Recent advances in electrocatalysis with phthalocyanines

S Yang, Y Yu, X Gao, Z Zhang, F Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Applications of phthalocyanines (Pcs) in electrocatalysis—including the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR), the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), the oxygen evolution …

Pyrolyzed M–N x catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: progress and prospects

E Luo, Y Chu, J Liu, Z Shi, S Zhu, L Gong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fuel cells, a sustainable technology that assures a cleaner earth, once experienced
disillusion due to the issue of economic viability associated with the massive usage of Pt …

Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

KM Zhao, S Liu, YY Li, X Wei, G Ye… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the actual structure and tuning the catalytic activity of Fe–N4‐based moieties, well‐
recognized high‐activity sites in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are challenging …

Probing the oxygen reduction reaction intermediates and dynamic active site structures of molecular and pyrolyzed Fe–N–C electrocatalysts by in situ Raman …

J Wei, D Xia, Y Wei, X Zhu, J Li, L Gan - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
While FeN4 species are widely suggested as the active sites of noble-metal-free Fe–N–C
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts, the ORR mechanism, particularly the rate …

Climbing the apex of the ORR volcano plot via binuclear site construction: electronic and geometric engineering

M Xiao, Y Chen, J Zhu, H Zhang, X Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Great enthusiasm in single-atom catalysts (SACs) for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
has been aroused by the discovery of M–NX as a promising ORR catalysis center. However …

Toward the Decentralized Electrochemical Production of H2O2: A Focus on the Catalysis

S Yang, A Verdaguer-Casadevall, L Arnarson… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
H2O2 is a valuable, environmentally friendly oxidizing agent with a wide range of uses from
the provision of clean water to the synthesis of valuable chemicals. The on-site electrolytic …

Theory-guided electrocatalyst engineering: From mechanism analysis to structural design

M Zhang, K Zhang, X Ai, X Liang, Q Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of competent electrocatalysts is a key issue of the broad application of many
promising electrochemical processes, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the …

Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen-and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions

Y Jiao, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec, SZ Qiao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A fundamental change has been achieved in understanding surface electrochemistry due to
the profound knowledge of the nature of electrocatalytic processes accumulated over the …

Reactivity descriptors for the activity of molecular MN4 catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

JH Zagal, MTM Koper - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Similarities are established between well‐known reactivity descriptors of metal electrodes
for their activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the reactivity of molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning redox transitions via inductive effect in metal oxides and complexes, and implications in oxygen electrocatalysis

DA Kuznetsov, B Han, Y Yu, RR Rao, J Hwang… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
The reduction and oxidation (redox) of transition metals allow storing charge/energy in Li-ion
batteries and electrochemical capacitors and play an important role in catalysis of …