Catalysts can accelerate the chemical reaction rate and effectively promote the molecules
transformation, which is of great significance in the research of chemical industry and …

The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Designing stable single-atom electrocatalysts with lower energy barriers is urgent for the
acidic oxygen evolution reaction. In particular, the atomic catalysts are highly dependent on …

Anodic organic upgrading offers a promising strategy to produce value-added chemicals
and to facilitate coupled hydrogen production but it is still challenging in terms of long-term …

Nickel‐based catalysts have been regarded as one of the most promising electrocatalysts
for urea oxidation reaction (UOR), however, their activity is largely limited by the inevitable …

Renewable energy-based electrocatalytic oxidation of organic nucleophiles (eg methanol,
urea, and amine) are more thermodynamically favourable and, economically attractive to …

For nickel-based catalysts, in-situ formed nickel oxyhydroxide has been generally believed
as the origin for anodic biomass electro-oxidations. However, rationally understanding the …

The corrosive anions (eg, Cl−) have been recognized as the origins to cause severe
corrosion of anode during seawater electrolysis, while in experiments it is found that natural …

Hydrogen production coupled with biomass upgrading is vital for future sustainable energy
developments. However, most biomass electrooxidation reactions suffer from high working …

Porous nonprecious metal-based nanomaterials have gained considerable attention in
heterogeneous catalysis owing to their low price, high specific surface area, efficient …