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Wuhan University of Technology

EducationWuhan, China
About: Wuhan University of Technology is a education organization based out in Wuhan, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Microstructure & Photocatalysis. The organization has 40384 authors who have published 36724 publications receiving 575695 citations. The organization is also known as: WUT.


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TL;DR: In this article, a method for synthesizing a one-dimensional CuO nanoneedle array was introduced; that is, a pure copper nanocrystalline layer was plated by using a periodic revers...
Abstract: In the present work, a novel method for synthesizing a one-dimensional CuO nanoneedle array was introduced; that is, first, a pure copper nanocrystalline layer was plated by using a periodic revers...

185 citations

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20 Mar 2019-Joule
TL;DR: In this paper, the n-type small-molecule acceptor COi8DFIC can be tuned from flat-on and edge-on lamellar crystalline to H and J-type π-π stacking during the solution-casting process, resulting in broadened photon absorption and fine phase separation with the electron donor PTB7-Th.

185 citations

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TL;DR: A green method for fabrication of a number of transition metal phosphides (TMPs) by pyrolyzing melamine and self-assembled phytic acid (PA) cross-linked metal complexes, which exhibit relatively high activity toward HER.
Abstract: Applications of highly-efficient and durable non-precious metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have great potential to relieve the energy crisis. Here, we demonstrate a green method for fabrication of a number of transition metal phosphides (TMPs) by pyrolyzing melamine and self-assembled phytic acid (PA) cross-linked metal complexes. The obtained materials consisting of TMP nanoparticles (NPs) are encapsulated in N,P-codoped carbon (NPC). Among TMPs, the resultant FeP NPs encapsulated in the NPC matrix (FeP NPs@NPC) show the highest HER activity at all pH values. At a current density of 10 mA cm−2, FeP NPs@NPC displays overpotentials of 130, 386 and 214 mV in 0.5 M H2SO4, 1.0 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) and 1.0 M KOH, respectively. Additionally, the encapsulation by NPC effectively prevents FeP NPs from corrosion, exhibiting almost unfading catalytic activity after 10 h testing in acidic, neutral and basic electrolytes. More importantly, other TMPs wrapped in NPC (CoP NPs@NPC and Ni2P NPs@NPC) can be easily obtained by this method, which also exhibit relatively high activity toward HER. Therefore, this generic synthesis strategy opens a door for unprecedented design and fabrication of novel low-cost TMP based electrocatalysts for HER and other electrochemical applications.

185 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a two-step method is employed to obtain metal clusters (Ru, Pt, Pd etc.) combining single cobalt atoms anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon (Ru/Pt/Pd@Co-SAs/N-C).

185 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, Ni(OH) 2 has been used as a cocatalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and can also be used to enhance the photoreduction of CO2 into chemical fuels.
Abstract: In the past few years, Ni(OH)2 has been found to be an effective cocatalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Herein, we report that it can also be used to enhance the photoreduction of CO2 into chemical fuels. Vertically aligned Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets are deposited onto electrospinning TiO2 nanofibers via simple wet-chemical precipitation to manufacture TiO2/Ni(OH) 2 hybrid photocatalysts. The TiO2 nanofibers can direct the ordered growth of Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets, which have a thickness of 20 nm and uniformly cover the surface of the TiO2 substrate. The TiO2/Ni(OH) 2 hierarchical composite displays remarkably improved photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity compared to that displayed by pristine TiO2 fibers. The bare TiO2 can only produce methane and carbon monoxide (1.13 and 0.76 μmol h−1 g−1, respectively) upon CO2 photoreduction. After loading 0.5 wt% Ni(OH) 2, the methane yield increases to 2.20 μmol h−1 g−1, meanwhile the CO yield is unchanged. Interestingly, alcohols (methanol and ethanol) also appear as products, in addition to CH4 and CO, over the TiO2/Ni(OH) 2 hybrid, and the maximum yield is reached with 15 wt% Ni(OH) 2 loading (0.58 and 0.37 μmol h−1 g−1 for methanol and ethanol, respectively). This can be ascribed to an enhanced charge separation efficiency and higher CO2 capture capacity due to the presence of Ni(OH) 2. These results demonstrate that Ni(OH) 2 can not only improve the total CO2 conversion efficiency, but can also alter the product selectivity upon photocatalysis. This work opens a new pathway for achieving high-efficiency photocatalytic CO2 reduction with Ni(OH) 2 as a cocatalyst.

185 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Jiaguo Yu178730113300
Charles M. Lieber165521132811
Dongyuan Zhao160872106451
Yu Huang136149289209
Han Zhang13097058863
Chao Zhang127311984711
Bo Wang119290584863
Jianjun Liu112104071032
Hong Wang110163351811
Jimmy C. Yu10835036736
Søren Nielsen10580645995
Liqiang Mai10461639558
Bei Cheng10426033672
Feng Li10499560692
Qi Li102156346762
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023140
2022599
20213,894
20203,665
20193,551
20183,076