Nonprecious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction in heterogeneous aqueous systems

AA Gewirth, JA Varnell, AM DiAscro - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive review of recent advances in the field of oxygen reduction electrocatalysis
utilizing nonprecious metal (NPM) catalysts is presented. Progress in the synthesis and …

Are Fe–N–C electrocatalysts an alternative to Pt-based electrocatalysts for the next generation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells?

X Zhang, L Truong-Phuoc, T Asset, S Pronkin… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Notable progress has been made for low Pt-based and Fe–N–C electrocatalysts for proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) applications. In particular, the research and …

Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis

T Zeng, RP Gautam, DH Ko, HL Wu… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Hybrid bilayer membrane (HBM) platforms represent an emerging nanoscale bio-inspired
interface that has broad implications in energy catalysis and smart molecular devices. An …

Inverse kinetic isotope effects in the oxygen reduction reaction at platinum single crystals

Y Yang, RG Agarwal, P Hutchison, R Rizo… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Although the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) involves multiple proton-coupled electron
transfer processes, early studies reported the absence of kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) on …

Synergistic Mn-Co catalyst outperforms Pt on high-rate oxygen reduction for alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Y Wang, Y Yang, S Jia, X Wang, K Lyu, Y Peng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells are a class of fuel cells that enable the use of non-
precious metal catalysts, particularly for the oxygen reduction reaction at the cathode. While …

Solvent molecules form surface redox mediators in situ and cocatalyze O2 reduction on Pd

JS Adams, A Chemburkar, P Priyadarshini… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Solvent molecules influence the reactions of molecular hydrogen and oxygen on palladium
nanoparticles. Organic solvents activate to form reactive surface intermediates that mediate …

Unifying concepts in electro-and thermocatalysis toward hydrogen peroxide production

JS Adams, ML Kromer, J Rodríguez-López… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We examine relationships between H2O2 and H2O formation on metal nanoparticles by the
electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the thermochemical direct synthesis …

Unraveling electroreductive mechanisms of biomass-derived aldehydes via tailoring interfacial environments

H Liu, DM Patel, Y Chen, J Lee, TH Lee, SD Cady… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reduction of biomass-derived feedstocks holds great promise to produce
value-added chemicals or fuels driven by renewable electricity. However, mechanistic …

Chemical and Electrochemical O2 Reduction on Earth-Abundant MNC Catalysts and Implications for Mediated Electrolysis

JS Bates, S Biswas, SE Suh, MR Johnson… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
MNC catalysts, incorporating non-precious-metal ions (eg M= Fe, Co) within a nitrogen-
doped carbon support, have been the focus of broad interest for electrochemical O2 …

A Co–N 4 moiety embedded into graphene as an efficient single-atom-catalyst for NO electrochemical reduction: a computational study

Z Wang, J Zhao, J Wang, CR Cabrera… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical reduction of nitric oxide (NOER) is a promising technology for the removal
of harmful N-containing species in groundwater under mild conditions. In this work, by …