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Porous carbon-nanostructured electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries: from materials design to applications

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Asymmetrically tailored catalysts towards electrochemical energy conversion with non-precious materials

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A “Mesh Scaffold” that regulates the mechanical properties and restricts the phase transition-induced volume change of the PNIPAM-based hydrogel for wearable sensors

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Interfacial engineering of cobalt phosphide heterostructures confined in N,P-doped carbon for efficient bifunctional electrocatalysis in Zn–air batteries

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A macroporous carbon nanoframe for hosting Mott–Schottky Fe–Co/Mo2C sites as an outstanding bi-functional oxygen electrocatalyst

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NiFe-LDH loaded on N-doped Paulownia-derived carbon as a bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

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Active site switching on high entropy phosphides as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable/robust Zn–air battery

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Crystal‐Phase‐ and B‐Content‐Dependent Electrochemical Behavior of Pd─B Nanocrystals toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Strong Metal‐Support Interactions in Heterogeneous Oxygen Electrocatalysis

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Iron phosphides nanoparticles strongly coupled to N-doped carbon for high-efficiency oxygen reduction and evolution

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Salted Dried Bamboo Shoots-Derived Mesoporous Carbon Inherently Doped with SiC and Nitrogen for Capacitive Deionization

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Interface engineering induced charge rearrangement boosting reversible oxygen electrocatalysis activity of heterogeneous FeCo-MnO@N-doped carbon nanobox

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 650, 1350
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FeCuCo alloy-connected N-C materials as bifunctional oxygen catalysts for zinc-air batteries

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Three-in-one strategy for boosted charge transport in Ag/Co-Ni(OH)2 @nickel foam capacitive electrodes toward membrane-free electrocatalytic H2 production

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N, P-doping tuning the coordination structure of carbon electrode for efficiency of copper ions capacitance deionization

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Tailoring the d-band center by intermetallic charge-transfer manipulation in bimetal alloy nanoparticle confined in N-doped carbon nanobox for efficient rechargeable Zn-air battery

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Enhancing Catalytic Performance with Sol‐Gel Hydrotalcite‐Derived Nickel Oxide Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane: An Examination on Reactivity and Coke Formation

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Reversed charge transfer induced by nickel in Fe-Ni/Mo2C@nitrogen-doped carbon nanobox for promoted reversible oxygen electrocatalysis

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Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024, 88, 202
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Surface modified FeCoZn-ZIF derived polyhedral electrocatalysts for ORR under alkaline and acidic conditions

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Nitrogen‐bridged Fe‐Cu Atomic Pair Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Production and Electricity Generation with Zn‐NO2 Batteries

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Multimetallic Single-Atom Catalysts for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis

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Nano-etching of carbon nanofiber surface and subsequent Fe–N–C thin film coating for enhancement of oxygen evolution reaction

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Regulation of orbital interactions in robust electrocatalysts for high-performance oxygen reduction reaction and applications beyond

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Simultaneous electrochemical sensing of dopamine and uric acid with the aids of chemometric methods

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Trimetallic PtPdCo nanoalloy on hollow porous N-doped carbon fibers: A high-performance electrochemical immunosensor for procalcitonin detection in SIRS diagnosis

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Tailoring the high-density active sites via metal-coordinated ionic liquid encapsulated trimetallic core-shell MOF-derived catalysts for superior ORR in flexible Al-air batteries

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Selective in situ dynamic motion stay and recover under single NIR light in soft actuator by triggered Shape-Memory and phase transition of hydrogel

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Nitrogen‐bridged Fe‐Cu Atomic Pair Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Ammonia Production and Electricity Generation with Zn‐NO2 Batteries

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MnO2 regulated potential window and storage capacity of CoxNi1-x(OH)2@MnO2 freestanding electrode for promoted membrane-less and decoupled water splitting

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 49, 862
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Heterostructures with transition metal sulfides and transition metal phosphide: NiMnS/FeP achieve efficient seawater OER

Lumin Hong, Changdi Jing, Yuji Zhang, Huabo Huang, Qianqian Jiang and Jianguo Tang

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Spatial separation strategy to construct N/S co-doped carbon nanobox embedded with asymmetrically coupled Fe-Co pair-site for boosted reversible oxygen electrocatalysis

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Rationally designed single-phase Co-based quaternary alloy nanoparticles anchored on nitrogen doped carbon nanosheets as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for high performance rechargeable and flexible zinc-air batteries

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Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 652, 237621
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Recent Advances in Catalyst Design and Performance Optimization of Nanostructured Cathode Materials in Zinc–Air Batteries

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Materials Containing Single‐, Di‐, Tri‐, and Multi‐Metal Atoms Bonded to C, N, S, P, B, and O Species as Advanced Catalysts for Energy, Sensor, and Biomedical Applications

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Iron‐Doped CoNi‐MOF‐Derived Carbon Coated CoNi Alloy Nanoparticles as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

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Flexible Strain-Sensitive Sensors Assembled from Mussel-inspired Hydrogel with Tunable Mechanical Properties and Wide Temperature Tolerance in Multiple Application Scenarios

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Electrochemical insights into NiCoCu-based MOFs for energy storage applications

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Nickel-Induced charge transfer in semicoherent Co-Ni/Co6Mo6C Heterostructures for reversible oxygen electrocatalysis

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NiFe co-doped TiO2 as a high-performance bifunctional photocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution and reduction reactions in efficient zinc-air battery systems

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Cl-driven N configuration engineering in porous Carbon for enhanced heavy metal removal

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One‐Pot Etching Pyrolysis to Defect‐Rich Carbon Nanosheets to Construct Multiheteroatom‐Coordinated Iron Sites for Efficient Oxygen Reduction

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Layered Porous Ring‐Like Carbon Network Protected FeNi Metal Atomic Pairs for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis and Rechargeable Zn‐Air Batteries

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Small, 2025, 21
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Vacancy and doping engineering of Ni-based charge-buffer electrode for highly-efficient membrane-free and decoupled hydrogen/oxygen evolution

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 642, 714
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Achieving Near 100% Faradaic Efficiency of Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on Symmetry-Broken Medium-Entropy-Alloy Metallene

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ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 7907
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A 3d‐4d‐5d High Entropy Alloy as a Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst for Robust Aqueous Zinc–Air Batteries

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Enhancement of Zn-N-C charge-directed rearrangement for high-performance selectivity of heavy metal ions in capacitive deionization

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