Replacing the rare and precious platinum (Pt) electrocatalysts with earth‐abundant
materials for promoting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode of fuel cells is of …

Global reduction of traditional fuel sources such as natural gases, coal, and petroleum has
led researchers to seek prominent and beneficial energy conversion devices. Fuel cells are …

The sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) limit the efficiency of numerous
oxygen-based energy conversion devices such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Among …

Carbon has unique characteristics that make it an ideal material for use in a wide variety of
electrochemical applications ranging from metal refining to electrocatalysis and fuel cells. In …

Fuel cell reactions invariably involve an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode,
which is one of the main rate-decreasing steps on platinum (Pt)-catalysts in the water …

The ability to deposit conformal catalytic thin films enables opportunities to achieve complex
nanostructured designs for catalysis. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is capable of creating …

Perovskite oxides are promising materials for the ORR in alkaline media. However, catalytic
layers prepared from perovskite powders suffer from high Ohmic losses and low catalyst …

Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) own a great consideration as a promising option for energy storage
technology because of their ideal energy density, eco-friendly, inexpensive, and abundant …

Magnesium–air (Mg–air) batteries exhibit very high theoretical energy output and represent
an attractive power source for next-generation electronics and smart grid energy storage. In …

Abstract Development of excellent bi-functional electrocatalysts for both oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) remains a key issue for the …