Article
Chemistry, Applied
Wei Liu, Peng Geng, Shiqing Li, Wenhui Liu, Dayong Fan, Huidan Lu, Zhenhuan Lu, Yongping Liu
Summary: Modulating the electronic structure and surface energy by nanostructure and heteroatom doping is an efficient strategy to improve the electrocatalytic activity of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The synthesized 1% Ni-WP2 NS/CC catalyst exhibits outstanding performance in acidic conditions, showing potential as an effective material for enhancing HER activity.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Peng Wei, Xueping Sun, Minhui Wang, Jiahao Xu, Zhimin He, Xiaogang Li, Fangyuan Cheng, Yue Xu, Qing Li, Jiantao Han, Hui Yang, Yunhui Huang
Summary: A novel heterostructure composed of W2C and WP embedded in nitrogen-decorated carbon (W2C/WP@NC) was constructed as an efficient HER electrocatalyst in this study, demonstrating remarkable electrocatalytic activity and durability in both acidic and basic conditions. Moreover, as the cathode in overall water-splitting, the W2C/WP@NC catalyst showed high current density and maintained long durability with a low cell voltage of less than 1.723 V for over 12 hours.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Electrochemistry
Yaoxia Yang, Lan Zhang, Fengyao Guo, Mi Kang, Xuqin An, Nana Jiang, Qingqing Wang, Lanxin Ma, Zhiwang Yang, Ziqiang Lei
Summary: The rational design and controllable manufacture of a novel electrocatalyst Cu3P/NiCoP/NCF demonstrate excellent pH-insensitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance and high stability. The structure and composition of the catalyst play a crucial role in its performance.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yuxiao Gao, Ying Zhao, Hongru Liu, Mingyu Shao, Zhi Chen, Tianyi Ma, Zexing Wu, Lei Wang
Summary: In this study, a Ru-Re3P4/NPC catalyst with porous nanostructure was prepared using a low-toxic material, which successfully regulated the electrocatalytic activity and improved the efficiency of the hydrogen evolution reaction.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jiaqian Guo, Zhenxiang Zhan, Ting Lei, Ping Yin
Summary: A self-supported nickel-cobalt phosphide on nickel foam (NiCoP/NF) with intertwined and porous columnar morphology exhibited excellent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. The enhanced performance is attributed to the enlarged surface area and enriched exposed active sites, enabling faster charge transfer kinetics. This simple immersion method provides a new approach for designing cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xuefeng Liu, Yuantao Pei, Liang Huang, Wen Lei, Faliang Li, Yage Li, Haijun Zhang, Quanli Jia, Shaowei Zhang
Summary: In this study, a hierarchical electrocatalyst was developed for efficient hydrogen production from water. The electrocatalyst exhibited superior performance compared to most documented transition metal phosphides electrocatalysts and even Pt catalyst. The remarkable performance was attributed to the porous nature of the substrate and the special surface structure and electronic properties of the electrocatalyst.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xuefeng Liu, Yuantao Pei, Liang Huang, Wen Lei, Faliang Li, Yage Li, Haijun Zhang, Quanli Jia, Shaowei Zhang
Summary: This study presents a hierarchical electrocatalyst of flower-like FeNiP-LDH/CF with excellent HER performance, attributed to its special structure and component advantages, as well as satisfactory porous structure and surface electronic properties.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zechen Xiao, Zhi Li, Yuhan Jing, Ting Li, Dongyang Jiang, Yuxian Duan, Qianxu Ye, Liexing Zhou, Anran Chen, Jinming Cai
Summary: Nickel with compressive strain (EG-Ni) was prepared through a one-step electrochemical deposition strategy, showing outstanding enhancement for the HER with low overpotential and superior stability.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Fangyou Meng, Yuan Yu, Dongfeng Sun, Li Li, Songmin Lin, Luo Huang, Wenhui Chu, Shufang Ma, Bingshe Xu
Summary: A novel three-dimensional flower-like tungsten phosphide nanowire arrays catalyst in-situ grown on nickel foam was explored. The 3D nanostructured electrode showed excellent electrocatalytic performance and great application prospect in electrolysis of water to produce large-scale hydrogen and oxygen.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Bei Wei, Guancheng Xu, Jincheng Hei, Li Zhang, Tingting Huang, Qian Wang
Summary: By growing CoFeP two-dimensional nanoarrays on nitrogen-doped electrospun carbon nanofibers and utilizing a template-directed growth and phosphorization treatment, the CoFeP NS@NCNF exhibits efficient bifunctional electrocatalytic activities for OER and HER in 1 M KOH. The hierarchical structure derived from Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) provides a promising way for the preparation of transition metal-based electrocatalysts.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zhuzhu Du, Kai Yang, Hongfang Du, Boxin Li, Ke Wang, Song He, Tingfeng Wang, Wei Ai
Summary: This work reports the synthesis of self-supported Zn-doped CuO nanosheet arrays (Zn-CuO NAs) for the electrochemical reduction of nitrate (NO3-RR) to ammonium (NH3). The Zn dopant regulates the electronic structure of CuO to greatly enhance the interfacial charge transfer and inner electron transport kinetics. The Zn-CuO NAs exhibit high NH3 production rate and Faradaic efficiency, outperforming the majority of state-of-the-art catalysts.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jingwen Huang, Chuanyong Jian, Qian Cai, Wenting Hong, Wei Liu
Summary: In this study, a large-scale WP-W2C electrocatalyst with a nanoporous network structure was successfully fabricated, which exhibited excellent catalytic stability and activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction. It shows great potential for industrial applications.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cuncai Lv, Jifeng Liu, Pingping Lou, Xiaobo Wang, Linjie Gao, Shufang Wang, Zhipeng Huang
Summary: Packaging electrocatalysts with carbon shells can enhance the stability and efficiency of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) materials. An ultrathin N-doped carbon-coated self-supported WP nanowire array (WP@NC NA) hybrid has been synthesized, which exhibits improved physicochemical stability, active sites, and conductivity. The carbon shell optimizes various steps in both acidic and alkaline HER reactions. These findings provide scientific guidance for the packaging design of carbon-encapsulating self-supported electrocatalysts.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Xiaoxuan Shao, Shusheng Xu, Peijie Wang, Yi Wen, Xuecheng Sun, Min Hong, Kaiwei Wu, Xue-Rong Shi
Summary: A facile phosphating process was used to transform CoFe-BTC precursors into carbon-incorporated bimetallic phosphide nanospheres, which exhibited superior HER activity, enhanced kinetics, and excellent cycle durability in both acidic and alkaline solutions.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Teng He, Yi He, Hongjie Li, Xiangying Yin, Jing Ma, Heng Shi, Liang Zhou, Li Chen
Summary: This study successfully synthesized a 3D hierarchical heterostructure precursor on NiCo-layered double hydroxides through surface engineering strategy, which can be further transformed into a tri-metallic phosphide with excellent catalytic performance. Additionally, urea-assisted system was found to have energy saving advantage superior to traditional water splitting in alkaline electrolyte.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chenglong Shi, Junlong Sun, Youyong Pang, YongPing Liu, Bin Huang, Bo-Tian Liu
Summary: Dual-ion hybrid supercapacitors exhibit high energy density, long cycle life, excellent capacity retention, and show potential applications in flexible wearable electronics.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Binbin Zhao, Duoduo Gao, Yongping Liu, Jiajie Fan, Huogen Yu
Summary: In this study, the ethyl acetate-mediated method was developed to improve the crystallinity and prepare efficient g-C3N4 photocatalysts. The resultant cyano group-enriched crystalline g-C3N4 photocatalysts (CC-CN) displayed significantly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen-evolution performance. The improved performance was attributed to the synergy of improved ordered structure and abundant cyano groups, promoting efficient transfer and separation of photoinduced charges as well as excellent interfacial hydrogen-generation reaction.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jilong Huang, Yongping Liu, Peng Yan, Jie Gao, Yuchi Fan, Wan Jiang
Summary: MoS2 nanoflake, as a semiconductor material with low thermal conductivity, has the potential to optimize the performance of thermoelectric materials. In this study, a mechanical exfoliation method was proposed to mass produce MoS2 nanoflakes, and MoS2/SLNT composites were fabricated by spark plasma sintering. It was found that the heterojunctions formed at MoS2/SLNT interfaces effectively enhanced the Seebeck coefficient without significantly reducing the electrical conductivity. Meanwhile, the thermal conductivity of the composites was significantly decreased due to the phonon scattering induced large thermal resistance at MoS2/SLNT interfaces. The maximum ZT value of 0.24 was achieved in the 1.5 vol% MoS2/SLNT composite, which is 26% higher than the pristine matrix. This work lays the foundation for the application of transition metal dichalcogenides in modulating thermoelectric materials.
JOURNAL OF MATERIOMICS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Wei Liu, Zhizhong Xiao, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Dayong Fan, Wei Li, Huidan Lu, Yongping Liu
Summary: In this study, a self-supporting nanosheet array material with sulfur incorporation into WP2 was successfully constructed. The optimized catalyst exhibited excellent stability and activity in acidic media, and sulfur substitution effectively improved the intrinsic activity of the catalyst. This work provides valuable guidance for the preparation of highly efficient flexible electrode materials based on electrocatalysts.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Na Li, Yang Zhuang, Lijun Sui, Zhizhong Xiao, Dayong Fan, Vanchiappan Aravindan, Chris Bowen, Huidan Lu, Yongping Liu
Summary: The construction of heterostructures based on non-precious metals with platinum-like performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a challenge in hydrogen fuel technology. In this study, heterostructured M-N-Ni9S8/Nb2O5 (M = Co, Fe, or Cu) catalysts were successfully fabricated using spatially separated Ni9S8 nanosheets/Nb2O5 nanobelts coupled with nitrogen (N) and metal atoms. The Co-N-Ni9S8/Nb2O5 heterostructure achieved a low acidic overpotential of-171 mV at-10 mA cm(-2) and outperformed existing heterostructures due to its improved intrinsic activity, interface-rich structure, abundant active sites, and large surface area. The Cu-N-Ni9S8/Nb2O5 heterostructure required a low alkaline overpotential of-109 mV at-10 mA cm(-2), approaching the performance of Pt/C catalyst. Density functional theory (DFT) predictions showed that the local charge distribution and electronic properties at the heterointerface of Ni9S8/Nb2O5 can be modulated by co-doping of metals with N atoms, leading to optimal adsorption energy and reduced water dissociation barrier, thereby enhancing the acidic and alkaline HER activity. This work provides a new design principle for advanced heterostructured catalysts.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Mahima Khandelwal, Fan Dayong, Lijun Sui, Jin Suk Chung, R. D. K. Misra, Peng Yin, Eui Jung Kim, Woong Kim, Aravindan Vanchiappan, Yongping Liu, Seung Hyun Hur, Han Zhang, Chris Bowen
Summary: This review provides an overview of recent progress in nano- and microstructured catalysts as binder-free electrodes for electrocatalytic water splitting and oxygen evolution reaction. The impact of nanostructure on their functional property relationships and enhanced bifunctional electrocatalytic performance is discussed.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Electrochemistry
Krishnan Subramanyan, Sanming Chen, Na Li, Tingting Ma, Yongping Liu, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Vanchiappan Aravindan
Summary: We report a new low-voltage insertion anode based on MXene V4C3Tx and compare its electrochemical performance with ester and ether-based electrolytes in both half-cell and full-cell configurations. The results show that the ether-based electrolyte exhibits better retention ability and rate performance. In addition, the formation of a passivation layer in the carbonate-based electrolyte leads to increased initial Coulombic inefficiency. Full-cell tests with NVPC cathode also demonstrate that the ether-based electrolyte provides enhanced capacity, capacity retention, and rate performance compared to ester-based electrolytes.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rajendran Ramachandran, Yu Wang, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Minzhang Li, Anxin Luo, Zong-Xiang Xu, Fei Wang
Summary: This study reports a solid-state symmetric supercapacitor based on the intercalation of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) into Siloxene heterostructure, which shows high charge storage performance and cyclic stability. The Siloxene@MoS2 heterostructure is considered a promising candidate for high-performance supercapacitors and provides a new strategy for the design of future energy storage devices.
APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Chenglu Liu, Zhengyan Xu, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Yongping Liu, Mengyang Wu
Summary: In this study, a conductive double network hydrogel with unique properties such as self-healing, self-adhesive, and antibacterial activity was successfully fabricated. The hydrogel exhibited excellent self-healing and adjustable mechanical properties, as well as remarkable antibacterial activities. It also showed great potential in flexible wearable materials and health monitoring.
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Rong Hu, Lei Yao, Lijun Sui, Yongping Liu, Amor Abdelkader, Yongliang Li, Xiangzhong Ren, Libo Deng
Summary: We successfully fabricated bifunctional M-N-C catalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries using a new class of metal-organic framework. These catalysts exhibited excellent alkaline oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activities, with lower overpotentials and half-wave potentials compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts. The strong electronic correlation between metallic Co nanoparticles and atomic Co-N-4 sites in the catalysts enhanced the adsorption/desorption of intermediates in ORR/OER, resulting in improved bifunctional electrocatalytic performance. The Co@C-CoNC-based rechargeable zinc-air battery showed high power density and stability during discharge.
NANO-MICRO LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Namachivayam Karthik, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel Edison, Raji Atchudan, Seung Tae Choi
Summary: The effect of femtosecond (FS) laser-texturing on the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of 316 L stainless steel (SS) plates was studied. FS laser texturing was used to create oxyhydroxide layers with dimple structures on the SS electrodes. The FS laser textured electrodes showed improved OER activity in terms of overpotential and current density.
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS
(2023)