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 …

Atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for fuel cells: advances in catalyst design, electrode performance, and durability improvement

Y He, S Liu, C Priest, Q Shi, G Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The urgent need to address the high-cost issue of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) technologies, particularly for transportation applications, drives the development of …

Recent advances in the development of single‐atom catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis and zinc–air batteries

L Peng, L Shang, T Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are presently attracting a lot of attention for electrical
energy storage, owing to their low manufacturing cost and very high theoretical specific …

Molecular design of single‐atom catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

C Wan, X Duan, Y Huang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fuel cells are highly attractive for direct chemical‐to‐electrical energy conversion and
represent the ultimate mobile power supply solution. However, presently, fuel cells are …

N, S Codoped Carbon Matrix‐Encapsulated Co9S8 Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient and Durable Bifunctional Oxygen Redox Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zn …

D Lyu, S Yao, A Ali, ZQ Tian… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a N, S co‐doped carbon encapsulating Co9S8 nanoparticles (Co9S8@ N, S–C)
catalyst is successfully synthesized by a new precursor of Co‐pyridine coordinated‐polymer …

Zirconium nitride catalysts surpass platinum for oxygen reduction

Y Yuan, J Wang, S Adimi, H Shen, T Thomas, R Ma… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt)-based materials are important components of microelectronic sensors,
anticancer drugs, automotive catalytic converters and electrochemical energy conversion …

Molecular-MN4 vs atomically dispersed M− N4− C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

A Kumar, S Ibraheem, TA Nguyen, RK Gupta… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The scientific community's concerns in the realm of renewable energy give logical motives to
develop effective electrocatalysts for O 2 electrocatalysis, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

Recent Advances in ZIF‐Derived Atomic Metal–N–C Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Synthetic Strategies, Active Centers, and Stabilities

C Gao, S Mu, R Yan, F Chen, T Ma, S Cao, S Li, L Ma… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring highly active, stable electrocatalysts with earth‐abundant metal centers for the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for sustainable energy conversion. Due to the …

Engineering two-phase bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts with tunable and synergetic components for flexible Zn–air batteries

Y Niu, X Teng, S Gong, M Xu, SG Sun, Z Chen - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Metal–air batteries, like Zn–air batteries (ZABs) are usually suffered from low energy
conversion efficiency and poor cyclability caused by the sluggish OER and ORR at the air …

Metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts of specifically coordinated configurations toward typical electrochemical redox reactions

Y Wang, X Cui, L Peng, L Li, J Qiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Metal–nitrogen–carbon (M–N–C) material with specifically coordinated
configurations is a promising alternative to costly Pt‐based catalysts. In the past few years …