Electrocatalysis in alkaline media and alkaline membrane-based energy technologies

Y Yang, CR Peltier, R Zeng, R Schimmenti, Q Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

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 iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

S Liu, C Li, MJ Zachman, Y Zeng, H Yu, B Li, M Wang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen-coordinated single atom iron sites (FeN4) embedded in carbon (Fe–N–C) are the
most active platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts for proton-exchange …

Synergistic Fe− Se atom pairs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts boost low‐temperature rechargeable Zn‐air battery

Y Wang, J Wu, S Tang, J Yang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we successfully construct bifunctional electrocatalysts by synthesizing atomically
dispersed Fe− Se atom pairs supported on N‐doped carbon (Fe− Se/NC). The obtained Fe …

High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

A Mehmood, M Gong, F Jaouen, A Roy, A Zitolo… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Non-precious iron-based catalysts (Fe–NCs) require high active site density to meet the
performance targets as cathode catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Site …

High Durability of Fe–N–C Single‐Atom Catalysts with Carbon Vacancies toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

[HTML][HTML] Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells

X Wan, Q Liu, J Liu, S Liu, X Liu, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the single-atom active sites of M–N–C
catalysts is critical but remains a great challenge. Here, we report an Fe–N–C catalyst with …

Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts

Y Zeng, C Li, B Li, J Liang, MJ Zachman, DA Cullen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Fe–N–C catalysts are the most promising platinum group metal-free oxygen-reduction
catalysts, but they suffer from a low density of active metal sites and the so-called activity …

Atomically dispersed Fe–Co dual metal sites as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable and flexible Zn–air batteries

Y He, X Yang, Y Li, L Liu, S Guo, C Shu, F Liu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-metal site catalysts have exhibited highly efficient electrocatalytic properties due to
their unique coordination environments and adjustable local structures for reactant …