The pressing necessity of a sustainable energy economy renders electrochemical energy
conversion technologies, such as polymer electrolyte fuel cells or metal–air batteries, of …

Carbon and other platinum-supporting materials have been studied as electrode catalyst
component of low-temperature fuel cells. Platinum (Pt) is commonly used as the catalyst due …

The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a fast growing next-generation energy
conversion technology, which has broad application prospects in electric vehicles, such as …

Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising next‐generation energy storage device owing to
their high theoretical capacity and the low cost and abundance of sulfur. However, the low …

Interactions between metals and supports are of fundamental interest in heterogeneous
catalysis. The electronic, geometric and bifunctional effects originating from Strong Metal …

Rechargeable lithium air (Li–air) batteries, especially the non-aqueous type, are considered
the most promising energy storage and conversion device candidates for use in future …

Over the past few decades, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have been intensively
developed as clean and high-efficiency energy conversion devices. However, their …

The fuel cell (FC), as a clean and high-efficiency device, has drawn a great deal of attention
in terms of both fundamentals and applications. However, the high cost and scarcity of the …

Nitrogen-rich mesoporous carbon materials were obtained by pyrolyzing gelatin between
700 and 900° C with a nano-CaCO3 template. The mesoporous structure and the high …