Advances in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction by metal nanoclusters‐based materials

J Ding, H Yang, S Zhang, Q Liu, H Cao, J Luo, X Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of renewable energy systems, clean hydrogen is burgeoning as an
optimal alternative to fossil fuels, in which its application is promising to retarding the global …

Recent developments in heterogeneous electrocatalysts for ambient nitrogen reduction to ammonia: Activity, challenges, and future perspectives

MA Mushtaq, M Arif, G Yasin, M Tabish, A Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) plays a significant role in fertilizer production to support the ever-increasing
population and serves as a renewable energy carrier as well as a zero-carbon emission …

Dynamic stability of copper single-atom catalysts under working conditions

X Bai, X Zhao, Y Zhang, C Ling, Y Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The long-term stability of single-atom catalysts is a major factor affecting their large-scale
commercial application. How to evaluate the dynamic stability of single-atom catalysts under …

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 …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …

Theoretical understandings of graphene-based metal single-atom catalysts: stability and catalytic performance

HY Zhuo, X Zhang, JX Liang, Q Yu, H Xiao… - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Research on heterogeneous single-atom catalysts (SACs) has become an emerging frontier
in catalysis science because of their advantages in high utilization of noble metals, precisely …

Strategies to suppress hydrogen evolution for highly selective electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: challenges and perspectives

Y Ren, C Yu, X Tan, H Huang, Q Wei… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ammonia, as a significant chemical for fertilizer production and also a promising energy
carrier, is mainly produced through the traditional energy-intensive Haber–Bosch process …

Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: mechanistic understanding and catalyst design

H Shen, C Choi, J Masa, X Li, J Qiu, Y Jung, Z Sun - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
NH 3 production is dependent on the century-old Haber-Bosch process, which is energy and
capital intensive and relies on H 2 from steam reforming, hence, contributing to greenhouse …

Tackling the activity and selectivity challenges of electrocatalysts toward the nitrogen reduction reaction via atomically dispersed biatom catalysts

X Guo, J Gu, S Lin, S Zhang, Z Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Developing efficient catalysts for nitrogen fixation is becoming increasingly important but is
still challenging due to the lack of robust design criteria for tackling the activity and selectivity …

Local Spin‐State Tuning of Iron Single‐Atom Electrocatalyst by S‐Coordinated Doping for Kinetics‐Boosted Ammonia Synthesis

Y Li, Y Ji, Y Zhao, J Chen, S Zheng, X Sang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (e‐NRR) is envisaged as alternative
technique to the Haber–Bosch process for NH3 synthesis. However, how to develop highly …