Yu Ding

TL;DR: This Tutorial review describes the synthesis and characteristics of different conductive polymer nanostructures; presents the representative applications of Nanostructured conductive polymers as active electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors and lithium-ion batteries and new perspectives of functional materials for next-generation high-energy batteries.

TL;DR: Remarkably, BVC-A shows outstanding electrocatalytic NRR performance with high average yield under ambient conditions, which is superior to the Bi4 V2 O11 /CeO2 hybrid with crystalline phase (BVC-C) counterpart.

TL;DR: A defect engineering strategy is reported to realize effective NRR performance on metal-free polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) catalyst and highlights the significance of defect engineering for improving electrocatalysts with weak N2 adsorption and activation ability.

TL;DR: This review presents a systematic molecular engineering scheme for designing organic and organometallic redox species in terms of solubility, redox potential, and molecular size and introduces recent advances covering the reaction mechanisms, specific functionalization methods, and electrochemical performances ofredox species classified by their molecular structures.

TL;DR: This Review summarizes the design rationale, fundamentals and characterization of Li-redox flow batteries from a chemistry and material perspective, with particular emphasis on the new chemistries and materials.