityHangzhou310018China
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- Department of Engineering and System ScienceNational Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu300044Taiwan
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringCity University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR999077China
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringCity University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR999077China
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- Department of PhysicsNational Changhua University of EducationChanghua50007Taiwan
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- Department of Engineering and System ScienceNational Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu300044Taiwan
- Hierarchical Green‐Energy Materials (Hi‐GEM) Research CentreNational Cheng Kung UniversityTainan70101Taiwan
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNational Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei10617Taiwan
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Wang Y, Li X, Huang Z, Wang H, Chen Z, Zhang J, Zheng X, Deng Y, Hu W. Amorphous Mo-doped NiS 0.5 Se 0.5 Nanosheets@Crystalline NiS 0.5 Se 0.5 Nanorods for High Current-density Electrocatalytic Water Splitting in Neutral Media. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215256. [PMID: 36461715 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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It is vitally important to develop highly active, robust and low-cost transition metal-based electrocatalysts for overall water splitting in neutral solution especially at large current density. In this work, amorphous Mo-doped NiS0.5 Se0.5 nanosheets@crystalline NiS0.5 Se0.5 nanorods (Am-Mo-NiS0.5 Se0.5 ) was synthesized using a facil one-step strategy. In phosphate buffer saline solution, the Am-Mo-NiS0.5 Se0.5 shows tiny overpotentials of 48 and 209 mV for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), 238 and 514 mV for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at 10 and 1000 mA cm-2 , respectively. Moreover, Am-Mo-NiS0.5 Se0.5 delivers excellent stability for at least 300 h without obvious degradation. Theoretical calculations revealed that the Ni sites in the defect-rich amorphous structure of Am-Mo-NiS0.5 Se0.5 owns higher electron state density and strengthened the binding energy of H2 O, which will optimize H adsorption/desorption energy barriers and reduce the adsorption energy of OER determining step.
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- Yang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Building Green Functional Materials, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, College of Information and Communication Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Melchionna M, Moro M, Adorinni S, Nasi L, Colussi S, Poggini L, Marchesan S, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Prato M, Fornasiero P. Driving up the Electrocatalytic Performance for Carbon Dioxide Conversion through Interface Tuning in Graphene Oxide-Bismuth Oxide Nanocomposites. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS 2022; 5:13356-13366. [PMID: 36465260 PMCID: PMC9710520 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c02013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The integration of graphene oxide (GO) into nanostructured Bi2O3 electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction (CO2RR) brings up remarkable improvements in terms of performance toward formic acid (HCOOH) production. The GO scaffold is able to facilitate electron transfers toward the active Bi2O3 phase, amending for the high metal oxide (MO) intrinsic electric resistance, resulting in activation of the CO2 with smaller overpotential. Herein, the structure of the GO-MO nanocomposite is tailored according to two synthetic protocols, giving rise to two different nanostructures, one featuring reduced GO (rGO) supporting Bi@Bi2O3 core-shell nanoparticles (NP) and the other GO supporting fully oxidized Bi2O3 NP. The two structures differentiate in terms of electrocatalytic behavior, suggesting the importance of constructing a suitable interface between the nanocarbon and the MO, as well as between MO and metal.
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- Michele Melchionna
- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna and Consortium INSTM, via Selmi 2, 40126Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
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- CNR-IMEM
Institute, Parco area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124Parma, Italy
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- Department
Politecnico, University of Udine, Unità
di Ricerca INSTM Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, 33100Udine, Italy
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- Institute
of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council of Italy (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna and Consortium INSTM, via Selmi 2, 40126Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna and Consortium INSTM, via Selmi 2, 40126Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
- Carbon Nanobiotechnology
Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, 48013Bilbao, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
- ICCOM-CNR,
University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy
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Gentile G, Rosso C, Criado A, Gombac V, Filippini G, Melchionna M, Fornasiero P, Prato M. New insights into the exploitation of oxidized carbon nitrides as heterogeneous base catalysts. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Shen S, Li R, Wang H, Fu J. Carbon Dot-Doped Titanium Dioxide Sheets for the Efficient Photocatalytic Performance of Refractory Pollutants. Front Chem 2021; 9:706343. [PMID: 34557472 PMCID: PMC8453265 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.706343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Broad solar light harvesting and fast photoinduced electron-hole migration are two critical factors for the catalytic capacity of photocatalytic system. In this study, novel visible light-driven carbon dot-TiO2 nanosheet (CD-TN) photocatalysts are successfully prepared by loading CDs on the surface of TNs through the hydrothermal method. The microstructure, chemical components, and optical properties of the prepared samples are characterized via X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. Congo red (CR), rhodamine B (RhB), and tetracycline (TC) are selected as pollutants to assess the catalytic performance of CD-TNs. As expected, the removal efficiencies of CD-TNs for CR, RhB, and TC are 94.6% (120 min), 97.2% (150 min), and 96.1% (60 min), respectively, obviously higher than that of pure TNs. The enhanced degradation efficiency of CD-TNs is predominantly ascribed to the merits of CDs (excellent up-conversion property and electron transfer property). Moreover, according to the several degradation cycles, CD-TNs possess the excellent stability, having removed 93.3% of CR after 120 min irradiation.
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- Shen Shen
- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre for Functional Textiles, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre for Functional Textiles, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre for Functional Textiles, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre for Functional Textiles, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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He Q, Liu H, Tan P, Xie J, Si S, Pan J. N-Fe-Cu co-doped carbon materials for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wani TU, Mohi-Ud-Din R, Wani TA, Mir RH, Itoo AM, Sheikh FA, Khan NA, Pottoo FH. Green Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2021; 22:793-807. [PMID: 33176640 DOI: 10.2174/1389201021999201110205615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carbon nanotubes are nano-sized cylindrical chicken wire-like structures made of carbon atoms. Carbon nanotubes have applications in electronics, energy storage, electromagnetic devices, environmental remediation and medicine as well. The biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes can be owed to features like low toxicity, non-immunogenicity, high in vivo stability and rapid cell entry. Carbon nanotubes have a great prospect in the treatment of diseases through diagnostic as well as therapeutic approaches. These nanostructures are interesting carriers for delivery and translocation of therapeutic molecules e.g. proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, drugs, etc. to various organs like the brain, lungs, liver, and pancreas. Commonly used methods to synthesize carbon nanotubes are arc discharge, chemical vapor deposition, pyrolysis, laser ablation etc. These methods have many disadvantages such as operation at high temperature, use of chemical catalysts, prolonged synthesis time and inclusion of toxic metallic particles in the final product requiring additional purification processes. In order to avoid these setbacks, various green chemistry-based synthetic methods have been devised, e.g., those involving interfacial polymerization, supercritical carbon dioxide drying, plant extract assisted synthesis, water- assisted synthesis, etc. This review will provide a thorough outlook of the eco-friendly synthesis of carbon nanotubes reported in the literature and their biomedical applications. Besides, the most commonly used spectroscopic techniques used for the characterization of carbon nanotubes are also discussed.
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- Taha U Wani
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600085, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Departmentof Nanotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O.BOX 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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Wang J, Tan HY, Kuo TR, Lin SC, Hsu CS, Zhu Y, Chu YC, Chen TL, Lee JF, Chen HM. In Situ Identifying the Dynamic Structure behind Activity of Atomically Dispersed Platinum Catalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2005713. [PMID: 33538084 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SAs) with the maximum atom utilization and breakthrough activities toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have attracted considerable research interests. Uncovering the nature of single-atom metal centers under operating electrochemical condition is highly significant for improving their catalytic performance, yet is poorly understood in most studies. Herein, Pt single atoms anchoring on the nitrogen-carbon substrate (PtSA /N-C) as a model system are utilized to investigate the dynamic structure of Pt single-atom centers during the HER process. Via in situ/operando synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, an intriguing structural reconstruction at atomic level is identified in the PtSA /N-C when it is subjected to the repetitive linear sweep voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry scanning. It demonstrates that the PtN bonding tends to be weakened under cathodic potentials, which induces some Pt single atoms to dynamically aggregate into forming small clusters during the HER reaction. More importantly, experimental evidence and/or indicator is offered to correlate the observed Tafel slope with the dynamic structure of Pt catalysts. This work provides an evident understanding of SAs under electrocatalytic process and offers informative insights into constructing efficient catalysts at atomic level for electrochemical water-splitting system.
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- Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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Rajagopal J, Gopinath KP, Krishnan A, Vikas Madhav N, Arun J. Photocatalytic reforming of aqueous phase obtained from liquefaction of household mixed waste biomass for renewable bio-hydrogen production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 321:124529. [PMID: 33321296 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In this study, hydrothermal liquefaction of household waste was performed to produce valuable liquid hydrocarbons with aqueous phase as by-product. Photocatalytic reforming of aqueous phase was carried out for hydrogen production. Liquefaction of 15 g waste at temperature of 320 °C and solvent to biomass ratio of 13.33 mL/g produced bio-oil of 32.4 wt% and hydrogen 21 wt% in gas product. Hydrogen production from aqueous phase was studied in presence of various concentrations of activated carbon doped Fe/TiO2 catalyst (0.2-1 wt%). Hydrogen yield was 32 wt% when 0.6 wt% of catalyst was used to reform aqueous phase. To ease of operation in economical manner the reusability study of the catalyst was evaluated and it was found to be active for three consecutive cycles. As outcome of this study, household waste can serve for a whooping amount of hydrogen (53 wt%) production via liquefaction and photocatalytic reforming process.
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- Jayaraman Rajagopal
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, 603110 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, 603110 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, 603110 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, 603110 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Waste Management, International Research Centre, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar (OMR), Chennai 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ghorbani-Choghamarani A, Taherinia Z, Heidarnezhad Z, Moradi Z. Application of Nanofibers Based on Natural Materials as Catalyst in Organic Reactions. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cringoli MC, Marchesan S, Melchionna M, Fornasiero P. Nanostructured Gels for Energy and Environmental Applications. Molecules 2020; 25:E5620. [PMID: 33260409 PMCID: PMC7730639 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nanostructured gels have emerged as an attractive functional material to innovate the field of energy, with applications ranging from extraction and purification to nanocatalysts with unprecedented performance. In this review we discuss the various classes of nanostructured gels and the most recent advancements in the field with a perspective on future directions of this challenging area.
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- Maria Cristina Cringoli
- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy; (M.C.C.); (S.M.)
- INSTM Trieste Research Unit, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy; (M.C.C.); (S.M.)
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- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy; (M.C.C.); (S.M.)
- INSTM Trieste Research Unit, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy; (M.C.C.); (S.M.)
- INSTM Trieste Research Unit, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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Goodman E, Zhou C, Cargnello M. Design of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1916-1937. [PMID: 33274270 PMCID: PMC7706093 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Controlling selectivity between competing reaction pathways is crucial in catalysis. Several approaches have been proposed to achieve this goal in traditional heterogeneous catalysts including tuning nanoparticle size, varying alloy composition, and controlling supporting material. A less explored and promising research area to control reaction selectivity is via the use of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts. These materials contain inorganic components which serve as sites for chemical reactions and organic components which either provide diffusional control or directly participate in the formation of active site motifs. Despite the appealing potential of these hybrid materials to increase reaction selectivity, there are significant challenges to the rational design of such hybrid nanostructures. Structural and mechanistic characterization of these materials play a key role in understanding and, therefore, designing these organic/inorganic hybrid catalysts. This Outlook highlights the design of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts with a brief overview of four different classes of materials and discusses the practical catalytic properties and opportunities emerging from such designs in the area of energy and environmental transformations. Key structural and mechanistic characterization studies are identified to provide fundamental insight into the atomic structure and catalytic behavior of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts. Exemplary works are used to show how specific active site motifs allow for remarkable changes in the reaction selectivity. Finally, to demonstrate the potential of hybrid catalyst materials, we suggest a characterization-based approach toward the design of biomimetic hybrid organic/inorganic materials for a specific application in the energy and environmental research space: the conversion of methane into methanol.
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Limani N, Boudet A, Blanchard N, Jousselme B, Cornut R. Local probe investigation of electrocatalytic activity. Chem Sci 2020; 12:71-98. [PMID: 34163583 PMCID: PMC8178752 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04319b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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As the world energy crisis remains a long-term challenge, development and access to renewable energy sources are crucial for a sustainable modern society. Electrochemical energy conversion devices are a promising option for green energy supply, although the challenge associated with electrocatalysis have caused increasing complexity in the materials and systems, demanding further research and insights. In this field, scanning probe microscopy (SPM) represents a specific source of knowledge and understanding. Thus, our aim is to present recent findings on electrocatalysts for electrolysers and fuel cells, acquired mainly through scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and other related scanning probe techniques. This review begins with an introduction to the principles of several SPM techniques and then proceeds to the research done on various energy-related reactions, by emphasizing the progress on non-noble electrocatalytic materials.
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- N Limani
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN Gif-sur-Yvette 91191 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN Gif-sur-Yvette 91191 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN Gif-sur-Yvette 91191 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN Gif-sur-Yvette 91191 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, LICSEN Gif-sur-Yvette 91191 France
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Ipadeola AK, Mwonga PV, Ray SC, Maphanga RR, Ozoemena KI. Bifunctional Behavior of Pd/Ni Nanocatalysts on MOF‐Derived Carbons for Alkaline Water‐splitting. ELECTROANAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202060427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Adewale K. Ipadeola
- Molecular Sciences Institute School of Chemistry University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, PO Wits Johannesburg 2050 South Africa
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- Molecular Sciences Institute School of Chemistry University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, PO Wits Johannesburg 2050 South Africa
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- Department of Physics University of South Africa, Florida Campus Johannesburg 1709 South Africa
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- Next Generation Enterprises and Institutions Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) P.O. Box 395 Pretoria 0001 South Africa
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- Molecular Sciences Institute School of Chemistry University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, PO Wits Johannesburg 2050 South Africa
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Liu M, Hof F, Moro M, Valenti G, Paolucci F, Pénicaud A. Carbon supported noble metal nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for electrochemical water splitting. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20165-20170. [PMID: 33001129 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05659f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Due to an increasing requirement of clean and sustainable hydrogen energy economy, it is significant to develop new highly effective catalysts for electrochemical water splitting. In alkaline electrolyte, Platinum (Pt) shows a much slower hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) kinetics relative to acidic condition. Here, we show a versatile synthetic approach for combining different noble metals, such as Rhodium (Rh), RhPt and Pt nanoparticles, with carbon forming noble metal nanoparticles/nanocarbon composites, denoted as Rh(nP)/nC, RhPt(nP)/nC and Pt(nP)/nC, respectively. It was found that in alkaline media these composites exhibited higher performance for the HER than the commercial Pt/C. In particular, Rh(nP)/nC displayed a small overpotential of 44 mV at a current density of 5 mA cm-2 and a low Tafel slope of 50 mV dec-1. Meanwhile, it also showed a comparable activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) to the benchmarking catalyst RuO2. The superior HER and OER performance benefits from the very small size of nanoparticles and synergy between carbon support and nanoparticles.
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- Meng Liu
- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France. and Université Bordeaux, CRPP, UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France. and Université Bordeaux, CRPP, UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France
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Wang F, Yu H, Feng T, Zhao D, Piao J, Lei J. Surface Roughed and Pt-Rich Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Front Chem 2020; 8:422. [PMID: 32582628 PMCID: PMC7287206 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Platinum-based alloys with low cost transition metals have been considered as promising electrocatalysts in the field of sustainable energy conversion and storage. Herein, chloroplatinic acid, cobalt chloride, and carbon nanotubes are used as platinum, cobalt precursors, and carriers, respectively, to prepare rich Pt dealloying PtCo nanoparticles (SD-PtCo/CNT) via co-liquid phase reduction and chemical dealloying methods. The characterization and test results confirm that PtCo alloy nanoparticles are evenly dispersed on carbon nanotubes, further dealloying and resulting in the partial dissolving of cobalt, simultaneously generating a rich Pt layer and roughly active surface. Benefiting from the unique structure, the SD-PtCo/CNT catalyst displays obviously enhanced HER activity in both acidic and alkaline conditions. In 1.0 M KOH, SD-PtCo/CNT exhibits a low overpotential of 78 mV at 10 mA/cm2 and a small tafel slope (38.28 mV/dec). In 0.5 M H2SO4, SD-PtCo/CNT still shows the superior performance compared with un-dealloying PtCo/CNT, with an overpotential of 17 mV at 10 mA/cm2 and corresponding tafel slope of 21.35 mV/dec. The high HER activity of SD-PtCo/CNT can be attributed to the formation of a platinum rich layer and the uniformly dispersed PtCo nanoparticles supported on superior conductive carbon nanotubes, suggesting its great potential for hydrogen generation via water splitting.
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- Fang Wang
- School of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.,State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing, China
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- School of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- School of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- School of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Physics and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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Ipadeola AK, Ozoemena KI. Alkaline water-splitting reactions over Pd/Co-MOF-derived carbon obtained via microwave-assisted synthesis. RSC Adv 2020; 10:17359-17368. [PMID: 35521459 PMCID: PMC9053437 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02307h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cobalt-based metal-organic framework-derived carbon (MOFDC) has been studied as a new carbon-based support for a Pd catalyst for electrochemical water-splitting; i.e., the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline medium. The study shows a high increase in the HER activity, in terms of low onset overpotential (onset η = 35 mV vs. RHE), high exchange current density (j o,s ≈ 0.22 mA cm-2), high mass activity (j o,m ≈ 59 mA mg-1), high kinetic current (j K ≈ 5-8 mA cm-2) and heterogeneous rate constant (k 0 ≈ 4 × 10-4 cm s-1), which are attributed to the high porosity of MOFDC and contribution from residual Co, while the large Tafel slope (b c = 261 mV dec-1) is ascribed to the high degree of hydrogen adsorption onto polycrystalline Pd as a supplementary reaction step to the suggested Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism. These values for the catalyst are comparable to or better than many recent reports that adopted nano-carbon materials and/or use bi- or ternary Pd-based electrocatalysts for the HER. The improved HER activity of Pd/MOFDC is associated with the positive impact of MOFDC and residual Co on the Pd catalyst (i.e., low activation energy, E A ≈ 12 kJ mol-1) which allows for easy desorption of the Hads to generate hydrogen. Moreover, Pd/MOFDC displays better OER activity than its analogue, with lower onset η (1.29 V vs. RHE) and b a (≈78 mV dec-1), and higher current response (ca. 18 mA cm-2). Indeed, this study provides a new strategy of designing and synthesizing MOFDC with physico-chemical features for Pd-based electrocatalysts that will allow for efficient electrochemical water-splitting processes.
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- Adewale K Ipadeola
- Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, PO Wits Johannesburg 2050 South Africa +27 11 717 6730
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- Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, PO Wits Johannesburg 2050 South Africa +27 11 717 6730
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- Michele Melchionna
- Chemistry Department, INSTM and ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Chemistry Department, INSTM and ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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Zhu J, Hu L, Zhao P, Lee LYS, Wong KY. Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles. Chem Rev 2019; 120:851-918. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 946] [Impact Index Per Article: 189.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jing Zhu
- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Neuville S. Selective Carbon Material Engineering for Improved MEMS and NEMS. MICROMACHINES 2019; 10:E539. [PMID: 31426401 PMCID: PMC6723477 DOI: 10.3390/mi10080539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The development of micro and nano electromechanical systems and achievement of higher performances with increased quality and life time is confronted to searching and mastering of material with superior properties and quality. Those can affect many aspects of the MEMS, NEMS and MOMS design including geometric tolerances and reproducibility of many specific solid-state structures and properties. Among those: Mechanical, adhesion, thermal and chemical stability, electrical and heat conductance, optical, optoelectronic and semiconducting properties, porosity, bulk and surface properties. They can be affected by different kinds of phase transformations and degrading, which greatly depends on the conditions of use and the way the materials have been selected, elaborated, modified and assembled. Distribution of these properties cover several orders of magnitude and depend on the design, actually achieved structure, type and number of defects. It is then essential to be well aware about all these, and to distinguish and characterize all features that are able to affect the results. For this achievement, we point out and discuss the necessity to take into account several recently revisited fundamentals on carbon atomic rearrangement and revised carbon Raman spectroscopy characterizing in addition to several other aspects we will briefly describe. Correctly selected and implemented, these carbon materials can then open new routes for many new and more performing microsystems including improved energy generation, storage and conversion, 2D superconductivity, light switches, light pipes and quantum devices and with new improved sensor and mechanical functions and biomedical applications.
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Li T, Zhao S, Lu Y, Li Z, Gao ZD, Song YY. An anion exchange reaction: an effective approach to prepare alloyed Co-Fe bimetallic disulfide for improving the electrocatalytic activity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:7615-7618. [PMID: 31192325 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03349a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A mild anion exchange approach is proposed for the synthesis of alloyed Co-Fe bimetallic disulfide. Abundant structural disorders and tunable compositions are effectively induced by the anion exchange process. The alloyed Co-Fe bimetallic disulfide exhibits a low overpotential of 205 mV to reach a current density of 100 mA cm-2 in an acidic electrolyte, which is significantly improved compared to the performance of individual disulfide. It is believed that this work paves a new strategy for the synthesis of bimetallic compounds and highlights the importance of tuning the catalyst composition for achieving high catalytic performance.
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- Tongtong Li
- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China.
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Tan Y, Luo M, Liu P, Cheng C, Han J, Watanabe K, Chen M. Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Co 9S 4P 4 Pentlandite as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Neutral Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:3880-3888. [PMID: 30614681 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b17961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Significant progress has recently been achieved in developing noble-metal-free catalysts for electrochemical water splitting in acidic and alkaline electrolytes. However, high-performance bifunctional catalysts toward both hydrogen evolution and oxygen oxidation reactions of neutral water have not been realized in spite of the technical importance for electrochemical hydrogen production in natural environments powered by renewable energy sources of wind, solar, and so on. Here, we report a nanoporous Co9S4P4 pentlandite with three-dimensional bicontinuous nanoporosity for electrochemical water splitting in neutral solutions. The three-dimensional binder-free catalyst shows a negligible onset overpotential, low Tafel slope, and excellent poisoning tolerance for hydrogen evolution reaction, comparable to or even better than commercial Pt catalysts. Remarkably, the new catalyst also has excellent catalytic activities toward oxygen evolution and, hence, can be used as both anode and cathode for overall neutral water splitting. These extraordinary catalytic activities toward neutral water splitting have never been obtained from non-noble-metal catalysts before. The bifunctional and low-cost catalyst holds great promise for practical applications in electrochemical water splitting in natural environments.
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- Yongwen Tan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Hunan University , Changsha 410082 , China
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
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- Department of Physics , Shanghai Second Polytechnic University , Shanghai 201209 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200030 , China
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan
- CREST, JST , 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi , Saitama 332-0012 , Japan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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Choi Y, Jeon D, Choi Y, Kim D, Kim N, Gu M, Bae S, Lee T, Lee HW, Kim BS, Ryu J. Interface Engineering of Hematite with Nacre-like Catalytic Multilayers for Solar Water Oxidation. ACS NANO 2019; 13:467-475. [PMID: 30512922 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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An efficient water oxidation photoanode based on hematite has been designed and fabricated by tailored assembly of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and cobalt polyoxometalate (Co-POM) water oxidation catalysts into a nacre-like multilayer architecture on a hematite photoanode. The deposition of catalytic multilayers provides a high photocatalytic efficiency and photoelectrochemical stability to underlying hematite photoanodes. Compared to the bare counterpart, the catalytic multilayer electrode exhibits a significantly higher photocurrent density and large cathodic shift in onset potential (∼369 mV) even at neutral pH conditions due to the improved charge transport and catalytic efficiency from the rational and precise assembly of GO and Co-POM. Unexpectedly, the polymeric base layer deposited prior to the catalytic multilayers improves the performance even more by facilitating the transfer of photogenerated holes for water oxidation through modification of the flat band potential of the underlying photoelectrode. This approach utilizing polymeric base and catalytic multilayers provides an insight into the design of highly efficient photoelectrodes and devices for artificial photosynthesis.
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- Yeongkyu Choi
- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) , Ulsan 44919 , Republic of Korea
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Ternary nanocomposite designed by MWCNT backbone PPy/Pd for efficient catalytic approach toward reduction and oxidation reactions. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2018.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Vincenzo Campisciano
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17 90128 Palermo Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17 90128 Palermo Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17 90128 Palermo Italy
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Moral OGD, Call A, Franco F, Moya A, Nieto-Rodríguez JA, Frias M, Fierro JLG, Costas M, Lloret-Fillol J, Alemán J, Mas-Ballesté R. Bioinspired Electro-Organocatalytic Material Efficient for Hydrogen Production. Chemistry 2018; 24:3305-3313. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Octavio González-del Moral
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry (module 07); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
- Department of Chemistry (module 13); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Departament de Química and Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC); Universitat de Girona; Campus Montilivi 17071 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology; 43007 Tarragona Catalonia Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry (module 07); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry (module 07); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry (module 01); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica; CSIC; Marie Curie 2, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Departament de Química and Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC); Universitat de Girona; Campus Montilivi 17071 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ); The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology; 43007 Tarragona Catalonia Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA); Passeig Lluïs Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry (module 01); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry (module 07); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; 28049 Madrid Spain
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Chu M, Wang L, Li X, Hou M, Li N, Dong Y, Li X, Xie Z, Lin Y, Cai W, Zhang C. Carbon coated nickel - Nickel oxide composites as a highly efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acid medium. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Yu L, Zhang G, Liu C, Lan H, Liu H, Qu J. Interface Stabilization of Undercoordinated Iron Centers on Manganese Oxides for Nature-Inspired Peroxide Activation. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Li Yu
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Key Laboratory
of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- School
of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Key Laboratory
of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- School
of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Key Laboratory
of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
- School
of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Key Laboratory
of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
- School
of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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Voiry D, Shin HS, Loh KP, Chhowalla M. Low-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction. Nat Rev Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1038/s41570-017-0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 485] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sarkar S, Peter SC. An overview on Pd-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Inorg Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qi00042e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a well-studied reaction which involves the reduction of protons for hydrogen production. Pd-based compounds are expected to have activity on par with or better than the expensive state-of-the-art Pt and can be considered as the future materials for the HER.
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- Shreya Sarkar
- New Chemistry Unit
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Bangalore
- India
- School of Advanced Materials
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- New Chemistry Unit
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Bangalore
- India
- School of Advanced Materials
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Tan S, Xing Z, Zhang J, Li Z, Wu X, Cui J, Kuang J, Zhu Q, Zhou W. Ti3+-TiO2/g-C3N4 mesostructured nanosheets heterojunctions as efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts. J Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Song Y, Wang H, Gao X, Feng Y, Liang S, Bi J, Lin S, Fu X, Wu L. A Pd/Monolayer Titanate Nanosheet with Surface Synergetic Effects for Precise Synthesis of Cyclohexanones. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yujie Song
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and ‡Department of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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Wang X, Zhao Y, Mølhave K, Sun H. Engineering the Surface/Interface Structures of Titanium Dioxide Micro and Nano Architectures towards Environmental and Electrochemical Applications. NANOMATERIALS 2017; 7:nano7110382. [PMID: 29120393 PMCID: PMC5707599 DOI: 10.3390/nano7110382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 11/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) materials have been intensively studied in the past years because of many varied applications. This mini review article focuses on TiO₂ micro and nano architectures with the prevalent crystal structures (anatase, rutile, brookite, and TiO₂(B)), and summarizes the major advances in the surface and interface engineering and applications in environmental and electrochemical applications. We analyze the advantages of surface/interface engineered TiO₂ micro and nano structures, and present the principles and growth mechanisms of TiO₂ nanostructures via different strategies, with an emphasis on rational control of the surface and interface structures. We further discuss the applications of TiO₂ micro and nano architectures in photocatalysis, lithium/sodium ion batteries, and Li-S batteries. Throughout the discussion, the relationship between the device performance and the surface/interface structures of TiO₂ micro and nano structures will be highlighted. Then, we discuss the phase transitions of TiO₂ nanostructures and possible strategies of improving the phase stability. The review concludes with a perspective on the current challenges and future research directions.
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- Xiaoliang Wang
- College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China.
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- Department of Chemistry Boston College Merkert Chemistry Center, 2609 Beacon St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark.
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark.
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Hof F, Boni A, Valenti G, Huang K, Paolucci F, Pénicaud A. From Food Waste to Efficient Bifunctional Nonprecious Electrocatalyst. Chemistry 2017; 23:15283-15288. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Ferdinand Hof
- CNRS; Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
- Université Bordeaux; CRPP, UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; I-40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; I-40126 Bologna Italy
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- CNRS; Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
- Université Bordeaux; CRPP, UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università di Bologna; I-40126 Bologna Italy
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- CNRS; Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
- Université Bordeaux; CRPP, UPR 8641; F-33600 Pessac France
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Guo X, Ji J, Jiang Q, Zhang L, Ao Z, Fan X, Wang S, Li Y, Zhang F, Zhang G, Peng W. Few-Layered Trigonal WS 2 Nanosheet-Coated Graphite Foam as an Efficient Free-Standing Electrode for a Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:30591-30598. [PMID: 28849902 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Few-layered tungsten disulfide (WS2) with a controlled-phase ratio (the highest trigonal-phase ratio being 67%) was exfoliated via lithium insertion. The exfoliated WS2 nanosheets were then anchored onto three-dimensional (3D) graphite foam (GF) to fabricate free-standing binder-free electrodes. The 3D GF can increase the interfacial contact between the WS2 nanosheets and the electrolyte and facilitate ion transfer. Without the nonconductive binder, an intimate contact between the WS2 and GF interface can be created, leading to the improvement of electrical conductivity. In comparison to the pure WS2 nanosheets, the overpotential for a hydrogen evolution reaction is significantly decreased from 350 mV to 190 mV at 10 mA/cm2, and no deactivation occurs after 1000 cycles. The density functional theory computations reveal that the efficient catalytic activity of the trigonal-phase WS2/GF electrode is attributed to the lower Gibbs free energy for H* adsorption and higher electrical conductivity.
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- Xiaomeng Guo
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University , Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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- College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University , Nanjing 210098, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences , A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island 627833, Singapore
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- Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology , Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University , Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072, China
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- Michele Melchionna
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and INSTM; University of Trieste; via L. Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and INSTM; University of Trieste; via L. Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
- ICCOM-CNR Trieste Associate Unit; University of Trieste; via L. Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
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Jiang J, Xing Z, Li M, Li Z, Wu X, Hu M, Wan J, Wang N, Besov AS, Zhou W. In Situ Ti3+/N-Codoped Three-Dimensional (3D) Urchinlike Black TiO2 Architectures as Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jiaojiao Jiang
- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiyang College, Zhejiang A&F University, Zhuji 311800, People’s Republic of China
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- Boreskov Institute
of Catalysis, Pr. Ak. Lavrentyeva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State
University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department
of Environmental Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China
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Malara F, Carallo S, Rotunno E, Lazzarini L, Piperopoulos E, Milone C, Naldoni A. A Flexible Electrode Based on Al-Doped Nickel Hydroxide Wrapped around a Carbon Nanotube Forest for Efficient Oxygen Evolution. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Francesco Malara
- CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Nanotecnologia CNR-Nanotec, Polo di Nanotecnologia c/o Campus Ecotekne, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- IMEM-CNR, Parco Area
delle Scienze 37/A, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Ingegneria, Università di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Regional
Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Slechtitelu 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Yuan M, Zhu Y, Deng L, Ming R, Zhang A, Li W, Chai B, Ren Z. IrO2–TiO2 electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic water electrolysis without activation. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00756f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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IrO2–TiO2 electrodes do not need activation to obtain excellent activity for the HER in acidic water electrolysis.
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- Min Yuan
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
| | - Zhandong Ren
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
- Wuhan
- P. R. China
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