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 …

Computational methods in heterogeneous catalysis

BWJ Chen, L Xu, M Mavrikakis - Chemical Reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
The unprecedented ability of computations to probe atomic-level details of catalytic systems
holds immense promise for the fundamentals-based bottom-up design of novel …

Formic acid dehydrogenation using noble-metal nanoheterogeneous catalysts: towards sustainable hydrogen-based energy

A Al-Nayili, HS Majdi, TM Albayati, NMC Saady - Catalysts, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The need for sustainable energy sources is now more urgent than ever, and hydrogen is
significant in the future of energy. However, several obstacles remain in the way of …

From CO2 to Formic Acid Fuel Cells

Z Ma, U Legrand, E Pahija, JR Tavares… - Industrial & …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Formic acid is a liquid, safe, and energy-dense carrier for fuel cells. Above all, it can be
sustainably produced from the electroreduction of CO2. The formic acid market is currently …

Recent advances in formic acid electro-oxidation: From the fundamental mechanism to electrocatalysts

Z Fang, W Chen - Nanoscale Advances, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Direct formic acid fuel cells have attracted significant attention because of their low fuel
crossover, high safety, and high theoretical power density among all the proton-exchange …

Reaction mechanism of vapor-phase formic acid decomposition over platinum catalysts: DFT, reaction kinetics experiments, and microkinetic modeling

S Bhandari, S Rangarajan, CT Maravelias… - Acs …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
A combination of periodic density functional theory (DFT, PW91-GGA) calculations, reaction
kinetics experiments, and mean-field microkinetic modeling is used to derive insights on the …

Resonance-promoted formic acid oxidation via dynamic electrocatalytic modulation

J Gopeesingh, MA Ardagh, M Shetty, ST Burke… - ACS …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
It is a truth universally acknowledged that faster catalysts enable more efficient
transformation of molecules to useful products and enhance the utilization of natural …

Formic acid: a hydrogen-bonding cocatalyst for formate decomposition

BWJ Chen, M Mavrikakis - ACS Catalysis, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Hydrogen bonding accelerates many catalytic reactions by orienting intermediates,
stabilizing transition states, and even opening reaction pathways. However, most …

Building durable multimetallic electrocatalysts from intermetallic seeds

SLA Bueno, HM Ashberry, I Shafei… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus When combined with earth-abundant metals, Pt-based alloy nanoparticles
(NPs) can be cost-effective electrocatalysts. However, these NPs can experience leaching of …

Facile Synthesis of Palladium‐Based Nanocrystals with Different Crystal Phases and a Comparison of Their Catalytic Properties

A Janssen, V Pawlik, AD von Rueden, L Xu… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
A relatively unexplored aspect of noble‐metal nanomaterials is polymorphism, or their ability
to crystallize in different crystal phases. Here, a method is reported for the facile synthesis of …