Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design

Y Zhao, DP Adiyeri Saseendran, C Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

Multi-atom cluster catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis

L Sun, V Reddu, X Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-atom cluster catalysts have turned out to be novel heterogeneous catalysts with atomic
dispersion for electrochemical energy applications. Beyond a simple combination of single …

Spatially and temporally understanding dynamic solid–electrolyte interfaces in carbon dioxide electroreduction

J Wang, HY Tan, MY Qi, JY Li, ZR Tang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The ubiquity of solid–liquid interfaces in nature and the significant role of their atomic-scale
structure in determining interfacial properties have led to intensive research. Particularly in …

Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

KM Zhao, S Liu, YY Li, X Wei, G Ye… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the actual structure and tuning the catalytic activity of Fe–N4‐based moieties, well‐
recognized high‐activity sites in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are challenging …

Probing the oxygen reduction reaction intermediates and dynamic active site structures of molecular and pyrolyzed Fe–N–C electrocatalysts by in situ Raman …

J Wei, D Xia, Y Wei, X Zhu, J Li, L Gan - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
While FeN4 species are widely suggested as the active sites of noble-metal-free Fe–N–C
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts, the ORR mechanism, particularly the rate …

Unraveling the Electronic Structure and Dynamics of the Atomically Dispersed Iron Sites in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Y Zeng, J Zhao, S Wang, X Ren, Y Tan… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with a well-defined metal center open unique opportunities for
exploring the catalytically active site and reaction mechanism of chemical reactions …

Stabilizing Fe–N–C catalysts as model for oxygen reduction reaction

Q Ma, H Jin, J Zhu, Z Li, H Xu, B Liu, Z Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The highly efficient energy conversion of the polymer‐electrolyte‐membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) is extremely limited by the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics and …

In-situ/operando Raman techniques for in-depth understanding on electrocatalysis

M Chen, D Liu, L Qiao, P Zhou, J Feng, KW Ng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the electrocatalysis has attracted increasing attention for the sustainable
development of society, which has been applied for energy harvesting/storage and pollution …

Operando characterization techniques for electrocatalysis

J Li, J Gong - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The energy crisis and climate change are growing threats to human society. Fuel cells and
electrolyzers using solar and wind as energy sources provide a promising carbon-free and …

Identification and understanding of active sites of non‐noble iron‐nitrogen‐carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

Z Yang, Y Chen, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐noble iron‐nitrogen‐carbon (Fe‐N‐C) catalysts have been explored as one type of the
most promising alternatives of precious platinum (Pt) in catalyzing the oxygen reduction …