Related papers: Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation Usin…
The search for earth abundant, efficient and stable electrocatalysts that can enable the chemical reduction of CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels at an industrially relevant scale, is a high priority for the development of a global…
Day- and night-induced thermal cycling offers a promising route for harvesting ambient thermal energy to drive sustainable hydrogen production and pollutant degradation. Pyroelectric materials enable this process by converting temperature…
Determining the nature of surface roughness and electrode pore structure on H2 bubble evolution rate and quantity, and bubble trapping under electrolytic conditions is important for quantifying useful gas production during total water…
We evaluated for the first time the use of nanostructured layered perovskites of formulae LnBaCo2O6-d with Ln = Sm and Gd (SBCO and GBCO, respetively) as SOFC cathodes, finding promising electrochemical properties in the intermediate…
Pt electrocatalytic nanoparticles were deposited onto hybrid carriers composed of reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-transition metal hexacyanoferrate (Prussian Blue-PB) and the resulting system's electrochemical activity was investigated during…
A simple method for the preparation of PdCo@Pd core-shell nanoparticles supported on carbon has been developed using an adsorbate-induced surface segregation effect. The stability and electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen reduction of…
Catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions are at the heart of key renewable energy technologies including fuel cells and water splitting. Despite tremendous efforts, developing oxygen electrode catalysts with high activity at…
The design and development of inexpensive highly efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production, underpins several emerging clean-energy technologies. In this work, for the first time, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanodots have been…
Na-ion batteries (NIBs), which are recognized as a next-generation alternative technology for energy storage, still suffer from commercialization constraints due to the lack of low-cost, high-performance cathode materials. Since our first…
We develop herein plasmonic-catalytic Au-IrO$_2$ nanostructures with a morphology optimized for efficient light harvesting and catalytic surface area; the nanoparticles have a dendritic morphology, with closely spaced Au branches all…
This work reveals that the direct conjugation of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals on rGO sheets can provide high performance and stable electrodes for Zn-air supercapacitors. In particular, we provide a simple, rapid and room…
The fabrication of heterogeneous photocatalysts has received increasing research interest due to their potential applications for the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater and the evolution of carbon-free hydrogen fuel via water…
Low-cost graphene sponge electrodes were functionalized with two-dimensional (2D) materials, i.e., borophene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), using a one-step, hydrothermal self-assembly method. Borophene and hBN-modified graphene sponge…
NiCo2O4 of varying nanostrucutures ranging from nanowires, nanoplates to nano-plates@nanowires were successfully grown on microporous (MP) Ni foams via one-step hydrothermal process. The investigation of electrochemical capacitance favors…
Natural abundance, impressive chemical characteristics and economic feasibility have rekindled the appeal for rechargeable sodium (Na) batteries as a practical solution for the growing energy demand, environmental sustainability and energy…
Piezoelectric capacitive NanoGenerators (NG) based on vertically grown crystalline zinc oxide nanowires (ZnO-NWs) have been fabricated using a low-cost and scalable hydrothermal method on gold-coated silicon substrates, which served as both…
High overpotentials, particularly an issue of common anode materials, hamper the process of water electrolysis for clean energy generation. Thanks to immense research efforts up to date oxygen evolution electrocatalysts based on…
The water gas shift reaction (WGS) is important and widely applied in the production of H2. Cu modified perovskites are promising catalysts for WGS reactions in hydrogen generation. However, the structure-dependent stability and reaction…
The photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (H$_2$O$_2$) from water is a promising strategy for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Herein, we investigate the effect of metal-free heteroatom doping (B, O, P, and S) on the…
Electrooxidation is an attractive technique that can be effectively applied for the treatment of persistent organic contaminants, but its implementation in practice is limited by the lack of efficient and low cost anode material that would…