Direct formic acid fuel cells have attracted significant attention because of their low fuel
crossover, high safety, and high theoretical power density among all the proton-exchange …

Recent results on the formic acid oxidation reaction on platinum electrodes, especially those
obtained for platinum single crystal electrodes are reviewed. With all the available data, a …

Pd-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for the formic acid oxidation reaction
(FAOR) but suffer from poor durability due to the poisoning of adsorbed carbon monoxide …

Direct formate fuel cells are attractive due to their high theoretical voltage of 1.45 V, facile
and complete formate oxidation in alkaline media, and ease of handling during storage and …

Pt-based materials with high-index facets (HIFs) are highly regarded as efficient
electrocatalysts, because of their abundant active step sites. Nevertheless, it is still a …

Direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) are considered as one of the promising energy
conversion devices. In recent years, Pd-based nanomaterials have attracted widespread …

Beyond great advances in initial activity, Fe–N–C catalysts face the next challenge of
stability issue in acidic medium that must be overcome to replace Pt in fuel cell cathode …

Varying the solution pH not only changes the reactant concentrations in bulk solution but
also the local reaction environment (LRE) that is shaped furthermore by macroscopic mass …

Pd-based alloys, especially for alloys containing early transition metals, have been
extensively designed and applied to electro-oxidize formic acid for direct formic acid fuel …

Green transition requires strategies to develop active and stable nanomaterials for energy
conversion. We describe the preparation of Pd–Au bimetallic nanocatalysts using a …