Functional Materials Letters
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2024
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IF 1.2
Yaoting Wang,Zhiling Chou,Huimin Zhang,Yiming Zou,Junfu Wang,Haochen Ding,Hong Zhao,Song Wang,Xin Xiao
The electrochemical decomposition of water to produce hydrogen using clean energy sources has become a sustainable pathway for hydrogen utilization, with efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts crucial for high energy conversion efficiency. Nickel phosphide is widely utilized in the electrocatalytic HER owing to its unique electronic properties, efficient electrocatalytic performance, and excellent corrosion resistance. However, the HER activity of nickel–phosphide electrocatalysts remains low, necessitating further research for practical applications. This paper introduces a method for preparing Ru-doped Ni 5 P 4 , including the mechanism of the HER, the preparation of Ru@Ni 5 P 4 , and its performance in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. The preparation methods for the Ru@Ni 5 P 4 electrocatalyst were classified, with a focus on the preparation techniques and research progress regarding its HER activity. The HER activities of the pure Ni 5 P 4 , Ru@Ni 5 P 4 , and 10 wt.% Pt/C electrodes were compared based on experimental indicators such as the overpotential and Tafel slope at a specific current density.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Xitong Yang,Guowei Liu,Ruifeng Zhou,Zhengzheng Xie,Yamin Cheng,Muhammad Shuaib Khan,Qiuye Li
Catalytic desorption can reduce the activation energy of the reaction and increase the desorption reaction rate, and is one of the most promising technologies to solve energy consumption problems of CO 2 capture technology for organic amine solutions. In order to further reduce desorption energy consumption, we propose a new method of utilizing the photothermal effect of catalysts to increase desorption temperature and accelerate reaction kinetics, and coupling the proton transfer ability of the catalyst itself to form multifunctional catalysis. In this work, we synthesized Ru x Mn 1-x OOH catalyst by introducing Ru atoms at the Mn vacancies on the MnOOH surface, grasping the advantages of the photothermal and proton transfer ability of Ru-dopants. The results showed that the CO 2 desorption capacity increased by 43.1% with adding MnOOH compared to without a catalyst. The Ru-doped catalyst demonstrated a 54.7% increase in CO 2 desorption efficiency, with an additional 98.2% surge attributed to the in-situ photothermal effect generated by the catalyst under light irradiation. Characterization and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that Ru doping significantly enhanced the proton transfer ability while simultaneously weakens the adsorption capacity of monoethanolamine (MEA) on the catalyst surface. Moreover, the stronger photothermal effect introduced by Ru leads to an increase in the surface temperature of the catalyst, which is key to the faster and efficient desorption of CO 2 . This work provides a new approach to improve the proton transfer ability of catalysts and offers a novel photothermal coupled catalytic scheme for CO 2 desorption in organic amine carbon capture technology.
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Coatings
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 3
·490
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IF 3.4
Guangwan Zhang,Chunhua Han,Kang Han,Jinshuai Liu,Jinghui Chen,Haokai Wang,Lei Zhang,Xuanpeng Wang
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are considered a potential replacement for lithium-ion batteries in the area of low-cost large-scale energy storage. Due to its low operating voltage, high capacity, non-toxicity and low production cost, titanium dioxide is now among the anode materials under investigation and shows the most promise. However, its poor electrical conductivity is one of the main reasons limiting its large-scale application. Herein, we designed a ruthenium-doped anatase-type VTi2.6O7.2ultrafine nanocrystal (Ru-VTO). As the anode of SIBs, Ru-VTO delivers a high specific capacity of 297 mAh g−1at 50 mA g−1, a long cycle life of 2000 cycles and a high rate capability (104 mAh g−1at 1000 mA g−1). The excellent performance may be related to the solid-solution interatomic interactions and the enhanced conductivity after ruthenium doping. These studies demonstrate the potential of Ru-VTO as an anode material for advanced SIBs.Keywords:titanium-based material;ru doping;high conductivity;anode;sodium-ion battery
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 45
·25802-25807
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IF 2.936
Jinyu Gu,Gangbin Yan,Yuebin Lian,Qiaoqiao Mu,Huidong Jin,Zaichao Zhang,Zhao Deng,Yang Peng
Inorganic defect halide compounds such as Cs3Bi2I9 have been regarded as promising alternatives to overcome the instability and toxicity issues of conventional perovskite solar cells. However, their wide indirect bandgaps and deep defect states severely limit their photoelectronic conversion efficiency when implemented in devices. Trivalent cation substitution has been proposed by previous calculations allowing the engineering of their band structures, but experimental evidences are still lacking. Herein we use the trivalent cation Ru3+ to partially replace Bi3+ in Cs3Bi2I9, and reveal their structural and optoelectronic properties, as well as the environmental stability. The Ru-doped Cs3Bi2I9 shows a decreasing bandgap with the increasing doping levels and an overall up-shift of band structure, owing to the dopant-induced defect states and thus enhanced phonon–electron coupling. As a result, upon Ru3+ doping, the narrowed bandgap and the upward shift of the band structures might facilitate and broaden their applications in optoelectronic devices.
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光电子学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 4.3
Fengjuan Liu,Yan Zhang,Tingting Wang,Peng Jiang,Bei Liu,Yunxia Wen,Ning Qu,Jie Kong,Zhenchen Tang,Feng Zeng,Han Lin,Xiaohua Lu,Tuo Ji,Jiahua Zhu
The strong N N bond, notoriously difficult to dissociate, has long posed a significant challenge to ammonia synthesis under mild conditions, typically requiring high temperatures and pressures. Here, Ru-supported Sr-based perovskite/CNT core/shell composites were developed as microwave-responsive catalysts for ammonia synthesis. Leveraging their exceptional microwave responsiveness, Ru/SrCeO 3 /CNT achieved an NH 3 production rate of 1.04 mmol·(g·h) −1 at 300 °C and 0.1 MPa, with no deactivation observed after 72 h. The energy consumption reached 0.10 MJ·(mol·g) −1 at 30 W much lower than the recent research on microwave ammonia synthesis. The core/shell architecture facilitated in-situ heat generation from the CNT core, enhancing interfacial reactions on Ru nanoparticles. Furthermore, XPS and H 2 -TPR analyses revealed that oxygen vacancies and strong interfacial interactions in the SrCeO 3 support boosted the electron-donating capacity of Ru active sites, promoting N N bond cleavage. This work offers a scalable, energy-efficient strategy for sustainable ammonia production.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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IF 8.3
Weiwei Han,Xinuo Cai,Jiahong Liao,Yi He,Chunlin Yu,Xingwang Zhang
The development of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis is a promising technology for hydrogen production, which has always been restricted by the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Although IrOx is one of the benchmark acidic OER electrocatalysts, there are still challenges in designing highly active and stable Ir-based electrocatalysts for commercial application. Herein, a Ru-doped IrOx electrocatalyst with abundant twin boundaries (TB-Ru0.3Ir0.7Ox@ITO) is reported, employing indium tin oxide with high conductivity as the support material. Combing the TB-Ru0.3Ir0.7Ox nanoparticles with ITO support could expose more active sites and accelerate the electron transfer. The TB-Ru0.3Ir0.7Ox@ITO exhibits a low overpotential of 203 mV to achieve 10 mA cm–2 and a high mass activity of 854.45 A g–1noble metal at 1.53 V vs RHE toward acidic OER, which exceeds most reported Ir-based OER catalysts. Moreover, improved long-term stability could be obtained, maintaining the reaction for over 110 h at 10 mA cm–2 with negligible deactivation. DFT calculations further reveal the activity enhancement mechanism, demonstrating the synergistic effects of Ru doping and strains on the optimization of the d-band center (εd) position and the adsorption free energy of oxygen intermediates. This work provides ideas to realize the trade-off between high catalytic activity and good stability for acidic OER electrocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Shuangshuang Li,Jie Liu,Yunmei Du,Mengmeng Wang,Yuanxiang Gu,Dehong Chen,Ruiyong Zhang,Lei Wang
The difficulty of nitride modification is to develop simple and efficient strategies to induce defects and efficiently capture Ru atoms. With these in mind, this work innovatively constructed a Ru-Co 3 O 4 /CoN-L catalyst with abundant anion defects (oxygen vacancies (V O ) and nitrogen vacancies (V N )) using the nitridation-quenching-Ru doping strategy. Surprisingly, the porous structure provided more active sites, and the V N and V O were conducive to promoting the anchoring of Ru atoms. These significantly improved the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performances of the Ru-Co 3 O 4 /CoN/NF-L catalyst. The density functional theory results showed that the anion defects optimized the hydrogen adsorption capacity of the Ru active sites for the HER. Furthermore, Ru dopants and anion defects reduced the OER energy barrier of the Co-active sites, accelerating the HER and OER kinetics. This study proposes a new concept for defect construction and nitride-structure optimization.
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RSC Advances
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 45
·27235-27241
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IF 3.119
Jiaqi Niu,Jian Yang,Ali Imran Channa,Eric Ashalley,Jiachao Yang,Jie Jiang,Handong Li,Haining Ji,Xiaobin Niu
Hydrogen is the most promising renewable energy source to replace traditional fossil fuels for its ultrahigh energy density, abundance and environmental friendliness. Generating hydrogen by water splitting with highly efficient electrocatalysts is a feasible route to meet current and future energy demand. Herein, the effects of Ru doping and phosphorization treatment on Co3O4 nanoarrays for water splitting are systemically investigated. The results show that a small amount of phosphorus can accelerate hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the trace of Ru dopant can significantly enhance the catalytic activities for HER and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Ru-doped cobalt phosphorous oxide/nickel foam (CoRuPO/NF) nanoarrays exhibit highly efficient catalytic performance with an overpotential of 26 mV at 10 mA cm−2 for HER and 342 mV at 50 mA cm−2 for OER in 1 M KOH solution, indicating superior water splitting performance. Furthermore, the CoRuPO/NF also exhibits eminent and durable activities for alkaline seawater electrolysis. This work significantly advances the development of seawater splitting for hydrogen generation.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2021
·Vol. 32
·期 19
·23786-23797
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IF 2.478
Zhou Dengfeng,Li Junqi,Chen Chaoyi,Chen Can,Wu Hongming,Lin Fangchang,Guo Jianbing
Ruthenium doped LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 (LNMO) microspheres has been prepared by a simple solid-state reaction process. The as-prepared sample was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemistry performance test. The sample shows a spinel crystal structure without RuO 2 impurity phase, and Ru doped sample crystal plane spacing increases. Combined with EDS spectrum, it indicates that the Ru ion was doped in the LNMO and distributed homogeneously. The XPS also further confirm the existence of Ru ions, and Ru has no obvious influence on Ni and Mn elements. The SEM images show that all the samples are sphere-like, with many polyhedral particles attached to the surface. When doped with 4% Ru ion, many cavities appear on the surface to form a porous structure. Electrochemical analysis confirms that the Ru-doped sample exhibits better electrochemical properties regarding discharge capacity, cycle stability, and rate performance. The 4% Ru-doped sample owns an initial discharge capacity of 125 mAh g −1 at 0.25C rate, with a capacity retention of 92% after 50 charge–discharge cycles. Moreover, at high current density (1C), Ru doped sample’s discharge capacity is 103 mAh g −1 while the original is only 86 mAh g −1 . The excellent electrochemical properties are attributed to the Ru doping that increases the interlayer spacing and reduces the charge-transfer impedance ( R ct ), which is beneficial to lithium ion-exchange.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2022
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IF 9.221
Rongrong Jin,Yueru Jiang,Liupeng Zhao,Tianshuang Wang,Xiaomin Liu,Fangmeng Liu,Xu Yan,Peng Sun,Geyu Lu
In this paper, we successfully prepared Ru-doped Co 3 O 4 flower-like hollow microspheres by a simple hydrothermal method . The microstructure characterization results indicated the formation of well-organized microflowers with a size of 0.5–1 µm, which were composed of nanosheets . The gas sensing performances of sensors by using the synthesized Ru-doped Co 3 O 4 hollow microflowers as sensing material were investigated. The 1 at% Ru-doped Co 3 O 4 sensor showed the best acetone sensing performance and had a response 18.8–10 ppm acetone, which was almost 5.4 times that of pure Co 3 O 4 . Significantly, the sensor had an ultra-low detection limit, with a response value of 1.5–50 ppb acetone at 137.5 °C (30%RH). We propose a plausible mechanism for sensing performance improvement. Namely, the substitution of Ru 4+ regulated the carrier concentration and induced the change of Co 3 O 4 defect oxygen and chemisorbed oxygen.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2024
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Adel Al-Salihy,Ce Liang,Abdulwahab Salah,Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni,Ziang Lu,Mengxin Chen,Qianqian Liu,Ping Xu
The potential of sustainable hydrogen production technology through water splitting necessitates the rational design of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) bi-functional electrocatalysts . In this context, we initially synthesized and empirically evaluated ultralow Ru-doped NiMoO 4 @Ni 3 (PO 4 ) 2 core-shell nanostructures on nickel foam (Ru-NiMoO 4 @Ni 3 (PO 4 ) 2 /NF). The hydrous NiMoO 4 nanopillars were hydrothermally grown on NF, followed by successive RuCl 3 etching and subsequent phosphorylation processes, leading to the final Ru-NiMoO 4 @Ni 3 (PO 4 ) 2 /NF. The catalyst demonstrated impressive HER overpotential values of −14.8 and −57.1 mV at 10 and 100 mA cm −2 , respectively, with a Tafel slope of 35.8 mV dec −1 . For OER at 100 mA cm −2 , an overpotential of 259.7 mV was observed, with a Tafel slope of 21.6 mV dec −1 . The cell voltage required for overall water splitting was 1.43 V at 10 mA cm −2 and 1.68 V at 100 mA cm −2 . Moreover, the catalyst exhibited superior stability for 150 h, emphasizing its practical utility for long-term applications. Subsequent density functional theory calculations aligned with these empirical findings, indicating a low water dissociation energy barrier (Δ G b = 0.46 eV), near-zero free adsorption energy for HER (Δ G *H = 0.02 eV), and suitable free adsorption energy for OER (Δ G *OOH − Δ G *OH = 2.74 eV), alongside a high density of states near the Fermi level . These results, informed by both experimental evaluation and theoretical validation, highlight the potential of Ru-NiMoO 4 @Ni 3 (PO 4 ) 2 /NF as a high-performance catalyst for water splitting, setting a solid foundation for advancements in sustainable energy technologies.
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Nanomaterials
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2025
·Vol. 15
·期 10
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IF 4.3
Renjie Li,Meng Yu,Junjie Li,Ning Wang,Xiaolong Yang,Yanhua Peng
Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) holds great potential as a sustainable strategy for green hydrogen production. However, it still faces significant challenges due to the lack of highly efficient electrocatalysts. Herein, a synergistic approach by incorporating Ru atoms into MoS2nanosheets to optimize the structure and conductivity has been proposed, which could improve the HER performance of MoS2under alkaline conditions. Combining theoretical calculations and structural characterizations, it is demonstrated that the Ru atom introduction leads to the localized distortions of MoS2, generating additional active sites for H* adsorption, and reduces the free energy to adsorb and desorb hydrogen. Furthermore, the Ru introduction makes partial transformation from the 2H phase to the 1T phase in MoS2, which results in the change of the electronic structure and further enhances the electrical conductivity. As a result, the Ru-doped MoS2electrocatalysts exhibit the high HER activities with the low overpotentials of 61 mV and 79 mV at 10 mA cm−2in 1.0 M KOH and alkaline seawater, respectively. This work provides a novel design strategy for enhancing HER activity through the synergistic modulation of structural and electronic properties, offering valuable insights for the development of efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution.
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