Intermetallic nanocrystals for fuel-cells-based electrocatalysis

F Lin, M Li, L Zeng, M Luo, S Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis underpins the renewable electrochemical conversions for sustainability,
which further replies on metallic nanocrystals as vital electrocatalysts. Intermetallic …

Advanced Pt-based core–shell electrocatalysts for fuel cell cathodes

X Zhao, K Sasaki - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are highly efficient energy
storage and conversion devices. Thus, the platinum group metal (PGM)-based catalysts …

Strain engineering in electrocatalysts: fundamentals, progress, and perspectives

X Yang, Y Wang, X Tong, N Yang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Strain engineering of nanomaterials, namely, designing, tuning, or controlling surface strains
of nanomaterials is an effective strategy to achieve outstanding performance in different …

The synergy of tensile strain and ligand effect in PtBi nanorings for boosting electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation

S Han, Y Ma, Q Yun, AL Wang, Q Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the best electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation reactions in direct alcohol fuel cells
(DAFCs), Pt‐based nanomaterials still face the challenges of low utilization efficiency of Pt …

Interfaces Decrease the Alkaline Hydrogen-Evolution Kinetics Energy Barrier on NiCoP/Ti3C2Tx MXene

HJ Niu, Y Yan, SS Jiang, T Liu, T Sun, W Zhou, L Guo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heterointerfaces can adjust the adsorption energy with intermediates in the transition state
for a much decreased kinetics energy barrier (E a). One typical transition metal phosphide …

Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis

VH Do, JM Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in rational developments of
electrocatalysts through constructing novel atomistic structures and modulating catalytic …

A hydrophobic and self-healing polyurethane coating based on CeO2@ SiO2/Phen for corrosion detection and protection

Y Su, Y Xu, H Wang, S Dong, X Cheng… - Progress in Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Organic coatings with strong weather resistance, long life and high anti-corrosion efficiency
are of great significance for practical applications. This work proposes to integrate …

Insights into heterogeneous catalysts under reaction conditions by in situ/operando electron microscopy

HW Cheng, S Wang, G Chen, Z Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The advancement of clean energy and environment depends strongly on the development
of efficient catalysts in a wide range of heterogeneous catalytic reactions, which has …

Unveiling the Dynamic Oxidative Etching Mechanisms of Nanostructured Metals/Metallic Oxides in Liquid Media Through In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

J Zhang, Z Sun, Z Kang, H Lin, H Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative etching in nanostructured metals and metallic oxides plays a fundamental role in
numerous areas of chemical synthesis and materials processing for the semiconductor …

Ultrauniformly dispersed Cu nanoparticles embedded in N-doped carbon as a robust oxygen electrocatalyst

Y Huang, F Kong, H Tian, F Pei, Y Chen… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing high-efficiency and low-cost nonprecious catalysts for the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) is important but still challenging. Herein, a N-doped carbon catalyst …