Adsorption energy in oxygen electrocatalysis

J Zhang, HB Yang, D Zhou, B Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adsorption energy (AE) of reactive intermediate is currently the most important descriptor for
electrochemical reactions (eg, water electrolysis, hydrogen fuel cell, electrochemical …

Progress and perspectives in photo‐and electrochemical‐oxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production

H Luo, J Barrio, N Sunny, A Li, L Steier… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource
substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived materials, such as …

p–d Orbital Hybridization Induced by a Monodispersed Ga Site on a Pt3Mn Nanocatalyst Boosts Ethanol Electrooxidation

Y Wang, M Zheng, Y Li, C Ye, J Chen, J Ye… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing monodispersed metal sites in heterocatalysis is an efficient strategy to boost
their catalytic performance. Herein, a new strategy using monodispersed metal sites to tailor …

Construction of Pd-Zn dual sites to enhance the performance for ethanol electro-oxidation reaction

Y Qiu, J Zhang, J Jin, J Sun, H Tang, Q Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rational design and synthesis of superior electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation is crucial to
practical applications of direct ethanol fuel cells. Here, we report that the construction of Pd …

Au clusters on Pd nanosheets selectively switch the pathway of ethanol electrooxidation: Amorphous/crystalline interface matters

F Lv, W Zhang, M Sun, F Lin, T Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of ethanol electrooxidation catalysts with high activity and robust stability
is essential for the commercialization of direct ethanol fuel cells. However, because of their …

Selective hydrogen peroxide conversion tailored by surface, interface, and device engineering

J Tang, T Zhao, D Solanki, X Miao, W Zhou, S Hu - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) is receiving growing interest for energy storage
because it can be locally synthesized from renewable energy through the two-electron water …

One-stone, two birds: Alloying effect and surface defects induced by Pt on Cu2− xSe nanowires to boost CC bond cleavage for electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation

H Peng, J Ren, Y Wang, Y Xiong, Q Wang, Q Li, X Zhao… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The high-efficient CC bond cleavage is the key for ethanol electrooxidation. In this work,
PtCu/Cu 2− x Se nanowires (NWs) with abundant surface defects were constructed and …

Recent developments in electrode materials for the selective upgrade of biomass-derived platform molecules into high-value-added chemicals and fuels

Z Fan, W Zhang, L Li, Y Wang, Y Zou, S Wang… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As the “fourth-largest energy source” and the “only renewable organic carbon source”,
biomass and its derived platform molecules (BDPMs) are widely used for selective …

Selective Ethanol Oxidation Reaction at the Rh–SnO2 Interface

S Bai, Y Xu, K Cao, X Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) are regarded as an attractive power source with high
energy density, bio‐renewability, and convenient storage and transportation. However, the …

Porous trimetallic PtRhCu cubic nanoboxes for ethanol electrooxidation

SH Han, HM Liu, P Chen, JX Jiang… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) have great activity as a green energy conversion device.
However, the weak activity of most anode electrocatalysts for the C C bond cleavage is an …