In Situ and Operando X-ray Scattering Methods in Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

OM Magnussen, J Drnec, C Qiu, I Martens… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical and electrocatalytic processes are of key importance for the transition to a
sustainable energy supply as well as for a wide variety of other technologically relevant …

Visualizing catalytic dynamics processes via synchrotron radiation multitechniques

D Cao, W Xu, S Chen, C Liu, B Sheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of catalysts today as workhorses in most modern industrial fields cannot be
downplayed. As a result, rational design and engineering of targeted catalysts have …

Tailored Lattice Compressive Strain of Pt‐Skins by the L12‐Pt3M Intermetallic Core for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

Z Wang, S Chen, W Wu, R Chen, Y Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and unsatisfactory durability of Pt‐
based catalysts are severely hindering the commercialization of proton‐exchange …

Unraveling the synergistic effects of Cu-Ag tandem catalysts during electrochemical CO2 reduction using nanofocused X-ray probes

ML Frisch, L Wu, C Atlan, Z Ren, M Han… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the selectivity of the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into value-added
chemicals continues to be a major challenge. Bulk and surface lattice strain in …

In-situ and wavelength-dependent photocatalytic strain evolution of a single Au nanoparticle on a TiO2 film

SH Park, S Kim, JW Park, S Kim, W Cha… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Photocatalysis is a promising technique due to its capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy
and its potential to address the global energy crisis. However, the structure–activity …

Assessing utilization boundaries for pt-based catalysts in an operating proton-exchange membrane fuel cell

M Ronovsky, L Pan, M Klingenhof… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Octahedra (oh) PtNiX/C catalysts are notable cathode catalysts for proton-exchange
membrane fuel cells due to their exceptional oxygen reduction reaction activity. Here, we …

Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis

VH Do, JM Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in rational developments of
electrocatalysts through constructing novel atomistic structures and modulating catalytic …

Operando nanoscale imaging of electrochemically induced strain in a locally polarized Pt grain

D Sheyfer, RG Mariano, T Kawaguchi, W Cha… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing new methods that reveal the structure of electrode materials under polarization
is key to constructing robust structure–property relationships. However, many existing …

Structure dynamics of carbon-supported platinum-neodymium nanoalloys during the oxygen reduction reaction

CA Campos-Roldán, R Chattot, JS Filhol… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Platinum-rare earth nanoalloys have been predicted to be promising proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) electrocatalysts for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction …

Single-atom Al precisely modulate the strain of Pt3Co intermetallic for superior oxygen catalytic performance

W Wu, W Qu, Z Wang, Y Tan, R Chen, S Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Precisely controlling the strain of Pt-based intermetallic to ensure high performance and
stability is a massive task for sustainable proton-exchange-membrane-fuel-cells. Herein, the …