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    Boosting Microbial Electrocatalytic Kinetics for High Power Density: Insights into Synthetic Biology and Advanced Nanoscience
    Long Zou, Yan Qiao, Chang Ming Li
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2018, 1 (4): 567-598.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-018-0020-1
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    Microbial electrochemical systems are able to harvest electricity or synthesize valuable chemicals from organic matters while simultaneously cleaning environmentally hazardous wastes. The sluggish extracellular electron transfer (EET) between "non-or poor-conductive" microbes and electrode involves both bio-and electrocatalytic processes but is one of the main impediments to fast microbial electrode kinetics. To boost EET, researches have been focused on engineering electrochemically active microbes, constructing a unique nanostructured electrode endowed with a large amount loading of microbes and enhancing biotic-abiotic interactions for rapid electrode kinetics. After surveys of fundamentals of microbial electrocatalysis, particularly the diverse EET mechanisms with discussions on scientifc insights, this review summarizes and discusses the recent advances in bioengineering highly active biocatalytic microbes and nanoengineering unique electrode nanostructures for signifcantly improved microbial EET processes. In particular, this review associated with our researches analyzes in more detail the EET pathways, which contain direct and mediated electron transfer. The confusion between the energy efciency and electron transfer rate is clarifed and the approaches to elevate the EET rate are further discussed. These discussions shed both theoretical and practical lights on further research and development of more high-performance microbial catalysts by using synthetic biology coupled with nanoengineering approach for high energy conversion efciency while achieving high power density for practical applications. The challenges and perspectives are presented. It is believed that a next wave of research of microbial electrochemical systems will produce a new generation of sustainable green energy technologies and demonstrate great promise in their broad applications and industrializations.

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    Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials for High-Performance Supercapacitors: Current Status and Perspective
    Jiangqi Zhou, Shilin Zhang, Ya-Nan Zhou, Wei Tang, Junhe Yang, Chengxin Peng, Zaiping Guo
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2021, 4 (2): 219-248.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-020-00090-3
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    Supercapacitors are electrochemical energy storage systems that depend on high-surface-area electrodes and can play a dominant role in areas that require high power delivery or uptake. And of various electrodes, biomass-derived carbonaceous electrodes have recently shown impressive promise in high-performance supercapacitors because of their widespread availability, renewable nature and low-cost electricity storage. Based on this, this review will discuss the current status of biomass-derived carbon materials in supercapacitors and highlight current research with a specific emphasis on the influences of structure and elemental doping on the electrochemical performance of corresponding carbon electrodes. This review will also discuss the gap between laboratory achievements and practical utilization in terms of these biomass-derived carbon materials and outline practical strategies for future improvement.

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    Engineering Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures as High-Performance Electrocatalysts
    Qiangmin Yu, Yuting Luo, Azhar Mahmood, Bilu Liu, Hui-Ming Cheng
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2019, 2 (3): 373-394.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-019-00045-3
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    Electrochemical energy conversion between electricity and chemicals through electrocatalysis is a promising strategy for the development of clean and sustainable energy sources. This is because efcient electrocatalysts can greatly reduce energy loss during the conversion process. However, poor catalytic performances and a shortage in catalyst material resources have greatly restricted the widespread applications of electrocatalysts in these energy conversion processes. To address this issue, earth-abundant two-dimensional (2D) materials with large specifc surface areas and easily tunable electronic structures have emerged in recent years as promising high-performance electrocatalysts in various reactions, and because of this, this review will comprehensively discuss the engineering of these novel 2D material-based electrocatalysts and their associated heterostructures. In this review, the fundamental principles of electrocatalysis and important electrocatalytic reactions are introduced. Following this, the unique advantages of 2D material-based electrocatalysts are discussed and catalytic performance enhancement strategies are presented, including the tuning of electronic structures through various methods such as heteroatom doping, defect engineering, strain engineering, phase conversion and ion intercalation, as well as the construction of heterostructures based on 2D materials to capitalize on individual advantages. Finally, key challenges and opportunities for the future development of these electrocatalysts in practical energy conversion applications are presented.


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    Supercapatteries as High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
    Linpo Yu, George Zheng Chen
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2020, 3 (2): 271-285.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-020-00063-6
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    The development of novel electrochemical energy storage (EES) technologies to enhance the performance of EES devices in terms of energy capacity, power capability and cycling life is urgently needed. To address this need, supercapatteries are being developed as innovative hybrid EES devices that can combine the merits of rechargeable batteries with the merits of supercapacitors into one device. Based on these developments, this review will present various aspects of supercapatteries ranging from charge storage mechanisms to material selection including electrode and electrolyte materials. In addition, strategies to pair diferent types of electrode materials will be discussed and proposed, including the bipolar stacking of multiple supercapattery cells internally connected in series to enhance the energy density of stacks by reducing the number of bipolar plates. Furthermore, challenges for this stack design will also be discussed together with recent progress on bipolar plates.


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    Polymer Electrolytes for High Energy Density Ternary Cathode Material-Based Lithium Batteries
    Huanrui Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Jun Ma, Gaojie Xu, Tiantian Dong, Guanglei Cui
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2019, 2 (1): 128-148.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-018-00027-x
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    Layered transition metal oxides such as LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 and LiNixCoyAl1-x-yO2 (NCA) (referred to as ternary cathode material, TCM) are widely recognized to be promising candidates for lithium batteries (LBs) due to superior reversible capacities, high operating voltages and low production costs. However, despite recent progress toward practical application, commercial TCM-based lithium ion batteries (LIBs) sufer from severe issues such as the use of fammable and hazardous electrolytes, with one high profle example being the ignition of NCA-based LIBs used in Tesla Model S vehicles after accidents, which jeopardizes the future development of TCM-based LBs. Here, the need for TCM and fammable liquid electrolytes in TCM-based LBs is a major obstacle that needs to be overcome, in which conficting requirements for energy density and safety in practical application need to be resolved. To address this, polymer electrolytes have been demonstrated to be a promising solution and thus far, many polymer electrolytes have been developed for high-performance TCM-based LBs. However, comprehensive performances, especially long-term cycling capabilities, are still insufcient to meet market demands for electric vehicles, and moreover, comprehensive reviews into polymer electrolytes for TCM-based LBs are rare. Therefore, this review will comprehensively summarize the ideal requirements, intrinsic advantages and research progress of polymer electrolytes for TCM-based LBs. In addition, perspectives and challenges of polymer electrolytes for advanced TCM-based LBs are provided to guide the development of TCM-based power batteries.

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    Flexible Electrodes for Aqueous Hybrid Supercapacitors: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
    Siyu Liu, Juan Yang, Pei Chen, Man Wang, Songjie He, Lu Wang, Jieshan Qiu
    Electrochemical Energy Reviews    2024, 7 (3): 25-.   DOI: 10.1007/s41918-024-00222-z
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    Flexible energy storage systems are promising and efficient technologies for realizing large-scale application of portable, bendable, and wearable electronic devices. Among these systems, aqueous hybrid supercapacitors (AHSs) fabricated using redox-active materials with a positive voltage window in aqueous electrolytes and capacitive carbon materials have attracted enormous attention due to their advantages, including a wide operating voltage, a high energy density, a high power density, a long cycling lifespan, and low cost. Thus far, considerable efforts have been made to develop flexible AHSs constructed from various free-standing and flexible electrodes. However, optimizing the configurations of flexible electrodes and the interfacial interaction between flexible substrates and electroactive materials to fully develop the performance through their synergistic effects remains a major challenge. Herein, we have reviewed and summarized recent advances in flexible electrode materials with a variety of configurations based on porous metal supports, carbon substrates, including carbon nanotube networks, graphene and wearable carbon (carbon fibers, carbon cloth, carbon fabric, etc.), and other flexible materials for high-performance AHSs. These flexible electrodes show unique configurations and optimized interfacial structures, resulting in excellent electrochemical performance and superior mechanical stability in AHSs under various harsh conditions, and have great potential for practical applications. Furthermore, the future directions and perspectives for constructing flexible electrodes with novel configurations and AHSs are outlined and discussed, including (1) fabrication of compressible, ultralight, or transparent flexible electrodes for special needs; (2) tailoring and tuning of interfacial properties with robust adhesion between electroactive materials and flexible substrates; (3) development of advanced in situ characterization techniques to uncover the structure evolution rules of flexible electrodes under the operation conditions; (4) matching and optimization of flexible positive and negative electrode materials to assemble advanced AHS devices; (5) design of multifunctional flexible electrodes and AHSs by integrating other specific functions, etc. This timely review is believed to provide deep insights into the intensive research on flexible aqueous energy storage devices.
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