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 …

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 …

Operando studies reveal active Cu nanograins for CO2 electroreduction

Y Yang, S Louisia, S Yu, J Jin, I Roh, C Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide electroreduction facilitates the sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemicals.
Although Cu enables CO2-to-multicarbon product (C2+) conversion, the nature of the active …

Pure-water-fed, electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethylene beyond 1,000 h stability at 10 A

X She, L Zhai, Y Wang, P Xiong, MMJ Li, TS Wu… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction at near-ambient temperatures requires a complex inventory
of protons, hydroxyls, carbonate ions and alkali-metal ions at the cathode and anode to be …

Efficient multicarbon formation in acidic CO2 reduction via tandem electrocatalysis

Y Chen, XY Li, Z Chen, A Ozden, JE Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 in acidic conditions enables high single-pass carbon
efficiency. However, the competing hydrogen evolution reaction reduces selectivity in the …

Extreme environmental thermal shock induced dislocation‐rich Pt nanoparticles boosting hydrogen evolution reaction

S Liu, Y Shen, Y Zhang, B Cui, S Xi, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Crystal structure engineering of nanomaterials is crucial for the design of electrocatalysts.
Inducing dislocations is an efficient approach to generate strain effects in nanomaterials to …

Asymmetric dinitrogen-coordinated nickel single-atomic sites for efficient CO2 electroreduction

Y Zhou, Q Zhou, H Liu, W Xu, Z Wang, S Qiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Developing highly efficient, selective and low-overpotential electrocatalysts for carbon
dioxide (CO2) reduction is crucial. This study reports an efficient Ni single-atom catalyst …

Construction of 3D copper-chitosan-gas diffusion layer electrode for highly efficient CO2 electrolysis to C2+ alcohols

J Bi, P Li, J Liu, S Jia, Y Wang, Q Zhu, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-rate electrolysis of CO2 to C2+ alcohols is of particular interest, but the performance
remains far from the desired values to be economically feasible. Coupling gas diffusion …

Multiscale analysis of electrocatalytic particle activities: linking nanoscale measurements and ensemble behavior

M Kang, CL Bentley, JT Mefford, WC Chueh… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured electrocatalysts exhibit variations in electrochemical properties across
different length scales, and the intrinsic catalytic characteristics measured at the nanoscale …

Thousand-fold increase in O2 electroreduction rates with conductive MOFs

RG Mariano, OJ Wahab, JA Rabinowitz… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular materials must deliver high current densities to be competitive with traditional
heterogeneous catalysts. Despite their high density of active sites, it has been unclear why …