Recent Advances in External Fields‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis

L Luo, L Xu, Q Wang, Q Shi, H Zhou, Z Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic technology provides a promising approach for energy storage, conversion,
and utilization. The design and modification of electrocatalysts have been widely applied to …

A quick guide to the assessment of key electrochemical performance indicators for the oxygen reduction reaction: A comprehensive review

N Bhuvanendran, S Ravichandran, Q Xu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a vital electrochemical reaction for energy conversion
that has fascinated the interest of materials researchers to promote active and cost-effective …

Efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate on strained ruthenium nanoclusters

J Li, G Zhan, J Yang, F Quan, C Mao, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The limitations of the Haber–Bosch reaction, particularly high-temperature operation, have
ignited new interests in low-temperature ammonia-synthesis scenarios. Ambient N2 …

Hard-magnet L10-CoPt nanoparticles advance fuel cell catalysis

J Li, S Sharma, X Liu, YT Pan, JS Spendelow, M Chi… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Stabilizing transition metals (M) in MPt alloy under acidic conditions is challenging, yet
crucial to boost Pt catalysis toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). We synthesized∼ 9 …

How strain can break the scaling relations of catalysis

A Khorshidi, J Violet, J Hashemi, AA Peterson - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysts control the rates of chemical reactions by changing the energy
levels of bound intermediates relative to one another. However, the design flexibility in …

The catalytic mechanics of dynamic surfaces: stimulating methods for promoting catalytic resonance

M Shetty, A Walton, SR Gathmann, MA Ardagh… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transformational catalytic performance in rate and selectivity is obtainable through catalysts
that change on the time scale of catalytic turnover frequency. In this work, dynamic catalysts …

Catalytic resonance of ammonia synthesis by simulated dynamic ruthenium crystal strain

GR Wittreich, S Liu, PJ Dauenhauer, DG Vlachos - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Ammonia affords dense storage for renewable energy as a fungible liquid fuel, provided it
can be efficiently synthesized from hydrogen and nitrogen. In this work, the catalysis of …

The influence of elastic strain on catalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction

K Yan, TA Maark, A Khorshidi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the role of elastic strain in modifying catalytic reaction rates is crucial for
catalyst design, but experimentally, this effect is often coupled with a ligand effect. To isolate …

Recent advances in electrode design for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

J Chang, G Wang, Y Yang - Small Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) show enticing prospects as next‐generation energy
conversion and storage technology due to their unique merits of environmental friendliness …

Promoting heterogeneous catalysis beyond catalyst design

MJ Hülsey, CW Lim, N Yan - Chemical science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the indisputable success of conventional approaches to manipulate the
performance of heterogeneous catalysts by tuning the composition and structure of active …