Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells: progress in advanced materials and key technologies

R Haider, Y Wen, ZF Ma, DP Wilkinson… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs) are one type of
promising energy device with the advantages of fast reaction kinetics (high energy …

Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts

Y Zeng, C Li, B Li, J Liang, MJ Zachman, DA Cullen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Fe–N–C catalysts are the most promising platinum group metal-free oxygen-reduction
catalysts, but they suffer from a low density of active metal sites and the so-called activity …

Pyrolyzed M–N x catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: progress and prospects

E Luo, Y Chu, J Liu, Z Shi, S Zhu, L Gong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fuel cells, a sustainable technology that assures a cleaner earth, once experienced
disillusion due to the issue of economic viability associated with the massive usage of Pt …

Dual‐metal atom electrocatalysts: theory, synthesis, characterization, and applications

A Pedersen, J Barrio, A Li, R Jervis… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical clean energy conversion and the production of sustainable chemicals are
critical in the journey to realizing a truly sustainable society. To progress electrochemical …

A pyridinic Fe-N4 macrocycle models the active sites in Fe/N-doped carbon electrocatalysts

T Marshall-Roth, NJ Libretto, AT Wrobel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Iron-and nitrogen-doped carbon (Fe-NC) materials are leading candidates to replace
platinum catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells; however, their active …

Coordination engineering of single‐atom catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: a review

J Zhang, H Yang, B Liu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Future renewable energy supplies and a sustainable environment rely on many important
catalytic processes. Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are attractive because of their maximum …

Recent insights into the oxygen-reduction electrocatalysis of Fe/N/C materials

W Wang, Q Jia, S Mukerjee, S Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Owing to the high activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the selectivity
toward the four-electron pathway, single atom Fe/N/C electrocatalysts have been considered …

A General Approach to Preferential Formation of Active Fe–Nx Sites in Fe–N/C Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

YJ Sa, DJ Seo, J Woo, JT Lim, JY Cheon… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Iron–nitrogen on carbon (Fe–N/C) catalysts have emerged as promising nonprecious metal
catalysts (NPMCs) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in energy conversion and storage …

Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen-and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions

Y Jiao, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec, SZ Qiao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A fundamental change has been achieved in understanding surface electrochemistry due to
the profound knowledge of the nature of electrocatalytic processes accumulated over the …