Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Optimizing Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts for improved hydrogen evolution performance in alkaline electrolytes: a comprehensive review

G Gao, G Zhu, X Chen, Z Sun, A Cabot - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The splitting of water through electrocatalysis offers a sustainable method for the production
of hydrogen. In alkaline electrolytes, the lack of protons forces water dissociation to occur …

Integration of Alloy Segregation and Surface Co O Hybridization in Carbon‐Encapsulated CoNiPt Alloy Catalyst for Superior Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

Y Pan, J Gao, E Lv, T Li, H Xu, L Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing an efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst with low
platinum (Pt) consumption is crucial for the cost reduction of energy devices, such as …

Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis

VH Do, JM Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in rational developments of
electrocatalysts through constructing novel atomistic structures and modulating catalytic …

Atomically precise electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

L Yan, P Li, Q Zhu, A Kumar, K Sun, S Tian, X Sun - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Challenges in develo** fuel cells provide strong stimulation to develop efficient
electrocatalysts for the sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among various …

Regulating the electronic synergy of asymmetric atomic Fe sites with adjacent defects for boosting activity and durability toward oxygen reduction

S Ji, Y Wang, H Liu, X Lu, C Guo, S **n… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) plays a fundamental role in sustainable energy
technologies. However, the creation of non‐precious metal electrocatalysts with high ORR …

Embedded oxide clusters stabilize sub-2 nm Pt nanoparticles for highly durable fuel cells

B Peng, Z Liu, L Sementa, Q Jia, Q Sun, CU Segre… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) nanocatalysts are essential for facilitating the cathodic oxygen reduction
reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells but suffer from a trade-off between activity …

Engineering the electronic structure of isolated manganese sites to improve the oxygen reduction, Zn-air battery and fuel cell performances

X Bai, Y Wang, J Han, X Niu, J Guan - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-atom manganese catalysts possess high stability in the oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) due to their lower Fenton reaction activity. Here, we employ N-and S-co-coordination …

Dual-atom Co-Fe catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

T Tang, Y Wang, J Han, Q Zhang, X Bai, X Niu… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Controlled synthesis of dual-atom catalysts (DACs) for heterogeneous catalytic reactions is
vital but still demanding. Herein, we construct a novel dual-atom catalyst containing FeN 3 …

Ultrathin nanotube structure for mass-efficient and durable oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in PEM fuel cells

J Liu, S Liu, F Yan, Z Wen, W Chen, X Liu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
It remains a challenge for platinum-based oxygen reduction reaction catalysts to
simultaneously possess high mass activity and high durability in proton-exchange …