Zhongbin Zhuang

Nov 15, 2023 | nature.com | Juncai Dong |Zhongbin Zhuang |Shubo Tian

AbstractMetal-nitrogen-doped carbon (M-N-C) catalysts are promising platinum group metals alternatives for fuel cell cathodes; however, their randomly formed, unpredictable coordinations complicate any structure–property investigation and lead to low active site density. Here we achieve dense and well-defined cobalt sites on the surfaces of Co(CN)3 microcrystals, which are identified by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

Apr 1, 2023 | nature.com | Zhe Jiang |Xiao-Zhi Liu |Ze-Cheng Yao |Lin Gu |Tang K. Tang |Zhongbin Zhuang | +1 more

AbstractAnion-exchange membrane fuel cells and Zn–air batteries based on non-Pt group metal catalysts typically suffer from sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction. Designing advanced catalyst architectures to improve the catalyst’s oxygen reduction activity and boosting the accessible site density by increasing metal loading and site utilization are potential ways to achieve high device performances.

Mar 30, 2023 | nature.com | Xiaozhi Liu |Dong Su |Zhongbin Zhuang |Qi Shao |Zhiwei Hu

AbstractMetastable phase two-dimensional catalysts provide great flexibility for modifying their chemical, physical, and electronic properties. However, the synthesis of ultrathin metastable phase two-dimensional metallic nanomaterials is highly challenging, mainly due to the anisotropic nature of metallic materials and their thermodynamically unstable ground-state.