Toward electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction: longstanding debates and emerging catalysts

J Wang, B Zhang, W Guo, L Wang, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Paired electrosynthesis design strategy for sustainable CO2 conversion and product upgrading

M Gong, C Cao, QL Zhu - EnergyChem, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 electrolysis technology powered by renewable electricity is a sustainable strategy to
reduce anthropogenic carbon emissions while producing valuable chemicals. Unfortunately …

Methanol upgrading coupled with hydrogen product at large current density promoted by strong interfacial interactions

Y Hao, D Yu, S Zhu, CH Kuo, YM Chang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Anodic organic upgrading offers a promising strategy to produce value-added chemicals
and to facilitate coupled hydrogen production but it is still challenging in terms of long-term …

Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Y Qi, Y Zhang, L Yang, Y Zhao, Y Zhu, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Designing efficient catalysts and understanding the underlying mechanisms for anodic
nucleophile electrooxidation are central to the advancement of electrochemically-driven …

Coordination environment tuning of nickel sites by oxyanions to optimize methanol electro-oxidation activity

S Li, R Ma, J Hu, Z Li, L Liu, X Wang, Y Lu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To achieve zero-carbon economy, advanced anode catalysts are desirable for hydrogen
production and biomass upgrading powered by renewable energy. Ni-based non-precious …

Short‐range diffusion enables general synthesis of medium‐entropy alloy aerogels

G Han, M Li, H Liu, W Zhang, L He, F Tian… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Medium‐entropy alloy aerogels (MEAAs) with the advantages of both multimetallic alloys
and aerogels are promising new materials in catalytic applications. However, limited by the …

Energy-saving and product-oriented hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis enabled by electrochemistry pairing and product engineering

J Qi, Y Du, Q Yang, N Jiang, J Li, Y Ma, Y Ma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis through oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) is drawing worldwide attention, whereas suffering seriously from the sluggish oxygen …

Design principle of electrocatalysts for the electrooxidation of organics

X Wu, Y Wang, ZS Wu - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
The electrooxidation of organics opens up an innovative way for the efficient use of electrical
energy and environmentally friendly generation of high-value-added chemicals. The key …

Selective ethylene glycol oxidation to formate on nickel selenide with simultaneous evolution of hydrogen

J Li, L Li, X Ma, X Han, C Xing, X Qi, R He… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need for cost‐effective strategies to produce hydrogen from renewable
net‐zero carbon sources using renewable energies. In this context, the electrochemical …

Boosting hydrogen evolution by methanol oxidation reaction on Ni-based electrocatalysts: from fundamental electrochemistry to perspectives

J Li, L Li, J Wang, A Cabot, Y Zhu - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen production via electrocatalytic water splitting is hampered by the slow kinetics of
the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). To address this limitation, the electrochemical …