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Optimized hierarchical nickel sulfide as a highly active bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting

Yun Tong, Pengzuo Chen

Rational design of non-noble metal electrocatalysts with high intrinsic activity for both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is extremely impressive for sustainable electrocatalytic water splitting systems. However, i ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Universal Strategy of Bimetal Heterostructures as Superior Bifunctional Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Yun Tong, Pengzuo Chen

Utilizing earth-abundant metals to design economical and efficient electrocatalysts for cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical for acquiring clean hydrogen energy by the electrochemical overall wat ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Cobalt phosphide nanowires with adjustable iridium, realizing excellent bifunctional activity for acidic water splitting

Yun Tong, Pengzuo Chen

The exploration of highly active bifunctional electrocatalysts for acidic electrochemical water splitting has attracted wide attention due to their importance in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. However, existing catalysts normally suffer ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

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Overall urea electrolysis has favorable thermodynamic properties and can complement traditional water splitting by simultaneously purifying urea-rich waste streams. However, the kinetics of the reaction is slow and more efficient catalysts are required. In ...

SPRINGER2021

Anchoring single platinum atoms onto nickel nanoparticles affords highly selective catalysts for lignin conversion

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Zhaofu Fei, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Lu Chen, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Jun Li, Lichen Bai, Linfeng Pan, Yun Tong

Due to the highly complex polyphenolic structure of lignin, depolymerization without a prior chemical treatment is challenging, and new catalysts are required. Atomically dispersed catalysts are able to maximize the atomic efficiency of noble metals, simul ...

ELSEVIER2021

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Water electrolysis is an advanced and sustainable energy conversion technology used to generate H-2. However, the low efficiency of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) hampers the overall water-splitting catalytic perf ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Designing cost-effective electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting to generate the hydrogen energy as a future energy source is pivotal. An excellent catalyst should show high catalytic activity for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxy ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Herein, we highlighted fluorine-anion-modification as a useful method for enhancing OER catalytic activity. Fluorine-anion-doped Ni foam exhibits an almost 10-fold enhancement in OER catalytic activity. Moreover, fluorine-anion-modification could be used a ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020