A review of transition metal boride, carbide, pnictide, and chalcogenide water oxidation electrocatalysts

K Kawashima, RA Márquez, LA Smith… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Transition metal borides, carbides, pnictides, and chalcogenides (X-ides) have emerged as
a class of materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Because of their high earth …

Operando scanning electrochemical probe microscopy during electrocatalysis

C Santana Santos, BN Jaato, I Sanjuán… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Scanning electrochemical probe microscopy (SEPM) techniques can disclose the local
electrochemical reactivity of interfaces in single-entity and sub-entity studies. Operando …

Correlative operando microscopy of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

JT Mefford, AR Akbashev, M Kang, CL Bentley… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Transition metal (oxy) hydroxides are promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution
reaction,–. The properties of these materials evolve dynamically and heterogeneously with …

Electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

CL Brosseau, A Colina, JV Perales-Rondon… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (EC-SERS) is a
spectroelectrochemical method that has been in existence since the first SERS …

Microstructural origin of locally enhanced CO2 electroreduction activity on gold

RG Mariano, M Kang, OJ Wahab, IJ McPherson… - Nature Materials, 2021‏ - nature.com
Understanding how the bulk structure of a material affects catalysis on its surface is critical to
the development of actionable catalyst design principles. Bulk defects have been shown to …

Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis

Y Yang, Y **ong, R Zeng, X Lu, M Krumov… - ACS …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis has been the cornerstone for enhancing energy efficiency, minimizing
environmental impacts and carbon emissions, and enabling a more sustainable way of …

Multiscale analysis of electrocatalytic particle activities: linking nanoscale measurements and ensemble behavior

M Kang, CL Bentley, JT Mefford, WC Chueh… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Nanostructured electrocatalysts exhibit variations in electrochemical properties across
different length scales, and the intrinsic catalytic characteristics measured at the nanoscale …

Thousand-fold increase in O2 electroreduction rates with conductive MOFs

RG Mariano, OJ Wahab, JA Rabinowitz… - ACS Central …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Molecular materials must deliver high current densities to be competitive with traditional
heterogeneous catalysts. Despite their high density of active sites, it has been unclear why …

Nanoscale surface structure–activity in electrochemistry and electrocatalysis

CL Bentley, M Kang, PR Unwin - Journal of the American …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Nanostructured electrochemical interfaces (electrodes) are found in diverse applications
ranging from electrocatalysis and energy storage to biomedical and environmental sensing …

Exploring the strain effect in single particle electrochemistry using Pd nanocrystals

J Zhao, M Wang, Y Peng, J Ni, S Hu… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tuning the surface strain of heterogeneous catalysts is recognized as a powerful strategy for
tailoring their catalytic activity. However, a clear understanding of the strain effect in …