Oxygen reduction electrocatalysts toward practical fuel cells: progress and perspectives

S Zaman, L Huang, AI Douka, H Yang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fuel cells are an incredibly powerful renewable energy technology, but their broad
applications remains lagging because of the high cost and poor reliability of cathodic …

Toward active-site tailoring in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically precise metal nanoclusters with crystallographic structures

R Jin, G Li, S Sharma, Y Li, X Du - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Engineering Atomic Single Metal–FeN4Cl Sites with Enhanced Oxygen-Reduction Activity for High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

S Ding, JA Barr, Q Shi, Y Zeng, P Tieu, Z Lyu, L Fang… - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fe–N–C single-atomic metal site catalysts (SACs) have garnered tremendous interest in the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to substitute Pt-based catalysts in proton exchange …

Emerging Trends of Carbon‐Based Quantum Dots: Nanoarchitectonics and Applications

X Guan, Z Li, X Geng, Z Lei, A Karakoti, T Wu, P Kumar… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a fascinating class of advanced
materials with a unique combination of optoelectronic, biocompatible, and catalytic …

Review and perspective on transition metal electrocatalysts toward carbon-neutral energy

D Johnson, E Pranada, R Yoo, E Uwadiunor… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Decarbonizing the chemical industry and achieving carbon-neutral energy is paramount to
the sustainability of the human species on earth. Electrocatalysis using transition metal …

Understanding of Neighboring Fe‐N4‐C and Co‐N4‐C Dual Active Centers for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

H Li, Y Wen, M Jiang, Y Yao, H Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single atomic dispersed M‐N‐C (M= Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, etc.) composites display excellent
performance for catalytic reactions. However, the analysis and understanding of neighboring …

Advanced Design of Metal Nanoclusters and Single Atoms Embedded in C1N1‐Derived Carbon Materials for ORR, HER, and OER

J Quílez‐Bermejo, S García‐Dalí… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single atoms and nanoclusters of Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, and Mn are systematically designed and
embedded in a well‐defined C1N1‐type material that has internal cavities of≈ 0.6 nm …

Highly active atomically dispersed CoN 4 fuel cell cathode catalysts derived from surfactant-assisted MOFs: carbon-shell confinement strategy

Y He, S Hwang, DA Cullen, MA Uddin… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) is essential for affordable proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein, a new type …

Precision and correctness in the evaluation of electrocatalytic water splitting: revisiting activity parameters with a critical assessment

S Anantharaj, SR Ede, K Karthick, SS Sankar… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The number of research reports published in recent years on electrochemical water splitting
for hydrogen generation is higher than for many other fields of energy research. In fact …

Coordination engineering of single‐atom catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: a review

J Zhang, H Yang, B Liu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Future renewable energy supplies and a sustainable environment rely on many important
catalytic processes. Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are attractive because of their maximum …