Advanced noncarbon materials as catalyst supports and non-noble electrocatalysts for fuel cells and metal–air batteries

S Zhang, M Chen, X Zhao, J Cai, W Yan… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2021 - Springer
Electrochemical energy systems such as fuel cells and metal–air batteries can be used as
clean power sources in the field of electric transportation and possess great potential in the …

Electronic structure engineering on two-dimensional (2D) electrocatalytic materials for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution reactions

S Chandrasekaran, D Ma, Y Ge, L Deng, C Bowen… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials with the conservation of 2D configuration are
excellent candidates for fundamental energy conversion and storage research and potential …

Porous silicon carbide (SiC): a chance for improving catalysts or just another active-phase carrier?

G Tuci, Y Liu, A Rossin, X Guo, C Pham… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is an obvious gap between efforts dedicated to the control of chemicophysical and
morphological properties of catalyst active phases and the attention paid to the search of …

Advancement of platinum (Pt)-free (non-Pt precious metals) and/or metal-free (non-precious-metals) electrocatalysts in energy applications: A review and perspectives

MD Bhatt, JY Lee - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recent advances in platinum-free and/or metal-free electrocatalysts for electrochemical
redox reactions at the electrodes of fuel cells in particular and, broadly speaking, energy …

Fe/N/C hollow nanospheres by Fe (III)-dopamine complexation-assisted one-pot doping as nonprecious-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction

D Zhou, L Yang, L Yu, J Kong, X Yao, W Liu, Z Xu, X Lu - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, a series of hollow carbon nanospheres simultaneously doped with N and Fe-
containing species are prepared by Fe3+-mediated polymerization of dopamine on SiO2 …

Design of Efficient Catalysts with Double Transition Metal Atoms on C2N Layer

X Li, W Zhong, P Cui, J Li, J Jiang - The journal of physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis often involves molecular adsorptions to charged catalyst site and
reactions triggered by catalyst charges. Here we use first-principles simulations to design …

Two-dimensional silicon carbide: emerging direct band gap semiconductor

S Chabi, K Kadel - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a direct wide bandgap semiconducting material, two-dimensional, 2D, silicon carbide has
the potential to bring revolutionary advances into optoelectronic and electronic devices. It …

Oxygen reduction reactions on single‐or few‐atom discrete active sites for heterogeneous catalysis

T Sharifi, E Gracia‐Espino, A Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great importance in energy‐converting processes
such as fuel cells and in metal–air batteries and is vital to facilitate the transition toward a …

Heteroatom doping regulates the catalytic performance of single-atom catalyst supported on graphene for ORR

JK Sun, YW Pan, MQ Xu, L Sun, S Zhang, WQ Deng… - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Replacing fossil fuels with fuel cells is a feasible way to reduce global energy shortages and
environmental pollution. However, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode has …

Recent advancements in Pt-nanostructure-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

A Mahata, AS Nair, B Pathak - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing highly efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) is the key to improving the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells …