Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …

Electrocatalysis in alkaline media and alkaline membrane-based energy technologies

Y Yang, CR Peltier, R Zeng, R Schimmenti, Q Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

CoN1O2 Single‐Atom Catalyst for Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation and Selective Cobalt(IV)=O Generation

X Li, X Wen, J Lang, Y Wei, J Miao, X Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐valent metal‐oxo (HVMO) species are powerful non‐radical reactive species that
enhance advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) due to their long half‐lives and high …

Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells

X Wan, Q Liu, J Liu, S Liu, X Liu, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the single-atom active sites of M–N–C
catalysts is critical but remains a great challenge. Here, we report an Fe–N–C catalyst with …

Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis

VH Do, JM Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in rational developments of
electrocatalysts through constructing novel atomistic structures and modulating catalytic …

Powering the hydrogen future: current status and challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells

J Hyun, HT Kim - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen energy and related technologies are essential for combating climate change and
meeting the growing energy demands. Despite being considered a key technology, proton …

Altering ligand fields in single-atom sites through second-shell anion modulation boosts the oxygen reduction reaction

J Qin, H Liu, P Zou, R Zhang, C Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts based on metal–N4 moieties and anchored on carbon supports
(defined as M–N–C) are promising for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among those, M–N …

Spin occupancy regulation of the Pt d-orbital for a robust low-Pt catalyst towards oxygen reduction

D Xue, Y Yuan, Y Yu, S Xu, Y Wei, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Disentangling the limitations of OO bond activation and OH* site-blocking effects on Pt sites
is key to improving the intrinsic activity and stability of low-Pt catalysts for the oxygen …

Probing the oxygen reduction reaction intermediates and dynamic active site structures of molecular and pyrolyzed Fe–N–C electrocatalysts by in situ Raman …

J Wei, D **a, Y Wei, X Zhu, J Li, L Gan - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
While FeN4 species are widely suggested as the active sites of noble-metal-free Fe–N–C
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts, the ORR mechanism, particularly the rate …

Ta–TiOx nanoparticles as radical scavengers to improve the durability of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts

H **e, X **e, G Hu, V Prabhakaran, S Saha… - Nature energy, 2022 - nature.com
Highly active and durable platinum group metal-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction
reaction, such as Fe–N–C materials, are needed to lower the cost of proton-exchange …