Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …

FeCo alloy entrapped in N-doped graphitic carbon nanotubes-on-nanosheets prepared by coordination-induced pyrolysis for oxygen reduction reaction and …

LL Liu, DH Wu, L Zhang, JJ Feng, AJ Wang - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on cathode severely suffers from sluggish kinetics in zinc-
air batteries. Therefore, substantial efforts have been made to prepare advanced …

“More is different:” synergistic effect and structural engineering in double‐atom catalysts

Y Ying, X Luo, J Qiao, H Huang - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐atom catalysts (DACs) have emerged as a novel frontier in heterogeneous catalysis
because the synergistic effect between adjacent active sites can promote their catalytic …

Carbon‐based metal‐free ORR electrocatalysts for fuel cells: past, present, and future

L Yang, J Shui, L Du, Y Shao, J Liu, L Dai… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Replacing precious platinum with earth‐abundant materials for the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) in fuel cells has been the objective worldwide for several decades. In the last …

Emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrocatalysis

H Jin, C Guo, X Liu, J Liu, A Vasileff, Y Jiao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for
efficient energy conversion technologies have been subjects of extensive study. With the …

A review of precious‐metal‐free bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts: rational design and applications in Zn− air batteries

HF Wang, C Tang, Q Zhang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The bifunctional electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) and oxygen
evolution reactions (OERs) is critical for the development of rechargeable Zn–air batteries …

Recent advances in ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials

C Tan, X Cao, XJ Wu, Q He, J Yang, X Zhang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of mechanically exfoliated graphene in 2004, research on ultrathin two-
dimensional (2D) nanomaterials has grown exponentially in the fields of condensed matter …

Defects on carbons for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

X Yan, Y Jia, X Yao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The exploration of highly active and durable cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
catalysts with economical production costs is still the bottleneck to realize the large-scale …

Application of ionic liquids to energy storage and conversion materials and devices

M Watanabe, ML Thomas, S Zhang, K Ueno… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) are liquids consisting entirely of ions and can be further defined as molten
salts having melting points lower than 100° C. One of the most important research areas for …