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Saeed M, Shahzad U, Marwani HM, Asiri AM, Ur Rehman S, Althomali RH, Rahman MM. Recent Advancements on Sustainable Electrochemical Water Splitting Hydrogen Energy Applications Based on Nanoscale Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) Substrates. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202301107. [PMID: 38419386 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202301107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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The development of green hydrogen generation technologies is increasingly crucial to meeting the growing energy demand for sustainable and environmentally acceptable resources. Many obstacles in the advancement of electrodes prevented water electrolysis, long thought to be an eco-friendly method of producing hydrogen gas with no carbon emissions, from coming to fruition. Because of their great electrical conductivity, maximum supporting capacity, ease of modification in valence states, durability in hard environments, and high redox characteristics, transition metal oxides (TMOs) have recently captured a lot of interest as potential cathodes and anodes. Electrochemical water splitting is the subject of this investigation, namely the role of transition metal oxides as both active and supportive sites. It has suggested various approaches for the logical development of electrode materials based on TMOs. These include adjusting the electronic state, altering the surface structure to control its resistance to air and water, improving the flow of energy and matter, and ensuring the stability of the electrocatalyst in challenging conditions. In this comprehensive review, it has been covered the latest findings in electrocatalysis of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) and Hydrogen Evaluation Reaction (HER), as well as some of the specific difficulties, opportunities, and current research prospects in this field.
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- Mohsin Saeed
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Energy & Environmental Engineering, University of the Punjab New Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Art and Science, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Wadi Al-Dawasir, 11991, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Kawashima K, Márquez RA, Smith LA, Vaidyula RR, Carrasco-Jaim OA, Wang Z, Son YJ, Cao CL, Mullins CB. A Review of Transition Metal Boride, Carbide, Pnictide, and Chalcogenide Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37967475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Transition metal borides, carbides, pnictides, and chalcogenides (X-ides) have emerged as a class of materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Because of their high earth abundance, electrical conductivity, and OER performance, these electrocatalysts have the potential to enable the practical application of green energy conversion and storage. Under OER potentials, X-ide electrocatalysts demonstrate various degrees of oxidation resistance due to their differences in chemical composition, crystal structure, and morphology. Depending on their resistance to oxidation, these catalysts will fall into one of three post-OER electrocatalyst categories: fully oxidized oxide/(oxy)hydroxide material, partially oxidized core@shell structure, and unoxidized material. In the past ten years (from 2013 to 2022), over 890 peer-reviewed research papers have focused on X-ide OER electrocatalysts. Previous review papers have provided limited conclusions and have omitted the significance of "catalytically active sites/species/phases" in X-ide OER electrocatalysts. In this review, a comprehensive summary of (i) experimental parameters (e.g., substrates, electrocatalyst loading amounts, geometric overpotentials, Tafel slopes, etc.) and (ii) electrochemical stability tests and post-analyses in X-ide OER electrocatalyst publications from 2013 to 2022 is provided. Both mono and polyanion X-ides are discussed and classified with respect to their material transformation during the OER. Special analytical techniques employed to study X-ide reconstruction are also evaluated. Additionally, future challenges and questions yet to be answered are provided in each section. This review aims to provide researchers with a toolkit to approach X-ide OER electrocatalyst research and to showcase necessary avenues for future investigation.
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- Kenta Kawashima
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Electrochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- H2@UT, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Hayat A, Sohail M, Ali H, Taha TA, Qazi HIA, Ur Rahman N, Ajmal Z, Kalam A, Al-Sehemi AG, Wageh S, Amin MA, Palamanit A, Nawawi WI, Newair EF, Orooji Y. Recent Advances and Future Perspectives of Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Overall Electrochemical Water Splitting. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200149. [PMID: 36408911 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recently, the growing demand for a renewable and sustainable fuel alternative is contingent on fuel cell technologies. Even though it is regarded as an environmentally sustainable method of generating fuel for immediate concerns, it must be enhanced to make it extraordinarily affordable, and environmentally sustainable. Hydrogen (H2 ) synthesis by electrochemical water splitting (ECWS) is considered one of the foremost potential prospective methods for renewable energy output and H2 society implementation. Existing massive H2 output is mostly reliant on the steaming reformation of carbon fuels that yield CO2 together with H2 and is a finite resource. ECWS is a viable, efficient, and contamination-free method for H2 evolution. Consequently, developing reliable and cost-effective technology for ECWS was a top priority for scientists around the globe. Utilizing renewable technologies to decrease total fuel utilization is crucial for H2 evolution. Capturing and transforming the fuel from the ambient through various renewable solutions for water splitting (WS) could effectively reduce the need for additional electricity. ECWS is among the foremost potential prospective methods for renewable energy output and the achievement of a H2 -based economy. For the overall water splitting (OWS), several transition-metal-based polyfunctional metal catalysts for both cathode and anode have been synthesized. Furthermore, the essential to the widespread adoption of such technology is the development of reduced-price, super functional electrocatalysts to substitute those, depending on metals. Many metal-premised electrocatalysts for both the anode and cathode have been designed for the WS process. The attributes of H2 and oxygen (O2 ) dynamics interactions on the electrodes of water electrolysis cells and the fundamental techniques for evaluating the achievement of electrocatalysts are outlined in this paper. Special emphasis is paid to their fabrication, electrocatalytic performance, durability, and measures for enhancing their efficiency. In addition, prospective ideas on metal-based WS electrocatalysts based on existing problems are presented. It is anticipated that this review will offer a straight direction toward the engineering and construction of novel polyfunctional electrocatalysts encompassing superior efficiency in a suitable WS technique.
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- Asif Hayat
- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, 321004, Jinhua, Zhejiang, P. R. China.,College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, 321004, Jinhua, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 313001, Huzhou, P. R. China
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- Multiscale Computational Materials Facility, Key Laboratory of Eco-Materials Advanced Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, 350100, Fuzhou, China
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- Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, PO Box 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.,Physics and Engineering Mathematics Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt
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- College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 400065, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Physics, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, KP, Pakistan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710072, Xian, P. R. China
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Physics and Engineering Mathematics Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, 32952, Menouf, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Energy Technology Program, Department of Specialized Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Karnjanavanich Rd., 90110, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 02600, Cawangan Perlis, Arau Perlis, Malaysia
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, 82524, Sohag, Egypt
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, 321004, Jinhua, China
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Ghosh S, Samanta M, Chandra A, Mukherjee M, Sarkar S, Chattopadhyay K. Cobalt diselenide nanotetrapod: an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2022.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lee MG, Yang JW, Kwon HR, Jang HW. Crystal facet and phase engineering for advanced water splitting. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00585a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review covers the principles and recent advances in facet and phase engineering of catalysts for photocatalytic, photoelectrochemical, and electrochemical water splitting. It suggests the basis of catalyst design for advanced water splitting.
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- Mi Gyoung Lee
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, 16229, Republic of Korea
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Chamani S, Khatamian M, Peighambardoust NS, Aydemir U. Microwave-Assisted Auto-Combustion Synthesis of Binary/Ternary Co x Ni 1-x Ferrite for Electrochemical Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:33024-33032. [PMID: 34901654 PMCID: PMC8655901 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Enormous efforts have been dedicated to engineering low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER, respectively). For this, the current contribution reports the successful synthesis of binary/ternary metal ferrites (Co x Ni1-x Ferrite; x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0) by a simple one-step microwave technique and subsequently discusses its chemical and electrochemical properties. The X-ray diffraction analysis substantiated the phase purity of the as-obtained catalysts with various compositions. Additionally, the morphology of the nanoparticles was identified via transmission electron microscopy. Further, the vibrating sample magnetometer justified the ferromagnetic character of the as-prepared products. The electrochemical measurements revealed that the as-prepared materials required the overpotentials of 422-600 and 419-467 mV for HER and OER, respectively, to afford current densities of 10 mA cm-2. In the general sense, Ni cation substitution with Co influenced favorably toward both HER and OER. Among all synthesized electrocatalysts, Co0.9Ni0.1Ferrite displayed the highest performance in terms of OER in 1 M KOH solution, which is related to the synergistic effect of multiple parameters including the optimal substitution amount of Co, the highest Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, the smallest particle size among all samples (26.71 nm), and the lowest charge transfer resistance. The successful synthesis of ternary ferrites carried out for the first time via a microwave-assisted auto-combustion route opens up a new path for their applications in renewable energy technologies.
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- Sanaz Chamani
- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
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- Inorganic
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
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- Koç
University Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center
(KUBAM), Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
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- Koç
University Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center
(KUBAM), Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
- Department
of Chemistry, Koç University, Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
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Cobalt-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting: An Overview. CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10563-021-09329-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Xue N, Lin Z, Li P, Diao P, Zhang Q. Sulfur-Doped CoSe 2 Porous Nanosheets as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:28288-28297. [PMID: 32490660 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c07088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), as a promising route for hydrogen production, demands efficient and robust noble-metal-free catalysts. Doping foreign atoms into an efficient catalyst such as CoSe2 could further enhance its activity toward the HER. Herein, we developed a solvothermal ion exchange approach to doping S into CoSe2 nanosheets (NSs). We provide a combined experimental and theoretical investigation to establish the obtained S-doped CoSe2 (S-CoSe2) nanoporous NSs as highly efficient and Earth-abundant catalysts for the HER. The optimal S-CoSe2 catalyst delivers a catalytic current density of 10 mA·cm-2 for the HER at an overpotential of only 88 mV, demonstrating that S-CoSe2 is one of the most efficient CoSe- and CoS-based catalysts for the HER. We performed density functional theory (DFT) calculations to determine the stable structural configurations of S-CoSe2, and on the basis of which, we calculated the hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy (ΔGH) on CoSe2, CoS2, and the S-CoSe2 and the barrier energies of the rate-determining step of the HER on S-CoSe2. DFT calculations reveal that S-doping not only decreases the absolute value of ΔGH (move toward zero) but also significantly lowers the kinetic barrier energy of the rate-determining step of the HER on S-CoSe2, leading to a greatly improved HER performance.
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- Ning Xue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Zeng M, Cao Q, Liu J, Guo B, Hao X, Liu Q, Liu X, Sun X, Zhang X, Yu R. Hierarchical Cobalt Selenides as Highly Efficient Microwave Absorbers with Tunable Frequency Response. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:1222-1231. [PMID: 31805765 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Microwave absorbing materials have attracted much attention in solving electromagnetic interference and pollution problems. Hierarchical cobalt selenides have been obtained through a facile selenization annealing process. The as-prepared samples exhibit distinct reflection losses (RL) and frequency responses via tailoring their crystalline configurations, with excellent absorption in Ku, X, or C band. All of the samples show RL greater than or near -50 dB with effective bandwidths more than 4 GHz, indicating that they may serve as high-efficient and frequency-tunable microwave absorbers. Especially, the sample annealed at 400 °C shows a competitive RL of -62.04 dB at 9.92 GHz with a thickness of 2.25 mm; meanwhile, its effective absorption bandwidth reaches 5.36 GHz with a thickness as small as 1.56 mm. The cobalt selenides as microwave absorbers exhibit a promising prospect applied in complex electromagnetic environments.
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- Min Zeng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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- Physical Science and Engineering Division , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 239556900 , Saudi Arabia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , China
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Feng W, Pang W, Xu Y, Guo A, Gao X, Qiu X, Chen W. Transition Metal Selenides for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wenshuai Feng
- School of Physics and ElectronicsCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and ElectronicsCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and ElectronicsCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and ElectronicsCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- School of Physics and ElectronicsCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringCentral South University Changsha Hunan 410083 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy Science Changchun Jilin 130022 P.R. China
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