Recent development and future perspectives of amorphous transition metal‐based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

T Guo, L Li, Z Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER), as a relevant half reaction for water splitting to address the
energy crisis, has captured a great deal of attention. However, this technology has always …

Manganese compounds as water-oxidizing catalysts: from the natural water-oxidizing complex to nanosized manganese oxide structures

MM Najafpour, G Renger, M Hołynska… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Crystallinity and valence states of manganese oxides in Fenton-like polymerization of phenolic pollutants for carbon recycling against degradation

Y Yang, P Zhang, K Hu, P Zhou, Y Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various MnO x phases and crystals were investigated in peroxymonosulfate (PMS)
activation for oxidation of aqueous phenolic pollutants. MnO x with controlled crystal …

Sustainable redox processes induced by peroxymonosulfate and metal doping on amorphous manganese dioxide for nonradical degradation of water contaminants

Y Yang, P Zhang, K Hu, X Duan, Y Ren, H Sun… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Manganese oxides have been applied in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), however,
underlying oxidation regimes are still debatable. In this work, we synthesized various …

Effect of MnO2 Phase Structure on the Oxidative Reactivity toward Bisphenol A Degradation

J Huang, S Zhong, Y Dai, CC Liu… - Environmental Science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Manganese dioxides (MnO2) are among important environmental oxidants in contaminant
removal; however, most existing work has only focused on naturally abundant MnO2. We …

Nature of activated manganese oxide for oxygen evolution

M Huynh, C Shi, SJL Billinge… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electrodeposited manganese oxide films (MnOx) are promising stable oxygen evolution
catalysts. They are able to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic solutions but with …

Structure–Property Relationship of Bifunctional MnO2 Nanostructures: Highly Efficient, Ultra-Stable Electrochemical Water Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reaction …

Y Meng, W Song, H Huang, Z Ren… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Manganese oxides of various structures (α-, β-, and δ-MnO2 and amorphous) were
synthesized by facile methods. The electrocatalytic properties of these materials were …

Photochemical water oxidation by crystalline polymorphs of manganese oxides: structural requirements for catalysis

DM Robinson, YB Go, M Mui, G Gardner… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Manganese oxides occur naturally as minerals in at least 30 different crystal structures,
providing a rigorous test system to explore the significance of atomic positions on the …

In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation of a bifunctional manganese oxide catalyst with high activity for electrochemical water oxidation and oxygen …

Y Gorlin, B Lassalle-Kaiser, JD Benck… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful technique that can be applied to
electrochemical systems, with the ability to elucidate the chemical nature of electrocatalysts …

Controlling the active sites of sulfur‐doped carbon nanotube–graphene nanolobes for highly efficient oxygen evolution and reduction catalysis

AM El‐Sawy, IM Mosa, D Su, CJ Guild… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling active sites of metal‐free catalysts is an important strategy to enhance activity of
the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Many attempts have been made to develop metal‐free …