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 …

Highly porous nanostructures: Rational fabrication and promising application in energy electrocatalysis

C Du, P Li, Z Zhuang, Z Fang, S He, L Feng… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Porous nanostructures have been widely studied as electrocatalysts since they are
structurally advantageous for enhancing the mass transport and providing accessible active …

High entropy alloy electrocatalytic electrode toward alkaline glycerol valorization coupling with acidic hydrogen production

L Fan, Y Ji, G Wang, J Chen, K Chen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) is an attractive alternative anodic reaction
to oxygen evolution reaction for a variety of electrolytic synthesis, thanks to the possibility of …

Porous palladium phosphide nanotubes for formic acid electrooxidation

TJ Wang, YC Jiang, JW He, FM Li, Y Ding… - Carbon …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of an efficient catalyst for formic acid electrocatalytic oxidation reaction
(FAEOR) is of great significance to accelerate the commercial application of direct formic …

A 2D/2D heterojunction of ultrathin Pd nanosheet/MXene towards highly efficient methanol oxidation reaction: the significance of 2D material nanoarchitectonics

H Huang, D Xiao, Z Zhu, C Zhang, L Yang, H He… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) Pd nanosheet-based catalysts have recently garnered widespread
attention due to their high atom utilization efficiency. However, their catalytic ability and …

Ultralow-content Pd in-situ incorporation mediated hierarchical defects in corner-etched Cu2O octahedra for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

Y Xu, K Ren, T Ren, M Wang, Z Wang, X Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate (NO 3-) to ammonia (NH 3) offers a sustainable avenue
to close the NO 3-cycle for NH 3 synthesis. Critical to the feasibility of electrochemical NO 3 …

Recent progress of ultrathin 2D Pd‐based nanomaterials for fuel cell electrocatalysis

H Xu, H Shang, C Wang, Y Du - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pd‐and Pd‐based catalysts have emerged as potential alternatives to Pt‐and Pt‐based
catalysts for numerous electrocatalytic reactions, particularly fuel cell‐related reactions …

Concave-convex surface oxide layers over copper nanowires boost electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia conversion

T Ren, K Ren, M Wang, M Liu, Z Wang, H Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The room-temperature nitrate electroreduction to ammonia recycles the fixed nitrogen and
offers an appealing ammonia-synthesis scenario. Electrocatalyst engineering is of vital …

Engineering Heterostructured Pd–Bi2Te3 Doughnut/Pd Hollow Nanospheres for Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation

H Xu, B Huang, Y Zhao, G He, H Chen - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electrooxidation of ethylene glycol (EG) is of vital significance for the conversion from
biomass energy into electrical energy via direct fuel cells. However, the EG oxidation …

Recent advances in designing efficient electrocatalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

X Liang, H Zhu, X Yang, S Xue, Z Liang, X Ren… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a raw material for producing chemical fertilizers, ammonia plays an essential role in
human production and life. Due to the severe energy consumption and pollution caused by …