Recent advances in electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and alkaline membrane fuel cells

F Xiao, YC Wang, ZP Wu, G Chen, F Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid progress of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and alkaline
exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) has boosted the hydrogen economy concept via …

In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Highly durable and active Pt‐based nanoscale design for fuel‐cell oxygen‐reduction electrocatalysts

DY Chung, JM Yoo, YE Sung - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fuel cells are one of the promising energy‐conversion devices due to their high efficiency
and zero emission. Although recent advances in electrocatalysts have been achieved using …

Origin of high activity and durability of twisty nanowire alloy catalysts under oxygen reduction and fuel cell operating conditions

Z Kong, Y Maswadeh, JA Vargas, S Shan… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ability to control the surface composition and morphology of alloy catalysts is critical for
achieving high activity and durability of catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and …

One-dimensional nanostructured electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells—A review

Y Lu, S Du, R Steinberger-Wilckens - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent research on one-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials brings in tremendous
progress on their application as catalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells …

Well-defined nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the refinement of theory

JA Trindell, Z Duan, G Henkelman… - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The relationship between experiment and theory in electrocatalysis is one of profound
importance. Until fairly recently, the principal role of theory in this field was interpreting …

Recent advances on controlled synthesis and engineering of hollow alloyed nanotubes for electrocatalysis

HH Li, SH Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has witnessed great progress in the synthesis and electrocatalytic
applications of 1D hollow alloy nanotubes with controllable compositions and fine structures …

Robust bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst with a “rigid and flexible” structure for air-cathodes

G Fu, X Jiang, Y Chen, L Xu, D Sun, JM Lee… - NPG Asia …, 2018 - nature.com
The development of highly active air-cathodes with robust stability and a low price is of
crucial significance for rechargeable Zn–air batteries and remains a great challenge. Herein …

From galvanic to anti‐galvanic synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles and applications in catalysis, sensing, and materials science

X Liu, D Astruc - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The properties of two alloyed metals have been known since the Bronze Age to outperform
those of a single metal. How alloying and mixing metals applies to the nanoworld is now …

Platinum group nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

Q Shao, K Lu, X Huang - Small Methods, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
At the frontier of electrocatalysis, there is a research endeavor focusing on platinum group
(PG)‐based nanomaterials due to their fantastic morphological diversity and superior …