Advances and challenges of methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts for the direct methanol fuel cell

MAU Din, M Idrees, S Jamil, S Irfan, G Nazir… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol cross-over effects from the anode to the cathode are important parameters for
reducing catalytic performance in direct methanol fuel cells. A promising candidate catalyst …

Structure-activity relationship of tri-metallic Pt-based nanocatalysts for methanol oxidation reaction

Q Lu, X Zhao, R Luque, K Eid - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Ternary Pt-based nanostructures are deemed as promising anode electrocatalysts for low-
temperature and green direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) due to their bifunctional …

Low-Pt octahedral PtCuCo nanoalloys:“One stone, four birds” for oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reactions

S Wang, T Sheng, Q Yuan - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
To find a low-Pt electrocatalyst that is functionally integrated and superior to the state-of-the-
art single-Pt electrocatalyst is expectedly a challenge. We have in this study found that the …

Subnanoscale Dual-Site Pd–Pt Layers Make PdPtCu Nanocrystals CO-Tolerant Bipolar Effective Electrocatalysts for Alcohol Fuel Cell Devices

X Yang, Q Yuan, J Li, T Sheng, KX Yao, X Wang - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Finding a high-performance low-Pt bipolar electrocatalyst in actual direct alcohol fuel cells
(DAFCs) remains challenging and desirable. Here, we developed a crystalline PdPtCu …

Self‐propelled nanomotors with an alloyed engine for emergency rescue of traumatic brain injury

H Wang, X Chen, Y Qi, C Wang, L Huang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), acute oxidative stress and inflammatory cascades
rapidly spread to cause irreversible brain damage and low survival rate within minutes …

PtCu subnanoclusters epitaxial on octahedral PtCu/Pt skin matrix as ultrahigh stable cathode electrocatalysts for room-temperature hydrogen fuel cells

F Zhao, L Zheng, Q Yuan, Q Zhang, T Sheng, X Yang… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Achieving stable surface structures of metal catalysts is an extreme challenge for obtaining
long-term durability and meeting industrial application requirements. We report a new class …

Interconnected Pd nanowire networks stereoassembled on biomass-derived porous carbon skeletons as bifunctional electrocatalysts for efficient methanol and formic …

Z Zhu, J Qin, Q Yang, H He, L Yang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Although palladium (Pd)/carbon composites have been long regarded as key anode
electrocatalysts for direct liquid fuel cells, the conventional particle-shaped Pd crystals as …

Boosting alkaline hydrogen evolution performance by constructing ultrasmall Ru clusters/Na+, K+-decorated porous carbon composites

M Duan, T Shu, J Li, D Zhang, LY Gan, KX Yao, Q Yuan - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
The construction of efficient and durable electrocatalysts with highly dispersed metal clusters
and hydrophilic surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) remains a great …

Stable and active methanol oxidation via anchored PtRu alloy nanoparticles on NiFe layered double hydroxides

L Jin, Q Meng, M Ma, X Gao, A Chen, X Sun… - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Enhancing the catalytic efficiency of the methanol electro-oxidation reaction (MOR) holds
paramount importance in expediting the commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells …

Impact of controlling the crystallinity on bifunctional electrocatalytic performances toward methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction in binary Pd–Cr solid solution

D Jin, Y Lee, IY Kim, C Lee, MH Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the relationship between crystallographic structure and electrocatalytic
performance is important to successfully design an efficient electrocatalyst. With finely …