Intermetallic nanocrystals for fuel-cells-based electrocatalysis

F Lin, M Li, L Zeng, M Luo, S Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis underpins the renewable electrochemical conversions for sustainability,
which further replies on metallic nanocrystals as vital electrocatalysts. Intermetallic …

Strain engineering in electrocatalysts: fundamentals, progress, and perspectives

X Yang, Y Wang, X Tong, N Yang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Strain engineering of nanomaterials, namely, designing, tuning, or controlling surface strains
of nanomaterials is an effective strategy to achieve outstanding performance in different …

An integrated platinum-nanocarbon electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction

L Huang, M Wei, R Qi, CL Dong, D Dang… - nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Efficient and robust platinum-carbon electrocatalysts are of great significance for the long-
term service of high-performance fuel cells. Here, we report a Pt alloy integrated in a cobalt …

Small molecule-assisted synthesis of carbon supported platinum intermetallic fuel cell catalysts

TW Song, C Xu, ZT Sheng, HK Yan, L Tong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Supported ordered intermetallic compounds exhibit superior catalytic performance over their
disordered alloy counterparts in diverse reactions. But the synthesis of intermetallic …

Tailored Lattice Compressive Strain of Pt‐Skins by the L12‐Pt3M Intermetallic Core for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

Z Wang, S Chen, W Wu, R Chen, Y Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and unsatisfactory durability of Pt‐
based catalysts are severely hindering the commercialization of proton‐exchange …

High-loaded sub-6 nm Pt1Co1 intermetallic compounds with highly efficient performance expression in PEMFCs

Q Cheng, S Yang, C Fu, L Zou, Z Zou, Z Jiang… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-loaded oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) Pt intermetallic compounds with high
performance expression under PEMFC operating conditions are prerequisite for practical …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Intensified Kirkendall effect assisted construction of double-shell hollow Cu-doped CoP nanoparticles anchored by carbon arrays for water splitting

X Wang, H Huang, J Qian, Y Li, K Shen - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Precisely engineering the architectures of nanoparticles (NPs) to optimize their
physicochemical properties and thus electrocatalytic performances are challenging for …

Inducing Covalent Atomic Interaction in Intermetallic Pt Alloy Nanocatalysts for High‐Performance Fuel Cells

X Liu, Z Zhao, J Liang, S Li, G Lu, C Priest… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The harsh working environments of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) pose
huge challenges to the stability of Pt‐based alloy catalysts. The widespread presence of …

Blocking the sulfonate group in Nafion to unlock platinum's activity in membrane electrode assemblies

F Chen, S Chen, A Wang, M Wang, L Guo, Z Wei - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The specific adsorption of ionomer sulfonate groups on Pt-based catalysts in membrane
electrode assemblies (MEAs) has severely restricted Pt catalytic activity, Pt utilization, proton …