Advanced electrocatalysts with unusual active sites for electrochemical water splitting

H Sun, X Xu, H Kim, Z Shao, WC Jung - InfoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting represents a promising technology for green hydrogen
production. To design advanced electrocatalysts, it is crucial to identify their active sites and …

Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts

L Gloag, SV Somerville, JJ Gooding… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are advantageous because every active atom is exposed at
the surface, ensuring maximum utilization of catalytically active metals. To optimize the …

Hydroxyl-Bonded Ru on Metallic TiN Surface Catalyzing CO2 Reduction with H2O by Infrared Light

B Su, Y Kong, S Wang, S Zuo, W Lin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synchronized conversion of CO2 and H2O into hydrocarbons and oxygen via infrared-
ignited photocatalysis remains a challenge. Herein, the hydroxyl-coordinated single-site Ru …

Arming Ru with Oxygen‐Vacancy‐Enriched RuO2 Sub‐Nanometer Skin Activates Superior Bifunctionality for pH‐Universal Overall Water Splitting

Y Li, W Wang, M Cheng, Y Feng, X Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water electrolysis has been expected to assimilate the renewable yet intermediate energy‐
derived electricity for green H2 production. However, current benchmark anodic catalysts of …

Stabilizing low‐valence single atoms by constructing metalloid tungsten carbide supports for efficient hydrogen oxidation and evolution

L Wang, Z Xu, CH Kuo, J Peng, F Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing novel single‐atom catalysts (SACs) supports to modulate the electronic structure
is crucial to optimize the catalytic activity, but rather challenging. Herein, a general strategy …

Ir nanoparticles anchored on metal‐organic frameworks for efficient overall water splitting under pH‐universal conditions

J Yang, Y Shen, Y Sun, J **an, Y Long… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of high‐activity and low‐cost electrocatalysts is critical for efficient
hydrogen production by water electrolysis. Herein, we developed an advanced …

Lattice Strain and Schottky Junction Dual Regulation Boosts Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanoparticles Anchored on a N-Modified Carbon Catalyst for H2 Production

Z Jiang, S Song, X Zheng, X Liang, Z Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium-based materials are considered great promising candidates to replace Pt-based
catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline conditions. Herein, we adopt a facile method to …

Cooperative Ni(Co)‐Ru‐P Sites Activate Dehydrogenation for Hydrazine Oxidation Assisting Self‐powered H2 Production

Y Hu, T Chao, Y Li, P Liu, T Zhao, G Yu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water electrolysis for H2 production is restricted by the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction
(OER). Using the thermodynamically more favorable hydrazine oxidation reaction (HzOR) to …

Why do Single‐Atom Alloys Catalysts Outperform both Single‐Atom Catalysts and Nanocatalysts on MXene?

S Guan, Z Yuan, Z Zhuang, H Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐atom alloys (SAAs), combining the advantages of single‐atom and
nanoparticles (NPs), play an extremely significant role in the field of heterogeneous …

Ru–Cu nanoheterostructures for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolyzers

Y Zuo, S Bellani, G Saleh, M Ferri… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combining multiple species working in tandem for different hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) steps is an effective strategy to design HER electrocatalysts. Here, we engineered a …