Design of advanced aerogel structures for oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis

L Peles‐Strahl, Y Persky, L Elbaz - SusMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is considered the bottleneck reaction in fuel cells. Its
sluggish kinetics requires the use of scarce and expensive platinum group metal (PGM) …

Recent progress and viability of PGM-free catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction and hydrogen oxidation reaction

W Moschkowitsch, O Lori, L Elbaz - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The global energy demand is expected to rise continuously in the foreseeable future, and
this demand cannot be fulfilled with fossil fuels if the ambitious goals for global reduction in …

Molecular design of porous organic polymer-derived carbonaceous electrocatalysts for pinpointing active sites in oxygen reduction reaction

X Mou, X Xin, Y Dong, B Zhao, R Gao, T Liu, N Li, H Liu… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The widespread application of fuel cells is hampered by the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR), which traditionally necessitates the use of high-cost platinum …

Mixed-metal nickel–iron oxide aerogels for oxygen evolution reaction

W Moschkowitsch, N Zion, HC Honig, N Levy… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alkaline electrolyte membrane electrolyzers are a promising technology to efficiently
produce clean hydrogen without the use of critical raw materials. At the heart of these …

Tuning the performance of Fe–porphyrin aerogel-based PGM-free oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Y Persky, Y Yurko, RZ Snitkoff-Sol, N Zion, L Elbaz - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Fe–N–C catalysts are currently the leading candidates to replace Pt-based catalysts for the
oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To maximize their …

Biomimetic Fe–Cu porphyrrole aerogel electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Y Persky, Ł Kielesiński, SN Reddy, N Zion… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of bioinspired catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction is one of the most
prominent pathways in the search for active materials to replace Pt-based catalysts in fuel …

Modular Iron–Bipyridine-Based Conjugated Aerogels as Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

L Peles-Strahl, HC Honig, Y Persky, DA Cullen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aerogels have a large surface area and a porous structure, which make them an attractive
catalyst support materials for fuel cells. Modifying the aerogels' building blocks and …

Charge-transfer mechanism in oxygen reduction over Co porphyrins: single-site molecular electrocatalysts to macromolecular frameworks

AN Marianov, AS Kochubei, S Gu, Y Jiang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Insight into the operational principles of heterogeneous molecular electrocatalysts is
indispensable for the design of low-cost cathodic materials for fuel cells. Herein, we report a …

Structure–activity relationship for the catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene by single platinum atoms supported on nitrogen-doped carbon

C Wang, B Ye, R Zhou, Y Jiang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The preparation of N-doped carbon with well-defined and well-controlled doping of N
species is a challenging work, especially with supported Pt atoms. Here, four kinds of N …

Spin-engineered Cu–Ni metallic aerogels for enhanced ethylamine electrosynthesis from acetonitrile

H Huang, F Lai, H Fu, Y Chen, H Li, F He… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Spin engineering is an effective strategy to improve the performance of catalysts, but it has
been rarely demonstrated for the acetonitrile reduction reaction (ARR) to date. Herein, for …