Tianyi Ma

TL;DR: The achieved ultrahigh oxygen evolution activity and strong durability, with superior performance in comparison to the state-of-the-art noble-metal/transition-metal and nonmetal catalysts, originate from the unique nanowire array electrode configuration and in situ carbon incorporation, which lead to the large active surface area, enhanced mass/charge transport capability, easy release of oxygen gas bubbles, and strong structural stability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed density functional theory calculations to direct atomic-level exploration, design and fabrication of a MXene material, Ti3C2 nanoparticles, as a highly efficient co-catalyst.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel P-doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets were fabricated by combining P doping and thermal exfoliation strategies, which achieved a high visible-light photocatalytic H2-production activity of 1596 μmol h−1 g−1 and an apparent quantum efficiency of 3.56% at 420 nm.

TL;DR: This work demonstrates the potential of earth-abundant MXene family materials to construct numerous high performance and low-cost photocatalysts/photoelectrodes.

TL;DR: In this article, three-dimensional (3D) porous Ni/Ni8P3 and Ni/N9S8 electrodes are prepared by sequential treatment of commercial Ni-foam with acid activation, followed by phosphorization or sulfurization, which can act as self-supported bifunctional electrocatalytic electrodes for direct water splitting with excellent activity toward oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media.