Orbital occupancy and spin polarization: from mechanistic study to rational design of transition metal-based electrocatalysts toward energy applications

VH Do, JM Lee - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, development of electrocatalysts for energy applications has
extensively transitioned from trial-and-error methodologies to more rational and directed …

Spin‐related electron transfer and orbital interactions in oxygen electrocatalysis

Y Sun, S Sun, H Yang, S Xi, J Gracia… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen evolution and reduction reactions play a critical role in determining the efficiency of
the water cycling (H2O⇔ H2+ 1 2 O2), in which the hydrogen serves as the energy carrier …

Ferromagnetic single-atom spin catalyst for boosting water splitting

T Sun, Z Tang, W Zang, Z Li, J Li, Z Li, L Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterogeneous single-atom spin catalysts combined with magnetic fields provide a powerful
means for accelerating chemical reactions with enhanced metal utilization and reaction …

Spin-Polarized Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction of Mn-Doped Perovskite Nanoplates

CC Lin, TR Liu, SR Lin, KM Boopathi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
“Spin” has been recently reported as an important degree of electronic freedom to improve
the performance of electrocatalysts and photocatalysts. This work demonstrates the …

Mechanistic insight into the active centers of single/dual-atom Ni/Fe-based oxygen electrocatalysts

W Wan, Y Zhao, S Wei, CA Triana, J Li, A Arcifa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts with maximum metal utilization efficiency show great potential for
sustainable catalytic applications and fundamental mechanistic studies. We here provide a …

Spin‐polarization strategy for enhanced acidic oxygen evolution activity

L Li, J Zhou, X Wang, J Gracia, M Valvidares… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spin‐polarization is known as a promising way to promote the anodic oxygen evolution
reaction (OER), since the intermediates and products endow spin‐dependent behaviors, yet …

Spin-polarized oxygen evolution reaction under magnetic field

X Ren, T Wu, Y Sun, Y Li, G Xian, X Liu, C Shen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the bottleneck that limits the energy efficiency of
water-splitting. The process involves four electrons' transfer and the generation of triplet …

Spin pinning effect to reconstructed oxyhydroxide layer on ferromagnetic oxides for enhanced water oxidation

T Wu, X Ren, Y Sun, S Sun, G Xian, GG Scherer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Producing hydrogen by water electrolysis suffers from the kinetic barriers in the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) that limits the overall efficiency. With spin-dependent kinetics in …

Spin-related symmetry breaking induced by half-disordered hybridization in BixEr2-xRu2O7 pyrochlores for acidic oxygen evolution

G Zhou, P Wang, B Hu, X Shen, C Liu, W Tao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While acidic oxygen evolution reaction plays a critical role in electrochemical energy
conversion devices, the sluggish reaction kinetics and poor stability in acidic electrolyte …

Electrochemistry in magnetic fields

S Luo, K Elouarzaki, ZJ Xu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing new strategies to advance the fundamental understanding of electrochemistry is
crucial to mitigating multiple contemporary technological challenges. In this regard …