Recent advances in electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and alkaline membrane fuel cells

F **ao, YC Wang, ZP Wu, G Chen, F Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid progress of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and alkaline
exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) has boosted the hydrogen economy concept via …

Palladium alloys used as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

T Wang, A Chutia, DJL Brett, PR Shearing… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Palladium-based alloy materials as cathodes for the reduction of oxygen are regarded as
potential substitutes for platinum-based catalysts in fuel cells. In this work, we present a …

Porous nanoarchitectures of nonprecious metal borides: from controlled synthesis to heterogeneous catalyst applications

Y Kang, Y Tang, L Zhu, B Jiang, X Xu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Porous nonprecious metal-based nanomaterials have gained considerable attention in
heterogeneous catalysis owing to their low price, high specific surface area, efficient …

Design strategies of Pd-based electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen reduction

CJ Li, GC Shan, CX Guo, RG Ma - Rare Metals, 2023 - Springer
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) occurs at the cathode of fuel cells and metal–air batteries,
but usually suffers from sluggish kinetics. To solve this issue, efficient electrocatalysts are …

Boron-doped platinum-group metals in electrocatalysis: a perspective

H Li, X Qin, XG Zhang, K Jiang, WB Cai - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Platinum-group metals (PGMs) as a representative class of electrocatalysts play a vital role
in contemporary energy conversion and storage, including but not limited to fuel cells, metal …

Breaking scaling relationships in alkynol semi-hydrogenation by manipulating interstitial atoms in Pd with d-electron gain

Y Yang, X Zhu, L Wang, J Lang, G Yao, T Qin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pd catalysts are widely used in alkynol semi-hydrogenation. However, due to the existence
of scaling relationships of adsorption energies between the key adsorbed species, the …

Structurally disordered phosphorus-doped Pt as a highly active electrocatalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction

BA Lu, LF Shen, J Liu, Q Zhang, LY Wan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The application of Pt alloy catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) in proton-
exchange membrane fuel cells is severely impeded by base metal leaching, since the …

Thiolated, reduced palladium nanoclusters with resolved structures for the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen

S Zhuang, D Chen, Q You, W Fan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although thiolated, reduced Group 11 metal nanoclusters with atomic monodispersity have
been repeatedly reported in the past decade, their Pd analogues have not been reported …

Nanoscale design of Pd‐based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction enhancement in alkaline media

M Zhou, J Guo, J Fang - Small Structures, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Palladium (Pd)‐based electrocatalysts have recently emerged as one class of the foremost
promising candidates for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media due to their …

d–sp orbital hybridization: a strategy for activity improvement of transition metal catalysts

H Chen, Q Wu, Y Wang, Q Zhao, X Ai… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Orbital hybridization to regulate the electronic structures and surface chemisorption
properties of transition metals has been extensively investigated for searching high …