Achievements, challenges, and perspectives on nitrogen electrochemistry for carbon‐neutral energy technologies

X Yang, S Mukherjee, T O'Carroll, Y Hou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unrestrained anthropogenic activities have severely disrupted the global natural nitrogen
cycle, causing numerous energy and environmental issues. Electrocatalytic nitrogen …

Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic generation of hydrogen peroxide: principles, catalyst design and performance

Y Guo, X Tong, N Yang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a high-demand organic chemical reagent and has
been widely used in various modern industrial applications. Currently, the prominent method …

Atomically Dispersed Dual‐Metal Site Catalysts for Enhanced CO2 Reduction: Mechanistic Insight into Active Site Structures

Y Li, W Shan, MJ Zachman, M Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐supported nitrogen‐coordinated single‐metal site catalysts (ie, M− N− C, M: Fe, Co,
or Ni) are active for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to CO. Further …

A general strategy to synthesize fluidic single atom electrodes for selective reactive oxygen species production

L Jin, X Duan, M Sun, CD Vecitis, H Yu, Y Liu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fine-tuning the geometric and electronic structure of catalytic metal centers via N-
coordination engineering offers an effective design for the electrocatalytic transformation of …

Single atomic cerium sites anchored on nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres for highly selective electroreduction of nitric oxide to ammonia

W Zhang, X Qin, T Wei, Q Liu, J Luo, X Liu - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic nitric oxide reduction reaction (NORR) at ambient environments not only
offers a promising strategy to yield ammonia (NH 3) but also degrades the NO contaminant; …

Steering the oxygen reduction reaction pathways of N-carbon hollow spheres by heteroatom doping

J Cheng, C Lyu, H Li, J Wu, Y Hu, B Han, K Wu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
An original strategy was reported to manipulate ORR selectivity of N-doped hollow
mesoporous carbon spheres (N-HMCS) via heteroatom (P and S) doping. Heteroatom …

Promoting ZIF-8-derived Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts via Zr doping in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: durability and activity enhancements

B Chi, L Zhang, X Yang, Y Zeng, Y Deng, M Liu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The atomically dispersed iron site and nitrogen co-doped carbon catalysts (Fe–N–C) have
demonstrated promising performance in replacing Pt toward the oxygen reduction reaction …

Steering local electronic configuration of Fe–N–C‐based coupling catalysts via ligand engineering for efficient oxygen electroreduction

J Chen, B Huang, R Cao, L Li, X Tang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fe–N–C materials are prospective candidates to displace platinum‐group‐based oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts, but their application is still impeded by the conundrums …

Single‐atom Iron Catalyst with Biomimetic Active Center to Accelerate Proton Spillover for Medical‐level Electrosynthesis of H2O2 Disinfectant

Y Li, J Chen, Y Ji, Z Zhao, W Cui, X Sang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrosynthesis of H2O2 has great potential for directly converting O2 into disinfectant, yet it
is still a big challenge to develop effective electrocatalysts for medical‐level H2O2 …

Carbon Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction toward Multicarbon Products

F Pan, X Yang, T O'Carroll, H Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical CO2 reduction offers a compelling route to mitigate atmospheric CO2
concentration and store intermittent renewable energy in chemical bonds. Beyond C1, C2+ …