The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

PEM Fuel cell and electrolysis cell technologies and hydrogen infrastructure development–a review

Y Wang, Y Pang, H Xu, A Martinez… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells or PEMFCs and PEM electrolysis cells or
PEMECs are two closely related electrochemical devices having a similar structure: a PEM …

Synergistic Fe− Se atom pairs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts boost low‐temperature rechargeable Zn‐air battery

Y Wang, J Wu, S Tang, J Yang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we successfully construct bifunctional electrocatalysts by synthesizing atomically
dispersed Fe− Se atom pairs supported on N‐doped carbon (Fe− Se/NC). The obtained Fe …

High durability of Fe–N–C single‐atom catalysts with carbon vacancies toward the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

Electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries featuring single molybdenum atoms in a nitrogen‐doped carbon framework

J Balamurugan, PM Austeria, JB Kim… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bifunctional catalysts can facilitate two different electrochemical reactions with conflicting
characteristics. Here, a highly reversible bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc …

Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

S Liu, C Li, MJ Zachman, Y Zeng, H Yu, B Li, M Wang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen-coordinated single atom iron sites (FeN4) embedded in carbon (Fe–N–C) are the
most active platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts for proton-exchange …

Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices

Z Jiang, X Liu, XZ Liu, S Huang, Y Liu, ZC Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells and Zn–air batteries based on non-Pt group metal
catalysts typically suffer from sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction. Designing advanced …

Tailoring oxygen reduction reaction kinetics on perovskite oxides via oxygen vacancies for low‐temperature and knittable zinc–air batteries

H Huang, A Huang, D Liu, W Han, CH Kuo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High kinetics oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts under low temperature are
critical and highly desired for temperature‐tolerant energy conversion and storage devices …

Manipulating local coordination of copper single atom catalyst enables efficient CO2-to-CH4 conversion

Y Dai, H Li, C Wang, W Xue, M Zhang, D Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical CO2 conversion to methane, powered by intermittent renewable electricity,
provides an entrancing opportunity to both store renewable electric energy and utilize …

Regulating catalytic properties and thermal stability of Pt and PtCo intermetallic fuel-cell catalysts via strong coupling effects between single-metal site-rich carbon and …

Y Zeng, J Liang, C Li, Z Qiao, B Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Develo** low platinum-group-metal (PGM) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) …