Water electrolysis

AJ Shih, MCO Monteiro, F Dattila, D Pavesi… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrochemistry has the potential to sustainably transform molecules with electrons
supplied by renewable electricity. It is one of many solutions towards a more circular …

Metal-metal interactions in correlated single-atom catalysts

J Shan, C Ye, Y Jiang, M Jaroniec, Y Zheng… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) include a promising family of electrocatalysts with unique
geometric structures. Beyond conventional ones with fully isolated metal sites, an emerging …

Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

S Liu, C Li, MJ Zachman, Y Zeng, H Yu, B Li, M Wang… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen-coordinated single atom iron sites (FeN4) embedded in carbon (Fe–N–C) are the
most active platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts for proton-exchange …

Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

Reconstructed Ir‒O‒Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation

S Chen, S Zhang, L Guo, L Pan, C Shi, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Surface reconstruction generates real active species in electrochemical conditions; rational
regulating reconstruction in a targeted manner is the key for constructing highly active …

Modulating built‐in electric field via variable oxygen affinity for robust hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral media

L Zhai, X She, L Zhuang, Y Li, R Ding… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Work function strongly impacts the surficial charge distribution, especially for metal‐support
electrocatalysts when a built‐in electric field (BEF) is constructed. Therefore, studying the …

Descriptors for the evaluation of electrocatalytic reactions: d‐band theory and beyond

S Jiao, X Fu, H Huang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Closing the carbon‐, hydrogen‐, and nitrogen cycle with renewable electricity holds
promises for the mitigation of the facing environment and energy crisis, along with the …

Electrocatalytic refinery for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals

C Tang, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to modern fossil‐fuel‐based refineries, the emerging electrocatalytic refinery (e‐
refinery) is a more sustainable and environmentally benign strategy to convert renewable …

Coordination Chemistry of Large‐Sized Yttrium Single‐Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

B Ji, J Gou, Y Zheng, X Pu, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although being transition metals, the Fenton‐inactive group 3–4 elements (Sc, Y, La, Ti, Zr,
and Hf) can easily lose all the outermost s and d electrons, leaving behind ionic sites with …

Open catalyst 2020 (OC20) dataset and community challenges

L Chanussot, A Das, S Goyal, T Lavril, M Shuaibi… - Acs …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalyst discovery and optimization is key to solving many societal and energy challenges
including solar fuel synthesis, long-term energy storage, and renewable fertilizer production …