Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P Xie… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

A review of oxygen reduction mechanisms for metal-free carbon-based electrocatalysts

R Ma, G Lin, Y Zhou, Q Liu, T Zhang, G Shan… - npj Computational …, 2019 - nature.com
The sluggish kinetics of Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) at the cathode in proton
exchange membrane fuel cells or metal-air batteries requires highly effective and stable …

Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation

X Wang, Z Wang, FP García de Arquer, CT Dinh… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
The carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) provides ways to produce ethanol
but its Faradaic efficiency could be further improved, especially in CO2RR studies reported …

Identification of active sites for acidic oxygen reduction on carbon catalysts with and without nitrogen doping

Y Jia, L Zhang, L Zhuang, H Liu, X Yan, X Wang… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Owing to the difficulty in controlling the dopant or defect types and their homogeneity in
carbon materials, it is still a controversial issue to identify the active sites of carbon-based …

Polymer-derived heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials

H Wang, Y Shao, S Mei, Y Lu, M Zhang, J Sun… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials (HPCMs) have found extensive applications in
adsorption/separation, organic catalysis, sensing, and energy conversion/storage. The …

Active sites and mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis on nitrogen‐doped carbon materials

SK Singh, K Takeyasu, J Nakamura - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a core reaction for electrochemical energy
technologies such as fuel cells and metal–air batteries. ORR catalysts have been limited to …

Recent insights into the oxygen-reduction electrocatalysis of Fe/N/C materials

W Wang, Q Jia, S Mukerjee, S Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Owing to the high activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the selectivity
toward the four-electron pathway, single atom Fe/N/C electrocatalysts have been considered …

Recent progress in MOF‐derived, heteroatom‐doped porous carbons as highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

L Yang, X Zeng, W Wang, D Cao - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, developing nonprecious‐metal catalysts to replace Pt‐based electrocatalysts in
fuel cells has become a hot topic because the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells …

Metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

L Dai, Y Xue, L Qu, HJ Choi, JB Baek - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The rising global energy demand and environmental impact of traditional energy resources
pose serious challenges to human health, energy security, and environmental protection.(1 …

Recent advancements in Pt and Pt-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Y Nie, L Li, Z Wei - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing highly efficient catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to the
fabrication of commercially viable fuel cell devices and metal–air batteries for future energy …