Catalysis of alloys: classification, principles, and design for a variety of materials and reactions

Y Nakaya, S Furukawa - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

Challenges in applying highly active Pt-based nanostructured catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions to fuel cell vehicles

K Kodama, T Nagai, A Kuwaki, R Jinnouchi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The past 30 years have seen progress in the development of Pt-based nanocatalysts for the
oxygen reduction reaction, and some are now in production on a commercial basis and …

Mixed‐Dimensional Pt–Ni Alloy Polyhedral Nanochains as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

T Xia, K Zhao, Y Zhu, X Bai, H Gao, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pt nanocatalysts play a critical role in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) due to their
appropriate adsorption/desorption energy, yet suffer from an unbalanced relationship …

Noble-metal based random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals: syntheses and applications

M Zhou, C Li, J Fang - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and crystal phase of random
alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals has been intensively explored in technologically …

Differences in the electrochemical performance of Pt-based catalysts used for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in liquid half-and full-cells

CY Ahn, JE Park, S Kim, OH Kim, W Hwang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A substantial amount of research effort has been directed toward the development of Pt-
based catalysts with higher performance and durability than conventional polycrystalline Pt …

Surface and interface control in nanoparticle catalysis

C Xie, Z Niu, D Kim, M Li, P Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Nickel-based electrocatalysts for energy-related applications: oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution reactions

V Vij, S Sultan, AM Harzandi, A Meena, JN Tiwari… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The persistently increasing energy consumption and the low abundance of conventional
fuels have raised serious concerns all over the world. Thus, the development of technology …

An unsaturated bond strategy to regulate active centers of metal‐free covalent organic frameworks for efficient oxygen reduction

X Yan, B Wang, J Ren, X Long, D Yang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Unsaturated environment is the key to affect catalytic activity of the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). Unveiling the effect of unsaturated sites toward ORR activity is of importance …

Pt-Based electrocatalysts with high atom utilization efficiency: from nanostructures to single atoms

L Zhang, K Doyle-Davis, X Sun - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, development to increase the performance of Pt-based catalysts and reduce
the cost has received significant attention. Among them, the preparation of Pt-based …

Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Pt by Tuning Its d-Band Center via Transition Metal Oxide Support Interactions

F Ando, T Gunji, T Tanabe, I Fukano, HD Abruna… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The enhancement of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of platinum nanoparticles
(Pt NPs) using transition metal oxide (MO x, M= Ti, Nb, Ta, W, Y, and Zr) supports has been …