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Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO by Ag-Decorated B-Doped g-C3N4: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study
Lu, Song; Zhang, Yang; Mady, Mohamed Fawzy Hamed Attia; Tucho, Wakshum Mekonnen; Lou, Fengliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) has received great attention in energy conversion and CO2 mitigation. In recent years, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has been regarded as a very promising support for metal nanoparticles ... -
Leveraging Synergies by Combining Polytetrafluorethylene with Polyvinylidene Fluoride for Solvent-Free Graphite Anode Fabrication
Zhang, Yang; Lu, Song; Lou, Fengliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Solvent-free graphite anode is fabricated successfully with the synergistic effect of polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). PTFE acts as a processing aid reagent to form a self-supporting electrode ... -
Recent technology development in solvent-free electrode fabrication for lithium-ion batteries
Zhang, Yang; Lu, Song; WANG, Zaisheng; Volkov, Vladislav; LOU, feng liu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)Electrodes for commercial lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are typically manufactured with slurry-casting (SC) procedure. The high cost and limited energy density caused by SC procedure impede new emerging application. Developing ... -
Revisiting Polytetrafluorethylene Binder for Solvent-Free Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Fabrication
Zhang, Yang; Huld, Frederik; Lu, Song; Jektvik, Camilla; Lou, Fenliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Solvent-free (SF) anodes with different carbon materials (graphite, hard carbon, and soft carbon) were fabricated to investigate the stability of different anodes with polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) degradation. The graphite ... -
Solvent-Free Electrode Fabrication Based on Polytetrafluoroethylene Fibrillation for Lithium-ion Batteries
Zhang, Yang (PhD Theses;883, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The commercial lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) electrodes are manufactured with slurry casting (SC) procedure, where a large amount of energy is consumed, increasing the manufacturing cost a lot. In addition, the SC procedure ... -
Solvent-free lithium iron phosphate cathode fabrication with fibrillation of polytetrafluoroethylene
Zhang, Yang; Lu, Song; Lou, Fengliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Fabricating electrode for lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) with solvent-free (SF) procedure can save energy and improve electrochemical performance simultaneously. Polymer fibrillation is one of the most promising SF procedures ... -
Sulfur‐Decorated Ni−N−C Catalyst for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Near 100 % CO Selectivity
Lu, Song; Zhang, Yang; Mady, Mohamed F; Eleri, Obinna Egwu; Tucho, Wakshum Mekonnen; Mazur, Michal; Li, Ang; Lou, Fengliu; Gu, Mingfen; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08)Developing highly efficient electrocatalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) to value-added products is important for CO2 conversion and utilization technologies. In this work, a sulfur-doped Ni−N−C catalyst is ... -
Theoretical study of single transition metal atom catalysts supported on two-dimensional Nb2NO2 for efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction to CH4
Lu, Song; Zhang, Yang; Lou, Feng liu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)The design of highly efficient catalysts for electrochemical reduction CO2 (ECR) to value-add chemicals and fuels is important for CO2 conversion technologies. In this work, earth abundant transition metal (TM = V, Cr, Mn, ... -
Transition metal single-atom supported on PC3 monolayer for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction by combined density functional theory and machine learning study
Lu, Song; Cao, Jie; Zhang, Yang; Lou, feng liu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)It is essential to develop non-precious metal-based alternatives used in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to high cost and scarcity of Pt-based catalysts. Herein, through density functional theory (DFT) calculations, ... -
Transition Metal−N/Graphene for advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: A first principles study
Zhang, Yang; Lu, Song; Ugochukwu, Kingsley; Lou, Fengliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Developing highly efficient anchoring materials with strong adsorption to lithium polysulfides to suppress ‘shuttling effect’ is crucial to address the short cycling life issue of lithium sulfur batteries. Herein, we ...