Novel Non-precious Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions II—Dedicated to Prof. Nicolas Alonso-Vante
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 2255
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-platinum metal electrocatalysts; oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); oxygen evolution reaction (OER); multifunctional layered nanomaterials; layered double hydroxides (LDHs); high-performance adsorption materials; removal of heavy metals and phosphate
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Interests: transition metal-based electrocatalysts; single atom catalysts (SACs); SACs’ local coordination engineering; oxygen evolution reaction (OER); hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); CO2 electrochemical reduction; in situ characterization techniques
Interests: non-precious metals and semiconductors; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); remediation of emerging pollutants; Rietveld refinement analysis; electrochemical remediation and electrochemical engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is the second edition of the Special Issue "Novel Non-Precious Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions". Increasing inevitable global demands for energy have stimulated considerable research on alternative energy harvesting technologies, conversion and storage systems with high efficiency, as well as cost-effective and environmentally friendly systems, such as fuel cells, rechargeable metal–air batteries, unitized regenerative cells, and water electrolyzers. In these devices, the conversion between oxygen and water plays a key step in the development of oxygen electrodes: the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). To date, the state-of-the-art catalysts for the ORR consist of platinum-based materials (Pt), while ruthenium (Ru)- and iridium (Ir)-oxides are the excellent OER catalyst materials. The scarcity of precious metals, their prohibitive cost, and declining activity greatly hamper their use in large-scale applications. It is of paramount practical importance and interest to develop efficient and stable materials for the oxygen electrode, based on Earth-abundant non-noble metals. With the fast development of advanced nanotechnology, novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen reactions have been explored based on the innovative design in chemical compositions, structure, and morphology, and supports.
This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and advances in novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts tailored with high activity and stability for the catalytic conversion between water and oxygen. Additionally, electrocatalytic activity, selectivity, durability, and mechanism for single or bifunctional oxygen electrode reactions are important subjects for this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Yongjun Feng
Dr. Laura Calvillo
Prof. Dr. Luis Alberto Estudillo-Wong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- non-precious metal electrocatalysts
- oxygen reduction reaction
- oxygen evolution reaction
- bifunctional electrocatalysts
- electrocatalytic activity
- electrocatalytic selectivity
- electrocatalytic durability
- unitized fuel cells
