Design concept for electrocatalysts

Y Wang, X Zheng, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based electrocatalysts with different sizes (single atoms, nanoclusters, and
nanoparticles) show different catalytic behaviors for various electrocatalytic reactions …

Nanoscale structure design for high‐performance Pt‐based ORR catalysts

M Liu, Z Zhao, X Duan, Y Huang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Proton‐exchange‐membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are of considerable interest for direct
chemical‐to‐electrical energy conversion and may represent an ultimate solution for mobile …

Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

J Huang, L Sementa, Z Liu, G Barcaro, M Feng, E Liu… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
A critical technological roadblock to the widespread adoption of proton-exchange
membrane fuel cells is the development of highly active and durable platinum-based …

Strain-controlled electrocatalysis on multimetallic nanomaterials

M Luo, S Guo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Electrocatalysis is crucial for the development of clean and renewable energy technologies,
which may reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Multimetallic nanomaterials serve as state-of …

Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

M Li, Z Zhao, T Cheng, A Fortunelli, CY Chen, R Yu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Improving the platinum (Pt) mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) requires
optimization of both the specific activity and the electrochemically active surface area …

Modulating electronic structures of inorganic nanomaterials for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

X Du, J Huang, J Zhang, Y Yan, C Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising sustainable energy conversion
technologies, but is limited by the sluggish electrochemical reactions. Inorganic …

Beyond extended surfaces: understanding the oxygen reduction reaction on nanocatalysts

Z Liu, Z Zhao, B Peng, X Duan… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Increasing the platinum utilization efficiency is the key to the advancement and broad
dissemination of proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Central to the task is the …

Pt‐based nanocrystal for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

Z Zhao, C Chen, Z Liu, J Huang, M Wu, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, Pt‐based electrocatalysts are adopted in the practical proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which converts the energy stored in hydrogen and oxygen into …

Anomalous size effect of Pt ultrathin nanowires on oxygen reduction reaction

Z Yao, Y Yuan, T Cheng, L Gao, T Sun, Y Lu… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The classical size effect of Pt particles on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) suggests that the
activity and durability would decrease with reducing the particle size, self-limiting the …

Biomass derived hierarchical porous carbon materials as oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in fuel cells

P Kaur, G Verma, SS Sekhon - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Porous carbon materials (PCM) hold great promise for multifarious applications (like energy
conversion and storage devices, biological applications, photo-catalysis etc.) owing to their …