New roads and challenges for fuel cells in heavy-duty transportation

DA Cullen, KC Neyerlin, RK Ahluwalia, R Mukundan… - Nature energy, 2021‏ - nature.com
The recent release of hydrogen economy roadmaps for several major countries emphasizes
the need for accelerated worldwide investment in research and development activities for …

Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P **e… - Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

Graphene-nanopocket-encaged PtCo nanocatalysts for highly durable fuel cell operation under demanding ultralow-Pt-loading conditions

Z Zhao, Z Liu, A Zhang, X Yan, W Xue, B Peng… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as an attractive clean power source can
promise a carbon-neutral future, but the widespread adoption of PEMFCs requires a …

Catalytic defect‐repairing using manganese ions for hard carbon anode with high‐capacity and high‐initial‐Coulombic‐efficiency in sodium‐ion batteries

J Zhao, XX He, WH Lai, Z Yang, XH Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbon (HC) anodes have shown extraordinary promise for sodium‐ion batteries, but
are limited to their poor initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) and low practical specific capacity …

An integrated platinum-nanocarbon electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction

L Huang, M Wei, R Qi, CL Dong, D Dang… - nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Efficient and robust platinum-carbon electrocatalysts are of great significance for the long-
term service of high-performance fuel cells. Here, we report a Pt alloy integrated in a cobalt …

Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Ta–TiOx nanoparticles as radical scavengers to improve the durability of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts

H **e, X **e, G Hu, V Prabhakaran, S Saha… - Nature energy, 2022‏ - nature.com
Highly active and durable platinum group metal-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction
reaction, such as Fe–N–C materials, are needed to lower the cost of proton-exchange …

Atomically dispersed single iron sites for promoting Pt and Pt 3 Co fuel cell catalysts: performance and durability improvements

Z Qiao, C Wang, C Li, Y Zeng, S Hwang, B Li… - Energy & …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Significantly reducing platinum group metal (PGM) loading while improving catalytic
performance and durability is critical to accelerating proton-exchange membrane fuel cells …

Tuning Two‐Electron Oxygen‐Reduction Pathways for H2O2 Electrosynthesis via Engineering Atomically Dispersed Single Metal Site Catalysts

X Yang, Y Zeng, W Alnoush, Y Hou… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation via the electrochemical oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) under ambient conditions is emerging as an alternative and green strategy …

Inorganic non-carbon supported Pt catalysts and synergetic effects for oxygen reduction reaction

Q Sun, XH Li, KX Wang, TN Ye, JS Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is regarded as the rate-determining step in a fuel cell or a
metal–air battery because of the kinetically retarded four-electron process. Among the …