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University of South Australia
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-11-2023
DOI: 10.1002/EOM2.12302
Abstract: Direct conversion of low‐grade heat into electricity by thermal electrochemical cells is a promising strategy for energy generation. For stable heat‐to‐electricity conversion, maintaining a low‐grade heat induced temperature difference between the cell electrodes is essential. Here, a thermogalvanic cell consisting of a cellulose fiber‐based porous aerogel, a liquid electrolyte, a reduced graphene oxide light absorber, and carbon nanotube‐based electrodes is designed for low‐grade thermal energy harvesting and conversion. The low thermal conductivity of the porous cellulose aerogel enables limited heat transfer from the hot side to the cold side, and thermal energy management effectively reduces heat loss from the hot side to the environment. Thus, a sustainable temperature difference between the electrodes is maintained and a corresponding maximum power output of 6.94 mW m −2 is achieved under natural solar irradiation. The obtained thermal electrochemical cells are also integrated into an enclosed interfacial solar evaporation device to harvest the latent heat released from vapor condensation for electricity generation. In addition, the thermal electrochemical cells can be regenerated after 18 months of storage and show no performance degradation. This design thus offers a novel alternative strategy for practical low‐grade heat harvesting. image
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA01931D
Abstract: Hybrid water electrolysis using 2D electrocatalysts is a promising way to reduce the cost of green hydrogen production. This review systematically assesses the status quo and future challenges of various 2D materials for different reactions.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-05-2022
Abstract: Electrocatalysts for high-rate hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are crucial to clean fuel production. Nitrogen-rich 2D transition metal nitride, designated "nitridene", has shown promising HER performance because of its unique physical/chemical properties. However, its synthesis is hindered by the sluggish growth kinetics. Here for the first time using a catalytic molten-salt method, we facilely synthesized a V-Mo bimetallic nitridene solid solution, V
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-05-2022
Abstract: Electrocatalysts for high‐rate hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are crucial to clean fuel production. Nitrogen‐rich 2D transition metal nitride, designated “nitridene”, has shown promising HER performance because of its unique physical/chemical properties. However, its synthesis is hindered by the sluggish growth kinetics. Here for the first time using a catalytic molten‐salt method, we facilely synthesized a V−Mo bimetallic nitridene solid solution, V 0.2 Mo 0.8 N 1.2 , with tunable electrocatalytic property. The molten‐salt synthesis reduces the growth barrier of V 0.2 Mo 0.8 N 1.2 and facilitates V dissolution via a monomer assembly, as confirmed by synchrotron spectroscopy and ex situ electron microscopy. Furthermore, by merging computational simulations, we confirm that the V doping leads to an optimized electronic structure for fast protons coupling to produce hydrogen. These findings offer a quantitative engineering strategy for developing analogues of MXenes for clean energy conversions.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2024
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-01-2023
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-023-35913-6
Abstract: Heteroatom-doping is a practical means to boost RuO 2 for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, a major drawback is conventional dopants have static electron redistribution. Here, we report that Re dopants in Re 0.06 Ru 0.94 O 2 undergo a dynamic electron accepting-donating that adaptively boosts activity and stability, which is different from conventional dopants with static dopant electron redistribution. We show Re dopants during OER, (1) accept electrons at the on-site potential to activate Ru site, and (2) donate electrons back at large overpotential and prevent Ru dissolution. We confirm via in situ characterizations and first-principle computation that the dynamic electron-interaction between Re and Ru facilitates the adsorbate evolution mechanism and lowers adsorption energies for oxygen intermediates to boost activity and stability of Re 0.06 Ru 0.94 O 2 . We demonstrate a high mass activity of 500 A g cata. −1 (7811 A g Re-Ru −1 ) and a high stability number of S-number = 4.0 × 10 6 n oxygen n Ru −1 to outperform most electrocatalysts. We conclude that dynamic dopants can be used to boost activity and stability of active sites and therefore guide the design of adaptive electrocatalysts for clean energy conversions.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 20-10-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-03-2023
Abstract: Improving interfacial solar evaporation performance is crucial for the practical application of this technology in solar‐driven seawater desalination. Lowering evaporation enthalpy is one of the most promising and effective strategies to significantly improve solar evaporation rate. In this study, a new pathway to lower vaporization enthalpy by introducing heterogeneous interactions between hydrophilic hybrid materials and water molecules is developed. 2D MoN 1.2 nanosheets are synthesized and integrated with rGO nanosheets to form stacked MoN 1.2 ‐rGO heterostructures with massive junction interfaces for interfacial solar evaporation. Molecular dynamics simulation confirms that atomic thick 2D MoN 1.2 and rGO in the MoN 1.2 ‐rGO heterostructures simultaneously interact with water molecules, while the interactions are remarkably different. These heterogeneous interactions cause an imbalanced water state, which easily breaks the hydrogen bonds between water molecules, leading to dramatically lowered vaporization enthalpy and improved solar evaporation rate (2.6 kg m −2 h −1 ). This study provides a promising strategy for designing 2D‐2D heterostructures to regulate evaporation enthalpy to improve solar evaporate rate for clean water production.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-07-2022
DOI: 10.3390/NANO12142416
Abstract: Layered double hydroxide (LDH) is widely used in electrocatalytic water splitting due to its good structural tunability, high intrinsic activity, and mild synthesis conditions, especially for flexible fiber-based catalysts. However, the poor stability of the interface between LDH and flexible carbon textile prepared by hydrothermal and electrodeposition methods greatly affects its active area and cyclic stability during deformation. Here, we report a salt-template-assisted method for the growth of two-dimensional (2D) amorphous ternary LDH based on dip-rolling technology. The robust and high-dimensional structure constructed by salt-template and fiber could achieve a carbon textile-based water splitting catalyst with high loading, strong catalytic activity, and good stability. The prepared 2D NiFeCo-LDH/CF electrode showed overpotentials of 220 mV and 151 mV in oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions, respectively, and simultaneously had no significant performance decrease after 100 consecutive bendings. This work provides a new strategy for efficiently designing robust, high-performance LDH on flexible fibers, which may have great potential in commercial applications.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-03-2011
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA03004G
Abstract: An affordable and easy-to-fabricate solar evaporation-based crystallizer (SEC) was developed to implement interfacial brine evaporation towards zero liquid discharge (ZLD).
Publisher: AIP Publishing
Date: 03-02-2022
DOI: 10.1063/5.0061714
Abstract: Layered vanadate cathodes hold promise for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) owing to their multiple redox reactions as well as large interlayer space for Zn2+ storage. However, they are limited by vanadium dissolution during cycling, in association with severe capacity fade and unsatisfactory cyclic life. To address this challenge, we herein report a pre-inserted dual-cation vanadate (NaxZnyV3O8·nH2O) cathode, which combines the Zn2+-reinforced cathode structure with the Na+-enlarged lattice distance for fast and stable Zn2+ migration. Multiple ex situ analysis found that electrochemically active Zn3(OH)2V2O7·2H2O was generated after discharging, and this corresponds to the efficient suppression of vanadium dissolution by strong ionic bonding. As a result, a certain NaxZnyV3O8·nH2O cathode having a Na+ to Zn2+ ratio of 2:1 retains 99.6% of capacity after 418 cycles at 0.1 A g−1, 90.5% after 6000 cycles at 1.0 A g−1, and 96.7% after 9499 cycles at 10.0 A g−1. Our method paves a way for researchers to develop robust cathode materials for ultra-stable AZIBs.
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