Metal Alloys‐Structured Electrocatalysts: Metal–Metal Interactions, Coordination Microenvironments, and Structural Property–Reactivity Relationships

C Yang, Y Gao, T Ma, M Bai, C He, X Ren… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal alloys‐structured electrocatalysts (MAECs) have made essential contributions to
accelerating the practical applications of electrocatalytic devices in renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic structure regulation of noble metal-free materials toward alkaline oxygen electrocatalysis

X Wang, M Yu, X Feng - Escience, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** highly efficient, inexpensive catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis in alkaline
electrolytes (ie, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction …

Identification of Fenton-like active Cu sites by heteroatom modulation of electronic density

X Zhou, MK Ke, GX Huang, C Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Develo** heterogeneous catalysts with atomically dispersed active sites is vital to boost
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for Fenton-like activity, but how to controllably adjust …

Site-Selective Adsorption on ZnF2/Ag Coated Zn for Advanced Aqueous Zinc–Metal Batteries at Low Temperature

D Wang, D Lv, H Peng, N Wang, H Liu, J Yang… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metallic Zn as a promising anode material of aqueous batteries suffers from severe parasitic
reactions and notorious dendrite growth. To address these issues, the desolvation and …

Importing Antibonding‐Orbital Occupancy through Pd− O− Gd Bridge Promotes Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction

S Ning, M Li, X Wang, D Zhang, B Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The active‐site density, intrinsic activity, and durability of Pd− based materials for oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) are critical to their application in industrial energy devices. This …

Advanced oxygen electrocatalyst for air-breathing electrode in Zn-air batteries

A Kundu, S Mallick, S Ghora… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of oxygen to water and the evolution of oxygen from water are
two important electrode reactions extensively studied for the development of electrochemical …

Recent developments of microenvironment engineering of single‐atom catalysts for oxygen reduction toward desired activity and selectivity

L Li, B Huang, X Tang, Y Hong, W Zhai… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an essential process for sustainable energy supply and
sufficient chemical production in modern society. Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit great …

Engineering electrocatalyst nanosurfaces to enrich the activity by inducing lattice strain

S Maiti, K Maiti, MT Curnan, K Kim, KJ Noh… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis undeniably offers noteworthy improvements to future energy conversion and
storage technologies, such as fuel cells, water electrolyzers, and metal–air batteries. The …

Acid anion electrolyte effects on platinum for oxygen and hydrogen electrocatalysis

GA Kamat, JA Zamora Zeledón… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Platinum is an important material with applications in oxygen and hydrogen electrocatalysis.
To better understand how its activity can be modulated through electrolyte effects in the …

Regulating and identifying the structures of PdAu alloys with splendid oxygen reduction activity for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

S Qiao, H Shou, W Xu, Y Cao, Y Zhou… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alloying improves catalytic performance, but the control is challenging due to element
contributions. Here, we study the structural differences in PdxAuy alloys to understand their …