Toward electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction: longstanding debates and emerging catalysts

J Wang, B Zhang, W Guo, L Wang, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Noble-metal based random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals: syntheses and applications

M Zhou, C Li, J Fang - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and crystal phase of random
alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals has been intensively explored in technologically …

Nanochemistry approach for the fabrication of Fe and N co-decorated biomass-derived activated carbon frameworks: a promising oxygen reduction reaction …

H Karimi-Maleh, C Karaman, O Karaman… - Journal of Nanostructure …, 2022 - Springer
The sluggish nature of the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and the expensive
price of the precious metal-based nanocatalysts are the biggest obstacles to the practical …

Surface and interface control in nanoparticle catalysis

C **e, Z Niu, D Kim, M Li, P Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Pt-on-Pd bimetallic nanodendrites stereoassembled on MXene nanosheets for use as high-efficiency electrocatalysts toward the methanol oxidation reaction

C Yang, Q Jiang, H Liu, L Yang, H He… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have been considered as an ideal “green” energy
converter because of their high energy-conversion efficiency and low pollution emission …

Recent progress in graphene‐based noble‐metal nanocomposites for electrocatalytic applications

J Liu, Q Ma, Z Huang, G Liu, H Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fast industrialization process has led to global challenges in the energy crisis and
environmental pollution, which might be solved with clean and renewable energy. Highly …

Fine-tuning the electronic structure of dealloyed PtCu nanowires for efficient methanol oxidation reaction

K Wang, D Huang, Y Guan, F Liu, J He, Y Ding - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Designing highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation reaction
(MOR) plays a decisive role in the commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) …

Highly stable Pt-Co nanodendrite in nanoframe with Pt skin structured catalyst for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

X Zhu, L Huang, M Wei, P Tsiakaras… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel self-etched engineering of Pt-Co nanodendrite in nanoframe (Pt-Co ND-NF)
synthesized through a simple one-pot approach, for the first-time. The modulation …

Shape-controlled synthesis of platinum-based nanocrystals and their electrocatalytic applications in fuel cells

C Li, N Clament Sagaya Selvam, J Fang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
To achieve environmentally benign energy conversion with the carbon neutrality target via
electrochemical reactions, the innovation of electrocatalysts plays a vital role in the …

Graphene-supported nanoelectrocatalysts for fuel cells: synthesis, properties, and applications

M Liu, R Zhang, W Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the rapid increase of energy demand in people's daily life and the depletion of fossil
fuel reserves, research on new environment-friendly energy sources and their practical …