Earth‐abundant nanomaterials for oxygen reduction

W Xia, A Mahmood, Z Liang, R Zou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Replacing the rare and precious platinum (Pt) electrocatalysts with earth‐abundant
materials for promoting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode of fuel cells is of …

Unlocking the door to highly active ORR catalysts for PEMFC applications: polyhedron-engineered Pt-based nanocrystals

YJ Wang, W Long, L Wang, R Yuan… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are considered to be an important low-
carbon energy conversion technology, which has shown impressive performance …

A kinetic descriptor for the electrolyte effect on the oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt (111)

M Luo, MTM Koper - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells demand efficient electrode–electrolyte interfaces to
catalyse the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), the kinetics of which depends on the …

Coupling nitrate capture with ammonia production through bifunctional redox-electrodes

K Kim, A Zagalskaya, JL Ng, J Hong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nitrate is a ubiquitous aqueous pollutant from agricultural and industrial activities. At the
same time, conversion of nitrate to ammonia provides an attractive solution for the coupled …

Activity origins and design principles of nickel-based catalysts for nucleophile electrooxidation

W Chen, C Xie, Y Wang, Y Zou, CL Dong, YC Huang… - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Understanding how electrocatalysts function in a nucleophile oxidation reaction (NOR) on
anode, replacing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of water splitting, is vital to the …

Platinum Modulates Redox Properties and 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Adsorption Kinetics of Ni(OH)2 for Biomass Upgrading

B Zhou, Y Li, Y Zou, W Chen, W Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nickel hydroxide (Ni (OH) 2) is a promising electrocatalyst for the 5‐
hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation reaction (HMFOR) and the dehydronated intermediates Ni …

Unveiling the electrooxidation of urea: intramolecular coupling of the N− N bond

W Chen, L Xu, X Zhu, YC Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nitrogenous nucleophile electrooxidation reaction (NOR) plays a vital role in the
degradation and transformation of available nitrogen. Focusing on the NOR mediated by the …

Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts by counting nearest neighbors

F Calle-Vallejo, J Tymoczko, V Colic, QH Vu, MD Pohl… - Science, 2015 - science.org
A good heterogeneous catalyst for a given chemical reaction very often has only one
specific type of surface site that is catalytically active. Widespread methodologies such as …

Theoretical Insights into a CO Dimerization Mechanism in CO2 Electroreduction

JH Montoya, C Shi, K Chan… - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present DFT simulations that demonstrate the ability of Cu to catalyze CO
dimerization in CO2 and CO electroreduction. We describe a previously unreported CO …

Understanding the electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on platinum and its alloys

IEL Stephens, AS Bondarenko, U Grønbjerg… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The high cost of low temperature fuel cells is to a large part dictated by the high loading of Pt
required to catalyse the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Arguably the most viable route to …