Defect Engineering in the Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts: Insight into the Intrinsic Carbon Defects

Synthesis and properties of free-standing monolayer amorphous carbon

(2020) Chee-Tat Toh et al.   NATURE

Engineering Three-Dimensional (3D) Out-of-Plane Graphene Edge Sites for Highly Selective Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

(2020) Daniel San Roman et al.   ACS Catalysis

Heterostructures Comprised of Co/β-Mo2C-Encapsulated N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Bifunctional Electrodes for Water Splitting

(2019) Zhao-Qing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

BN Pairs Enriched Defective Carbon Nanosheets for Ammonia Synthesis with High Efficiency

(2019) Chen Chen et al.   Small

Distinguished Zn,Co-Nx-C-Sy Active Sites Confined in Dentric Carbon for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Flexible Zn-Air Batteries

(2019) Yufeng Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

Boosting Oxygen Reduction Catalysis with Fe–N4 Sites Decorated Porous Carbons toward Fuel Cells

(2019) Zhengkun Yang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Heterogeneous electrocatalysts design for nitrogen reduction reaction under ambient conditions

(2019) Yuchi Wan et al.   Materials Today

Intrinsic Carbon‐Defect‐Driven Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

(2019) Wei Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The simplest construction of single-site catalysts by the synergism of micropore trapping and nitrogen anchoring

(2019) Zhiqi Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Nano-single crystal coalesced PtCu nanospheres as robust bifunctional catalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions

(2019) Wenqiang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Insight into the design of defect electrocatalysts: From electronic structure to adsorption energy

(2019) Chao Xie et al.   Materials Today

Charge Transfer Modulated Activity of Carbon‐Based Electrocatalysts

(2019) Li Tao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Identification of active sites for acidic oxygen reduction on carbon catalysts with and without nitrogen doping

(2019) Yi Jia et al.   Nature Catalysis

Advances and challenges in understanding the electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels

(2019) Yuvraj Y. Birdja et al.   Nature Energy

Boosting defective carbon by anchoring well-defined atomically dispersed metal-N4 sites for ORR, OER, and Zn-air batteries

(2019) Wenzheng Cheng et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Reactivity mapping of nanoscale defect chemistry under electrochemical reaction conditions

(2019) Jonas H. K. Pfisterer et al.   Nature Communications

Reduced graphene oxides with engineered defects enable efficient electrochemical reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia in wide pH range

(2019) Mingli Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Plasma-Assisted Synthesis and Surface Modification of Electrode Materials for Renewable Energy

(2018) Shuo Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

(2018) Xiaoqian Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Flexible graphite films with high conductivity for radio-frequency antennas

(2018) Rongguo Song et al.   CARBON

Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

(2018) Yuan Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reticular Electronic Tuning of Porphyrin Active Sites in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction

(2018) Christian S. Diercks et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Magnetotransport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag Edges

(2018) Shuang Wu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Defective N/S-Codoped 3D Cheese-Like Porous Carbon Nanomaterial toward Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Zn-Air Batteries

(2018) Jiawei Zhu et al.   Small

Activity Origins in Nanocarbons for the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   Small

Identification of binuclear Co 2 N 5 active sites for oxygen reduction reaction with more than one magnitude higher activity than single atom CoN 4 site

(2018) Meiling Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Metal-organic framework-derived nitrogen-doped highly disordered carbon for electrochemical ammonia synthesis using N 2 and H 2 O in alkaline electrolytes

(2018) Shreya Mukherjee et al.   Nano Energy

Pyridinic-N-Dominated Doped Defective Graphene as a Superior Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Ultrahigh-Energy-Density Zn–Air Batteries

(2018) Qichen Wang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Graphene Defects Trap Atomic Ni Species for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   Chem

Fe, Cu-Coordinated ZIF-Derived Carbon Framework for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Zinc-Air Batteries

(2018) Zhihao Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Carbon-Supported Single Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage

(2018) Yi Peng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defects on carbons for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

(2018) Xuecheng Yan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Coordination of Atomic Co–Pt Coupling Species at Carbon Defects as Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Few-layer graphdiyne doped with sp-hybridized nitrogen atoms at acetylenic sites for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

(2018) Yasong Zhao et al.   Nature Chemistry

Zigzag carbon as efficient and stable oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2018) Longfei Xue et al.   Nature Communications

Defect and pyridinic nitrogen engineering of carbon-based metal-free nanomaterial toward oxygen reduction

(2018) Jian Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Electroreduction of CO2 to CO on a Mesoporous Carbon Catalyst with Progressively Removed Nitrogen Moieties

(2018) Rahman Daiyan et al.   ACS Energy Letters

A Defect-Driven Metal-free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte

(2018) Daohao Li et al.   Chem

Bridging the Surface Charge and Catalytic Activity of a Defective Carbon Electrocatalyst

(2018) Li Tao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ultranarrow Graphene Nanoribbons toward Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions

(2018) Jian Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Dual active nitrogen doped hierarchical porous hollow carbon nanospheres as an oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for zinc–air batteries

(2017) Jiawei Zhu et al.   Nanoscale

Ultrathin metal-organic framework array for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

(2017) Jingjing Duan et al.   Nature Communications

A comprehensive review of Pt electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: Nanostructure, activity, mechanism and carbon support in PEM fuel cells

(2017) Sheng Sui et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

N,B-codoped defect-rich graphitic carbon nanocages as high performance multifunctional electrocatalysts

(2017) Ziyang Lu et al.   Nano Energy

Current Status and Future Development of Catalyst Materials and Catalyst Layers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: An Industrial Perspective

(2017) Dustin Banham et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Efficient and Stable Bifunctional Electrocatalysts Ni/Ni x M y (M = P, S) for Overall Water Splitting

(2016) Gao-Feng Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Correlation between Chemical Dopants and Topological Defects in Catalytically Active Nanoporous Graphene

(2016) Yoshikazu Ito et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Topological Defects in Metal-Free Nanocarbon for Oxygen Electrocatalysis

(2016) Cheng Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defect Graphene as a Trifunctional Catalyst for Electrochemical Reactions

(2016) Yi Jia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Edge-rich and dopant-free graphene as a highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

(2016) Li Tao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Activated carbon becomes active for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions

(2016) Xuecheng Yan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Metal-free carbonaceous electrocatalysts and photocatalysts for water splitting

(2016) You Xu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon materials for oxygen reduction reaction clarified using model catalysts

(2016) D. Guo et al.   SCIENCE

Nonporous MOF-derived dopant-free mesoporous carbon as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

(2016) Xin Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in N-doped graphene materials: Development of highly efficient metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst

(2016) H. B. Yang et al.   Science Advances

Nitrogen-Doped Graphene with Pyridinic Dominance as a Highly Active and Stable Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction

(2015) Jingjie Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Hydrophilic Hierarchical Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocages for Ultrahigh Supercapacitive Performance

(2015) Jin Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High Selectivity for Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide Reduction over Copper Nanocube Electrocatalysts

(2015) F. Sloan Roberts et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanoporous Graphene with Single-Atom Nickel Dopants: An Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

(2015) H.-J. Qiu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facile synthesis of functionalized porous carbon with three-dimensional interconnected pore structure for high volumetric performance supercapacitors

(2015) Conglai Long et al.   CARBON

Carbon-Supported Pt-Based Alloy Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Particle Size, Shape, and Composition Manipulation and Their Impact to Activity

(2015) Yan-Jie Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Graphene Quantum Dots Supported by Graphene Nanoribbons with Ultrahigh Electrocatalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction

(2015) Huile Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

(2015) Jintao Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Role of lattice defects in catalytic activities of graphene clusters for fuel cells

(2015) Lipeng Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Significant Contribution of Intrinsic Carbon Defects to Oxygen Reduction Activity

(2015) Yufei Jiang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Controlling the Active Sites of Sulfur-Doped Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Nanolobes for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Catalysis

(2015) Abdelhamid M. El-Sawy et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Nitrogen-self-doped carbon with a porous graphene-like structure as a highly efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction

(2015) Jian Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction: a defect mechanism

(2015) Huanyu Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Boron- and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots/Graphene Hybrid Nanoplatelets as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

(2014) Huilong Fei et al.   ACS Nano

Nitrogen and Sulfur Codoped Graphene: Multifunctional Electrode Materials for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries and Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2014) Wei Ai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Oxygen Reduction Reaction in a Droplet on Graphite: Direct Evidence that the Edge Is More Active than the Basal Plane

(2014) Anli Shen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Mechanisms of Sulfur-Doped Graphene as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Fuel Cells

(2014) Lipeng Zhang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Origin of the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activity of Graphene-Based Catalysts: A Roadmap to Achieve the Best Performance

(2014) Yan Jiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tuning nondoped carbon nanotubes to an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction by localizing the orbital of the nanotubes with topological defects

(2014) Shujuan Jiang et al.   Nanoscale

Rice Husk-Derived Graphene with Nano-Sized Domains and Clean Edges

(2014) Hiroyuki Muramatsu et al.   Small

Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2013) Xiao-Feng Yang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

N-Doped Graphene Natively Grown on Hierarchical Ordered Porous Carbon for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction

(2013) Ji Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tailoring the performance of graphene-based supercapacitors using topological defects: A theoretical assessment

(2013) Alexander J. Pak et al.   CARBON

Nanoporous graphene by quantum dots removal from graphene and its conversion to a potential oxygen reduction electrocatalyst via nitrogen doping

(2013) Thangavelu Palaniselvam et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mesoporous Metal–Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2013) Hai-Wei Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Improving the hydrogen oxidation reaction rate by promotion of hydroxyl adsorption

(2013) Dusan Strmcnik et al.   Nature Chemistry

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocages as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2012) Sheng Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

BCN Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2012) Shuangyin Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nitrogen-Doped Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Size-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2012) Qiqi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cells

(2012) Mark K. Debe   NATURE

Sulfur-Doped Graphene as an Efficient Metal-free Cathode Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction

(2011) Zhi Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Size effect of graphene on electrocatalytic activation of oxygen

(2011) Dehui Deng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A review on non-precious metal electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells

(2011) Zhongwei Chen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Carbon-Based Supercapacitors Produced by Activation of Graphene

(2011) Y. Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells

(2010) Liangti Qu et al.   ACS Nano

Nitrogen-Doped Ordered Mesoporous Graphitic Arrays with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction

(2010) Ruili Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Topological defects in graphene: Dislocations and grain boundaries

(2010) Oleg V. Yazyev et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Metal-Air Batteries with High Energy Density: Li-Air versus Zn-Air

(2010) Jang-Soo Lee et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene

(2009) Matthew J. Allen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction

(2009) K. Gong et al.   SCIENCE