Rational design of better hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts for water splitting: a review

F Liu, C Shi, X Guo, Z He, L Pan, ZF Huang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The excessive dependence on fossil fuels contributes to the majority of CO2 emissions,
influencing on the climate change. One promising alternative to fossil fuels is green …

Recent advances in ultralow‐Pt‐loading electrocatalysts for the efficient hydrogen evolution

F Guo, TJ Macdonald, AJ Sobrido, L Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen production from water electrolysis provides a green and sustainable route.
Platinum (Pt)‐based materials have been regarded as efficient electrocatalysts for the …

Marriage of Ultralow Platinum and Single-Atom MnN4 Moiety for Augmented ORR and HER Catalysis

L Gong, J Zhu, F **a, Y Zhang, W Shi, L Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hitherto, Pt-based catalysts still are state of the art for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), but high dosage, low atom-utilization efficiency, and …

Recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries as a sustainable solution to obtain raw materials for different applications

VM Leal, JS Ribeiro, ELD Coelho, M Freitas - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) containing graphite as anode material and LiCoO 2, LiMn 2 O 4,
and LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 as cathode materials are the most used worldwide because of their …

Defect engineering in carbon‐based electrocatalysts: insight into intrinsic carbon defects

J Zhu, S Mu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Functionalized carbon nanomaterials, as significant options for renewable energy systems,
are widely utilized in diversified electrochemical reactions in virtue of property advantages …

Regulative electronic states around ruthenium/ruthenium disulphide heterointerfaces for efficient water splitting in acidic media

J Zhu, Y Guo, F Liu, H Xu, L Gong, W Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical calculations unveil the charge redistribution over abundant interfaces and the
enhanced electronic states of Ru/RuS2 heterostructure. The resulting surface electron …

Ru-doped 3D flower-like bimetallic phosphide with a climbing effect on overall water splitting

D Chen, R Lu, Z Pu, J Zhu, HW Li, F Liu, S Hu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The resplendent prospect of water splitting hydrogen production technology makes the
development of efficient and stable hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions (HER/OER) …

Density functional theory for electrocatalysis

X Liao, R Lu, L **a, Q Liu, H Wang… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is a considerably promising strategy to produce fuels and high‐value chemicals through
an electrochemical conversion process in the green and sustainable energy systems …

Interfacial component coupling effects towards precise heterostructure design for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

J Liu, X Yang, F Si, B Zhao, X **, L Wang, J Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic water splitting is an appealing method for generating renewable hydrogen.
In acidic media, noble metals are commonly used as electrocatalysts, whereas in alkaline …

Porous N, B co-doped carbon nanotubes as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for ORR and Zn-air batteries

P Wei, X Li, Z He, X Sun, Q Liang, Z Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The flexible design and construction of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts with high
activity, great stability, and superior cost efficiency are essential for metal-air batteries and …