Constructing sulfur and oxygen super-coordinated main-group electrocatalysts for selective and cumulative H


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 24 07 2023
accepted: 20 12 2023
medline: 4 1 2024
pubmed: 4 1 2024
entrez: 3 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Direct electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H

Identifiants

pubmed: 38167494
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44585-1
pii: 10.1038/s41467-023-44585-1
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

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193

Subventions

Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 52100195, 51821006, 52027815, 52192684, 92261105 and 22221003
Organisme : Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation)
ID : 2108085QB70 and 2108085UD06

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Xiao Zhou (X)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Yuan Min (Y)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Changming Zhao (C)

School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Cai Chen (C)

School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Ming-Kun Ke (MK)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Shi-Lin Xu (SL)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Jie-Jie Chen (JJ)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.

Yuen Wu (Y)

School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China. yuenwu@ustc.edu.cn.

Han-Qing Yu (HQ)

CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China. hqyu@ustc.edu.cn.

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