One of the main objectives of the A-CMC is to develop advanced carbon materials for environmental remediation and climate restoration. For these purposes, new carbon-based materials, devices and technologies will be developed for carbon CO2 sequestration, N2 fixation, artificial photosynthesis, water/air purification, and photocatalytic removal of environmental pollutants.
Selected relevant publications
(1) Wang G; Chen J; Ding Y; Cai P; Yi L; Li Y; Tu C; Hou Y; Wen Z; Dai L, Electrocatalysis for CO2 conversion: From fundamentals to value-added products, Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50, 4993-5061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00071j
(2) Wang K; Dai Q; Hu C; Tong Y; Wang Y; Song S; Dai L. Earth-abundant metal-free carbon-based electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries to power electrochemical generation of H2O2 for in-situ wastewater treatment', Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 416, 128338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.128338
(3) Li Y; Li J; Huang J; Chen J; Kong Y; Yang B; Li Z; Lei L; Chai G; Wen Z; Dai L; Hou Y. Boosting Electroreduction Kinetics of Nitrogen to Ammonia via Tuning Electron Distribution of Single-Atomic Iron Sites, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2021, 60, 9078- 9085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100526
(4) Wang X; Sang X; Dong C; Yao S; Shuai L; Lu J; Yang B; Li Z; Lei L; Qiu M; Dai L; Hou Y. Proton Capture Strategy for Enhancing Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Atomically Dispersed Metal–Nitrogen Active Sites, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2021, 133,12066- 12072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202100011
(5) Kim J, Seong A, Yang Y, Joo S, Kim C, Jeon DH, Dai L, Kim G. Indirect surpassing CO2 utilization in membrane-free CO2 battery. Nano Energy 2021, 82, 105741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105741
(6) Hu C, Gong L, Xiao Y, Yuan Y, Bedford NM, Xia Z, Ma L, Wu T, Lin Y, Connell J, Shahbazian-Yassar R, Lu J, Amine K, Dai L. High‐Performance, Long‐Life, Rechargeable Li-CO2 Batteries based on a 3D Holey Graphene Cathode Implanted with Single Iron Atoms. Advanced Materials 2020, 32, 1907436. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201907436.
(7) Hu C, Lin Y, Connell J, Cheng H, Gogotsi Y, Titirici M, Dai L. Carbon‐based metal‐free catalysts for energy storage and environmental remediation. Advanced Materials 2019, 31(13): 1806128. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201806128
(8) Liu Z, Tan H, Liu D, Liu X, Hao P, Xie J, Zhan J, Sang Y, Zhao M, Song L, Dai L, Liu H. Promotion of overall water splitting activity over a wide pH range by interfacial electrical effects of metallic NiCo-nitrides nanoparticle/NiCo2O4 nanoflake/graphite fibers. Advance. Science 2019, 6, 1801829. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201801829
(9) Ghausi M, Xie J, Li Q, Wang X, Yang R, Wu M, Wang Y, Dai L. CO2 overall splitting by bifunctional metal-free electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 13135-13139. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201807571
(10) Hu C, Chen X, Dai Q, Wang M, Qu L, Dai. Earth-abundant carbon catalysts for renewable generation of clean energy from sunlight and water. Nano Energy 2017, 41: 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.09.029
