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SUMMARY Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have evolved over the years as a potential candidate for application as a power source in portable electronic devices and in transportation sectors. They have certain associated advantages, including high energy and power densities, ease of fuel storage and handling, ability to be fabricated with small size, minimum emission of pollutants, low cost, ready availability of fuel and solubility of fuel in aqueous electrolytes. However, in spite of several years of active research involved in the development of DMFC technology, their chemical‐to‐electrical energy conversion efficiencies are still lower compared with other alternative power sources traditionally used. This review paper will focus on the existing issues associated with DMFC technology and will also suggest on the possible developmental necessities required for this technology to realize its practical potentials. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Aimed toward the pursuit of manufacturing ammonia in a carbon-neutral and decentralized manner, the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (NO 3 RR) not only promises an effective route for carbon-neutral ammonia synthesis but also offers potential advantages to wastewater remediation. Here, we describe the efficacy of bioinspired, atomically dispersed catalysts for the NO 3 RR in aqueous media via a catalytic cascade. Compared to nanoparticles with extended catalytic surfaces, atomically dispersed catalysts are largely underexplored in this field, despite their intrinsic selectivity toward mono-nitrogen species over their dinitrogen counterparts. Herein, we specifically report on a series of nitrogen-coordinated mono-and bimetallic, atomically dispersed, iron-and molybdenum-based electrocatalysts for ammonia synthesis via the NO 3 RR. The key role of the *NO 2 /NO 2 − intermediates was identified both computationally and experimentally, wherein the Fe−N 4 sites and Mo−N 4 /*O− Mo−N 4 sites carried distinct associative and dissociative adsorption of NO 3 − molecules, respectively. By integrating individual Fe and Mo sites on a single bimetallic catalyst, the unique reaction pathways were synergized, achieving a Faradaic efficiency of 94% toward ammonia. Furthermore, the robustness of the bimetallic FeMo−N−C catalyst was highlighted by five consecutive 12 h electrolysis cycles with the Faradaic efficiency being maintained above 90% over the entire 60 h. The utilization of catalytic cascades, synergizing distinct reaction pathways on heterogeneous single-atom sites, is largely unconstrained by linear scaling relations of reaction intermediates and sheds light on designing electrocatalysts for highly selective, efficient, and durable ammonia synthesis.

Deposition of nickel nanocatalysts on a sulfonated polyaniline matrix for the fabrication of an efficient catalyst system towards methanol oxidation.

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