Perfecting electrocatalysts via imperfections: towards the large-scale deployment of water electrolysis technology

S Jiao, X Fu, S Wang, Y Zhao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As a potential energy carrier, hydrogen has surged up the priority list as part of broader
decarbonization efforts and strategies to build or acquire clean energy economies. Driven by …

Operando scanning electrochemical probe microscopy during electrocatalysis

C Santana Santos, BN Jaato, I Sanjuán… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Scanning electrochemical probe microscopy (SEPM) techniques can disclose the local
electrochemical reactivity of interfaces in single-entity and sub-entity studies. Operando …

Reversed charge transfer and enhanced hydrogen spillover in platinum nanoclusters anchored on titanium oxide with rich oxygen vacancies boost hydrogen …

ZW Wei, HJ Wang, C Zhang, K Xu, XL Lu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The catalytic activity of metal clusters is closely related with the support; however,
knowledge on the influence of the support on the catalytic activity is scarce. We demonstrate …

Surface engineering of defective and porous Ir metallene with polyallylamine for hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

K Deng, T Zhou, Q Mao, S Wang, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The design of defects and porous structures into metallene with functional surfaces is highly
desired to improve its permeability, surface area, and active sites, but remains a great …

[HTML][HTML] The new era of high-throughput nanoelectrochemistry

X Xu, D Valavanis, P Ciocci, S Confederat… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To acquire a deeper understanding of electrochemical systems requires techniques that
address nanoscale aspects of electrochemistry, inter alia, the detection and analysis of …

Engineering catalyst layers for next‐generation polymer electrolyte fuel cells: a review of design, materials, and methods

TAM Suter, K Smith, J Hack, L Rasha… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) are a promising replacement for the fossil fuel–
dependent automotive and energy sectors. They have become increasingly commercialized …

Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis

Y Yang, Y Xiong, R Zeng, X Lu, M Krumov… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis has been the cornerstone for enhancing energy efficiency, minimizing
environmental impacts and carbon emissions, and enabling a more sustainable way of …

Interfaces Decrease the Alkaline Hydrogen-Evolution Kinetics Energy Barrier on NiCoP/Ti3C2Tx MXene

HJ Niu, Y Yan, SS Jiang, T Liu, T Sun, W Zhou, L Guo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heterointerfaces can adjust the adsorption energy with intermediates in the transition state
for a much decreased kinetics energy barrier (E a). One typical transition metal phosphide …

Heterogeneity between and within single hematite nanorods as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

M Li, KH Ye, W Qiu, Y Wang, H Ren - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding the structural nature of the active sites in electrocatalysis is central to
discovering general design rules for better catalysts in fuel cells and electrolyzers …

Direct measuring of single–heterogeneous bubble nucleation mediated by surface topology

X Deng, Y Shan, X Meng, Z Yu, X Lu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Heterogeneous bubble nucleation is one of the most fundamental interfacial processes
ranging from nature to technology. There is excellent evidence that surface topology is …