Searching for high-efficiency nonprecious bifunctional electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is paramount for the advancement of water electrolysis technologies and the associated renewable energy devices. Modulation of electronic structure of an electrocatalyst via heterointerface engineeri...
Searching for high-efficiency nonprecious bifunctional electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is paramount for the advancement of water electrolysis technologies and the associated renewable energy devices. Modulation of electronic structure of an electrocatalyst via heterointerface engineeri...
Electrodeposition of lithium is of both fundamental significance and practical importance. However, Li deposition has to proceed beneath a solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, we present a fundamental study on the formation of SEIs and their influences on Li initial-stage deposition on Cu in Py-14 cation-based ionic liquids (ILs) combined wi...
Hydration plays an important role in the diffusion and sieving of ions within nanochannels. However, it is hard to quantitatively analyze the contribution of hydration to the diffusion rates due to the complex hydrogen-bond and charge interactions between atoms. Here, we quantitatively investigated the interfacial diffusion rates of a single hydrat...
Recent examples of organic synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals in confined spaces of MOFs are highlighted and compared with silica-based ordered porous solids, such as zeolites or mesoporous (organo)silica. These heterogeneous catalysts offer the possibility of stabilizing the desired transition states and/or intermediates during organi...
Graphene-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles ([email protected]) were loaded on Zeolite Socony Mobil (ZSM)-5 for lipid hydrogenation to produce biojet fuel. [email protected] and ZSM-5 exhibit an efficient and synergistic catalytic activity, and the strong chemical interaction between graphene and nickel significantly improves the hydrogenation capacity of the catalyst. The g...
Nowadays, electrochemical reduction of CO(2)has been considered as an effective method to solve the problem of global warming. The primary challenge in studying the mechanism is to determine the adsorption states of CO2, since complicated metal surfaces often result in many different adsorption sites. Based on the density functional theory (DFT) ca...
Nowadays, electrochemical reduction of CO(2)has been considered as an effective method to solve the problem of global warming. The primary challenge in studying the mechanism is to determine the adsorption states of CO2, since complicated metal surfaces often result in many different adsorption sites. Based on the density functional theory (DFT) ca...
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