Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design

Y Zhao, DP Adiyeri Saseendran, C Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

Spatially and temporally understanding dynamic solid–electrolyte interfaces in carbon dioxide electroreduction

J Wang, HY Tan, MY Qi, JY Li, ZR Tang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ubiquity of solid–liquid interfaces in nature and the significant role of their atomic-scale
structure in determining interfacial properties have led to intensive research. Particularly in …

Potential-driven restructuring of Cu single atoms to nanoparticles for boosting the electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia

J Yang, H Qi, A Li, X Liu, X Yang, S Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Restructuring is ubiquitous in thermocatalysis and of pivotal importance to identify the real
active site, yet it is less explored in electrocatalysis. Herein, by using operando X-ray …

Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses

J Timoshenko, A Bergmann, C Rettenmaier, A Herzog… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Convoluted selectivity trends and a missing link between reaction product distribution and
catalyst properties hinder practical applications of the electrochemical CO2 reduction …

Atomic metal–support interaction enables reconstruction-free dual-site electrocatalyst

H Sun, CW Tung, Y Qiu, W Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Real bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution
reaction have to be the ones that exhibit a steady configuration during/after reaction without …

PdFe Single‐Atom Alloy Metallene for N2 Electroreduction

X Li, P Shen, Y Luo, Y Li, Y Guo, H Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom alloys hold great promise for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR),
while the comprehensive experimental/theoretical investigations of SAAs for the NRR are …

Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation

A Xu, SF Hung, A Cao, Z Wang, N Karmodak… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Multicarbon alcohols produced by electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) are attractive
alternatives to fossil fuels; however, the selectivity towards alcohols in CO2RR remains low …

Complementary Operando Spectroscopy identification of in-situ generated metastable charge-asymmetry Cu2-CuN3 clusters for CO2 reduction to ethanol

X Su, Z Jiang, J Zhou, H Liu, D Zhou, H Shang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Copper-based materials can reliably convert carbon dioxide into multi-carbon products but
they suffer from poor activity and product selectivity. The atomic structure-activity relationship …

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon (C 2+) products: challenges and perspectives

B Chang, H Pang, F Raziq, S Wang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has been developed as a promising and attractive strategy to
achieve carbon neutrality for sustainable chemical production. Among various reduction …

Stabilizing Copper by a Reconstruction-Resistant Atomic Cu–O–Si Interface for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

X Tan, K Sun, Z Zhuang, B Hu, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper (Cu), a promising catalyst for electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) to multi-
electron reduction products, suffers from an unavoidable and uncontrollable reconstruction …