Science and engineering for non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts to boost their ORR performance: A critical review

SD Bhoyate, J Kim, FM de Souza, J Lin, E Lee… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-air batteries (MABs) and fuel cells (FCs) critically rely on electrocatalytic O 2 activation,
and O 2 reduction reaction (ORR), with noble metal-free materials. However, the inception of …

Unlocking the door to highly active ORR catalysts for PEMFC applications: polyhedron-engineered Pt-based nanocrystals

YJ Wang, W Long, L Wang, R Yuan… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are considered to be an important low-
carbon energy conversion technology, which has shown impressive performance …

Shape-dependent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity over a Pt nanoparticle coupled gC 3 N 4 photocatalyst

S Cao, J Jiang, B Zhu, J Yu - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cubic, octahedral and spherical platinum (Pt) nanoparticles (NPs) ex situ supported on a
graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) substrate are synthesized using a colloidal adsorption …

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a rotating disk electrode configuration: effect of ionomer content and carbon-support

RK Singh, R Devivaraprasad, T Kar… - Journal of The …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic media is investigated at various potentials in a
thin-film rotating disk electrode (TF-RDE) configuration using electrochemical impedance …

Iron-embedded nitrogen doped carbon frameworks as robust catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells

H Tang, Y Zeng, Y Zeng, R Wang, S Cai, C Liao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
A kind of 3D Fe-embedded N doped carbon framework catalyst is successfully developed
and tested in the present work as a robust cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) …

Highly active and stable Pt–Pd alloy catalysts synthesized by room‐temperature electron reduction for oxygen reduction reaction

W Wang, Z Wang, J Wang, CJ Zhong… - Advanced science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐supported platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) alloy catalyst has become a promising
alternative electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange …

Direct fabrication of tri-metallic PtPdCu tripods with branched exteriors for the oxygen reduction reaction

H Wang, S Yin, Y Xu, X Li, AA Alshehri… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Design of multi-metallic nanocrystals with branched structures is very important for catalytic
applications. Herein, a one-step synthesis of unique tri-metallic PtPdCu tripods with …

Composition tunability and (111)-dominant facets of ultrathin platinum–gold alloy nanowires toward enhanced electrocatalysis

F Chang, S Shan, V Petkov, Z Skeete… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The ability for tuning not only the composition but also the type of surface facets of alloyed
nanomaterials is important for the design of catalysts with enhanced activity and stability …

Recent progress in electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction suitable for alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cells

Q He, EJ Cairns - Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Alkaline fuel cell technology has been reinvigorated since the recent rapid development and
deployment of anion exchange membranes. Without the" acid-stability" requirement in low …

Harnessing Electrolyte Chemistry to Advance Oxygen Reduction Catalysis for Fuel Cells and Electrosynthesis

YY Zhao, W Yu, X Sun, H Huang, F Li, M Luo - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is ubiquitous in many important energy conversion
technologies, encompassing fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and H2O2 electrosynthesis …