Progress of fundamental mechanism of formic acid decomposition and electrooxidation

作     者：Xin Liu Timo Jacob Wang Gao Xin Liu;Timo Jacob;Wang Gao

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Automobile MaterialsMinistry of EducationDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering Jilin UniversityChangchun 130022JilinChina Institute of ElectrochemistryUlm UniversityD-89081 UlmGermany 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第31卷第7期

页      面：292-309,I0008页

核心收录：

学科分类：0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 081704[工学-应用化学] 0808[工学-电气工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21673095,51631004,11974128,51702345 and 22173034) the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure(SKL201910SIC) the Program of Innovative Research Team(in Science and Technology)in University of Jilin Province,the Program for JLU(Jilin University)Science and Technology Innovative Research Team(No.2017TD-09) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 

主　　题：Electrochemical catalysis Density functional theory Formic acid Spectroelectrochemistry Fuel cell 

摘      要：Formic acid(HCOOH) is considered as a promising viable fuel-cell ingredient for low temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cells as a consequence of their high safety and energy density. As one prototype reaction, the study of HCOOH decomposition and electrooxidation is also helpful to understand the reaction mechanism of other small molecular organics. Herein, we present a comprehensive overview of HCOOH decomposition and electrooxidation in different environment conditions and analyze the reaction mechanism from both experimental and theoretical point of view. Furthermore, we discuss the known strategies for improving the performance of HCOOH decomposition and electrooxidation catalysts. Finally, this review presents a prospect for the future study of HCOOH decomposition and electrooxidation.