Research advances of polyoxotantalates

Organic‐inorganic Hybrid Perovskite‐Based Light‐Assisted Li‐oxygen Battery with Low Overpotential

“…Different from traditional catalysts, such as noble metals and oxides, aiming to modify the reactant's adsorption energy, reaction paths, or product morphology, photocatalysts exhibit photo‐generated carriers and have been proven to be effective in improving Li‐oxygen battery performance [8–10] . The properties required for the photocatalysts include suitable energy band structure, reliable chemical stability, high photocorrosion resistance, high absorption coefficient, and good carrier mobility [11,12] . In consideration of the above‐mentioned factors, many efforts have been focused on transition metal oxides, metal chalcogenides, or carbon nitride‐based materials, such as TiO 2 , [13] WO 3 , [14,15] NiO x , [16] and C 3 N 4 [17] .…”

Polyoxometalates: Tailoring metal oxides in molecular dimension toward energy applications

“…43,349,[353][354][355][356][357][358][359] A number of other transition metalbased polyoxometalates have been investigated, such as silver-containing polyoxometalates, 226,[360][361][362][363][364][365] zinccontaining polyoxometalates. 366 polyoxotantalate, [367][368][369][370][371][372][373][374][375][376][377][378][379][380][381][382][383][384] ruthenium-containing polyoxometalates, [385][386][387] coppercontaining polyoxometalates, [388][389][390] chromium-containing polyoxometalates, 391 and polyoxoaurates [392][393][394][395] ; their real applications to substitute their metal oxides counterparts deserve further exploration.…”

“…A number of other transition metal‐based polyoxometalates have been investigated, such as silver‐containing polyoxometalates, zinc‐containing polyoxometalates . polyoxotantalate, ruthenium‐containing polyoxometalates, copper‐containing polyoxometalates, chromium‐containing polyoxometalates, and polyoxoaurates; their real applications to substitute their metal oxides counterparts deserve further exploration.…”

Ge nanowires on top of a Ge substrate for applications in anodes of Li and Na ion batteries: a first-principles study

“…[1][2][3] However, the dramatically increasing market demand makes the availability of natural lithium resources, limited by regionality, a severe problem. 4,5 In recent years, because of the low toxicity, the natural abundance and low cost of sodium, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted researchers' interest as substitutes for LIBs. 6,7 One of the main challenges to develop SIBs is to design an anode material with good electrochemical performances.…”