Cheng‐Zong Yuan

ORCID: 0000-0002-4767-8957
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Research Areas
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Computing and Algorithms
  • Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming

University of Science and Technology of China
2015-2025

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022-2025

Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
2024-2025

Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
2024-2025

Academy of Innovation Management
2025

University of Macau
2021-2024

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
2023

Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale
2015-2021

Microscale (United States)
2015-2021

Hefei University
2015-2021

We develop a facile method to prepare cobalt phosphate nanoparticles coated by N-doped carbon layers for highly active and stable OER electrocatalyst.

10.1039/c6ta01929c article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016-01-01

Efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts are highly required for the cost-effective generation of clean energy from water splitting. For first time, an integrated OER electrode based on one-step direct growth metallic iron-nickel sulfide nanosheets FeNi alloy foils (denoted as FeNi3 S2 /FeNi) is reported, origin enhanced activity uncovered in combination with theoretical experimental studies. The obtained /FeNi exhibits catalytic long-term stability toward strong...

10.1002/smll.201604161 article EN Small 2017-03-10

The synergistic regulation of the electronic structures transition-metal oxide-based catalysts via oxygen vacancy defects and single-atom doping is efficient to boost their evolution reaction (OER) performance, which remains challenging due complex synthetic procedures. Herein, a facile defect-induced in situ deposition strategy developed anchor atomically dispersed Ru onto vacancy-rich cobalt oxides (Ru/Co3O4–x) based on spontaneous redox between Ru3+ ions nonstoichiometric Co3O4–x....

10.1021/acscatal.2c04946 article EN ACS Catalysis 2023-02-02

Cobalt-rich cobalt phosphide catalysts on foils as integrated bifunctional electrodes have been developed and display outstanding performances towards overall water splitting.

10.1039/c7ta01776f article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017-01-01

Electrochemical water splitting is an important process to produce hydrogen and oxygen for energy storage conversion devices. However, it often restricted by the evolution reaction (OER) due its sluggish kinetics. To overcome problem, precious metal oxide-based electrocatalysts, such as RuO2 IrO2, are widely used. The lack of availability high cost metals compel researchers find other resources development cost-effective, environmentally friendly, earth-abundant, nonprecious electrocatalysts...

10.1021/acsami.7b08922 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017-08-21

Bimetallic phosphide (Ni<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>1−x</sub>)<sub>2</sub>P hollow nanocubes were prepared from PBAs as highly active and stable OER electrocatalysts.

10.1039/c7cy00035a article EN Catalysis Science & Technology 2017-01-01

In this work, we report the synthesis of Cd1-xZnxS zinc blende/wurtzite (ZB/WZ) heterophase nanojunctions with highly efficient charge separation by a solvothermal method in mixed solution diethylenetriamine (DETA) and distilled water. l-Cysteine was selected as sulfur source protecting ligand for stabilization ZB/WZ homojunction. The optimal ternary chalcogenide Cd0.7Zn0.3S elongated nanocrystals (NCs) without any cocatalyst loading show very high visible light photocatalytic activity H2...

10.1021/acsami.6b06182 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016-09-06

Highly monodisperse Ni NPs in UiO-66 give both excellent activity and selectivity for CO<sub>2</sub> methanation at low temperatures.

10.1039/c8cy00468d article EN Catalysis Science & Technology 2018-01-01

Efficient and low-cost transition-metal (TM)-based electrocatalysts have been of great importance for producing hydrogen (H2) oxygen (O2) via electrocatalytic water (H2O) splitting to ameliorate global energy environmental problems. However, TM-based materials generally suffer from unsatisfactory activity because their relatively low conductivity unregulated electronic structure. Therefore, the structure engineering is an efficient strategic approach enhance catalytic performances...

10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00549 article EN ACS Materials Letters 2021-05-12

Heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation reactions are of great importance to the petrochemical industry and fine chemical synthesis. Herein, we present first example gadolinium hydroxide (Gd(OH)3) nanorods as a support for loading ultra-small Pd nanoparticles reactions. Gd(OH)3 possesses large number hydroxyl groups on surface, which act an ideal good dispersion nanoparticles. prepared by hydrothermal treatment, Pd/Gd(OH)3 catalyst with low 0.95 wt% is obtained photochemical deposition. The...

10.1039/c7nr05096h article EN Nanoscale 2017-01-01

Abstract Simultaneously enhancing the reaction kinetics, mass transport, and gas release during alkaline hydrogen evolution (HER) is critical to minimizing polarization resistance, but remains a big challenge. Through rational design of hierarchical multiheterogeneous three‐dimensionally (3D) ordered macroporous Mo 2 C‐embedded nitrogen‐doped carbon with ultrafine Ru nanoclusters anchored on its surface (OMS C/NC‐Ru), we realize both electronic morphologic engineering catalyst maximize...

10.1002/cey2.188 article EN cc-by Carbon Energy 2022-05-31

Metal/support nanocatalysts consisting of various metals and metal oxides not only retain the basic properties each component but also exhibit higher catalytic activity due to their synergistic effects. Herein, we report creation a highly efficient, long-lasting, magnetic recyclable catalyst, composed nickel (Ni) nanoparticles (NPs), active Pd NPs, oxygen-deficient CeO2-x support. These hybrid nanostructures oxygen deficient could effectively facilitate diffusion reactant molecules site...

10.1021/acsami.7b00293 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017-02-28

Structural engineering of atomic-scaled metal/N–C catalysts is crucial yet challenging in enhancing their performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we demonstrate exclusive single iron sites periodic mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon through an efficient template-directed pyrolysis strategy. The channel SBA-15 was introduced to give a large specific area and uniform mesopore, providing abundant exposed active ORR. As result, optimal single-atom Fe catalyst exhibits more...

10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01508 article EN ACS Energy Letters 2018-09-14

Facile synthesis of ultrasmall metal-based materials as highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen (OER) is vital importance to energy storage conversion technologies. Here, a novel molecule-assisted strategy ruthenium oxide on nitrogen-doped carbon matrix catalyst (RuO2/N–C) presented. 1,10-Phenanthroline molecular (Phen), which contains an abundant nitrogen element can strongly coordinate with metal ions, selected assistant...

10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01709 article EN ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018-08-21

The activity of N–C for CO<sub>2</sub> reduction was reasonably tuned by <italic>in situ</italic> encapsulation nickel nanoparticles and explored DFT calculations.

10.1039/c8ta11500a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019-01-01

Significant challenges remain for developing efficient catalysts in an electrochemical multielectron CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), which usually suffers from poor activity and selectivity. Motivated by the recent experimental progress fabricating dual-metal atom (DMACs) N-doped graphene materials (graphene-N6V4; N: nitrogen V: vacancy), we sampled eight types of homonuclear (N6V4-M2, M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Pd, Ag) 28 heteronuclear (N6V4-M1M2) to study CO2RR via first-principles...

10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10802 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021-03-30

CoZnS@NSC nanoparticles derived from a CoZn-MOF were synthesized by an annealing–sulfurization strategy and used as co-catalysts for g-C 3 N 4 , which effectively augmented the photocatalytic H 2 production.

10.1039/d4qi00644e article EN Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2024-01-01

Developing heterogeneous catalysts that promote activation of hydrogen and adsorption reactants on the surface is crucial to improve activity hydrogenation reactions. Herein, we present use highly reduced TiO support for loading noble metal nanoparticles, which provides a synergistic effect boosting catalytic activity. The low-temperature polymorph titanium monoxide used as promoter, contains vacancies in both Ti O sublattices with ordered distribution. lattice increase donor density enhance...

10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10274 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017-01-05

A single-atom dispersed Ni doping strategy to boost the performance of N–C materials for CO<sub>2</sub>RR by pyrolysis a metal–organic molecule complex was reported and revealed.

10.1039/c9cy00363k article EN Catalysis Science & Technology 2019-01-01
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