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07 Apr 11:27

Single-atom catalysis in advanced oxidation processes for environmental remediation

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50,5281-5322
DOI: 10.1039/D0CS01032D, Review Article
Yanan Shang, Xing Xu, Baoyu Gao, Shaobin Wang, Xiaoguang Duan
This review presents the recent advances in synthetic strategies, characterisation, and computations of carbon-based single-atom catalysts, as well as their innovative applications and mechanisms in advanced oxidation technologies.
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11 Jun 03:29

In situ surface engineering of ultrafine Ni2P nanoparticles on cadmium sulfide for robust hydrogen evolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8,5406-5415
DOI: 10.1039/C8CY00519B, Paper
Junfang Wang, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou, Jin Qian, Chao Wang, Yanhui Ao
Here we report the in situ growth of well-dispersed ultrafine Ni2P nanoparticles on CdS nanorods by a simple solvothermal method and a further surface phosphatization treatment for the first time.
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09 Jun 15:45

[ASAP] Understanding Structure–Function Relationships in Zeolite-Supported Pd Catalysts for Oxidation of Ventilation Air Methane

by Hadi Hosseiniamoli, Glenn Bryant, Eric M. Kennedy, Karina Mathisen, David Nicholson, Gopinathan Sankar, Adi Setiawan, Michael Stockenhuber
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ACS Catalysis
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b04462
07 Apr 00:46

A comprehensive analysis and rational designing of efficient Fe-based oxygen electrocatalysts for metal-air batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6,8537-8548
DOI: 10.1039/C8TA01938J, Paper
Ravi Nandan, Ajay Gautam, Shalini Tripathi, Karuna Kar Nanda
Fe-Fe3C encapsulated Fe-Nx enriched N-doped carbon nanotubes as an air-cathode electrocatalyst for metal-air batteries and their practical feasibility for powering light emitting diodes.
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07 Apr 00:46

Hierarchically porous Mo-doped Ni-Fe oxide nanowires efficiently catalyzing oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6,8430-8440
DOI: 10.1039/C8TA00447A, Paper
Yangjia Chen, Chaoqun Dong, Jie Zhang, Chi Zhang, Zhonghua Zhang
Hierarchically porous Mo-doped Ni-Fe oxide nanowires were synthesized via a eutectic-derived self-templating strategy, which exhibit superior electro-catalytic performance towards the OER/HER.
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07 Apr 00:45

Precision and correctness in the evaluation of electrocatalytic water splitting: revisiting activity parameters with a critical assessment

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11,744-771
DOI: 10.1039/C7EE03457A, Perspective
S. Anantharaj, S. R. Ede, K. Karthick, S. Sam Sankar, K. Sangeetha, P. E. Karthik, Subrata Kundu
To avoid unnoticed errors made by researchers who are working in the area of nanostructured materials for water splitting, the correct and precise use of evaluation parameters is discussed in detail, stating their acceptability and validity.
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07 Apr 00:45

A structurally versatile nickel phosphite acting as a robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11,1287-1298
DOI: 10.1039/C7EE03619A, Paper
Prashanth W. Menezes, Chakadola Panda, Stefan Loos, Florian Bunschei-Bruns, Carsten Walter, Michael Schwarze, Xiaohui Deng, Holger Dau, Matthias Driess
The mechanistically distinct and synergistic role of phosphite anions in hydrogen evolution and nickel cations in oxygen evolution have been uncovered for active and durable overall water splitting catalysis in nickel phosphite.
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07 Apr 00:44

Construction of hierarchical Ni-Co-P hollow nanobricks with oriented nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11,872-880
DOI: 10.1039/C8EE00076J, Paper
Enlai Hu, Yafei Feng, Jianwei Nai, Dian Zhao, Yong Hu, Xiong Wen (David) Lou
Novel Ni-Co-P hollow nanobricks are constructed with oriented nanosheets and manifest as an excellent bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.
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07 Apr 00:44

A self-assembly route to porous polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide composite materials with molecular-level uniformity for high-performance supercapacitors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11,1280-1286
DOI: 10.1039/C8EE00078F, Paper
Jifeng Wu, Qin'e Zhang, Jingjing Wang, Xiaoping Huang, Hua Bai
Two-step self-assembly between polyaniline and graphene oxide leads to a porous composite with high uniformity and excellent rate performance.
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07 Apr 00:41

One-step synthesis of cobalt-doped MoS2 nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting under both acidic and alkaline conditions

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,3859-3862
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00766G, Communication
Qizhong Xiong, Xian Zhang, Haojie Wang, Guoqiang Liu, Guozhong Wang, Haimin Zhang, Huijun Zhao
Cobalt covalent doping in MoS2 effectively regulates its electronic structure to decrease the hydrogen adsorption free energy for high HER and simultaneously contributes additional catalytic active sites for the OER.
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07 Apr 00:41

Fabrication of a hierarchical NiO/C hollow sphere composite and its enhanced supercapacitor performance

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,3731-3734
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00991K, Communication
Tao Liu, Liuyang Zhang, Bei Cheng, Wei You, Jiaguo Yu
A prepared hierarchical NiO/C hollow sphere composite delivers an excellent electrochemical performance.
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07 Apr 00:41

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides as metal sources of metal-organic frameworks

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,3664-3667
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01258J, Communication
Yanwei Sun, Shen Hu, Chunshan Song, Shu Miao, Zhou Jiang, Xue Jiang, Jijun Zhao, Xinwen Guo, Yi Liu
It was found that transition metal dichalcogenides could serve as competent metal precursors of metal-organic frameworks with several obvious advantages.
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07 Apr 00:40

Heteroporous MoS2/Ni3S2 towards superior electrocatalytic overall urea splitting

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,5181-5184
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01404C, Communication
Fang Li, Junxiang Chen, Dafeng Zhang, Wen-Fu Fu, Yong Chen, Zhenhai Wen, Xiao-Jun Lv
The heteroporous MoS2/Ni3S2 catalyst exhibits the best activity for urea splitting of all the bifunctional electrocatalysts, including Pt, reported until now.
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07 Apr 00:40

Exposed metal oxide active sites on mesoporous titania channels: a promising design for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,3783-3786
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01003J, Communication
Jianwei Fan, Menghua Lv, Wei Luo, Xianqiang Ran, Yonghui Deng, Wei-xian Zhang, Jianping Yang
A subtle catalyst is designed with CuO and MnO2 active centers on the surface of mesoporous titania for low-temperature SCR.
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07 Apr 00:39

CoMn2O4 embedded in MnOOH nanorods as a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4005-4008
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00870A, Communication
Ying Wang, Tianjun Hu, Qing Liu, Limin Zhang
CoMn2O4 embedded in MnOOH nanorods (CoMn2O4-MnOOH NRs) was prepared using a two-step hydrothermal method involving the oxidation of Mn by Co species in preformed MnOOH NRs, and the as-prepared catalyst exhibits an expectably remarkable performance for the ORR and the OER.
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07 Apr 00:38

Colloidal silica assisted fabrication of N,O,S-tridoped porous carbon nanosheets with excellent oxygen reduction performance

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4017-4020
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00846A, Communication
Zihao Xing, Meiling Xiao, Zilong Guo, Wensheng Yang
We demonstrate a new approach for the fabrication of N,O,S-tridoped porous carbon nanosheets with excellent oxygen reduction performance using colloidal silica as a template and an O source.
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07 Apr 00:38

Rational construction of a 3D hierarchical NiCo2O4/PANI/MF composite foam as a high-performance electrode for asymmetric supercapacitors

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4160-4163
DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09821A, Communication
Fen Cui, Yunpeng Huang, Le Xu, Yan Zhao, Jiabiao Lian, Jian Bao, Huaming Li
A 3D hierarchical NiCo2O4/PANI/MF composite foam with a macroporous 3D skeleton, a conductive PANI coating and electrochemically active NiCo2O4 delivers high electrochemical capacitance.
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07 Apr 00:37

Metallophthalocyanine-based redox active metal-organic conjugated microporous polymers for OER catalysis

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4465-4468
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01291A, Communication
Ashish Singh, Syamantak Roy, Chayanika Das, Debabrata Samanta, Tapas Kumar Maji
Two donor-acceptor redox-active metal-organic conjugated porous polymers (CoCMP and ZnCMP) have been synthesized and CoCMP has been found to be an efficient catalyst for water oxidation.
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07 Apr 00:36

Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 film coated stainless steel meshes for highly efficient oil/water separation

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,5530-5533
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01515E, Communication
Qiang Ma, Guodong Li, Xiangyu Liu, Zheng Wang, Zhi Song, Huanting Wang
ZIF-8 film coated meshes with an oil-water separation efficiency of up to 99.99% and a high flux of up to 50 L m-2 s-1.
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07 Apr 00:35

Isolated Fe and Co dual active sites on nitrogen-doped carbon for a highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4274-4277
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00988K, Communication
Diyang Zhang, Wenxing Chen, Zhi Li, Yuanjun Chen, Lirong Zheng, Yue Gong, Qiheng Li, Rongan Shen, Yunhu Han, Weng-Chon Cheong, Lin Gu, Yadong Li
A novel adsorption-calcination strategy was developed to synthesize highly efficient Fe and Co dual metal single site ORR catalysts.
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07 Apr 00:34

FePO4 as an anode material to obtain high-performance sodium-based dual-ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4349-4352
DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09714J, Communication
Chao Li, Xiaohong Wang, Jiayu Li, Hongyu Wang
Herein, FePO4 was for the first time proposed to serve as an anode material (the sodium intercalation host), to obtain novel sodium-based dual-ion batteries.
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07 Apr 00:34

Ultra-thin wrinkled NiOOH-NiCr2O4 nanosheets on Ni foam: an advanced catalytic electrode for oxygen evolution reaction

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4987-4990
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC01002A, Communication
Jinxiu Zhao, Xiang Ren, Qingzhi Han, Dawei Fan, Xu Sun, Xuan Kuang, Qin Wei, Dan Wu
NiOOH-NiCr2O4/NF shows high activity for the OER in alkaline media, achieving a catalytic current density of 20 mA cm-2 at an overpotential of 271 mV.
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07 Apr 00:33

Oxygen-reduction catalysis of N-doped carbons prepared via heat treatment of polyaniline at over 1100 [degree]C

Chem. Commun., 2018, 54,4441-4444
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02105H, Communication
Javier Quilez-Bermejo, Emilia Morallon, Diego Cazorla-Amoros
Advanced catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction based on N-doped carbon materials have been designed via pyrolysis of polyaniline at temperatures above 1100 [degree]C.
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