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High-performance zinc–air batteries enabled by hybridizing atomically dispersed FeN2 with Co3O4 nanoparticles

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N-Doped porous biocarbon materials derived from soya peptone as efficient electrocatalysts for the ORR

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Enhancing oxygen reduction reaction performance via CNTs/graphene supported iron protoporphyrin IX: A hybrid nanoarchitecture electrocatalyst

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Valorization of the inedible pistachio shells into nanoscale transition metal and nitrogen codoped carbon-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction

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MOF/PCP-based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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In Situ Exfoliated Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheets Strongly Coupled with the Biochar Tube as the Cathode for an Application-Ready Zn-Air Battery

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Metathesis Reaction to Form Nanosheet-Structured Co(OH)2 Deposited on N-Doped Carbon as Composite Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

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Single-Atom Co–N4 Electrocatalyst Enabling Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction with Enhanced Hydrogen Peroxide Tolerance for Selective Sensing

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Recent progress in the development of efficient biomass-based ORR electrocatalysts

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Metal-free N and O Co-doped carbon directly derived from bicrystal Zn-based zeolite-like metal-organic frameworks as durable high-performance pH-universal oxygen reduction reaction catalyst

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Can Tin Enhance the Electrocatalytic Activity of Fe–Nx–C Materials toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction?

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Waste Face Surgical Mask Transformation into Crude Oil and Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

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Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeCo Alloy Nanostructures with Surface-Dangling Fe(Co)-Nx Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline and Acid Media

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Boosting Electrocatalytic Performance of Co(OH)2/NC for Oxygen Reduction Reaction by a Secondary-N-Doping Strategy

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Unlocking the potential of solid carbon: synergistic production with hydrogen from oil and gas resources for innovative applications and a sustainable future

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Biocarbon materials

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Recent Advances in Waste Plastic Transformation into Valuable Platinum‐Group Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Ni-Phthalocyanine Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Active Sites Formation and Electrocatalytic Activity

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Upgrading the waste Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene into crude oil and highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

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Electrochemical and electrocatalytic performance of single Au@Pt/Au bimetallic nanoparticles

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Single‐Atom and Hierarchical‐Pore Aerogel Confinement Strategy for Low‐Platinum Fuel Cells

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Precise Modulation of Carbon Activity Sites in Metal‐Free Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

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TEMPO-mediated oxidized cellulose nanofibers-Cd2+ derived hierarchically porous carbon aerogel for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

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Iron-based electrocatalysts derived from scrap tires for oxygen reduction reaction: Evolution of synthesis-structure-performance relationship in acidic, neutral and alkaline media

Mohsin Muhyuddin, Davide Testa, Roberto Lorenzi, Giovanni Maria Vanacore, Federico Poli, Francesca Soavi, Stefania Specchia, Walter Giurlani, Massimo Innocenti, Luca Rosi and Carlo Santoro

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Boosting the oxygen reduction performance of MOF-5-derived Fe-N-C electrocatalysts via a dual strategy of cation-exchange and guest-encapsulation

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Self-templating construction of N, P-co-doped carbon nanosheets for efficient eletreocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction

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Application of Nanocomposites in Covalent Organic Framework-Based Electrocatalysts

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Research on carbonization kinetic of cellulose-based materials and its application

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Litchi‐derived platinum group metal‐free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media

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Pyrolysis kinetics and mechanism of pore formation during the pyrolysis of biomass sawdust impregnated with phosphoric acid

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Recent Advances on Heteroatom‐Doped Porous Carbon/Metal Materials: Fascinating Heterogeneous Catalysts for Organic Transformations

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Formation of the active site structures during pyrolysis transformation of Fe-phthalocyanine into Fe-Nx-C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

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Highly stable and methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst Co/CoO/SnO@N-C nanocubes by one-step introduction of functional components

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Mitigating Co Metal Particle Agglomeration and Enhancing ORR Catalytic Activity through Nitrogen-Enriched Porous Carbon Derived from Biomass

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N, F dual-doped carbon embedded with Co&CoN paragenetic structure for oxygen electrocatalytic reduction reaction

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