Themed collection Virtual Collections—ICM Reviews

The potential of utilizing ammonia as a hydrogen carrier for on-site power generation via ammonia decomposition is systematically discussed.

Achieving single-atom dispersion of metal active components remains daunting. Here, we summarized several key synthesis methods and applications of high-loading SACs, hoping to highlight important research areas for future development.

Three approaches for enhancing OER activity and selectivity for hydrogen production in seawater electrolysis.

Various strategies for optimization of Ir-based OER catalysts are summarized, including elemental doping, surface engineering, atomic utilization and support engineering.

This minireview focuses on the synthesis of core–shell nanostructured magnesium-based materials to achieve hydrogen storage performances and analyses the mechanistic effects of this unique structure.

Hourglass-shaped or bimodally distributed microcavities enable both high gas permeabilities and selectivities for highly energy-efficient gas separations.

In this review, the use of 1,3-butadiene as a comparably cheap and abundant raw material to harvest fine and bulk chemicals is summarized in detail.

Supercapacitors are highly valued energy storage devices and it's crucial to understand their charging mechanism. We present a comprehensive discussion on the applications of EQCM in the supercapacitor community.

The recent progress in multicomponent catalyst design for CO₂/N₂/NO_x electroreduction is summarized from three models.

Molten salt electrochemical system towards carbon deposition.

This review discusses the recent advances in the field of the Li-mediated electrocatalytic dinitrogen reduction reaction along with the latest insights into the proposed catalytic mechanisms, electrocatalysts, and electrolytes.

A summary of recent progress with the application of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials in luminescence and display, environmental detection and bioimaging.

This review discusses the OER reaction mechanism (AEM and LOM) and the research progress of MnO₂-based OER catalysts. The optimization strategy of MnO₂-based catalysts was summarized.

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have great potential to become the next generation green energy technique, but its application is limited by the slow kinetics of the cathode oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic medium.

Evaluation for electrochemical CO₂ reduction to C1 with Ionic liquids.

A systematic summary on the current state-of-art of the formation, identification, and further valorization of oligomeric products during various lignin depolymerization processes.

The last decade has witnessed the birth and development of ionic skin. This article systematically reviews the research progress of ionic skin from the perspective of function.

The catalytic conversion networks for lignocellulose valorization including reaction routes, reaction types and key steps are comprehensively reviewed. The issues that need to be addressed for large-scale application are proposed.

Recent progress of metal–organic framework (MOF) based catalysts in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction, hydrogen oxidation reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction and nitrogen reduction reaction is summarized.

Lithium batteries have received a lot of attention in recent years. This comment reviewed the application of ionic liquid and poly(ionic liquid)-based electrolytes in lithium batteries.

Recent advances in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using layered double hydroxide-based nanosensors and nanosorbents are summarized.

The recent progress in non-fused ring electron acceptor-based organic solar cells has been reviewed from the perspective of material design strategies.