Review on the degradation mechanisms of metal-NC catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid electrolyte: current understanding and mitigation approaches

K Kumar, L Dubau, F Jaouen, F Maillard - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
One bottleneck hampering the widespread use of fuel cell vehicles, in particular of proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), is the high cost of the cathode where the oxygen …

Status and challenges for the application of platinum group metal-free catalysts in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

L Osmieri, J Park, DA Cullen, P Zelenay… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum group metal-free electrocatalysts are an important class of materials for the
sustainable energy economy and significant effort has been made toward developing …

CO2-mediated organocatalytic chlorine evolution under industrial conditions

J Yang, WH Li, HT Tang, YM Pan, D Wang, Y Li - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
During the chlor-alkali process, in operation since the nineteenth century, electrolysis of
sodium chloride solutions generates chlorine and sodium hydroxide that are both important …

Quantifying the electrochemical active site density of precious metal-free catalysts in situ in fuel cells

RZ Snitkoff-Sol, A Friedman, HC Honig, Y Yurko… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Advances in the development of precious-group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts for the
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cell cathodes have produced active catalysts that …

Metal-compound-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis and the electro-Fenton process

H Sheng, RD Ross, JR Schmidt, S Jin - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a powerful oxidant with many applications, but its chemical
production is unsustainable and unsafe. Decentralized electrosynthesis of H2O2 via the …

Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

H Zhang, L Osmieri, JH Park, HT Chung, DA Cullen… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Platinum group metal (PGM)-free electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction at the
polymer electrolyte fuel cell cathode have shown substantial improvements in activity …

Design and structure of nitrogen and oxygen co-doped carbon spheres with wrinkled nanocages as active material for supercapacitor application

Z Liu, A Qin, K Zhang, P Lian, X Yin, H Tan - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrogen/oxygen co-doped carbon spheres with wrinkled nanocages (NOCN) were
successfully synthesized using dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS) as sacrificial solid …

Anion Exchange Ionomers: Design Considerations and Recent Advances‐An Electrochemical Perspective

S Favero, IEL Stephens, MM Titirci - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaline‐based electrochemical devices, such as anion exchange membrane (AEM) fuel
cells and electrolyzers, are receiving increasing attention. However, while the catalysts and …

Mapping transition metal–nitrogen–carbon catalyst performance on the critical descriptor diagram

S Specchia, P Atanassov, JH Zagal - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum group metal–free electrocatalysts and in particular transition metal–nitrogen–
carbon catalysts are becoming interesting candidates as cheap alternatives to Pt-based …

Durability evaluation of a Fe–N–C catalyst in polymer electrolyte fuel cell environment via accelerated stress tests

L Osmieri, DA Cullen, HT Chung, RK Ahluwalia… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract An “atomically-dispersed” iron-nitrogen-carbon (Fe–N–C) catalyst was used to
provide a systematic comparison of platinum group metal (PGM)-free electrocatalyst …