Wei Wu, Zhenglin Hu, Zhengfei Zhao, Aoxuan Wang, Jiayan Luo
{"title":"A Functional Cathode Sodium Compensation Agent for Stable Sodium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Wei Wu, Zhenglin Hu, Zhengfei Zhao, Aoxuan Wang, Jiayan Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"Hard carbon (HC) is widely used in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), but its performance has always been limited by low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and cycling stability. Cathode compensation agent is a favorable strategy to make up for the loss of active sodium ions consumed by HC anode. Yet it lacks agent that effectively decomposes to increase the active sodium ions as well as regulate carbon defects for decreasing the irreversible sodium ions consumption. Here, we propose 1,2-dihydroxybenzene Na salt (NaDB) as a cathode compensation agent with high specific capacity (347.9 mAh g), lower desodiation potential (2.4–2.8 V) and high utilization (99%). Meanwhile, its byproduct could functionalize HC with more CO groups and promotes its reversible capacity. Consequently, the presodiation hard carbon (pHC) anode exhibits highly reversible capacity of 204.7 mAh g with 98% retention at 5 C rate over 1000 cycles. Moreover, with 5 wt% NaDB initially coated on the NaV(PO) (NVP) cathode, the capacity retention of NVP + NaDB|HC cell could increase form 36%–89% after 1000 cycles at 1 C rate. This work provides a new avenue to improve SIBs reversible capacity and cycling performance through designing functional cathode compensation agent.","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140036479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Membranes for Separation in Non-Polar Solvent System","authors":"Shuyun Gu, Siyao Li, Zhi Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"Membrane technology holds significant potential for augmenting or partially substituting conventional separation techniques, such as heat-driven distillation, thereby reducing energy consumption. Organic solvent nanofiltration represents an advanced membrane separation technology capable of discerning molecules within a molecular weight range of approximately 100–1000 Da in organic solvents, offering low energy requirements and minimal carbon footprints. Molecular separation in non-polar solvent system, such as toluene, n-hexane, and n-heptane, has gained paramount importance due to their extensive use in the pharmaceutical, biochemical, and petrochemical industries. In this review, we presented recent advancements in membrane materials, membrane fabrication techniques and their promising applications for separation in non-polar solvent system, encompassing hydrocarbon separation, bioactive molecule purification and organic solvent recovery. Furthermore, this review highlighted the challenges and opportunities associated with membrane scale-up strategies and the direct translation of this promising technology into industrial applications.","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140036472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing Electronic Structure through Point Defect Engineering for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion","authors":"Wei Ma, Jiahao Yao, Fang Xie, Xinqi Wang, Hao Wan, Xiangjian Shen, Lili Zhang, Menggai Jiao, Zhen Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"Point defect engineering endows catalysts with novel physical and chemical properties, elevating their electrocatalytic efficiency. The introduction of defects emerges as a promising strategy, effectively modifying the electronic structure of active sites. This optimization influences the adsorption energy of intermediates, thereby mitigating reaction energy barriers, altering paths, enhancing selectivity, and ultimately improving the catalytic efficiency of electrocatalysts. To elucidate the impact of defects on the electrocatalytic process, we comprehensively outline the roles of various point defects, their synthetic methodologies, and characterization techniques. Importantly, we consolidate insights into the relationship between point defects and catalytic activity for hydrogen/oxygen evolution and CO/O/N reduction reactions by integrating mechanisms from diverse reactions. This underscores the pivotal role of point defects in enhancing catalytic performance. At last, the principal challenges and prospects associated with point defects in current electrocatalysts are proposed, emphasizing their role in advancing the efficiency of electrochemical energy storage and conversion materials.","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139987778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Long Sun, Shunzheng Zhao, Sirui Gao, Ronghui Zhu, Yiran Tan, Xiaolong Tang, Honghong Yi
{"title":"Recent advances of metal vacancies in energy and environmental catalysis: synthesis, characterization, and roles","authors":"Long Sun, Shunzheng Zhao, Sirui Gao, Ronghui Zhu, Yiran Tan, Xiaolong Tang, Honghong Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139951843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct seawaect seawter splitting for hydrogen production: recent advances in materials synthesis and technological innovation","authors":"Yilin Zhao, Zhipeng Yu, Aimin Ge, Lujia Liu, Joaquim Luis Faria, Guiyin Xu, Meifang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Direct seawater splitting has emerged as a popular and promising research direction for the synthesis of clean, green, non-polluting, and sustainable hydrogen energy without depending on high-purity water in the face of the world's shortage of fossil energy. However, efficient seawater splitting is hindered by slow kinetics caused by the ultra-low conductivity and the presence of bacteria, microorganisms, and stray ions in seawater. Additionally, producing hydrogen on an industrial scale is challenging due to the high production cost. To address these challenges, this review presents that from the catalyst point of view, designing catalysts with high catalytic activity and high stability can directly affect the rate and effect of seawater splitting. From the ion transfer perspective, designing membranes can block harmful ions, improving the stability of seawater splitting. From the energy point of view, mixed seawater systems and self-powered systems also provide new and low-energy research systems for seawater splitting. Finally, ideas and directions for further research on direct seawater splitting in the future are pointed out, with the aims of achieving low-cost and high-efficiency hydrogen production.</p>","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139679409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuefeng Bai, Yi Li, Yabo Xie, Qiancheng Chen, Xin Zhang, Jian-Rong Li
{"title":"High-throughput screening of CO2 cycloaddition MOF catalyst with an explainable machine learning model","authors":"Xuefeng Bai, Yi Li, Yabo Xie, Qiancheng Chen, Xin Zhang, Jian-Rong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The high porosity and tunable chemical functionality of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) make it a promising catalyst design platform. High-throughput screening of catalytic performance is feasible since the large MOF structure database is available. In this study, we report a machine learning model for high-throughput screening of MOF catalysts for the CO<sub>2</sub> cycloaddition reaction. The descriptors for model training were judiciously chosen according to the reaction mechanism, which leads to high accuracy up to 97% for the 75% quantile of the training set as the classification criterion. The feature contribution was further evaluated with SHAP and PDP analysis to provide a certain physical understanding. 12,415 hypothetical MOF structures and 100 reported MOFs were evaluated under 100 °C and 1 bar within one day using the model, and 239 potentially efficient catalysts were discovered. Among them, MOF-76(Y) achieved the top performance experimentally among reported MOFs, in good agreement with the prediction.</p>","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139679357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lina Li, Yi Zhang, Gaopeng Liu, Tiange Wei, Junze Zhao, Bin Wang, Mengxia Ji, Yuanbin She, Jiexiang Xia, Huaming Li
{"title":"CoTCPP integrates with BiOBr microspheres for improved solar-driven CO2 reduction performance","authors":"Lina Li, Yi Zhang, Gaopeng Liu, Tiange Wei, Junze Zhao, Bin Wang, Mengxia Ji, Yuanbin She, Jiexiang Xia, Huaming Li","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>CO<sub>2</sub> photoreduction into carbon-based chemicals has been considered as an appropriate way to alleviate the energy issue and greenhouse effect. Herein, the 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin cobalt(II) (CoTCPP) has been integrated with BiOBr microspheres and formed the CoTCPP/BiOBr composite. The as-prepared CoTCPP/BiOBr-2 shows optimized photocatalytic performance for CO<sub>2</sub> conversion into CO and CH<sub>4</sub> upon irradiation with 300 W Xe lamp, which is 2.03 and 2.58 times compared to that of BiOBr, respectively. The introduced CoTCPP significantly enhanced light absorption properties, promoted rapid separation of photogenerated carriers and boosted the chemisorption of CO<sub>2</sub> molecules. The metal Co<sup>2+</sup> at the center of the porphyrin molecules also acts as adsorption center for CO<sub>2</sub> molecules, boosting the CO<sub>2</sub> convert into CO and CH<sub>4</sub>. The possible mechanism of CO<sub>2</sub> photoreduction was explored by <em>in-situ</em> FT-IR spectra. This work offers a new possibility for the preparation of advance photocatalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139665446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiacheng Bao, Xin Sun, Ping Ning, Kai Li, Jie Yang, Fei Wang, Lei Shi, Maohong Fan
{"title":"Industrial solid wastes to environmental protection materials for removal of gaseous pollutants: A review","authors":"Jiacheng Bao, Xin Sun, Ping Ning, Kai Li, Jie Yang, Fei Wang, Lei Shi, Maohong Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2024.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The application of industrial solid wastes as environmentally functional materials for air pollutants control has gained much attention in recent years due to its potential to reduce air pollution in a cost-effective manner. In this review, we investigate the development of industrial-waste-based functional materials for various gas pollutant removal and consider the relevant reaction mechanism according to different types of industrial solid waste. We see a recent effort towards achieving high-performance environmental functional materials via chemical or physical modification, in which the active components, pore size, and phase structure can be altered. The review will discuss the potential of using industrial solid wastes, these modified materials, or synthesized materials from raw waste precursors for the removal of air pollutants, including SO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub>, Hg<sup>0</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>S, VOCs, and CO<sub>2</sub>. The challenges still need to be addressed to realize this potential and the prospects for future research fully. The suggests for future directions include determining the optimal composition of these materials, calculating the real reaction rate and turnover frequency, developing effective treatment methods, and establishing chemical component databases of raw industrial solid waste for catalysts/adsorbent preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12744,"journal":{"name":"Green Energy & Environment","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139583265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}