High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted widespread attention in electrocatalysis due to
their unique advantages (adjustable composition, complex surface, high tolerance, etc.) …

Production of hydrogen by electrochemical water splitting is considered as one of the most
promising ways for sustainable energy storage and hydrogen society realization in the …

A fundamental change has been achieved in understanding surface electrochemistry due to
the profound knowledge of the nature of electrocatalytic processes accumulated over the …

Human beings have been using fossil fuels for their energy needs since long. Reducing
availability of these non-renewable energy sources due to increasing consumption and …

A current challenge to alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells (APEFCs) is the unexpectedly
sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR). A recently proposed resolution is …

Most fundamental studies of electrocatalysis are based on the experimental and simulation
results obtained for bulk model materials. Some of these mechanistic understandings are …

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are very promising power source for stationary and
portable miniature electric appliances due to its high efficiency and low emissions of …

CO oxidation, although seemingly a simple chemical reaction, provides us with a panacea
that reveals the richness and beauty of heterogeneous catalysis. The Fritz Haber Institute is …

Clusters or nanoparticles are aggregates of between a few and many millions of atoms or
molecules. They may consist of identical atoms, or molecules, or two or more different …

The purpose of this review is to discuss progress in the understanding of electrocatalytic
reactions through the study of model systems with surface spectroscopies. Pure metal single …