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Catalyst participating in electrochemical reactions
An electrocatalyst is a catalyst that participates in electrochemical reactions. Electrocatalysts are a specific form of catalysts that function at electrode surfaces or, most commonly, may be the electrode surface itself. An electrocatalyst can be heterogeneous such as a platinized electrode. Homogeneous electrocatalysts, which are soluble, assist in transferring electrons between the electrode and reactants, and/or facilitate an intermediate chemical transformation described by an overall half reaction. Major challenges in electrocatalysts focus on fuel cells. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ElectrocatalystA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalystInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Electrocatalysis of fuel cell reactionsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cellsCited 5,823 times
- Go sideways: Nanomaterial-based catalystA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Heterogeneous water oxidationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any material, normally employed on the surface or an electrode, that catalyzes a half cell reaction.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cells
Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells
A metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions
Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
An Advanced Ni–Fe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation
A metal–organic framework-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst
Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst
Sulfur and Nitrogen Dual‐Doped Mesoporous Graphene Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction with Synergistically Enhanced Performance
🆕 Influential since 2022
Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst
Non-iridium-based electrocatalyst for durable acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis
Machine Learning for Electrocatalyst and Photocatalyst Design and Discovery
Formation and Stabilization of NiOOH by Introducing α‐FeOOH in LDH: Composite Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Urea Oxidation Reactions
Ultrastable supported oxygen evolution electrocatalyst formed by ripening-induced embedding
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Electrocatalysis of fuel cell reactionsDer-Tau Chin · 1983
- 📕Catalysts for ultrahigh current density oxygen cathodes for space fuel cell applicationsDonald Alexander Tryk · 1990
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🔗 Related topics
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