[HTML][HTML] Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments

M Chatenet, BG Pollet, DR Dekel, F Dionigi… - Chemical society …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally
benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic …

Electrocatalysis in alkaline media and alkaline membrane-based energy technologies

Y Yang, CR Peltier, R Zeng, R Schimmenti, Q Li… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

C Wan, Z Zhang, J Dong, M Xu, H Pu, D Baumann… - Nature Materials, 2023‏ - nature.com
In analogy to natural enzymes, an elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically
tailored local chemical environment could substantially improve reaction kinetics, effectively …

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 …

The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

AH Shah, Z Zhang, Z Huang, S Wang, G Zhong… - Nature Catalysis, 2022‏ - nature.com
The platinum-catalysed hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) generally shows poorer kinetics
in alkaline electrolyte and represents a key challenge for alkaline water electrolysis. In the …

Emerging atomistic modeling methods for heterogeneous electrocatalysis

Z Levell, J Le, S Yu, R Wang, S Ethirajan… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis lies at the center of various technologies that could help
enable a sustainable future. However, its complexity makes it challenging to accurately and …

In Situ Probing the Structure Change and Interaction of Interfacial Water and Hydroxyl Intermediates on Ni(OH)2 Surface over Water Splitting

H Ze, ZL Yang, ML Li, XG Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
There is growing acknowledgment that the properties of the electrochemical interfaces play
an increasingly pivotal role in improving the performance of the hydrogen evolution reaction …

Electrocatalysis for CO 2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

G Wang, J Chen, Y Ding, P Cai, L Yi, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The continuously increasing CO2 released from human activities poses a great threat to
human survival by fluctuating global climate and disturbing carbon balance among the four …

Edge sites dominate the hydrogen evolution reaction on platinum nanocatalysts

Z Huang, T Cheng, AH Shah, G Zhong, C Wan… - Nature Catalysis, 2024‏ - nature.com
Platinum nanocatalysts facilitate the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) for renewable
chemical fuel generation. These nanostructures encompass diverse surface sites, including …

Hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysts for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells: activity descriptors, stability regulation, and perspectives

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, Y Feng… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The burgeoning field of anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) presents a
promising avenue to circumvent the reliance on scarce and costly Pt-based catalysts …