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NATURE CATALYSIS
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 473-484Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-022-00787-2
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- Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)) through the 'Rita Levi Montalcini 2018' Fellowship [PGR18MAZLI]
- Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) through grant 'Dipartimenti di Eccellenza-2017-Materials for energy' [2018-NAZ-0115]
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The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for energy conversion, corrosion, and chemical technologies. It plays a significant role in biological processes and is widely used in bioelectrochemical devices and systems. Researchers are currently studying the specifics of the ORR in close-to-neutral environments and analyzing catalyst limitations and technological challenges associated with oxygen depolarization.
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an electrochemical process of the utmost importance in energy conversion and storage, corrosion and chemical technologies. The ORR plays a major role in biological processes (such as respiratory biochemical chain reactions) and is being incorporated into numerous bioelectrochemical devices and systems, such as microbial and enzymatic fuel cells, microbiosynthesis processes, water desalination and purification technologies and biosensing. Researchers from various backgrounds have come together to address the specifics of the ORR in close-to-neutral environments in light of their possible integration with bioprocesses. Understanding the ORR mechanism in this pH region is complex, as it involves biotic (living systems or components derived thereof) and abiotic (often inorganic materials or composite) catalysts. This review offers a summary of catalyst-class-dependent ORR mechanisms and pathways with the corresponding limitations relevant to their practical use in bioelectrocatalytic systems. We also analyse the technological challenges often caused by the use of oxygen depolarization as the main driving force in practical applications.
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