Publications by authors named "Mengyu Yuan"

Functional materials that can quickly absorb and degrade mustard gas are essential for chemical warfare emergency response kits. In this study, a fiber membrane with excellent adsorption and catalytic degradation activity was developed by solution blow spinning polystyrene (PS)/polyurethane (PU) and hydrothermal in situ growth of a zirconium-based MOF (MOF-808). The mechanical properties of the PS/PU fibers were improved by adding a trimethylolpropane tris (2-methyl-1-aziridine propionate) (TTMA) cross-linking agent.

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The development of efficient and stable nanomaterial electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great significance for renewable energy conversion via water electrolysis. Herein, we have developed a novel class of bimetallic RuM (M = Ni, Co) hollow nanorods (HNRs) through a facile Fe etching strategy, as electrocatalysts for enhancing the HER. Morphological physical characterization and electrochemical tests demonstrated that RuM (M = Ni, Co) HNRs with hollow structures can effectively enhance electrocatalytic activity due to their high specific surface areas.

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Rational design and fabrication of highly active electrocatalysts toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are of paramount significance in industrial hydrogen production via water electrolysis. Herein, by taking advantage of the high surface-to-volume ratio, maximized atom-utilization efficiency, and quantum size effect, we have successfully fabricated an innovative class of Ru-based alloy nanoclusters. Impressively, carbon fiber cloth (CFC) supported RuNi nanoclusters could exhibit outstanding electrocatalytic performance toward the HER, in which the optimal composition RuNi/CFC could achieve a current density of 10 mA cm with an overpotential of merely 43.

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Urea electro-oxidation reaction (UOR) has been a promising strategy to replace oxygen evolution reaction (OER) by urea-mediated water splitting for hydrogen production. Naturally, rational design of high-efficiency and multifunctional electrocatalyst towards UOR and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of vital significance, but still a grand challenge. Herein, an innovative 3D Ru-modified NiFe metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoflake array on Ni foam (Ru-NiFe-x/NF) was elaborately designed via spontaneous galvanic replacement reaction (GRR).

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Developing low-budget, stable, and high-performance electrocatalyst toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of pivotal significance in the fields of energy conversion and storage. Herein, a universal metal organic framework (MOF)-mediated method for the synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) layered triple hydroxides (LTHs) nanosheets with ultrathin nature has been developed. It is interesting to disclose that the CoNi-based LTHs possess better electrochemical catalytic performance, giving superior performance to commercial RuO catalysts.

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Optimizing the electronic and synergistic effect of hybrid electrocatalysts based on Pt and Pt-based nanocatalysts is of tremendous importance towards a superior hydrogen evolution performance under both acidic and alkaline conditions. However, developing an ideal Pt-based hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst with moderated electronic structure as well as strong synergistic effect is still a challenge. Herein, we fabricated boron (B)-doped PtNi nanobundles by a two-step method using NaBH as the boron source to obtain PtNi/Ni B heterostructures with well-defined nanointerfaces between PtNi and Ni B , achieving an enhanced catalytic HER performance.

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High performance nanomaterial catalysts have attracted great attention on the application for the direct alcohol fuel cell. To improve the catalytic behavior, it is a challenge to modulate the surface structure and morphology of catalysts. We integrated properties of advanced networks nanostructure and core@shell structure to form a series of PdAg@Pd worm-like networks catalysts.

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Although great progress in pursuing high-performance catalysts for advanced electrocatalysis has been made, the design of high-efficiency electrocatalysts continues to be a huge challenge for commercializing electrochemical energy technologies. Herein, a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical assembly nanostructure consisting of ultrathin Ir-doped Pd nanosheets has been well designed, which could serve as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for advanced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and liquid fuel electrooxidation. In particular, the optimized PdIr nanocatalyst displays excellent electrocatalytic HER performance with an overpotential of only 73 mV at 10 mA cm along with excellent stability.

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A novel BiOBr@TiO/carbon hybrid framework as a continuous flow sunlight water purification system has been reported in the present work. The BiOBr@TiO/carbon hybrid framework was fabricated via the sequential growth of TiO nanowires and BiOBr nanoplates on carbon fiber cloth. TiO nanowires interweaved with carbon fibers to form a porous network, while BiOBr nanoplates were arrayed on TiO nanowires.

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