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 …

Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Boosting oxygen electrocatalytic activity of Fe–N–C catalysts by phosphorus incorporation

Y Zhou, R Lu, X Tao, Z Qiu, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials hosting single-atom iron (Fe–N–C) are major non-
precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The nitrogen-coordinated …

High Durability of Fe–N–C Single‐Atom Catalysts with Carbon Vacancies toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

A Mehmood, M Gong, F Jaouen, A Roy, A Zitolo… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Non-precious iron-based catalysts (Fe–NCs) require high active site density to meet the
performance targets as cathode catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Site …

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 …

Engineering the electronic structure of single‐atom iron sites with boosted oxygen bifunctional activity for zinc–air batteries

Z Li, S Ji, C Xu, L Leng, H Liu, JH Horton… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable zinc–air batteries typically require efficient, durable, and inexpensive
bifunctional electrocatalysts to support oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) …

Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells

X Wan, Q Liu, J Liu, S Liu, X Liu, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the single-atom active sites of M–N–C
catalysts is critical but remains a great challenge. Here, we report an Fe–N–C catalyst with …

Continuous Modulation of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activities of Single‐Atom Catalysts through p‐n Junction Rectification

Z Zhuang, L Xia, J Huang, P Zhu, Y Li, C Ye… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐tuning single‐atom catalysts (SACs) to surpass their activity limit remains challenging
at their atomic scale. Herein, we exploit p‐type semiconducting character of SACs having a …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …