Local reaction environment in electrocatalysis

C Chen, H **, P Wang, X Sun, M Jaroniec… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Beyond conventional electrocatalyst engineering, recent studies have unveiled the
effectiveness of manipulating the local reaction environment in enhancing the performance …

[HTML][HTML] Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments

M Chatenet, BG Pollet, DR Dekel, F Dionigi… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally
benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic …

Revealing the role of interfacial water and key intermediates at ruthenium surfaces in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

X Chen, XT Wang, JB Le, SM Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ruthenium exhibits comparable or even better alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity
than platinum, however, the mechanistic aspects are yet to be settled, which are elucidated …

Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt

P Li, Y Jiang, Y Hu, Y Men, Y Liu, W Cai, S Chen - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of the large kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis, that is, the
approximately two orders of magnitude decrease in reaction kinetics when moving from acid …

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 …

Interfacial water engineering boosts neutral water reduction

K Sun, X Wu, Z Zhuang, L Liu, J Fang, L Zeng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in neutral media is of great practical importance for
sustainable hydrogen production, but generally suffers from low activities, the cause of …

Spatially and temporally understanding dynamic solid–electrolyte interfaces in carbon dioxide electroreduction

J Wang, HY Tan, MY Qi, JY Li, ZR Tang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ubiquity of solid–liquid interfaces in nature and the significant role of their atomic-scale
structure in determining interfacial properties have led to intensive research. Particularly in …

Emerging atomistic modeling methods for heterogeneous electrocatalysis

Z Levell, J Le, S Yu, R Wang, S Ethirajan… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis lies at the center of various technologies that could help
enable a sustainable future. However, its complexity makes it challenging to accurately and …

Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution

MCO Monteiro, F Dattila, B Hagedoorn… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide is widely studied for the sustainable
production of fuels and chemicals. Metal ions in the electrolyte influence the reaction …

Engineering a local acid-like environment in alkaline medium for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

H Tan, B Tang, Y Lu, Q Ji, L Lv, H Duan, N Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tuning the local reaction environment is an important and challenging issue for determining
electrochemical performances. Herein, we propose a strategy of intentionally engineering …