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Mesoporous thin films of transition metal lithiates (TML) belong to an important group of materials for the advancement of electrochemical systems. This study demonstrates a simple one pot method to synthesize the first examples of mesoporous LiCoO2 and LiMn2O4 thin films. Molten salt assisted self‐assembly can be used to establish an easy route to produce mesoporous TML thin films. The salts (LiNO...
In article number 1701913, Ferdi Karadas, Ömer Dag, and co‐workers synthesize transparent mesoporous thin films of LiCoO2 and LiMn2O4 by employing a molten salt assisted self‐assembly method. A clear solution of the ingredients is coated over a subtrate that is heated at elevated temperatures to obtain the transparent mesoporous metal lithiates. The mesoporous LiCoO2 film electrode, coated over a...
The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a highly important reaction that requires a relatively high overpotential and determines the rate of water splitting—a process for producing hydrogen. The overall OER performance is often largely limited by uncontrollable interface when active catalysts are loaded on conductive supports, for which polymer binders are widely used, but inevitably...
The development of effective approaches for preparing large‐area, self‐standing, ultrathin metal‐based nanosheets, which have proved to be favorable for catalytic applications such as water electrolysis, is highly desirable but remains a great challenge. Reported herein is a simple and versatile strategy to synthesize ultrathin Co3O4 and CoP NSs consisting of close‐packed nanoparticles by pyrolyzing...
Herein, the hydrothermal synthesis of porous ultrathin ternary NiFeV layer double hydroxides (LDHs) nanosheets grown on Nickel foam (NF) substrate as a highly efficient electrode toward overall water splitting in alkaline media is reported. The lateral size of the nanosheets is about a few hundreds of nanometers with the thickness of ≈10 nm. Among all molar ratios investigated, the Ni0.75Fe0.125V0.125...
Although 2D nanocrystals with exposed high‐energy facets are highly desired in the field of catalysts due to their anticipant high catalytic activities, they are difficult to be gained. Here, atomic layers of metallic molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) with primarily exposed high‐energy (010) facet are achieved via a facile carbothermic reduction approach. The resultant MoO2 exhibits single‐crystalline, monoclinic,...
Hollow nanostructures with mesoporous shells are attractive for their advantageous structure‐dependent high‐efficiency electrochemical catalytic performances. In this work, a novel nanostructure of Fe‐doped CoP hollow triangle plate arrays (Fe–CoP HTPAs) with unique mesoporous shells is designed and synthesized through a room‐temperature postsynthetic ligand exchange reaction followed by a facile...
The development of cost‐effective catalysts to replace noble metal is attracting increasing interests in many fields of catalysis and energy, and intensive efforts are focused on the integration of transition‐metal sites in carbon as noble‐metal‐free candidates. Recently, the discovery of single‐atom dispersed catalyst (SAC) provides a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis. However, the electrocatalytic...
Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) based on water splitting holds great promise for clean energy technologies, in which the key issue is exploring cost‐effective materials to replace noble metal catalysts. Here, a sequential chemical etching and pyrolysis strategy are developed to prepare molybdenum carbide‐decorated metallic cobalt@nitrogen‐doped porous carbon polyhedrons (denoted...
Exploration of economical electrocatalysts for highly efficient and stable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is believed to be essential for diverse future renewable energy applications. Herein, cobalt sulfide nanowire core encapsulated in a N, S codoped graphitic carbon shell (CoS NWs@NSC) is successfully fabricated via the calcination of polydopamine‐coated Co(CO3)0.5(OH)0.11H2O NWs with sulfur powder...
Prereduction of transition metal oxides is a feasible and efficient strategy to enhance their catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution. Unfortunately, the prereduction via the common H2 annealing method is unstable for nanomaterials during the hydrogen evolution process. Here, using NiMoO4 nanowire arrays as the example, it is demonstrated that carbon plasma (C‐plasma) treatment can greatly enhance...
Zinc–air batteries with high‐density energy are promising energy storage devices for the next generation of energy storage technologies. However, the battery performance is highly dependent on the efficiency of oxygen electrocatalyst in the air electrode. Herein, the N, F, and B ternary doped carbon fibers (TD‐CFs) are prepared and exhibited higher catalytic properties via the efficient 4e− transfer...
Single‐ and few‐layered InSe flakes are produced by the liquid‐phase exfoliation of β‐InSe single crystals in 2‐propanol, obtaining stable dispersions with a concentration as high as 0.11 g L−1. Ultracentrifugation is used to tune the morphology, i.e., the lateral size and thickness of the as‐produced InSe flakes. It is demonstrated that the obtained InSe flakes have maximum lateral sizes ranging...
Herein, a surfactant‐ and additive‐free strategy is developed for morphology‐controllable synthesis of cobalt pyrophosphate (CoPPi) nanostructures by tuning the concentration and ratio of the precursor solutions of Na4P2O7 and Co(CH3COO)2. A series of CoPPi nanostructures including nanowires, nanobelts, nanoleaves, and nanorhombuses are prepared and exhibit very promising electrocatalytic properties...
Establishing a correlation between the crystal structure and electrocatalytic activity is crucial to the rational design of high performance electrocatalysts. In this work, taking the widely investigated nickel (Ni) based nonprecious oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst as an example, for the first time, it is reported that the crystal structure plays a critical role in determining the OER performance...
Cobalt nanocrystals encapsulated in N,O‐dual‐doped porous carbons as efficient and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are reported. A heteroatom‐rich‐conjugated microporous polymer is first chemically deposited on a carbon fiber cloth, and after addition of a cobalt salt, pyrolyzed to produce a heteroatom‐doped C/Co nanocrystal composite. With this process, the use of additional...
In article number 1803232, Meifang Zhu, Arne Thomas, Yaozu Liao, and co‐workers create a series of N,O‐dual‐doped carbon encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles (CoNOCs) as novel and superior electrocatalysts for water splitting using a conjugated microporous polymer as a precursor. Such CoNOCs represent advances in the design of binder‐free membrane‐like electrodes, achieving even better hydrogen evolution...
Molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) is a layered material with high activity for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In conventional MoS2, the high electrical resistance between the layers hampers the bulk charge transfer and therefore greatly limits its performance in electrolysis. Herein, ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets with bent layers on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) are reported. In sharp contrast...
Exploiting economical and high‐performance bifunctional electrocatalysts toward hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER/OER) is at the heart of overall water splitting in large‐scale application. Herein, an in situ and stepwise strategy for synthesizing core–shell Ni3(S1−xSex)2@NiOOH (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) nanoarray heterostructures on nickel foam with tailored compositions for enhancing water‐splitting...
Developing facile routes for fabricating highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is in great demand but remains a great challenge. Herein, a novel molten salt decomposition method to prepare 3D metal nitrate hydroxide (MNH, M = Ni, Co, and Cu) nanoarrays homogenously grown on different conductive substrates, especially on nickel foam (NF) for OER applications, is reported...
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