Strategies to improve the catalytic activity and stability of bioinspired Cu molecular catalysts for the ORR

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for energy conversion devices such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. The use of expensive and scarce noble metal materials to catalyze the ORR is a limitation for the massification of these energy conversion technologies. Copper molecular catalys...

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Autores: Muñoz Becerra, Karina, Zagal, José H., Venegas, Ricardo, Recio Cortés, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/703192
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/703192
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101035
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Copper molecular catalysts
Oxygen reduction reaction
Catalytic activity
Stability
Reactivity indexes
Física
Química
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Sumario:The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for energy conversion devices such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. The use of expensive and scarce noble metal materials to catalyze the ORR is a limitation for the massification of these energy conversion technologies. Copper molecular catalysts that mimic the active sites of metalloenzymes such as laccase are under continuous development. In this minireview, we present the strategies to increase the activity and stability of the copper catalysts for the ORR. The flexibility, lability, and electronic character of the ligands are crucial to promote the ORR. In addition, the use of polymers as backbone for multicopper catalysts and the synthesis of copper carbon-based pyrolyzed catalysts present remarkable results with promissory applications