Recent advances in rare-earth-based materials for electrocatalysis

X Wang, Y Tang, JM Lee, G Fu - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
The past several years have witnessed great progress in electrocatalytic applications of
transition-metal-based materials through electronic modulation resulting from dd and dp …

Rare‐earth single‐atom catalysts: a new frontier in photo/electrocatalysis

X Wang, Y Zhu, H Li, JM Lee, Y Tang, G Fu - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) provide well‐defined active sites with 100% atom utilization,
and can be prepared using a wide range of support materials. Therefore, they are attracting …

Theoretically revealed and experimentally demonstrated synergistic electronic interaction of CoFe dual-metal sites on N-doped carbon for boosting both oxygen …

X Zhou, J Gao, Y Hu, Z Jin, K Hu, KM Reddy… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heteronuclear double-atom catalysts, unlike single atom catalysts, may change the charge
density of active metal sites by introducing another metal single atom, thereby modifying the …

Heteroatom‐driven coordination fields altering single cerium atom sites for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

L Yin, S Zhang, M Sun, S Wang, B Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For current single‐atom catalysts (SACs), modulating the coordination environments of rare‐
earth (RE) single atoms with complex electronic orbital and flexible chemical states is still …

Engineering Atomic Single Metal–FeN4Cl Sites with Enhanced Oxygen-Reduction Activity for High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

S Ding, JA Barr, Q Shi, Y Zeng, P Tieu, Z Lyu, L Fang… - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fe–N–C single-atomic metal site catalysts (SACs) have garnered tremendous interest in the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to substitute Pt-based catalysts in proton exchange …

Carbon‐nanotube‐bridging strategy for integrating single fe atoms and NiCo nanoparticles in a bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst toward high‐efficiency and long …

S Ding, L He, L Fang, Y Zhu, T Li, Z Lyu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of highly efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen
reduction (ORR) and evolution reactions (OER) is the key issue for realizing high …

Recent developments of microenvironment engineering of single‐atom catalysts for oxygen reduction toward desired activity and selectivity

L Li, B Huang, X Tang, Y Hong, W Zhai… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an essential process for sustainable energy supply and
sufficient chemical production in modern society. Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit great …

Sulfur doping triggering enhanced Pt–N coordination in graphitic carbon nitride-supported Pt electrocatalysts toward efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Y Chen, X Zheng, J Cai, G Zhao, B Zhang, Z Luo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tailoring the interfacial interaction between metal species and supports in supported
electrocatalysts is of great importance for enhanced electrocatalytic performance. Herein, a …

Synergic anchoring of Fe2N nanoclusters on porous carbon to enhance reversible conversion of iodine for high-temperature zinc-iodine battery

Q Chen, S Chen, J Ma, S Ding, J Zhang - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The coupling of zinc with iodine evokes the fabrication of advanced rechargeable batteries
via redox conversion. However, the easy sublimation of iodine and high solubility of …

Regulating the spin‐state of rare‐earth Ce single atom catalyst for boosted oxygen reduction in neutral medium

Y Zhao, H Wang, J Li, Y Fang, Y Kang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of neutral zinc–air batteries (ZABs) is long been impeded by the sluggish
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) derived from insufficient O2 activation and OH* blocking …