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Luo Z, Wang J, Zhou W, Li J. Catalyst-Support Interactions Promoted Acidic Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Catalysis: A Mini Review. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28052262. [PMID: 36903508 PMCID: PMC10005733 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28052262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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In the context of the growing human demand for green secondary energy sources, proton-exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is necessary to meet the high-efficiency production of high-purity hydrogen required for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The development of stable, efficient, and low-cost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is key to promoting the large-scale application of hydrogen production by PEMWE. At present, precious metals remain irreplaceable in acidic OER catalysis, and loading the support body with precious metal components is undoubtedly an effective strategy to reduce costs. In this review, we will discuss the unique role of common catalyst-support interactions such as Metal-Support Interactions (MSIs), Strong Metal-Support Interactions (SMSIs), Strong Oxide-Support Interactions (SOSIs), and Electron-Metal-Support Interactions (EMSIs) in modulating catalyst structure and performance, thereby promoting the development of high-performance, high-stability, low-cost noble metal-based acidic OER catalysts.
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- Zijie Luo
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Correspondence: (W.Z.); (J.L.)
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Correspondence: (W.Z.); (J.L.)
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Jiao P, Ye D, Zhu C, Wu S, Qin C, An C, Hu N, Deng Q. Non-precious transition metal single-atom catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: progress and prospects. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:14322-14340. [PMID: 36106572 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03687h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The massive exploitation and use of fossil resources have created many negative issues, such as energy shortage and environmental pollution. It prompts us to turn our attention to the development of new energy technologies. This review summarizes the recent research progress of non-precious transition metal single-atom catalysts (NPT-SACs) for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in Zn-air batteries and fuel cells. Some commonly used preparation methods and their advantages/disadvantages have been summarized. The factors affecting the ORR performances of NPT-SACs have been focused upon, such as the substrate type, coordination environment and nanocluster effects. The loading mass of a metal atom has a direct effect on the ORR performances. Some general strategies for stabilizing metal atoms are included. This review points out some existing challenges of NPT-SACs, and also provides ideas for designing and synthesizing NPT-SACs with excellent ORR performances. The large-scale preparation and commercialization of NPT-SACs with excellent ORR properties are prospected.
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- Penggang Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology, and School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Wuhan Marine Electric Propulsion Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Hunan Aerospace Kaitian Water Services Co., Ltd., Changsha 410100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology, and School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology, and School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology, and School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology, and School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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Se-Doped Ni5P4 Nanocatalysts for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12091055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Increasing energy consumption and environmental pollution problems have forced people to turn their attention to the development and utilization of hydrogen energy, which requires that hydrogen energy can be efficiently prepared. However, the sluggish kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) requires higher overpotential. It is urgent to design and fabricate catalysts to drive the procedure and decrease the overpotential of HER. It is well known that platinum catalysts are the best for HER, but their high cost limits their wide application. Transition metals such as Fe, Co, Mo and Ni are abundant, and transition metal phosphides are considered as promising HER catalysts. Nevertheless, catalysts in powder form are very easily soluble in the electrolyte, which leads to inferior cycling stability. In this work, Ni5P4 anchored on Ni foam was doped with Se powder. After SEM characterization, the Ni5P4-Se was anchored on Ni foam, which circumvents the use of the conductive additives and binder. The Ni5P4-Se formed a porous nanosheet structure with enhanced electron transfer capability. The prepared Ni5P4-Se exhibited high electrochemical performances. At 10 mA cm−2, the overpotential was only 128 mV and the Tafel slope is 163.14 mV dec−1. Additionally, the overpotential was stabilized at 128 mV for 30 h, suggesting its excellent cycling stability. The results show that Se doping can make the two phases achieve a good synergistic effect, which makes the Ni5P4-Se catalyst display excellent HER catalytic activity and stability.
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Wang J, Wei J, An C, Tang H, Deng Q, Li J. Electrocatalyst Design for Conversion of Energy Molecules: Electronic State Modulation and Mass Transport Regulation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:10907-10924. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03630d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electrocatalytic conversions of energy molecules are involved in many energy conversion processes. Improving the activity of electrocatalyst is critical for increasing the efficiency of these energy conversion processes. However, the...
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Li K, Xu J, Chen C, Xie Z, Liu D, Qu D, Tang H, Wei Q, Deng Q, Li J, Hu N. Activating the hydrogen evolution activity of Pt electrode via synergistic interaction with NiS 2. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 582:591-597. [PMID: 32911407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a green approach to produce high-quality hydrogen fuel. Developing efficient electrocatalyst is the key to realize cost-effective HER. Pt is the state-of-the-art HER catalyst so far. However, the use of Pt for HER is limited by its high cost. Thus, it is essential to lower down the usage of Pt in the electrocatalyst by improving the intrinsic activity of Pt. In this work, we propose to achieve this goal by introducing synergistic interaction between Pt and substrate material (NiS2). The favorable synergy interaction can modify the d band structure of Pt (111) facet and modulate the hydrogen adsorption on Pt (111), which enhances the intrinsic electrocatalytic activity of Pt. The effectiveness of this strategy is demonstrated with both experimental and theoretical investigations.
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- Ke Li
- Intelligent Transport Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China; Reliability Engineering Institute, National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, MOST, Wuhan 430063, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- Hubei provincial key laboratory of fuel cell, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment; School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment; School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Hubei provincial key laboratory of fuel cell, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment; School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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From nano to macro: Hierarchical platinum superstructures synthesized using bicontinuous microemulsion for hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most important reactions in electrochemistry. This is not only because it is the simplest way to produce high purity hydrogen and the fact that it is the side reaction in many other technologies. HER actually shaped current electrochemistry because it was in focus of active research for so many years (and it still is). The number of catalysts investigated for HER is immense, and it is not possible to overview them all. In fact, it seems that the complexity of the field overcomes the complexity of HER. The aim of this review is to point out some of the latest developments in HER catalysis, current directions and some of the missing links between a single crystal, nanosized supported catalysts and recently emerging, single-atom catalysts for HER.
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A single-step fabrication of CoTe2 nanofilm electrode toward efficient overall water splitting. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.03.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yuan S, Xu S, Liu Z, Huang G, Zhang C, Ai J, Li X, Li N. Ultra‐Small Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles in situ Entrapped in Mesoporous Carbon Spheres as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Shisheng Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University) Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and EngineeringJilin University 5988 Renmin Street Changchun 130022 P. R. China
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Wang YZ, Ko TH, Huang WY, Hsieh TH, Ho KS, Chen YY, Hsieh SJ. Preparation of Pt-Catalyst by Poly( p-phenylenediamine) Nanocomposites Assisted by Microwave Radiation for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E1388. [PMID: 30961313 PMCID: PMC6401705 DOI: 10.3390/polym10121388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Pt elements are prepared via the redox reaction with microwave (MW) irradiation in the presence of poly(p-phenylenediamine) (PpPD) which is polymerized on XC72 carbon matrix (PpPD/XC72), behaving as reducing agent. The free primary amines of PpPD are actually converted (oxidized) to secondary ones (5,10-dihydrophenazine) after MW irradiation. Transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) micrographs reveal the prepared Pt nanoparticles are well-dispersed on the carbon matrix like commercial Pt-implanted carbon nanocomposite (Pt/C). From the residue weights of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) thermograms of Pt-loaded PpPD/XC72 (PpPD/XC72-Pt-MW), more Pt (18.49 wt %) nanoparticles are implanted on PpPD/XC72 composite. The Pt-implanted wt % on PpPD/XC72 matrix is just slightly lower than that of commercial Pt/C (22.30 wt %). The Pt-catalyst supports of PpPD/XC72-Pt-MW illustrate typical cyclic voltammograms (C-V) of Pt-catalyst, including significant Pt⁻H oxidation and Pt⁻O reduction peaks. The electrochemical active surface area of PpPD/XC72-Pt-MW is found to be as high as 60.1 m² g-1. Max. number of electron transfer during oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) approaches 3.83 for PpPD/XC72-Pt-MW, higher than that of commercial Pt/C (3.62). Single cell based on PpPD/XC72-Pt-MW demonstrates much higher specific max. power density to be 34.6 mW cm-2 Pt, higher than that single cell prepared with commercial Pt/C electrode (30.6 mW cm-2 Pt).
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- Yen-Zen Wang
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yun-Lin University of Science and Technology,123, Univ. Rd., Sec. 3, Douliou, Yun-Lin 64002, Taiwan.
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- Department of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science & Technology, 415, Chien-Kuo Road, Kaohsiung 80782, Taiwan; (Y.-Y.C.); (S.-J.H.).
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science & Technology, 415, Chien-Kuo Road, Kaohsiung 80782, Taiwan; (Y.-Y.C.); (S.-J.H.).
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science & Technology, 415, Chien-Kuo Road, Kaohsiung 80782, Taiwan; (Y.-Y.C.); (S.-J.H.).
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