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Xiao F, Wang YC, Wu ZP, Chen G, Yang F, Zhu S, Siddharth K, Kong Z, Lu A, Li JC, Zhong CJ, Zhou ZY, Shao M. Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2006292. [PMID: 33749011 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202006292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The rapid progress of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) has boosted the hydrogen economy concept via diverse energy applications in the past decades. For a holistic understanding of the development status of PEMFCs and AMFCs, recent advancements in electrocatalyst design and catalyst layer optimization, along with cell performance in terms of activity and durability in PEMFCs and AMFCs, are summarized here. The activity, stability, and fuel cell performance of different types of electrocatalysts for both oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen oxidation reaction are discussed and compared. Research directions on the further development of active, stable, and low-cost electrocatalysts to meet the ultimate commercialization of PEMFCs and AMFCs are also discussed.
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- Fei Xiao
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 511458, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 511458, China
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, 511458, China
- Energy Institute, and Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing 1st RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Li HH, Yu SH. Recent Advances on Controlled Synthesis and Engineering of Hollow Alloyed Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1803503. [PMID: 30645003 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201803503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The past decade has witnessed great progress in the synthesis and electrocatalytic applications of 1D hollow alloy nanotubes with controllable compositions and fine structures. Hollow nanotubes have been explored as promising electrocatalysts in the fuel cell reactions due to their well-controlled surface structure, size, porosity, and compositions. In addition, owing to the self-supporting ability of 1D structure, hollow nanotubes are capable of avoiding catalyst aggregation and carbon corrosion during the catalytic process, which are two other issues for the widely investigated carbon-supported nanoparticle catalysts. It is currently a great challenge to achieve high activity and stability at a relatively low cost to realize commercialization of these catalysts. An overview of the structural and compositional properties of 1D hollow alloy nanotubes, which provide a large number of accessible active sites, void spaces for electrolytes/reactants impregnation, and structural stability for suppressing aggregation, is presented. The latest advances on several strategies such as hard template and self-templating methods for controllable synthesis of hollow alloyed nanotubes with controllable structures and compositions are then summarized. Benefiting from the advantages of the unique properties and facile synthesis approaches, the capability of 1D hollow nanotubes is then highlighted by discussing examples of their applications in fuel-cell-related electrocatalysis. Finally, the remaining challenges and potential solutions in the field are summarized to provide some useful clues for the future development of 1D hollow alloy nanotube materials.
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- Hui-Hui Li
- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Hefei Science Center of CAS, CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Lian C, Cheng Y, Chen L, Han X, Lei X, Liu Y, Wang Y. Synthesis and electrocatalytic properties for oxygen reduction of Pd 4Fe nanoflowers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7058-7061. [PMID: 29876551 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02776e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pd4Fe alloy nanoflowers with hierarchical nanosheet petals that mainly exposed the (111) crystal plane were prepared. The Pd4Fe nanoflowers possessed the advantage of hierarchical architectures and 2D alloy nanosheets simultaneously, with excellent catalytic performances for the oxygen reduction reaction.
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- Chao Lian
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China.
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Ma L, Zhou L, He Y, Wang L, Huang Z, Jiang Y, Gao J. Mesoporous Bimetallic PtPd Nanoflowers as a Platform to Enhance Electrocatalytic Activity of Acetylcholinesterase for Organophosphate Pesticide Detection. ELECTROANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201700845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Li Ma
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation of Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Hebei University of Technology; Tianjin 300130 China
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Jukk K, Kongi N, Tammeveski K, Solla-Gullón J, Feliu JM. Electroreduction of Oxygen on PdPt Alloy Nanocubes in Alkaline and Acidic Media. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201700588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kristel Jukk
- Institute of Chemistry; University of Tartu; Ravila 14a 50411 Tartu Estonia
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Tartu; Ravila 14a 50411 Tartu Estonia
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Tartu; Ravila 14a 50411 Tartu Estonia
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- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apartado 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica; Universidad de Alicante; Apartado 99 03080 Alicante Spain
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Cai K, Liao Y, Zhang H, Liu J, Lu Z, Huang Z, Chen S, Han H. Controlled Synthesis of Au-Island-Covered Pd Nanotubes with Abundant Heterojunction Interfaces for Enhanced Electrooxidation of Alcohol. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:12792-12797. [PMID: 27148757 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Kai Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070, China
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