Recent progress of electrolytes and electrocatalysts in neutral aqueous zinc-air batteries

WF Wu, X Yan, Y Zhan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Rechargeable Zn-air batteries (R-ZABs) are promising electrochemical energy storage
devices with the advantages of high theoretical energy density, low cost of Zn metal and …

Active sites and mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis on nitrogen‐doped carbon materials

SK Singh, K Takeyasu, J Nakamura - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a core reaction for electrochemical energy
technologies such as fuel cells and metal–air batteries. ORR catalysts have been limited to …

Energy-related small molecule activation reactions: oxygen reduction and hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions catalyzed by porphyrin-and corrole-based …

W Zhang, W Lai, R Cao - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Globally increasing energy demands and environmental concerns related to the use of fossil
fuels have stimulated extensive research to identify new energy systems and economies that …

Enzyme‐inspired iron porphyrins for improved electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

L **e, XP Zhang, B Zhao, P Li, J Qi, X Guo… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nature uses Fe porphyrin sites for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Synthetic Fe
porphyrins have been extensively studied as ORR catalysts, but activity improvement is …

Copper–oxygen complexes revisited: structures, spectroscopy, and reactivity

CE Elwell, NL Gagnon, BD Neisen, D Dhar… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A longstanding research goal has been to understand the nature and role of copper–oxygen
intermediates within copper-containing enzymes and abiological catalysts. Synthetic …

Second sphere effects on oxygen reduction and peroxide activation by mononuclear iron porphyrins and related systems

S Bhunia, A Ghatak, A Dey - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Activation and reduction of O2 and H2O2 by synthetic and biosynthetic iron porphyrin
models have proved to be a versatile platform for evaluating second-sphere effects deemed …

Oxygen Activation and Energy Conservation by Cytochrome c Oxidase

M Wikström, K Krab, V Sharma - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on the type A cytochrome c oxidases (C c O), which are found in all
mitochondria and also in several aerobic bacteria. C c O catalyzes the respiratory reduction …

Amine Groups in the Second Sphere of Iron Porphyrins Allow for Higher and Selective 4e/4H+ Oxygen Reduction Rates at Lower Overpotentials

S Bhunia, A Ghatak, A Rana, A Dey - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Iron porphyrins with one or four tertiary amine groups in their second sphere are used to
investigate the electrochemical O2 reduction reaction (ORR) in organic (homogeneous) and …

Controlling oxygen reduction selectivity through steric effects: electrocatalytic two‐electron and four‐electron oxygen reduction with cobalt porphyrin atropisomers

B Lv, X Li, K Guo, J Ma, Y Wang, H Lei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving a selective 2 e− or 4 e− oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical but
challenging. Herein, we report controlling ORR selectivity of Co porphyrins by tuning only …

Molecular electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

S Dey, B Mondal, S Chatterjee, A Rana… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The past decade has seen considerable growth in the development of materials for fuel cell
electrodes, and there is a desire for active electrocatalysts derived from base metals instead …