Intermetallic nanocrystals for fuel-cells-based electrocatalysis

F Lin, M Li, L Zeng, M Luo, S Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis underpins the renewable electrochemical conversions for sustainability,
which further replies on metallic nanocrystals as vital electrocatalysts. Intermetallic …

Toward electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction: longstanding debates and emerging catalysts

J Wang, B Zhang, W Guo, L Wang, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Mesoporous Pt@Pt-skin Pt3Ni core-shell framework nanowire electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction

H **, Z Xu, ZY Hu, Z Yin, Z Wang, Z Deng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The design of Pt-based nanoarchitectures with controllable compositions and morphologies
is necessary to enhance their electrocatalytic activity. Herein, we report a rational design …

Breaking Sabatier's vertex via switching the oxygen adsorption configuration and reaction pathway on dual active sites for acidic oxygen reduction

P Guo, B Liu, F Tu, Y Dai, Z Zhang, Y **a… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts are promising alternatives to platinum-based catalysts for the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR). However, the ORR process with multiple-step proton-coupled …

Dual-atom catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis

J Wang, CX Zhao, JN Liu, YW Song, JQ Huang, BQ Li - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are involved in
various electrochemical devices but are severely sluggish in kinetics. Dual-atom catalysts …

Atomically reconstructed palladium metallene by intercalation-induced lattice expansion and amorphization for highly efficient electrocatalysis

M **e, B Zhang, Z **, P Li, G Yu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
As an emerging class of materials with distinctive physicochemical properties, metallenes
are deemed as efficient catalysts for energy-related electrocatalytic reactions. Engineering …

Embedded oxide clusters stabilize sub-2 nm Pt nanoparticles for highly durable fuel cells

B Peng, Z Liu, L Sementa, Q Jia, Q Sun, CU Segre… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) nanocatalysts are essential for facilitating the cathodic oxygen reduction
reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells but suffer from a trade-off between activity …

High‐entropy alloys for electrocatalysis: design, characterization, and applications

Y Zhang, D Wang, S Wang - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐entropy alloys (HEAs) are expected to function well as electrocatalytic materials, owing
to their widely adjustable composition and unique physical and chemical properties …

Molten NaCl‐Assisted Synthesis of Porous Fe‐N‐C Electrocatalysts with a High Density of Catalytically Accessible FeN4 Active Sites and Outstanding Oxygen …

Q Wang, Y Yang, F Sun, G Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Iron single atom catalysts (FeN4) hosted in the micropores of N‐doped carbons offer
excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Achieving a high density of …

Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

J Huang, L Sementa, Z Liu, G Barcaro, M Feng, E Liu… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
A critical technological roadblock to the widespread adoption of proton-exchange
membrane fuel cells is the development of highly active and durable platinum-based …