Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Carbon‐based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

P Cui, L Zhao, Y Long, L Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital for clean and renewable energy technologies,
which require no fossil fuel but catalysts. Platinum (Pt) is the best‐known catalyst for ORR …

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 …

Unveiling the dynamic active site of defective carbon-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production

Q Wu, H Zou, X Mao, J He, Y Shi, S Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Active sites identification in metal-free carbon materials is crucial for developing practical
electrocatalysts, but resolving precise configuration of active site remains a challenge …

Defects in carbon-based materials for electrocatalysis: synthesis, recognition, and advances

Y Jia, X Yao - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Owing to climate change and over-reliance on fossil fuels, the study and
development of sustainable energy is of essential importance in the next few decades. In …

Insights into the use of Te–O pairs as active centers of carbon nanosheets for efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction

Z Wang, G Li, W Hou, H Guo, L Wang, M Wu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Previous theoretical calculations have predicted that the incorporation of tellurium (Te) into
carbon materials can significantly enhance their catalytic activity. Nevertheless, the …

Controlled growth of metal atom arrays on graphdiyne for seawater oxidation

L Qi, Y Gao, Y Gao, Z Zheng, X Luan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Advanced atomic-level heterointerface engineering provides a promising method for the
preparation of next-generation catalysts. Traditional carbon-based heterointerface catalytic …

Inductive effect on single-atom sites

CX Zhao, X Liu, JN Liu, J Wang, X Wan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts exhibit promising electrocatalytic activity, a trait that can be further
enhanced through the introduction of heteroatom doping within the carbon skeleton …

Quasi-three-dimensional cyclotriphosphazene-based covalent organic framework nanosheet for efficient oxygen reduction

J Chang, C Li, X Wang, D Li, J Zhang, X Yu, H Li… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Metal-free carbon-based materials are considered as promising oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) electrocatalysts for clean energy conversion, and their highly dense and exposed …

p‐Block Bismuth Nanoclusters Sites Activated by Atomically Dispersed Bismuth for Tandem Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production

P Zhu, W Feng, D Zhao, P Song, M Li, X Tan… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing electrocatalysts with p‐block elements is generally considered rather
challenging owing to their closed d shells. Here for the first time, we present ap‐block …