Recent advances in formic acid electro-oxidation: From the fundamental mechanism to electrocatalysts

Z Fang, W Chen - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Electric double layer of Pt (111): Known unknowns and unknown knowns

K Doblhoff-Dier, MTM Koper - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The electric double layer is one of the most fundamental concepts in electrochemistry.
Nevertheless, its exact structure is still often unresolved. In this contribution, we discuss what …

How palladium inhibits CO poisoning during electrocatalytic formic acid oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction

X Chen, LP Granda-Marulanda, IT McCrum… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Development of reversible and stable catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of
CO2 is of great interest. Here, we elucidate the atomistic details of how a palladium …

Influence of Cations on HCOOH and CO Formation during CO2 Reduction on a PdMLPt(111) Electrode

C Ye, F Dattila, X Chen, N López… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the role of cations in the electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) process is
of fundamental importance for practical application. In this work, we investigate how cations …

Ordered and Isolated Pd Sites Endow Antiperovskite‐Type PdFe3N with High CO‐Tolerance for Formic Acid Electrooxidation

L Liang, M Li, B Zhang, J Liang, B Zeng… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The fundamental understanding and precise control of catalytic sites are challenging yet
essential to explore advanced electrocatalysts for the formic acid oxidation reaction (FAOR) …

Promote electroreduction of CO2 via catalyst valence state manipulation by surface-capping ligand

Y Zhao, X Liu, J Chen, J Chen, J Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Electrochemical CO2 reduction provides a potential means for synthesizing value-added
chemicals over the near equilibrium potential regime, ie, formate production on Pd-based …

Effect of electrolyte media on the catalysis of Fe Phthalocyanine toward the oxygen reduction reaction: ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and experimental …

W Orellana, C Zuniga, A Gatica, MS Ureta-Zanartu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
FeN4 macrocycles are among the most promising nonprecious metal catalysts for the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Nevertheless, these catalysts perform poorly in acidic …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics for electrocatalysis: Mechanism explanation and performance prediction

Y Wang, H Shao, C Zhang, F Liu, J Zhao, S Zhu… - Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Designing low-cost, high-performing electrocatalysts is key to green energy development,
yet relying solely on the" synthesis-characterization" catalyst screening model is time …

Subsurface Hydride Formation Leads to Slow Surface Adsorption Processes on a Pd (111) Single-Crystal Electrode in Acidic Electrolytes

X Chen, K Ojha, MTM Koper - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Palladium is one of the most important catalysts due to its widespread use in heterogeneous
catalysis and electrochemistry. However, an understanding of the electrochemical …

Using palladium and gold palladium nanoparticles decorated with molybdenum oxide for versatile hydrogen peroxide electroproduction on graphene nanoribbons

GV Fortunato, LS Bezerra, ESF Cardoso… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic production of H2O2 via a two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR-2e–)
is regarded as a highly promising decentralized and environmentally friendly mechanism for …