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A mesoporous carbon derived from 4,4′-dipyridyl iron as an efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction

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Engineering one-dimensional and hierarchical PtFe alloy assemblies towards durable methanol electrooxidation

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Layer-structured FeCo bihydroxide as an ultra-stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting at high current densities

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Cooperation between holey N-doped carbon and Ni nanoparticles as an efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

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Nitrogen/Phosphorus/Boron-Codoped Hollow Carbon Spheres as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Zn–Air Batteries

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Electrocatalytic, Kinetic, and Mechanism Insights into the Oxygen‐Reduction Catalyzed Based on the Biomass‐Derived FeOx@N‐Doped Porous Carbon Composites

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Multidimensional regulation of Ni3S2@Co(OH)2 catalyst with high performance for wind energy electrolytic water

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Copper molybdenum sulfide-based rounded hollow cubes material as multifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries and stable supercapacitors

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Cr2O3 nanoparticles boosting Cr–N–C for highly efficient electrocatalysis in acidic oxygen reduction reaction

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Fe3O4 encapsulated in porous carbon nanobowls as efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for Zn-air batteries

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Cobalt-based oxygen electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives

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MnCo2O4/Mn2O3 Nanorod Architectures as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst Material for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

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Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery with Ultrahigh Power Density Based on Uniform N, Co Codoped Carbon Nanospheres

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CoN C active sites-rich three-dimensional porous carbon nanofibers network derived from bacterial cellulose and bimetal-ZIFs as efficient multifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

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Rational Construction of a N, F Co‐doped Mesoporous Cobalt Phosphate with Rich‐Oxygen Vacancies for Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Supercapacitors

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Self-standing heterostructured NiCx-NiFe-NC/biochar as a highly efficient cathode for lithium–oxygen batteries

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Fe3C-inserted “tube plugging into porous network” nanohybrids as advanced sulfur hosts for lithium-sulfur batteries

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Manganese nanoparticles catalyzed the formation of mesoporous helical nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes enabled aldosterone biosensing

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Simple Preparation of a Flexible CuSx@TiO2 Composite Electrode by Electrophoresis with Excellent Lithium Storage Performance

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Waste wine mash-derived doped carbon materials as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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Shape-controlled growth of three-dimensional flower-like ZnO@Ag composite and its outstanding electrochemical performance for Ni-Zn secondary batteries

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Mesoporous N-doped carbon with atomically dispersed Zn-Nx active sites as high-performance cathode in lithium-oxygen batteries

Huagen Liang, Linhui Jia, Shan Ji, Shangfeng Ma, Vladimir Linkov and Fu Chen

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Activating Cu/Fe2O3 nanoislands rooted on N-rich porous carbon nanosheets via the Mott-Schottky effect for rechargeable Zn-air battery

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Nonnoble metal oxides for high‐performance Zn‐air batteries: Design strategies and future challenges

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Recent advances in bifunctional catalysts for zinc-air batteries: Synthesis and potential mechanisms

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A One‐Pot Method to Synthesize a Co‐Based Graphene‐Like Structure Doped Carbon Material for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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A facile one-pot method to prepare nitrogen and fluorine co-doped three-dimensional graphene-like materials for supercapacitors

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Facile synthesis of hierarchical Co–Mo–O–S porous microspheres for high-performance supercapacitors

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Cobalt nanoparticles intercalated nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon nanosheet network as potential catalyst for electro-oxidation of hydrazine

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Binary Co–Ni oxide nanoparticle-loaded hierarchical graphitic porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors

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Mn2V2O7 spiked ball‐like material as bifunctional oxygen catalyst for zinc‐air batteries

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Cobalt–Iron nanoparticles encapsulated in mesoporous carbon nanosheets: A one-pot synthesis of highly stable electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

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Dual metal ligand strategy tailoring bifunctional oxygen electrocatalytic performance

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Porous Carbon Electrode Derived from Waste Wine Industry for Supercapacitors

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A comparative study on the catalytic activities and stabilities of atomic-layered platinum on dispersed Ti0.9Cu0.1N nanoparticles supported by N-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) and reduced graphene oxide (N-rGO)

Jinnan Yu, Xinlong Tian, Haibo Tang, Jianwei Ren and Shijun Liao

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Mn Nanoparticles Encapsulated within Mesoporous Helical N‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Highly Active Air Cathode for Zinc–Air Batteries

Qing Dong, Hui Wang, Shan Ji, Xuyun Wang, Quanbing Liu, Daniel J. L. Brett, Vladimir Linkov and Rongfang Wang

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2019, 3
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Reducing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Overpotential in Cobalt‐Based Electrocatalysts via Optimizing the “Microparticles‐in‐Spider Web” Electrode Configurations

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Co/CoOx heterojunctions encapsulated N-doped carbon sheets via a dual-template-guided strategy as efficient electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-air battery

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Facile hydrothermal synthesis of NiMoO4·xH2O nanorods-like structures as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries

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Hydrothermal synthesis of high-performance cobalt phosphate nanorod architecture as bifunctional electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-air batteries and supercapatteries

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Fe2O3 nanocatalysts on N-doped carbon nanomaterial for highly efficient electrochemical hydrogen evolution in alkaline

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In situ electro-oxidation modulation of Ru(OH)x/Ag supported on nickel foam for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media

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B, N-doped ultrathin carbon nanosheet superstructure for high-performance oxygen reduction reaction in rechargeable zinc-air battery

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Rechargeable Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage

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Heterogeneous Bimetallic Selenide Anchored Carbon Nanotubes for Boosted Hydrogen Reactions

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Molten Salt‐Assisted Synthesis of Ferric Oxide/M–N–C Nanosheet Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Self-template construction of 2D amorphous N-doped CoFe-mesoporous phosphate microsheets for zinc-air batteries

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Engineering charge redistribution on high-density RuCo nanoclusters loaded on N-doped graphite carbon as robust bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-air batteries

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