Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design

Y Zhao, DP Adiyeri Saseendran, C Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

Fundamental understanding of structural reconstruction behaviors in oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts

H Zhong, Q Zhang, J Yu, X Zhang, C Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal‐based oxyhydroxides (MOOH) derived from the irreversible structural
reconstruction of precatalysts are often acknowledged as the real catalytic species for the …

Operando studies reveal active Cu nanograins for CO2 electroreduction

Y Yang, S Louisia, S Yu, J **, I Roh, C Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide electroreduction facilitates the sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemicals.
Although Cu enables CO2-to-multicarbon product (C2+) conversion, the nature of the active …

Anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers and fuel cells

Y Yang, P Li, X Zheng, W Sun, SX Dou, T Ma… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Anion-exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) and fuel cells (AEMFCs)
are technologies that, respectively, achieve transformation and utilization of renewable …

Potential-dependent transition of reaction mechanisms for oxygen evolution on layered double hydroxides

Z Wang, WA Goddard III, H **ao - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of crucial importance to sustainable energy and
environmental engineering, and layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are among the most …

Enhancing the d/p‐band center proximity with amorphous‐crystalline interface coupling for boosted pH‐robust water electrolysis

Y Liu, T Sakthivel, F Hu, Y Tian, D Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rationalizing non‐precious pH‐robust electrocatalysts is a crucial priority and required for
multi‐scenario hydrogen production customization. Herein, an amorphous–crystalline …

Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

W He, J Zhang, S Dieckhöfer, S Varhade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic recycling of waste nitrate (NO3−) to valuable ammonia (NH3) at ambient
conditions is a green and appealing alternative to the Haber− Bosch process. However, the …

Size effects and active state formation of cobalt oxide nanoparticles during the oxygen evolution reaction

FT Haase, A Bergmann, TE Jones, J Timoshenko… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Water electrolysis is a key technology to establish CO2-neutral hydrogen production.
Nonetheless, the near-surface structure of electrocatalysts during the anodic oxygen …

Adjacent Fe Site boosts electrocatalytic oxygen evolution at Co site in single-atom-catalyst through a dual-metal-site design

C Chen, M Sun, F Zhang, H Li, M Sun, P Fang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Co-based single-atom-catalysts have emerged as possible candidates for the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER); however, further improvements in the performance of Co metal …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …