Bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall and hybrid water splitting

L Quan, H Jiang, G Mei, Y Sun, B You - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable electricity has been recognized as a
promising approach for green hydrogen production. Different from conventional strategies in …

High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, ZY Yuan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) comprising five or more elements in near-equiatomic
proportions have attracted ever increasing attention for their distinctive properties, such as …

Revealing the role of interfacial water and key intermediates at ruthenium surfaces in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

X Chen, XT Wang, JB Le, SM Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ruthenium exhibits comparable or even better alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity
than platinum, however, the mechanistic aspects are yet to be settled, which are elucidated …

Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt

P Li, Y Jiang, Y Hu, Y Men, Y Liu, W Cai, S Chen - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of the large kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis, that is, the
approximately two orders of magnitude decrease in reaction kinetics when moving from acid …

Nanoscale metal particle modified single‐atom catalyst: synthesis, characterization, and application

R Chen, S Chen, L Wang, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted considerable attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their well‐defined active sites, maximum atomic utilization efficiency …

Review of carbon support coordination environments for single metal atom electrocatalysts (SACS)

W Song, C **ao, J Ding, Z Huang, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This topical review focuses on the distinct role of carbon support coordination environment
of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) for electrocatalysis. The article begins with an overview of …

Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitric oxide using a copper–tin alloy catalyst

J Shao, H **g, P Wei, X Fu, L Pang, Y Song, K Ye… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Alternative routes to the Haber–Bosch process are being sought to electrify ammonia
synthesis. Nitric oxide can be electrocatalytically converted into ammonia, but the Faradaic …

Optimizing Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts for improved hydrogen evolution performance in alkaline electrolytes: a comprehensive review

G Gao, G Zhu, X Chen, Z Sun, A Cabot - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The splitting of water through electrocatalysis offers a sustainable method for the production
of hydrogen. In alkaline electrolytes, the lack of protons forces water dissociation to occur …

Strategies of regulating Zn 2+ solvation structures for dendrite-free and side reaction-suppressed zinc-ion batteries

J Cao, D Zhang, X Zhang, Z Zeng, J Qin… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-safety and low-cost aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are an exceptionally compelling
technology for grid-scale energy storage, whereas the corrosion, hydrogen evolution …

Recent advances in high-efficiency electrocatalytic water splitting systems

XW Lv, WW Tian, ZY Yuan - Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2023 - Springer
Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable energy input to produce clean hydrogen
(H2) has been widely considered a prospective approach for a future hydrogen-based …