Advancements in cathode catalyst and cathode layer design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Y Sun, S Polani, F Luo, S Ott, P Strasser… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells have been recently developed at an increasing pace
as clean energy conversion devices for stationary and transport sector applications. High …

Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction in acidic environments–reaction mechanisms and catalysts

T Reier, HN Nong, D Teschner… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The low efficiency of the electrocatalytic oxidation of water to O2 (oxygen evolution reaction‐
OER) is considered as one of the major roadblocks for the storage of electricity from …

Mixed‐Dimensional Pt–Ni Alloy Polyhedral Nanochains as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

T Xia, K Zhao, Y Zhu, X Bai, H Gao, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pt nanocatalysts play a critical role in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) due to their
appropriate adsorption/desorption energy, yet suffer from an unbalanced relationship …

Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

J Huang, L Sementa, Z Liu, G Barcaro, M Feng, E Liu… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
A critical technological roadblock to the widespread adoption of proton-exchange
membrane fuel cells is the development of highly active and durable platinum-based …

Unlocking the door to highly active ORR catalysts for PEMFC applications: polyhedron-engineered Pt-based nanocrystals

YJ Wang, W Long, L Wang, R Yuan… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are considered to be an important low-
carbon energy conversion technology, which has shown impressive performance …

Alloy electrocatalysts

M Du, X Li, H Pang, Q Xu - EnergyChem, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of clean sustainable energy conversion technologies to deal with energy
shortage and environmental pollution has aroused a widespread concern. To improve the …

High-performance Pt–Co nanoframes for fuel-cell electrocatalysis

S Chen, M Li, M Gao, J Jin, MA van Spronsen… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Pt-based alloy catalysts are promising candidates for fuel-cell applications, especially for
cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and anodic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) …

Efficient oxygen reduction catalysis by subnanometer Pt alloy nanowires

K Jiang, D Zhao, S Guo, X Zhang, X Zhu, J Guo… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The common knowledge is that Pt and Pt alloy nanoparticles (NPs) less than 2 nm are not
desirable for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, whether the same trend is …

Stability of High‐Performance Pt‐Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions

R Lin, X Cai, H Zeng, Z Yu - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their environmental sustainability and high efficiency, proton‐exchange‐membrane
fuel cells (PEMFCs) are expected to be an essential type of energy source for electric …

Ni-based bimetallic heterogeneous catalysts for energy and environmental applications

S De, J Zhang, R Luque, N Yan - Energy & environmental science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Bimetallic catalysts have attracted extensive attention for a wide range of applications in
energy production and environmental remediation due to their tunable chemical/physical …