Professor GEORGE CHEN's Outputs (184)

Advancing carbon dioxide capture: investigation into the kinetics and efficiency of absorption in molten calcium oxide-chloride (2024)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Rigby, S. P., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Advancing carbon dioxide capture: investigation into the kinetics and efficiency of absorption in molten calcium oxide-chloride. RSC Sustainability, 3, 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4su00354c

One promising carbon capture technology is the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) by molten salt, specifically the molten mixture of calcium oxide and chloride (CaO + CaCl2, COC), as it solves some of the key issues with alternative methods, includin... Read More about Advancing carbon dioxide capture: investigation into the kinetics and efficiency of absorption in molten calcium oxide-chloride.

Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions (2025)
Journal Article
Murindababisha, D., Wang, Z., Xiao, Z., Yusuf, A., Chen, G. Z., Li, J., & He, J. (2025). Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(2), Article 115781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115781

Metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived catalysts have emerged as promising materials for the catalytic oxidation of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) pollutants due to their high surface area, customizable pore structures, and uniform... Read More about Harnessing MOF-based and derived catalysts for efficient BTEX oxidation: Progress, challenges, and future directions.

Self-Regulatory Lean-Electrolyte Flow for Building 600Wh Kg−1-Level Rechargeable Lithium Batteries (2025)
Journal Article
Shi, Z., Hao, P., He, Y., Zhang, Y., Hu, S., Shen, Y., Gu, Q., Zhang, L., Chen, G. Z., Hu, D., Liu, Z., & Qiu, B. (2025). Self-Regulatory Lean-Electrolyte Flow for Building 600Wh Kg−1-Level Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202419377

Reducing excess electrolytes offers a promising approach to improve the specific energy of electrochemical energy storage devices. However, using lean electrolytes presents a significant challenge for porous electrode materials due to heterogeneous w... Read More about Self-Regulatory Lean-Electrolyte Flow for Building 600Wh Kg−1-Level Rechargeable Lithium Batteries.

A hierarchical host microstructure enables regulated inner Li deposition for stable Li metal electrodes (2024)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Chen, G. Z., Hu, D., Yao, X., & Peng, Z. (2024). A hierarchical host microstructure enables regulated inner Li deposition for stable Li metal electrodes. Microstructures, 4(4), Article 2024059. https://doi.org/10.20517/microstructures.2024.13

Dendritic lithium (Li) deposition is a critical issue hindering the development of next-generation high-energy-density Li metal batteries (LMBs). Confining Li deposition within a three-dimensional host is a general strategy to suppress the volume exp... Read More about A hierarchical host microstructure enables regulated inner Li deposition for stable Li metal electrodes.

An Undergraduate Practical for Evaluation of Powdery Battery Materials with a Metallic Cavity Electrode (2024)
Journal Article
Jiang, T., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). An Undergraduate Practical for Evaluation of Powdery Battery Materials with a Metallic Cavity Electrode. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(11), 4995-5002. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00648

Selection and development of novel and better materials for batteries are essential for renewable energy storage and zero or low carbon emission. This experimental design aims first to demonstrate a novel copper metal cavity electrode (Cu-MCE) for th... Read More about An Undergraduate Practical for Evaluation of Powdery Battery Materials with a Metallic Cavity Electrode.

Conversion of high moisture biomass to hierarchical porous carbon via molten base carbonisation and activation for electrochemical double layer capacitor (2024)
Journal Article
Egun, I. L., Akinwolemiwa, B., Yin, B., Tian, H., He, H., Fow, K. L., Zhang, H., Chen, G. Z., & Hu, D. (2024). Conversion of high moisture biomass to hierarchical porous carbon via molten base carbonisation and activation for electrochemical double layer capacitor. Bioresource Technology, 409, 131251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131251

Biomass-derived carbon for supercapacitors faces the challenge of achieving hierarchical porous carbon with graphitic structure and specific heteroatoms through a single-stage thermal process that minimises resource input. Herein, molten base carboni... Read More about Conversion of high moisture biomass to hierarchical porous carbon via molten base carbonisation and activation for electrochemical double layer capacitor.

High-Efficiency NO conversion via In-Situ grown covalent organic framework on g-C3N4 nanosheets with Single-Atom platinum photocatalyst (2024)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Yusuf, A., Ren, Y., Zheng Chen, G., Wang, C., & He, J. (2024). High-Efficiency NO conversion via In-Situ grown covalent organic framework on g-C3N4 nanosheets with Single-Atom platinum photocatalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 497, Article 154487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154487

This study presents a chemically bonded Pt/TP-BPY-CN/g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst created through an in-situ growth method via Schiff base reaction between g-C3N4 and aldehyde-functionalized TP-BPY-COF. The −H-C-N-H- bonds formed at the g-C3N4 and... Read More about High-Efficiency NO conversion via In-Situ grown covalent organic framework on g-C3N4 nanosheets with Single-Atom platinum photocatalyst.

Electrochemical Properties of 3D-Printed Conducting Polymers in Relation to Supercapacitors (2024)
Book Chapter
Jiang, T., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Electrochemical Properties of 3D-Printed Conducting Polymers in Relation to Supercapacitors. In R. K. Gupta (Ed.), 3D Printed Conducting Polymers: Fundamentals, Advances, and Challenges (196-211). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003415985-13

Supercapacitors with high power capability and long service durability face challenges in structural flexibility, high energy density, and efficient manufacturing. Combining 3D printing and electronically conducting polymers, supercapacitors can be m... Read More about Electrochemical Properties of 3D-Printed Conducting Polymers in Relation to Supercapacitors.

Redox Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors (2024)
Journal Article
Chiku, M., Abdollahifar, M., Brousse, T., Chen, G. Z., Crosnier, O., Dunn, B., Fic, K., Hu, C.-C., Jeżowski, P., Maćkowiak, A., Naoi, K., Ogihara, N., Okita, N., Okubo, M., Sugimoto, W., & Wu, N.-L. (2024). Redox Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors. Electrochemistry, 92(7), Article 074002. https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.24-70054

Electrochemical capacitors are known for their high power density and cyclability, and various redox reactions can be utilized to improve their energy density. A great variety of redox materials have been investigated recently for use in electrochemi... Read More about Redox Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors.

Study of pyrene-based covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of low-concentration NO (2024)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Ren, Y., Chen, G. Z., Sun, Y., Wang, C., & He, J. (2024). Study of pyrene-based covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of low-concentration NO. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(5), Article 113470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113470

This research presents the development of innovative pyrene-based COFs aimed at enhancing photocatalytic oxidation of low-concentration nitrogen oxide. By precisely modifying the structural length and incorporating additional functional groups into p... Read More about Study of pyrene-based covalent organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of low-concentration NO.

Hydration control in the fabrication of high-density magnesia products via slip casting (2024)
Journal Article
Yu, Y., Gargala, A., Misson, M., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Hydration control in the fabrication of high-density magnesia products via slip casting. Materials Advances, 5(17), 6830-6841. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00768E

To tackle the hydration problem in magnesia (MgO) aqueous suspension during slip casting fabrication, we explored the casting performance of four distinct MgO slips. Through the comparison of properties and performance between aqueous and organic MgO... Read More about Hydration control in the fabrication of high-density magnesia products via slip casting.

Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egun, I. L., Hu, D., He, H., & Chen, G. Z. (2024, May). Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon. Presented at 3rd International Electronic Conference on Processes - Green and Sustainable Process Engineering and Process Systems Engineering, Online

Porous carbon with hierarchical pores has been produced from wet bamboo shoots via molten base carbonization and activation at 700 °C, with a short residence time of 1 h, using two different reactor configurations. The produced carbon exhibited a not... Read More about Molten Base Carbonisation and Activation of Bamboo Shoots to Generate Capacitive Carbon.

Correction to “Modulating the Density of Catalytic Sites in Multiple-Component Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Zhao, X., Yang, S., Yang, X., Li, X., He, J., Chen, G. Z., Xu, Q., & Zeng, G. (2024). Correction to “Modulating the Density of Catalytic Sites in Multiple-Component Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(20), Article 26966. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07187

I n the Supporting Information of our original paper, Figures S24, S38, and S39 are not correct. In Figure S24 on page 28 of the original Supporting Information, the PXRD data for NiPc-COF under different conditions are misused. In Figure S38 on page... Read More about Correction to “Modulating the Density of Catalytic Sites in Multiple-Component Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction".

Emerging Molten Salts Based Electrochemical Energy Technologies (2024)
Journal Article
Yu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, H., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Emerging Molten Salts Based Electrochemical Energy Technologies. Electrochemistry, 92(4), Article 24-69009. https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.24-69009

Molten salts of inorganic nature are excellent reaction media for various research and industrial uses. Their applications in energy technologies are also wide, including, but not limited to, thermal, nuclear, and electrochemical processes and their... Read More about Emerging Molten Salts Based Electrochemical Energy Technologies.

Alternate Water Electrolysis (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Alternate Water Electrolysis. Next Sustainability, 3, Article 100029

Hydrogen gas is a net zero carbon emission clean fuel with an unmatched high specific energy. Water electrolysis is an important alternative method to produce hydrogen to the traditional fossil hydrocarbon reforming in industry. The main challenges o... Read More about Alternate Water Electrolysis.

Nano-Scale Engineering of Heterojunction for Alkaline Water Electrolysis (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Xu, Z., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Nano-Scale Engineering of Heterojunction for Alkaline Water Electrolysis. Materials, 17(1), Article 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17010199

Alkaline water electrolysis is promising for low-cost and scalable hydrogen production. Renewable energy-driven alkaline water electrolysis requires highly effective electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen evolution... Read More about Nano-Scale Engineering of Heterojunction for Alkaline Water Electrolysis.

Chemical Scissor Medicated Intercalation of NbS2 by Transition Metal for Electromagnetic Properties Tuning (2023)
Journal Article
Gao, L., Li, M., Wang, L., Chen, G. Z., Yang, H., Hu, B., & Huang, Q. (2024). Chemical Scissor Medicated Intercalation of NbS2 by Transition Metal for Electromagnetic Properties Tuning. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(13), Article 2313243. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202313243

Intercalation of layered materials offers an effective approach for tunning their structures and generating unprecedented properties. The multiple van der Waals (vdW) gap combined with long‐range ordering guests can change the interaction of layered... Read More about Chemical Scissor Medicated Intercalation of NbS2 by Transition Metal for Electromagnetic Properties Tuning.

Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries (2023)
Journal Article
Guo, Q., Fan, P., Zhang, Y., Guan, L., Croft, A., Wang, H., Croft, A. K., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries. RSC Sustainability, 2024(2), 101-124. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00197k

The full oxidation of lithium metal (4Li + O2 ⇌ 2Li2O) offers a mass normalised Gibbs energy change greater than that for the combustion of carbon (C + O2 ⇌ CO2) or any hydrocarbon fuel (CnH2n+2 + ((3n+1)/2)O2 ⇌ nCO2 + (n+1)H2O). This thermodynamic c... Read More about Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries.

Dimensionally-controlled interlayer spaces of covalent organic frameworks for the oxygen evolution reaction (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Fu, Y., Bi, S., Yang, S., Yang, X., Li, X., Chen, G. Z., He, J., Xu, Q., & Zeng, G. (2023). Dimensionally-controlled interlayer spaces of covalent organic frameworks for the oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 479, 147682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147682

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been employed to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, their catalytic activities have been limited, because their narrow interlayer space hindered the mass transport to the catalytic sites. He... Read More about Dimensionally-controlled interlayer spaces of covalent organic frameworks for the oxygen evolution reaction.

Modulating Skeletons of Covalent Organic Framework for High‐Efficiency Gold Recovery (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Jiang, D., Fu, Y., Zheng Chen, G., Bi, S., Ding, X., He, J., Han, B., Xu, Q., & Zeng, G. (2024). Modulating Skeletons of Covalent Organic Framework for High‐Efficiency Gold Recovery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(1), Article e202317015. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317015

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted considerable attention as adsorbents for capturing and separating gold from electronic wastes. To enhance the binding capture efficiency, constructing hydrogen-bond nanotraps along the pore walls was... Read More about Modulating Skeletons of Covalent Organic Framework for High‐Efficiency Gold Recovery.