Blar i Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering (TN-IEP) på forfatter "Yu, Zhixin"
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NiFe hydrotalcite-derived catalyst for CO2 reforming of methane: the impact of calcination and reduction temperature
Parra Camacho, Anderson (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)ABSTRACT Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has become a major environmental concern for today’s society. As energy demand keeps on rising, the transition to cleaner energies is not fast enough to completely reduce greenhouse ... -
Non-precious metal activated MoSi2N4 monolayers for high-performance OER and ORR electrocatalysts: A first-principles study
Lu, Song; Zhang, Yangzi; Lou, Fengliu; Guo, Kun; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Developing high-performance electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial for energy conversion and storage. Recently, a new type of two-dimensional material MoSi2N4 ... -
Optimization of the Resorcinol-Formaldehyde/Silicon Composite Synthesis
Hammer, Thomas (Master thesis, 2021)Batteries and capacitors are promising candidates for a greener future in energy storage. These technologies are highly dependant on the advanced materials used. Resorcinol-formaldehyde resin coated silica has proved to ... -
Promoting effect of Fe on supported Ni catalysts in CO2 methanation by in situ DRIFTS and DFT study
Huynh, Huong Lan; Zhu, Jie; Zhang, Guanghui; Shen, Yongli; Tucho, Wakshum Mekonnen; Ding, Yi; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)Bimetallic NiFe catalysts have emerged as a promising alternative to the traditional Ni catalysts for CO2 methanation. However, the promoting effect of Fe on the bimetallic catalysts remains ambiguous. In this study, a ... -
Recent Advances in Green Synthesis and Modification of Inorganic Nanomaterials by Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiations
Guo, Kun; Baidak, Aliaksandr; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)Alternative to conventional Joule heating, radiation in the forms of electromagnetic waves and particle beams offers a promising route to energize the green synthesis and modification of nanomaterials with high time ... -
Recent Progress in Two-Dimensional Materials for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Lu, Song; Lou, Fengliu; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (ECR) is an attractive approach to convert atmospheric CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels. However, this process is still hindered by sluggish CO2 reaction kinetics and the lack of efficient ... -
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 ... -
Revealing Silicon’s Delithiation Behaviour through Empirical Analysis of Galvanostatic Charge–Discharge Curves
Huld, Frederik Thorbjørn; Mæhlen, Jan Petter; Keller, Caroline; Lai, Samson Yuxiu; Eleri, Obinna E.; Koposov, Alexey; Yu, Zhixin; Lou, FengLiu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04)The galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) behaviour of silicon (Si) is known to depend strongly on morphology, cycling conditions and electrochemical environment. One common method for analysing GCD curves is through ... -
Revealing Silicon’s Delithiation Behaviour through Empirical Analysis of Galvanostatic Charge–Discharge Curves
Huld, Frederik Thorbjørn; Mæhlen, Jan Petter; Keller, Caroline; Lai, Samson Yuxiu; Eleri, Obinna Egwu; Koposov, Alexey; Yu, Zhixin; Lou, FengLiu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04)The galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) behaviour of silicon (Si) is known to depend strongly on morphology, cycling conditions and electrochemical environment. One common method for analysing GCD curves is through ... -
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 ... -
Structured NiFe catalysts derived from in-situ grown layered double hydroxides on ceramic monolith for CO2 methanation
Huynh, Huong Lan; Tucho, Wakshum Mekonnen; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Monolithic catalysts for CO2 methanation have become an active research area for the industrial development of Power-to-Gas technology. In this study, we developed a facile and reproducible synthesis strategy for the ... -
Synthesis, characterization, and activity of bimetallic Ni-Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts in dry reforming of methane
Huynh, Huong Lan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)The extensive amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into atmosphere is arguably considered to be the main reason for global climate change due to the greenhouse effect. For decades, considerable efforts have been devoted ... -
Synthesis, characterization, and activity of bimetallic Ni-Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts in dry reforming of methane
Huynh, Huong Lan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)The extensive amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into atmosphere is arguably considered to be the main reason for global climate change due to the greenhouse effect. For decades, considerable efforts have been devoted ... -
Synthetic natural gas production from CO2 and renewable H2: Towards large-scale production of Ni–Fe alloy catalysts for commercialization
Huynh, Huong Lan; Tucho, Wakshum Mekonnen; Yu, Xinhai; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)Synthetic natural gas (SNG) is one of the promising energy carriers for the excessive electricity generated from variable renewable energy sources. SNG production from renewable H2 and CO2 via catalytic CO2 methanation has ... -
The promotional effect of Ca, Mg, and Rh on the activity of Ni-based catalysts from hydrotalcite precursor for dry reforming of methane
Berg, Henrik (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IEP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)The world strives towards a way to decrease CH4 and CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. A way to do this is to utilize these gases in processes that can make useful products. One of these are dry reforming of methane (DRM), ... -
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 ...