Recent advances in electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and alkaline membrane fuel cells

F Xiao, YC Wang, ZP Wu, G Chen, F Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid progress of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and alkaline
exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) has boosted the hydrogen economy concept via …

State-of-the-art and developmental trends in platinum group metal-free cathode catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC)

MM Hossen, MS Hasan, MRI Sardar… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
AEMFC is becoming a prominent technology in portable energy sources. In an attempt to
make it economical, non-platinum catalysts are necessary to recruit in the application …

Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices

Z Jiang, X Liu, XZ Liu, S Huang, Y Liu, ZC Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells and Zn–air batteries based on non-Pt group metal
catalysts typically suffer from sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction. Designing advanced …

Strategic modulation of target-specific isolated Fe, Co single-atom active sites for oxygen electrocatalysis impacting high power Zn–air battery

S Sarkar, A Biswas, EE Siddharthan, R Thapa… - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
An effective modulation of the active sites in a bifunctional electrocatalyst is essentially
desired, and it is a challenge to outperform the state-of-the-art catalysts toward oxygen …

Durability challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells

WE Mustain, M Chatenet, M Page… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As substantial progress has been made in improving the performance of anion exchange
membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) over the last decade, the durability of AEMFCs has become …

Co/MoC nanoparticles embedded in carbon nanoboxes as robust trifunctional electrocatalysts for a Zn–air battery and water electrocatalysis

L Zhang, Y Zhu, Z Nie, Z Li, Y Ye, L Li, J Hong, Z Bi… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To meet the application needs of rechargeable Zn–air battery and electrocatalytic overall
water splitting (EOWS), developing high-efficiency, cost-effective, and durable trifunctional …

Carbon‐based metal‐free ORR electrocatalysts for fuel cells: past, present, and future

L Yang, J Shui, L Du, Y Shao, J Liu, L Dai… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Replacing precious platinum with earth‐abundant materials for the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) in fuel cells has been the objective worldwide for several decades. In the last …

Recent progress in the development of biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon

BM Matsagar, RX Yang, S Dutta, YS Ok… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review offers a focused discussion on the recent progress of biomass-derived nitrogen-
doped porous carbon (NPC) and its applications. Various synthesis methods for biomass …

PBA-derived FeCo alloy with core-shell structure embedded in 2D N-doped ultrathin carbon sheets as a bifunctional catalyst for rechargeable Zn-air batteries

X Xu, J Xie, B Liu, R Wang, M Liu, J Zhang, J Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
To overcome slow kinetics of oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER), the
development of bifunctional electrocatalysts remains a huge challenge. FeCo alloy as an …

A pyridinic Fe-N4 macrocycle models the active sites in Fe/N-doped carbon electrocatalysts

T Marshall-Roth, NJ Libretto, AT Wrobel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Iron-and nitrogen-doped carbon (Fe-NC) materials are leading candidates to replace
platinum catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells; however, their active …