Advances and challenges in understanding the electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels

YY Birdja, E Pérez-Gallent, MC Figueiredo, AJ Göttle… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide is a promising approach for storing (excess)
renewable electricity as chemical energy in fuels. Here, we review recent advances and …

Understanding catalytic activity trends in the oxygen reduction reaction

A Kulkarni, S Siahrostami, A Patel… - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite the dedicated search for novel catalysts for fuel cell applications, the intrinsic
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of materials has not improved significantly over the …

Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and oxygen

SC Perry, D Pangotra, L Vieira, LI Csepei… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
H2O2 is important in large-scale industrial processes and smaller on-site activities. The
present industrial route to H2O2 involves hydrogenation of an anthraquinone and O2 …

Adsorption energy in oxygen electrocatalysis

J Zhang, HB Yang, D Zhou, B Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adsorption energy (AE) of reactive intermediate is currently the most important descriptor for
electrochemical reactions (eg, water electrolysis, hydrogen fuel cell, electrochemical …

Toward the Decentralized Electrochemical Production of H2O2: A Focus on the Catalysis

S Yang, A Verdaguer-Casadevall, L Arnarson… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
H2O2 is a valuable, environmentally friendly oxidizing agent with a wide range of uses from
the provision of clean water to the synthesis of valuable chemicals. The on-site electrolytic …

P-block single-metal-site tin/nitrogen-doped carbon fuel cell cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

F Luo, A Roy, L Silvioli, DA Cullen, A Zitolo… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
This contribution reports the discovery and analysis of ap-block Sn-based catalyst for the
electroreduction of molecular oxygen in acidic conditions at fuel cell cathodes; the catalyst is …

Designing copper‐based catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction

Y Wang, J Liu, G Zheng - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been emerging as a high‐potential
approach for CO2 utilization using renewables. When copper (Cu) based catalysts are used …

Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide: from homogeneous to heterogeneous electrocatalysis

Y Wang, GIN Waterhouse, L Shang… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an environmentally friendly oxidant, finding
widespread use across the chemical industry, in sanitation and environmental remediation …

Strategies to break the scaling relation toward enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis

ZF Huang, J Song, S Dou, X Li, J Wang, X Wang - Matter, 2019 - cell.com
The vision of a hydrogen economy relies on efficient utilization and production of hydrogen
in a hydrogen fuel cell and a water electrolyzer. In both technologies, the sluggish kinetics of …

Single‐Atom Catalysts for H2O2 Electrosynthesis via Two‐Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction

M Song, W Liu, J Zhang, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction via the two‐electron route (2e− ORR) provides a green method
for the direct production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) along with in situ utilization. The …