Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers and fuel cells

Y Yang, P Li, X Zheng, W Sun, SX Dou, T Ma… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Anion-exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) and fuel cells (AEMFCs)
are technologies that, respectively, achieve transformation and utilization of renewable …

Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts

Y Zeng, C Li, B Li, J Liang, MJ Zachman, DA Cullen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Fe–N–C catalysts are the most promising platinum group metal-free oxygen-reduction
catalysts, but they suffer from a low density of active metal sites and the so-called activity …

Coexisting single‐atomic Fe and Ni sites on hierarchically ordered porous carbon as a highly efficient ORR electrocatalyst

Z Zhu, H Yin, Y Wang, CH Chuang, L **ng… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts based on earth‐
abundant nonprecious materials is critically important for sustainable large‐scale …

An adjacent atomic platinum site enables single‐atom iron with high oxygen reduction reaction performance

A Han, X Wang, K Tang, Z Zhang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The modulation effect has been widely investigated to tune the electronic state of single‐
atomic M‐N‐C catalysts to enhance the activity of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

Porphyrin-based frameworks for oxygen electrocatalysis and catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

Z Liang, HY Wang, H Zheng, W Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Porphyrin-based frameworks, as specific kinds of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and
covalent organic frameworks (COFs), have been widely used in energy-related conversion …

Functionalized iron–nitrogen–carbon electrocatalyst provides a reversible electron transfer platform for efficient uranium extraction from seawater

H Yang, X Liu, M Hao, Y **e, X Wang, H Tian… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Uranium extraction from seawater provides an opportunity for sustainable fuel supply to
nuclear power plants. Herein, an adsorption–electrocatalysis strategy is demonstrated for …

Single cobalt sites dispersed in hierarchically porous nanofiber networks for durable and high‐power PGM‐free cathodes in fuel cells

Y He, H Guo, S Hwang, X Yang, Z He… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing catalytic activity and durability of atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon (M–
N–C) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cathode in proton‐exchange …

Advanced electrocatalysis for energy and environmental sustainability via water and nitrogen reactions

Y Li, H Wang, C Priest, S Li, P Xu, G Wu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clean and efficient energy storage and conversion via sustainable water and nitrogen
reactions have attracted substantial attention to address the energy and environmental …

Revealing the role of double-layer microenvironments in pH-dependent oxygen reduction activity over metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts

P Li, Y Jiao, Y Ruan, H Fei, Y Men, C Guo, Y Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A standing puzzle in electrochemistry is that why the metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts
generally exhibit dramatic activity drop for oxygen reduction when traversing from alkaline to …