Recent progress of metal single-atom catalysts for energy applications

Q Yang, Y Jiang, H Zhuo, EM Mitchell, Q Yu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have received tremendous attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their excellent catalytic performance and robust stability. Metal SACs …

Recent advances in vacancy engineering of metal‐organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrocatalysis

Y Wu, Y Li, J Gao, Q Zhang - SusMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient electrocatalysis plays the key role in the development of electrochemical
energy conversion technologies to alleviate energy crisis. Given their multiple active sites …

2D transition metal dichalcogenides: design, modulation, and challenges in electrocatalysis

Q Fu, J Han, X Wang, P Xu, T Yao, J Zhong… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen has been deemed as an ideal substitute fuel to fossil energy because of its
renewability and the highest energy density among all chemical fuels. One of the most …

Advanced electrocatalysis for energy and environmental sustainability via water and nitrogen reactions

Y Li, H Wang, C Priest, S Li, P Xu, G Wu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clean and efficient energy storage and conversion via sustainable water and nitrogen
reactions have attracted substantial attention to address the energy and environmental …

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs): Advances and challenges

MM Tellez-Cruz, J Escorihuela, O Solorza-Feria… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study of the electrochemical catalyst conversion of renewable electricity and carbon
oxides into chemical fuels attracts a great deal of attention by different researchers. The …

Engineering local coordination environments of atomically dispersed and heteroatom‐coordinated single metal site electrocatalysts for clean energy‐conversion

Y Zhu, J Sokolowski, X Song, Y He… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based heteroatom‐coordinated single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are promising
candidates for energy‐related electrocatalysts because of their low‐cost, tunable catalytic …

Unveiling Active Sites of CO2 Reduction on Nitrogen-Coordinated and Atomically Dispersed Iron and Cobalt Catalysts

F Pan, H Zhang, K Liu, D Cullen, K More, M Wang… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the exploration of understanding the reactivity and structure of atomically
dispersed M–N4 (M= Fe and Co) sites for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nitrogen …

Metal-organic framework-derived nitrogen-doped highly disordered carbon for electrochemical ammonia synthesis using N2 and H2O in alkaline electrolytes

S Mukherjee, DA Cullen, S Karakalos, K Liu, H Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is considered an important chemical for both agriculture fertilizer and
renewable energy. The conventional Haber-Bosh process to produce NH 3 is energy …

Strongly coupled nickel–cobalt nitrides/carbon hybrid nanocages with Pt‐like activity for hydrogen evolution catalysis

J Lai, B Huang, Y Chao, X Chen, S Guo - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Designing non‐precious‐metal catalysts with comparable mass activity to state‐of‐the‐art
noble‐metal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline solution still …

A completely precious metal–free alkaline fuel cell with enhanced performance using a carbon-coated nickel anode

Y Gao, Y Yang, R Schimmenti… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Alkaline fuel cells enable the use of earth-abundant elements to replace Pt but are hindered
by the sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) in alkaline media …