Tong Bian

TL;DR: A facile synthetic strategy for nitrogen-deficient graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3 Nx) is established, involving a simple alkali-assisted thermal polymerization of urea, melamine, or thiourea, with superior visible-light photocatalytic performance compared to pristine g-C2 N4.

TL;DR: This approach yields N-CNS with a high nitrogen content and comparable oxygen reduction reaction catalytic activities to commercial Pt/C catalysts in alkaline media.

TL;DR: A well-dispersed Co,N co-doped carbon nanoframework with hierarchically porous structure with comparable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic activity to that of commercial Pt catalysts with the same loading is synthesized via a mesoporous-silica-protected calcination strategy.

TL;DR: Defect-rich ultrathin ZnAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets are successfully prepared and are superior efficient catalysts for the photoreduction of CO2 to CO with water.

TL;DR: Graphene nanosheet-supported ultrafine metal nanoparticles encapsulated by thin mesoporous SiO2 layers were prepared and used as robust catalysts with high catalytic activity and excellent high-temperature stability, which can be recycled and reused in many gas- and solution-phase reactions.