In this reaction, carbon is oxidised because it gains oxygen. At the same time, copper oxide is reduced because oxygen is removed from it.

A major drawback is the cost of production, dominated by the quantity of an expensive platinum catalyst required for the oxygen reduction reaction. Recent research indicates promising replacement ...

A new study has challenged conventional wisdom on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts by uncovering a novel reaction pathway in weak-binding metal–nitrogen–carbon (M–N–C) single-atom ...

One of the challenges in using platinum (Pt) as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells is that it ...

These multiheteroatom-doped nanoparticles exhibit remarkable efficiency in key electrochemical reactions. Our catalysts demonstrate high activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which is ...

"Most research has only focused on one part of the reaction, the oxygen reduction part, to either get water or hydrogen peroxide," says Dr. Yan Li, the first author of the paper. "Researchers have ...