Browsing by Author "Xing, Congcong"

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    • A direct Z-scheme for the photocatalytic hydrogen production from a water ethanol mixture on CoTiO3/TiO2 heterostructures 

      Xing, Congcong; Liu, Yongpeng; Zhang, Yu; Wang, Xiang; Guardia, Pablo; Yao, Liang; Han, Xu; Zhang, Ting; Arbiol Cobos, Jordi; Soler Turu, Lluís; Chen, Yufen; Sivula, Kevin; Guijarro, Néstor; Cabot, Andreu; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (2021-01-01)
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      Photocatalytic H2 evolution from ethanol dehydrogenation is a convenient strategy to store solar energy in a highly valuable fuel with potential zero net CO2 balance. Herein, we report on the synthesis of CoTiO3/TiO2 ...

    • Activating the lattice oxygen oxidation mechanism in amorphous molybdenum cobalt oxide nanosheets for water oxidation 

      Wang, Xiang; Xing, Congcong; Liang, Zhifu; Guardia, Pablo; Han, Xu; Zuo, Yong; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Arbiol Cobos, Jordi; Li, Junshan; Cabot, Andreu (2022-02-21)
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      The cost-effective deployment of several key energy technologies, such as water electrolysis, CO2 electroreduction and metal–air batteries, relies on the design and engineering of cost-effective catalysts able to accelerate ...

    • Brookite TiO2 nanorods as promising electrochromic and energy storage materials for smart windows 

      Xing, Congcong; Yang, Linlin; He, Ren; Spadaro, Maria Chiara; Zhang, Yu; Arbiol Cobos, Jordi; Li, Junshan; Poudel, Bed; Nozariasbmarz, Amin; Li, Wenjie; Lim, Khak Ho; Liu, Yu; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Cabot Codina, Andreu (2023-01-01)
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      Electrochromic smart windows (ESWs) offer an attractive option for regulating indoor lighting conditions. Electrochromic materials based on ion insertion/desertion mechanisms also present the possibility for energy storage, ...

    • Control-oriented quality modelling approach of sewer networks 

      Xing, Congcong; Romero Ben, Luis; Joseph Duran, Bernat; Meseguer Amela, Jordi; Guasch Palma, Ramon; Martínez Puentes, Montse; Puig Cayuela, Vicenç; Cembrano Gennari, Gabriela (2021-09-15)
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      A control-oriented quality modeling approach is proposed for sewer networks, which can represent quality dynamics using simple equations in order to optimize pollution load from combined sewer overflows in large scale sewer ...

    • Doping-mediated stabilization of copper vacancies to promote thermoelectric properties of Cu2-xS 

      Zhang, Yu; Xing, Congcong; Liu, Yu; Spadaro, Maria Chiara; Wang, Xiang; Li, Mengyao; Xiao, Ke; Zhang, Ting; Guardia Girós, Pablo; Lim, Khak Ho; Moghaddam, Ahmad Ostovari; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Arbiol Cobos, Jordi; Ibánez, María; Cabot Codina, Andreu (2021-07-01)
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      Copper chalcogenides are outstanding thermoelectric materials for applications in the medium-high temperature range. Among different chalcogenides, while Cu2-xSe is characterized by higher thermoelectric figures of merit, ...

    • Nickel iron diselenide for highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic conversion of methanol to formate 

      Li, Junshan; Xing, Congcong; Zhang, Yu; Zhang, Ting; Spadaro, Maria Chiara; Wu, Qianbao; Yi, Yunan; He, Shenglan; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Arbiol, Jordi; Cabot, Andreu; Cui, Chunhua (2021-02-01)
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      The electro-oxidation of methanol to formate is an interesting example of the potential use of renewable energies to add value to a biosourced chemical commodity. Additionally, methanol electro-oxidation can replace the ...

    • Phosphorous incorporation in Pd2Sn alloys for electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation 

      Yu, Xiaoting; Liu, Junfeng; Li, Junshan; Luo, Zhishan; Zuo, Yong; Xing, Congcong; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Nasiou, Despina; Arbiol, Jordi; Cabot, Andreu (2020-11-01)
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      Direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) show a huge potential to power future electric vehicles and portable electronics, but their deployment is currently limited by the unavailability of proper electrocatalysis for the ethanol ...

    • Photodehydrogenation of ethanol over cu2o/tio2 heterostructures 

      Xing, Congcong; Zhang, Yu; Liu, Yongpeng; Wang, Xiang; Li, Junshan; Spadaro, Maria Chiara; Guardia, Pablo; Arbiol, Jordi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Cabot, Andreu (2021-05-25)
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      The photodehydrogenation of ethanol is a sustainable and potentially cost-effective strategy to produce hydrogen and acetaldehyde from renewable resources. The optimization of this process requires the use of highly active, ...

    • Porous NiTiO3/TiO2 nanostructures for photocatatalytic hydrogen evolution 

      Xing, Congcong; Liu, Yongpeng; Zhang, Yu; Liu, Junfeng; Zhang, Ting; Soler Turu, Lluís; Llorca Piqué, Jordi (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2019-01-01)
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      We present a strategy to produce porous NiTiO3/TiO2 nanostructures with excellent photocatalytic activity toward hydrogen generation. In a first step, nickel-doped TiO2 needle bundles were synthesized by a hydrothermal ...

    • Solution-processed ultrathin SnS 2 -Pt nanoplates for photoelectrochemical water oxidation 

      Zuo, Yong; Liu, Yongpeng; Li, Junshan; Du, Ruifeng; Yu, Xiaoting; Xing, Congcong; Zhang, Ting; Yao, Liang; Arbiol, Jordi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Sivula, Kevin; Guijarro, Néstor; Cabot Codina, Andreu (2019-02-20)
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      Tin disulfide (SnS2) is attracting significant interest due to the abundance of its elements and its excellent optoelectronic properties in part related to its layered structure. In this work, we detail the preparation of ...

    • Sulfate-decorated amorphous-crystalline cobalt-iron oxide nanosheets to enhance O-O coupling in the oxygen evolution reaction 

      Wang, Xiang; Li, Junshan; Xue, Qian; Han, Xu; Xing, Congcong; Liang, Zhifu; Guardia, Pablo; Zuo, Yong; Du, Ruifeng; Balcells Argemí, Lluis; Arbiol Cobos, Jordi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Qi, Xueqiang; Cabot, Andreu (American Chemical Society, 2022-12-23)
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      The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a fundamental role in several energy technologies, which performance and cost-effectiveness are in large part related to the used OER electrocatalyst. Herein, we ...

    • Synergistic effect of surface oxygen vacancies and hydroxyl groups on Cu-doped TiO2 photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution 

      Xing, Congcong; Yang, Linlin; Piveteau, Laura; Arbiol, Jordi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Cabot, Andreu (Elsevier, 2023-12)
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      The intricate nature of the titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalytic system, influenced by Cu doping, often yields conflicting outcomes. This study addresses this complexity by examining the impact of Cu ion doping in ...

    • Tin selenide molecular precursor for the solution processing of thermoelectric materials and devices 

      Zhang, Yu; Xing, Congcong; Zhang, Ting; Yu, Xiaoting; Arbiol, Jordi; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Cadavid, Doris; Ibáñez, María; Cabot, Andreu (2020-05-21)
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      In the present work, we report a solution-based strategy to produce crystallographically textured SnSe bulk nanomaterials and printed layers with optimized thermoelectric performance in the direction normal to the substrate. ...

    • TiO2-based heterostructure photocatalysts for enhanced hydrogen production 

      Xing, Congcong (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-30)
      Doctoral thesis
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      The photocatalytic production of hydrogen from water and biomass derivatives such as ethanol, glycerol and sugars is a highly attractive strategy to generate environmentally benign hydrogen. Ethanol is more easily oxidized ...