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Highly efficient and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution by molybdenum doped Ni-Co phosphide nanoneedles at high current density
There is an increasingly urgent need to develop cost-effective electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity and stability as alternatives to the traditional Pt/C in catalysts in water electrolysis. In this st...
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Insight into the influence of ether and ester electrolytes on the sodium-ion transportation kinetics for hard carbon
The electrochemical performance of hard carbon (HC) materials is closely related to the electrolyte used in the sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Conventional electrolytes carbonate (EC) demonstrates low initial Co...
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A durable P2-type layered oxide cathode with superior low-temperature performance for sodium-ion batteries
To power large-scale energy storage systems, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) must have not only high-energy density but also high performance under a low-temperature (LT) environment. P2-type manganese oxides with...
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Recent advances in semimetallic pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) based anodes for sodium-ion batteries: Structural design, charge storage mechanisms, key challenges and perspectives
In the recent times sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have come to the forefront as an economic and resourceful alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for powering portable electronic devices and large-scale gr...
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Novel Organometallic Fullerene Complexes for Vehicular Hydrogen Storage
Experimental wet chemical approaches have been demonstrated in the synthesis of a new chainlike (C60-Fe-C60-Fe)n complex. This structure has been proposed based on 13C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, elec...
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Synthesis of BaMoO4 hollow spheres
Based on the “polymer-cation templates” technique, well-defined BaMoO4 hollow spheres with an average diameter of 2.3 μm have been synthesized via a simple precipitation reaction between BaCl2 and (NH4)6Mo7O24 · ...
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Hydrogen Storage in Novel Carbon-Based Nanostructured Materials
Experimental wet chemical approaches to complex an iron atom with two C60 fullerenes, representing a new molecule, dubbed a “bucky dumbbell,” have been demonstrated. The structure of this molecule has been determ...
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Generalized Kubas Complexes as a Novel Means for Room Temperature Molecular Hydrogen Storage
We propose that generalized Kubas complexes of molecular hydrogen with light metal elements, such as B and Be embedded in carbon nanostructures, or related Be and B materials, could offer breakthrough performa...