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 …

Engineering strategies and active site identification of MXene-based catalysts for electrochemical conversion reactions

Y Zhao, J Zhang, X Guo, X Cao, S Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
MXenes have been extensively studied due to their high metallic conductivity, hydrophilic
properties, tunable layer structure and attractive surface chemistry, making them highly …

Liquid Fluxional Ga Single Atom Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Z Zhang, J Zhu, S Chen, W Sun… - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Precise design and tuning of the micro‐atomic structure of single atom catalysts (SACs) can
help efficiently adapt complex catalytic systems. Herein, we inventively found that when the …

Surface passivation for highly active, selective, stable, and scalable CO2 electroreduction

J Zhu, J Li, R Lu, R Yu, S Zhao, C Li, L Lv, L Xia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid using Bismuth catalysts is one the most
promising pathways for industrialization. However, it is still difficult to achieve high formic …

Electronic modulation of metal–organic frameworks by interfacial bridging for efficient pH‐universal hydrogen evolution

L Wang, L Song, Z Yang, YM Chang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing well‐defined interfacial chemical bond bridges is an effective strategy to optimize
the catalytic activity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), but it remains challenging. Herein …

Recent Advances in Ultralow‐Pt‐Loading Electrocatalysts for the Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

F Guo, TJ Macdonald, AJ Sobrido, L Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen production from water electrolysis provides a green and sustainable route.
Platinum (Pt)‐based materials have been regarded as efficient electrocatalysts for the …

When it's heavier: interfacial and solvation chemistry of isotopes in aqueous electrolytes for Zn‐ion batteries

X Gao, Y Dai, C Zhang, Y Zhang, W Zong… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical effect of isotope (EEI) of water is introduced in the Zn‐ion batteries
(ZIBs) electrolyte to deal with the challenge of severe side reactions and massive gas …

Cation Vacancy Clusters in Ti3C2Tx MXene Induce Ultra‐Strong Interaction with Noble Metal Clusters for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

X Wang, J Ding, W Song, X Yang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MXenes are promising substrates for supported noble metal electrocatalysts. Yet, it is a
significant challenge to modulate the metal–support interaction (MSI) for enhancing catalytic …

Controllable Conversion of Platinum Nanoparticles to Single Atoms in Pt/CeO2 by Laser Ablation for Efficient CO Oxidation

N Fu, X Liang, X Wang, T Gan, C Ye, Z Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Downsizing metal nanoparticles to single atoms (monoatomization of nanoparticles) has
been actively pursued to maximize the metal utilization of noble-metal-based catalysts and …

Awakening (220) as one more active facet of PtMo alloy via single‐atom doping to boost ammonia electrooxidation in direct ammonia fuel cell

S Liu, Y Jiang, M Wang, Y Huan, Y He… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the core of low‐temperature direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) technology, electrocatalytic
ammonia oxidation reaction (AOR) has proven to be most active on platinum‐based …