Recent advances of noble-metal-free bifunctional oxygen reduction and evolution electrocatalysts

CX Zhao, JN Liu, J Wang, D Ren, BQ Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction and evolution reactions constitute the core process of many vital energy
storage or conversion techniques. However, the kinetic sluggishness of the oxygen redox …

Atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for fuel cells: advances in catalyst design, electrode performance, and durability improvement

Y He, S Liu, C Priest, Q Shi, G Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The urgent need to address the high-cost issue of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) technologies, particularly for transportation applications, drives the development of …

Advances on axial coordination design of single-atom catalysts for energy electrocatalysis: a review

L Zhang, N **, Y Yang, XY Miao, H Wang, J Luo… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have garnered increasingly growing attention in renewable
energy scenarios, especially in electrocatalysis due to their unique high efficiency of atom …

A General Descriptor for Single‐Atom Catalysts with Axial Ligands

Z Qiao, R Jiang, H Xu, D Cao, XC Zeng - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decoration of an axial coordination ligand (ACL) on the active metal site is a highly effective
and versatile strategy to tune activity of single‐atom catalysts (SACs). However, the …

Molecular-MN4 vs atomically dispersed M− N4− C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

A Kumar, S Ibraheem, TA Nguyen, RK Gupta… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The scientific community's concerns in the realm of renewable energy give logical motives to
develop effective electrocatalysts for O 2 electrocatalysis, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

Recent advances in zif‐Derived atomic metal–N–C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: synthetic strategies, active centers, and stabilities

C Gao, S Mu, R Yan, F Chen, T Ma, S Cao, S Li, L Ma… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring highly active, stable electrocatalysts with earth‐abundant metal centers for the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for sustainable energy conversion. Due to the …

Formation of the active site structures during pyrolysis transformation of Fe-phthalocyanine into Fe-Nx-C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

M Muhyuddin, E Berretti, SA Mirshokraee… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fe-N xC electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction are typically fabricated via
pyrolysis. However, the pyrolysis process is poorly understood. Therefore, a systematic …

Fundamental Understanding of Electronic Structure in FeN4 Site on Electrocatalytic Activity via dz2‐Orbital‐Driven Charge Tuning for Acidic Oxygen Reduction

X Li, T Chen, B Yang, Z **ang - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The structural diversity of active sites resulting from traditional pyrolysis hinder our
understanding of the local coordination environment (LCE) around the active site, and its …

Recent development on metal phthalocyanines based materials for energy conversion and storage applications

A Kumar, VK Vashistha, DK Das - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to the rapid decline of fossil fuels and related deleterious consequences throughout
the globe, energy use is undergoing a significant and dramatic transition into electricity as …

Bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis on mixed metal phthalocyanine-modified carbon nanotubes prepared via pyrolysis

Y Kumar, E Kibena-Põldsepp, J Kozlova… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Non-precious-metal catalysts are promising alternatives for Pt-based cathode materials in
low-temperature fuel cells, which is of great environmental importance. Here, we have …