Issue 20, 2022

Recent advances in fuel cell reaction electrocatalysis based on porous noble metal nanocatalysts

Abstract

As the center of fuel cells, electrocatalysts play a crucial role in determining the conversion efficiency from chemical energy to electrical energy. Therefore, the development of advanced electrocatalysts with both high activity and stability is significant but challenging. Active site, mass transport, and charge transfer are three central factors influencing the catalytic performance of electrocatalysts. Endowed with rich available surface active sites, facilitated electron transfer and mass diffusion channels, and highly active components, porous noble metal nanomaterials are widely considered as promising electrocatalysts toward fuel cell-related reactions. The past decade has witnessed great achievements in the design and fabrication of advanced porous noble metal nanocatalysts in the field of electrocatalytic fuel oxidation reaction (FOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, the recent research advances regarding porous noble metal nanocatalysts for fuel cell-related reactions are reviewed. In the discussions, the inherent structural features of porous noble metal nanostructures for electrocatalytic reactions, advanced synthetic strategies for the fabrication of porous noble metal nanostructures, and the structure–performance relationships are also provided.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in fuel cell reaction electrocatalysis based on porous noble metal nanocatalysts

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
18 3 2022
Accepted
07 4 2022
First published
08 4 2022

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 7763-7774

Recent advances in fuel cell reaction electrocatalysis based on porous noble metal nanocatalysts

W. Cheng, L. Sun, X. He and L. Tian, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 7763 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00841F

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