Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

J Wang, Y Gao, H Kong, J Kim, S Choi… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in the development of non-precious catalysts
(NPCs) for alkaline water electrolysis (AWE), especially with the strides made in …

Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis

C Hu, R Paul, Q Dai, L Dai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the discovery of N-doped carbon nanotubes as the first carbon-based metal-free
electrocatalyst (C-MFEC) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 2009, C-MFECs have …

Electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolytes: mechanisms, challenges, and prospective solutions

N Mahmood, Y Yao, JW Zhang, L Pan… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline medium is currently a point of focus for
sustainable development of hydrogen as an alternative clean fuel for various energy …

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications

J Wang, H Kong, J Zhang, Y Hao, Z Shao… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon-based materials have multiple advantages including abundant sources, tunable
molecular structures, high electronic conductivity, and environmental compatibility. Rapidly …

High‐Performance Trifunctional Electrocatalysts Based on FeCo/Co2P Hybrid Nanoparticles for Zinc–Air Battery and Self‐Powered Overall Water Splitting

Q Shi, Q Liu, Y Ma, Z Fang, Z Liang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, it is still a significant challenge to simultaneously boost various reactions by one
electrocatalyst with high activity, excellent durability, as well as low cost. Herein, hybrid …

Electronic structure engineering to boost oxygen reduction activity by controlling the coordination of the central metal

Y Han, Y Wang, R Xu, W Chen, L Zheng… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Adjusting the electronic structure of the active center is a highly effective strategy for
improving the performance of catalysts. Herein, we report an atomically dispersed catalyst …

Engineered 2D transition metal dichalcogenides—a vision of viable hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis

L Lin, P Sherrell, Y Liu, W Lei, S Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an emerging key technology to provide clean,
renewable energy. Current state‐of‐the‐art catalysts still rely on expensive and rare noble …

RuNi nanoparticles embedded in N‐doped carbon nanofibers as a robust bifunctional catalyst for efficient overall water splitting

M Li, H Wang, W Zhu, W Li, C Wang, X Lu - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** high‐performance, low‐cost, and robust bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall
water splitting is extremely indispensable and challenging. It is a promising strategy to …

Recent advances in carbon‐based metal‐free electrocatalysts

R Paul, L Zhu, H Chen, J Qu, L Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Precious noble metals (such as Pt, Ir) and nonprecious transition metals (eg, Fe, Co),
including their compounds (eg, oxides, nitrides), have been widely investigated as efficient …

Metal–organic framework-induced construction of actiniae-like carbon nanotube assembly as advanced multifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting and …

S Wang, J Qin, T Meng, M Cao - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Nowadays, rational design and simple synthesis of multifunctional non-noble
electrocatalysts with high activity and low cost remain a great challenge. In present work, a …