Recommended practices and benchmark activity for hydrogen and oxygen electrocatalysis in water splitting and fuel cells

C Wei, RR Rao, J Peng, B Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical energy storage by making H2 an energy carrier from water splitting relies
on four elementary reactions, ie, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), hydrogen oxidation …

Carbon-supported Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: particle size, shape, and composition …

YJ Wang, N Zhao, B Fang, H Li, XT Bi… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Global energy demands are projected to grow 36% over the current level by the year 2030.
1 Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are among the most promising …

Geometric engineering of porous PtCu nanotubes with ultrahigh methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction capability

F Xu, S Cai, B Lin, L Yang, H Le, S Mu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum (Pt), as a commonly used electrocatalyst in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs),
suffers from sluggish kinetics of both the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and oxygen …

Electrocatalysis for polymer electrolyte fuel cells: recent achievements and future challenges

A Rabis, P Rodriguez, TJ Schmidt - Acs Catalysis, 2012 - ACS Publications
Fuel cell technology is currently shifting very fast from fundamental research to real
development. In addition to other aspects, this transition is possible because of the important …

Noncarbon support materials for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell electrocatalysts

YJ Wang, DP Wilkinson, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
In recent years, fuel cells, in particular the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells,
have been demonstrated to be feasible energy converters that convert chemical energy of …

Origin of the overpotential for oxygen reduction at a fuel-cell cathode

JK Nørskov, J Rossmeisl, A Logadottir… - The Journal of …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We present a method for calculating the stability of reaction intermediates of electrochemical
processes on the basis of electronic structure calculations. We used that method in …

Low-platinum and platinum-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction at fuel cell cathodes

A Morozan, B Jousselme, S Palacin - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Fuel cell reactions invariably involve an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode,
which is one of the main rate-decreasing steps on platinum (Pt)-catalysts in the water …

Trends in electrocatalysis on extended and nanoscale Pt-bimetallic alloy surfaces

VR Stamenkovic, BS Mun, M Arenz, KJJ Mayrhofer… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
One of the key objectives in fuel-cell technology is to improve and reduce Pt loading as the
oxygen-reduction catalyst. Here, we show a fundamental relationship in electrocatalytic …

Oxygen reduction in nanoporous metal–ionic liquid composite electrocatalysts

J Snyder, T Fujita, MW Chen, J Erlebacher - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
The improvement of catalysts for the four-electron oxygen-reduction reaction (ORR; O2+
4H++ 4e−→ 2H2O) remains a critical challenge for fuel cells and other electrochemical …

Synthesis and Oxygen Reduction Activity of Shape-Controlled Pt3Ni Nanopolyhedra

J Zhang, H Yang, J Fang, S Zou - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Platinum-based alloys have been extensively shown to be effective catalysts for oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Most of these …