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Vanadium trioxide (V6O13) cathode has recently aroused intensive interest for aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) due to their structural and electrochemical diversities. However, it undergoes sluggish reaction kinetics and significant capacity decay during prolonged cycling. Herein, an oxygen‐vacancy‐reinforced heterojunction in V6O13−x/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) cathode is designed through electrostatic...
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (Re‐ZABs) are one of the most promising next‐generation batteries that can hold more energy while being cost‐effective and safer than existing devices. Nevertheless, zinc dendrites, non‐portability, and limited charge–discharge cycles have long been obstacles to the commercialization of Re‐ZABs. Over the past 30 years, milestone breakthroughs have been made in technical...
Mechanical energy driven piezocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production is a promising way to solve the energy crisis . But limited by the slow separation and transfer efficiency of piezoelectric charges generated on the surface of piezocatalysts , the piezocatalytic performance is still not satisfactory. Here, defect engineering is first used to optimize the piezocatalytic performance of microcrystalline...
Zn dendrite formation is the main obstacle to commercializing aqueous zinc–ion batteries (ZIBs). α‐cyclodextrin (α‐CD) is proposed as an environmentally friendly macromolecule additive in the ZnSO4‐based electrolyte to obtain stable and reversible Zn anodes. The results show that α‐CD molecules’ unique 3D structure can effectively regulate the mass transfer of the electrolyte components and isolate...
Developing efficient platinum (Pt)‐based electrocatalysts with high tolerance to CO poisoning for the methanol oxidation reaction is critical for the development of direct methanol fuel cells. In this work, cobalt single atoms are introduced to enhance the electrocatalytic performance of N‐doped carbon supported Pt (N‐C/Pt) for the methanol oxidation reaction. The cobalt single atoms are believed...
2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are considered as one kind of the most promising crystalline porous materials for solar‐driven hydrogen production. However, adding noble metal co‐catalysts into the COFs‐based photocatalytic system is always indispensable. Herein, through a simple solvothermal synthesis method, TpPa‐1‐COF, a typical 2D COF, which displays a wide light absorption region, is rationally...
Searching for Pt‐like activity, stable and economic electrocatalysts that can function at various pH values for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is under increasing interest for the scientific community as H2 is a very promising energy carrier with great potential development value for renewable energy conversion. Herein, a unique self‐supported heterostructure of RuO2‐RuP2/Ru on the N, P co‐doped...
Electrocatalytic water splitting is regarded as the most effective pathway to generate green energy—hydrogen—which is considered as one of the most promising clean energy solutions to the world's energy crisis and climate change mitigation. Although electrocatalytic water splitting has been proposed for decades, large‐scale industrial hydrogen production is hindered by high electricity cost, capital...
Effective utilization of solar energy in battery systems is a promising solution to achieve sustainable and green development. In this work, a photoassisted Fe–air battery (PFAB) with two photoelectrodes of ZnO–TiO2 heterostructure and polyterthiophene (pTTh)‐coated CuO (pTTh–CuO) grown on fluorine‐doped tin oxide (FTO) is proposed. The band structure of semiconductors and the charge‐transfer mechanism...
Herein, a BiOCl hydrogel film electrode featuring excellent photocorrosion and regeneration properties acts as the anode to construct a novel type of smart solar–metal–air batteries (SMABs), which combines the characteristics of solar cells (direct photovoltaic conversion) and metal–air batteries (electric energy storage and release interacting with atmosphere). The cyclic photocorrosion processes...
The multi‐electron reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons or alcohols is highly attractive in a sustainable energy economy, and the rational design of electrocatalysts is vital to achieve these reactions efficiently. Single‐atom electrocatalysts are promising candidates due to their well‐defined coordination configurations and unique electronic structures, which are critical for delivering high activity...
Water splitting to H2 by photocatalysis remains an effective strategy to alleviate the energy crisis. Unfortunately, single‐component photocatalyst still suffers from sluggish reaction kinetics. In this work, a noble‐metal free photocatalytic system of nitrogen‐doped carbon@Co embedded in carbon nanotubes (NC@Co‐NCT)/cadmium sulfide (CdS) is fabricated by coupling CdS nanorods with the metal–organic...
Graphene‐based supercapacitors have been attracting growing attention due to the predicted intrinsic high surface area, high electron mobility, and many other excellent properties of pristine graphene. However, experimentally, the state‐of‐the‐art graphene electrodes face limitations such as low surface area, low electrical conductivity, and low capacitance, which greatly limit their electrochemical...
Intrinsic defects, including oxygen vacancies, can efficiently modify the electrochemical performance of metal oxides. There is, however, a limited understanding of how vacancies influence charge storage properties. Here, using tungsten oxide as a model system, an extensive study of the effects of structure, electrical properties, and charge storage properties of oxygen vacancies is carried out using...
Design and synthesis of porous and hollow carbon spheres have attracted considerable interest in the past decade due to their superior physicochemical properties and widespread applications. However, it is still a big challenge to achieve controllable synthesis of hollow carbon nanospheres with center‐radial large mesopores in the shells and inner surface roughness. Herein, porous hollow carbon nanospheres...
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