- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Hydrogen Storage and Materials
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
- Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Machine Learning in Materials Science
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Sino Biological (China)
2024
Washington State University
2021-2024
China University of Petroleum, East China
2021
China University of Petroleum, Beijing
2018-2020
Abstract Developing atomically synergistic bifunctional catalysts relies on the creation of colocalized active atoms to facilitate distinct elementary steps in catalytic cycles. Herein, we show that atomically-synergistic binuclear-site catalyst (ABC) consisting $${{{{{\rm{Zn}}}}}}^{\delta+}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Zn</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> -O-Cr 6+ zeolite SSZ-13...
A novel strategy for significantly enhancing electro-oxidation reactions based on the reconstruction of Pt-based alloys with HIFs is demonstrated.
Abstract A set of novel catalysts FeMn/N‐CNTs that partly maintain the core‐shell structure have been prepared successfully by calcination analogous MOF‐74, which has bimetallic species (Fe and Mn) a cheap organic ligand (2, 5‐dihydroxylbenzoic acid, DHBA) with melamine as additional nitrogen source. These exhibit distinctive microstructure Fe−Mn alloys surrounded N‐doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Electrochemical methods employed to investigate their activity in oxygen reduction reaction...
Ni/Fe-based bimetallic nanoarchitecture materials play an important role in the development of non-precious-metal-based electrocatalysts toward water splitting, but low activity and poor stability greatly hinder their commercial applications. It is significant to explore facile effective methods improve electrocatalytic activity. A simple self-template strategy demonstrated fabricate a hollow bipyramid constructed by P-doped FeNi alloys/NiFe2O4 nanoparticles encapsulated carbon network...
Catalysts applied for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are vital to bring future renewable energy systems and convert the water hydrogen fuel. Herein, we report that bimetal-glycerate hollow spheres organized by nanosheets (CoFeG-HS) can be first produced one-pot template-free method as an efficient OER electrocatalyst. According time-dependent experiments, growing mechanism gets revealed, assigned Ostwald ripening process. Compared with samples after they annealed, catalyst of CoFeG-HS shows...
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with grain boundary defects are attractive to researchers in many fields, such as energy conversion and storage, sensing, catalysis biological medicine. In this work, a nanostructure of 2D Fe-doped NiO nanosheets (NiFexO) was designed applied the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. This nanomaterial synthesized through solvothermal strategy followed by thermally driven process. general, NiFexO electrocatalysts were fabricated gradual morphological...
Direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 has emerged as the most promising "negative carbon emission" technologies. Despite being state-of-the-art, sorbents deploying alkali hydroxides/amine solutions or amine-modified materials still suffer from unsolved high energy consumption and stability issues. In this work, composite are crafted by hybridizing a robust metal-organic framework (Ni-MOF) with superbase-derived ionic liquid (SIL), possessing well maintained crystallinity chemical structures. The...
Direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 by solid porous materials represents an attractive "negative emission" technology. However, state-of-the-art sorbents based on supported amines still suffer from unsolved high energy consumption and stability issues. Herein, taking clues the interaction with superbase-derived ionic liquids (SILs), high-performance tunable in DAC was developed harnessing power CaO- SIL-engineered sorbents. Deploying mesoporous silica as substrate, a thin CaO layer first...
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), as precursors for synthesizing new carbon materials, hold promise applications in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).
Recycling diverse waste plastics poses challenges due to complex sorting and processing, resulting in high costs inefficiency. To tackle this, we present a metal-free catalytic method for targeted deconstruction of polyester from post-consumer plastic waste, encompassing textiles, mixtures, multilayer packaging materials. This employs N-methylpiperidine, tertiary amine catalyst methanol, depolymerize polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Operating under these conditions (160°C, 1 h), achieve...
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived nanoscale porous materials are widely deployed in carbon capture, but the CO2 capacity is varied by different post-treatments, and its mechanism still unclear. Herein, we prepared UiO-66 treated it with methanol solvent thermal activation approaches, which showed ∼3 times enhanced capacities from 15.1 to 45.0 mg/g excellent recyclability of 10 cycles. The treatment efficiently removes residual guest molecules, including N,N-dimethylformamide, dangling...
Ni<sub>3</sub>S<sub>2</sub> nanosheets exhibit enhanced oxygen evolution reaction performance by self-optimizing their surface composition.
Abstract The reactive adsorption desulfurization is an important and efficient technology for the ultra‐deep of gasoline. performance adsorbent vital efficiency process. formation inert spinels commonly recognized deactivation adsorbents. In this work, TiO 2 was incorporated in Ni/ZnO‐Al O 3 to inhibit spinel phase. formed a stable protection layer on surface Al , which prevented interaction between ZnO, inhibiting ZnAl 4 introduction significantly improved stability adsorbents during cyclic...
Abstract Herein, a novel electrocatalysts of cobalt nanoparticles embedded in N, S co‐doped carbon matrix derived by situ reducing Co 9 8 are designed and prepared successfully through two‐calcination methods, applied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Due to the large surface area pore volume, richness defects existing nanotubes, interaction species N special direction electron transfers between ions, earth‐abundant low‐cost CoSMe‐0.5‐800 presents highly efficient ORR activity stability....
Direct Air Capture In article number 2302708, Zhenzhen Yang, Sheng Dai, and co-workers achieve high-performance direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 by harnessing composite sorbents being crafted hybridizing a robust metal-organic framework (Ni-MOF) with superbase-derived ionic liquid (SIL), possessing rapid carbon kinetics, facile releasing, good cycling stability.
Palladium (Pd)-based catalysts efficiently convert ammonium formate solution to hydrogen at low temperatures (<100 °C), but they tend deactivate quickly during stability testing.
Formate solution is one of a kind promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier but suffers from kinetic challenges. This study investigates the kinetics surface-functionalized Pd on carbon catalysts for formate dehydrogenation and impact O-functional groups. The fraction distinguished groups was modulated by different concentrated HNO3 solutions treatment or H2 reduction. shows that play critical roles in dispersing nanoparticles decreasing activation energy dehydrogenation. Density functional...