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 …

Probing intermediate configurations of oxygen evolution catalysis across the light spectrum

J Suntivich, G Hautier, I Dabo, EJ Crumlin, D Kumar… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
The oxygen evolution reaction is crucial to sustainable electro-and photo-electrochemical
approaches to chemical energy production (for example, H2). Although mechanistic …

Spectroelectrochemical analysis of the water oxidation mechanism on doped nickel oxides

RR Rao, S Corby, A Bucci… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal oxides and oxyhydroxides exhibit state-of-the-art activity for the oxygen evolution
reaction (OER); however, their reaction mechanism, particularly the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Single-phase ruthenium-based oxide with dual-atoms induced bifunctional catalytic centers enables highly efficient rechargeable Zn-air batteries

Q Lu, X Zou, Y Bu, Y Wang, Z Shao - Energy Storage Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Composite strategies for constructing dual-atom sites at the hetero-interface provide
considerable prospects for designing efficient bifunctional oxygen catalysts. Given the …

Unravelling the effects of active site density and energetics on the water oxidation activity of iridium oxides

C Liang, RR Rao, KL Svane, JHL Hadden, B Moss… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding what controls the reaction rate on iridium-based catalysts is central to
designing better electrocatalysts for the water oxidation reaction in proton exchange …

Simultaneous reactant accessibility and charge transfer engineering in Co-doped RuO2-supported OCNT for robust rechargeable zinc-air batteries

Q Lu, X Zou, X Wang, L An, Z Shao, Y Bu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sluggish oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) kinetics greatly limits the
application of zinc-air batteries (ZAB). Regarding this, searching for high-efficient …

pH- and Cation-Dependent Water Oxidation on Rutile RuO2(110)

RR Rao, B Huang, Y Katayama, J Hwang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent interactions at electrified interfaces are key to improving activity for the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER). Here, we showed that on RuO2 (110) in alkaline solutions, OER …

Tracking Water Dissociation on RuO2(110) Using Atomic Force Microscopy and First-Principles Simulations

AJ Reese, S Gelin, M Maalouf, N Wadehra… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The interaction between interfacial water and transition metal oxides is a primary enabling
step for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). RuO2 is a prototypical OER electrocatalyst …

Medium-independent hydrogen atom binding isotherms of nickel oxide electrodes

H Noh, JM Mayer - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
Adsorption and transfer of hydrogen atoms at solid/solution interfaces are fundamental to
heterogeneous catalysis for chemical energy transformations and other processes …

Site heterogeneity and broad surface-binding isotherms in modern catalysis: Building intuition beyond the Sabatier principle

JM Mayer - Journal of Catalysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Learning the science of heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis always starts with the
simple case of a flat, uniform surface with an ideal adsorbate. It has of course been …