Recent progress made in the mechanism comprehension and design of electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting

C Hu, L Zhang, J Gong - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline water splitting is an attractive method for sustainable hydrogen production. Owing to
the sluggish kinetics of alkaline water reduction and oxidation, it is crucial to understand the …

Designing electrocatalysts for seawater splitting: surface/interface engineering toward enhanced electrocatalytic performance

B Xu, J Liang, X Sun, X **ong - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As an ideal large-scale energy conversion/storage technology, electrochemical hydrogen
production has great potential as a means of smoothing out the volatility of renewable …

Enhancing the d/p‐band center proximity with amorphous‐crystalline interface coupling for boosted pH‐robust water electrolysis

Y Liu, T Sakthivel, F Hu, Y Tian, D Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rationalizing non‐precious pH‐robust electrocatalysts is a crucial priority and required for
multi‐scenario hydrogen production customization. Herein, an amorphous–crystalline …

Reversing Free‐Electron Transfer of MoS2+x Cocatalyst for Optimizing Antibonding‐Orbital Occupancy Enables High Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

D Gao, P Deng, J Zhang, L Zhang, X Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between a co‐catalyst and photocatalyst usually induces spontaneous free‐
electron transfer between them, but the effect and regulation of the transfer direction on the …

Self-supported bimetallic phosphides with artificial heterointerfaces for enhanced electrochemical water splitting

S Yang, JY Zhu, XN Chen, MJ Huang, SH Cai… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rational design and exploitation of efficient and inexpensive catalysts for water electrolysis
are highly desired, yet very challenging. Herein, for the first time, we report a nanostructured …

Design strategies for development of TMD-based heterostructures in electrochemical energy systems

P Prabhu, V Jose, JM Lee - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising materials for use in electrocatalytic
and electrochemical energy-storage systems owing to their exceptional physicochemical …

Freestanding film made by necklace-like N-doped hollow carbon with hierarchical pores for high-performance potassium-ion storage

W Yang, J Zhou, S Wang, W Zhang, Z Wang… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have drawn much attention as a replacement for lithium-ion
batteries (LIBs) owing to their low cost and high safety. However, it is still an open challenge …

Electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activities of metal chalcogenides and phosphides: Fundamentals, origins, and future strategies

X Hu, R Wang, W Feng, C Xu, Z Wei - Journal of energy chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of inexpensive and efficient electrocatalysts is key to commercializing
energy-related electrocatalytic techniques such as water electrolyzers and metal-air …

Atomic-scale engineering of chemical-vapor-deposition-grown 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for electrocatalysis

Q Wang, Y Lei, Y Wang, Y Liu, C Song… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is recognized as a powerful tool to synthesize atomically
thin two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with the merits of high quality and uniform …

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: From mechanism to manipulation

Y Xu, R Ge, J Yang, J Li, S Li, Y Li, J Zhang… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2)-based materials as the non-noble metal catalysts
have displayed the potential capability to drive electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction …