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Cui WG, Gao F, Na G, Wang X, Li Z, Yang Y, Niu Z, Qu Y, Wang D, Pan H. Insights into the pH effect on hydrogen electrocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:10253-10311. [PMID: 39239864 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00370e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
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Hydrogen electrocatalytic reactions, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), play a crucial role in a wide range of energy conversion and storage technologies. However, the HER and HOR display anomalous non-Nernstian pH dependent kinetics, showing two to three orders of magnitude sluggish kinetics in alkaline media compared to that in acidic media. Fundamental understanding of the origins of the intrinsic pH effect has attracted substantial interest from the electrocatalysis community. More critically, a fundamental molecular level understanding of this effect is still debatable, but is essential for developing active, stable, and affordable fuel cells and water electrolysis technologies. Against this backdrop, in this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the intrinsic pH effect on hydrogen electrocatalysis, covering the experimental observations, underlying principles, and strategies for catalyst design. We discuss the strengths and shortcomings of various activity descriptors, including hydrogen binding energy (HBE) theory, bifunctional theory, potential of zero free charge (pzfc) theory, 2B theory and other theories, across different electrolytes and catalyst surfaces, and outline their interrelations where possible. Additionally, we highlight the design principles and research progress in improving the alkaline HER/HOR kinetics by catalyst design and electrolyte optimization employing the aforementioned theories. Finally, the remaining controversies about the pH effects on HER/HOR kinetics as well as the challenges and possible research directions in this field are also put forward. This review aims to provide researchers with a comprehensive understanding of the intrinsic pH effect and inspire the development of more cost-effective and durable alkaline water electrolyzers (AWEs) and anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AMFCs) for a sustainable energy future.
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- Wen-Gang Cui
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
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Ling W, Liu J, Yang B. Modelling the activity trend of the hydrogen oxidation reaction under constant potential conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:9829-9832. [PMID: 39171409 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01825g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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A microkinetic model is constructed for the electrocatalytic alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction based on grand canonical density functional theory calculations and linear relationships with the adsorption energies of hydrogen and hydroxide as descriptors. Using this model, the activity trend suitable for efficient catalyst screening has been identified.
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- Wenhui Ling
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai 201210, China.
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Liu H, Zhang D, Wang Y, Li H. Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (RHE) Scale Dependent Surface Pourbaix Diagram at Different pH. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:7632-7638. [PMID: 38552647 PMCID: PMC11008240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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In the analysis of electrocatalysis mechanisms and the design of catalysts, the effect of electrochemistry-induced surface coverage is a critical consideration that should not be overlooked. The surface Pourbaix diagram emerges as a fundamental tool in this context, providing essential insights into the surface coverage of adsorbates generated via electrochemical potential-driven water activation. A classic surface Pourbaix diagram considers the pH effects by correcting the free energy of H+ ions by the concentration-dependent term: -kBT ln(10) × pH, which is independent of the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) scale. However, this is sometimes inconsistent with the experimentally observed potential-dependent surface coverage at an RHE scale, especially under high-pH conditions. Here, we derived the pH-dependent surface Pourbaix diagram at an RHE scale by considering the energetics computed by density functional theory with the Bayesian Error Estimation Functional with van der Waals corrections (BEEF-vdW), the electric field effects, the derived adsorption-induced dipole moment and polarizability, and the potential of zero-charge. Using Pt(111) as the typical example, we found that the surface coverage predicted by the proposed RHE-dependent surface Pourbaix diagram can significantly minimize the discrepancy between theory and experimental observations, especially under neutral-alkaline, moderate-potential conditions. This work provides a new methodology and establishes guidelines for the precise analysis of the surface coverage prior to the evaluation of the activity of an electrocatalyst.
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- Heng Liu
- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Mu XQ, Liu SL, Zhang MY, Zhuang ZC, Chen D, Liao YR, Zhao HY, Mu SC, Wang DS, Dai ZH. Symmetry-Broken Ru Nanoparticles with Parasitic Ru-Co Dual-Single Atoms Overcome the Volmer Step of Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319618. [PMID: 38286759 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Efficient dual-single-atom catalysts are crucial for enhancing atomic efficiency and promoting the commercialization of fuel cells, but addressing the sluggish kinetics of hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) in alkaline media and the facile dual-single-atom site generation remains formidable challenges. Here, we break the local symmetry of ultra-small ruthenium (Ru) nanoparticles by embedding cobalt (Co) single atoms, which results in the release of Ru single atoms from Ru nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (Co1 Ru1,n /rGO). In situ operando spectroscopy and theoretical calculations reveal that the oxygen-affine Co atom disrupts the symmetry of ultra-small Ru nanoparticles, resulting in parasitic Ru and Co dual-single-atom within Ru nanoparticles. The interaction between Ru single atoms and nanoparticles forms effective active centers. The parasitism of Co atoms modulates the adsorption of OH intermediates on Ru active sites, accelerating HOR kinetics through faster formation of *H2 O. As anticipated, Co1 Ru1,n /rGO exhibits ultrahigh mass activity (7.68 A mgRu -1 ) at 50 mV and exchange current density (0.68 mA cm-2 ), which are 6 and 7 times higher than those of Ru/rGO, respectively. Notably, it also displays exceptional durability surpassing that of commercial Pt catalysts. This investigation provides valuable insights into hybrid multi-single-atom and metal nanoparticle catalysis.
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- Xueqin Q Mu
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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Liu S, Wang Y, Jiang T, Jin S, Sajid M, Zhang Z, Xu J, Fan Y, Wang X, Chen J, Liu Z, Zheng X, Zhang K, Nian Q, Zhu Z, Peng Q, Ahmad T, Li K, Chen W. Non-Noble Metal High-Entropy Alloy-Based Catalytic Electrode for Long-Life Hydrogen Gas Batteries. ACS NANO 2024; 18:4229-4240. [PMID: 38277276 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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The development of efficient, stable, and low-cost bifunctional catalysts for the hydrogen evolution/oxidation reaction (HER/HOR) is critical to promote the application of hydrogen gas batteries in large scale energy storage systems. Here we demonstrate a non-noble metal high-entropy alloy grown on Cu foam (NNM-HEA@CF) as a self-supported catalytic electrode for nickel-hydrogen gas (Ni-H2) batteries. Experimental and theoretical calculation results reveal that the NNM-HEA catalyst greatly facilitates the HER/HOR catalytic process through the optimized electronic structures of the active sites. The assembled Ni-H2 battery with NNM-HEA@CF as the anode shows excellent rate capability and exceptional cycling performance of over 1800 h without capacity decay at an areal capacity of 15 mAh cm-2. Furthermore, a scaled-up Ni-H2 battery fabricated with an extended capacity of 0.45 Ah exhibits a high cell-level energy density of ∼109.3 Wh kg-1. Moreover, its estimated cost reaches as low as ∼107.8 $ kWh-1 based on all key components of electrodes, separator and electrolyte, which is reduced by more than 6 times compared to that of the commercial Pt/C-based Ni-H2 battery. This work provides an approach to develop high-efficiency non-noble metal-based bifunctional catalysts for hydrogen batteries in large-scale energy storage applications.
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- Shuang Liu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Liu H, Sun F, Yang L, Chen M, Wang H. Gaining insight into the impact of electronic property and interface electrostatic field on ORR kinetics in alloy engineering via theoretical prognostication and experimental validation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:890-900. [PMID: 37634362 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Alloy engineering has been utilized as a potent strategy to modulate the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. However, the regulatory mechanism underpinning the ORR kinetics by means of alloy engineering is still shrouded in ambiguity. This work places emphasis on the kinetics of the ORR concerning Pt3M (M = Cr, Co, Cu, Pd, Sn, and Ir) catalysts, and integrates theoretical prognostication and experimental validation to illuminate the fundamental principles of alloy engineering. The ORR kinetic activity, as prognosticated by theory, shows significant agreement with experimental results, provided that the rate-determining step (RDS) accounts for a dominant role in the potential-independent kinetic mechanism. In essence, alloy engineering manipulates electronic properties through electron transfer to modulate intermediate adsorption and adjusts the interface electric field (Efield) to regulate hydrogen atom transport, ultimately influencing kinetics. The Efield holds greater significance in ORR kinetics compared to the intermediate adsorption (EadsO), the corresponding degrees of correlation with free energy barriers (Ea) of RDS are -0.89, and 0.75, respectively. This work highlights the nature of alloy engineering for ORR kinetics modulation and assists in the design of efficient catalysts.
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- Haijun Liu
- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Razdan NK, Lin TC, Bhan A. Concepts Relevant for the Kinetic Analysis of Reversible Reaction Systems. Chem Rev 2023; 123:2950-3006. [PMID: 36802557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The net rate of a reversible chemical reaction is the difference between unidirectional rates of traversal along forward and reverse reaction paths. In a multistep reaction sequence, the forward and reverse trajectories, in general, are not the microscopic reverse of one another; rather, each unidirectional route is comprised of distinct rate-controlling steps, intermediates, and transition states. Consequently, traditional descriptors of rate (e.g., reaction orders) do not reflect intrinsic kinetic information but instead conflate unidirectional contributions determined by (i) the microscopic occurrence of forward/reverse reactions (i.e., unidirectional kinetics) and (ii) the reversibility of reaction (i.e., nonequilibrium thermodynamics). This review aims to provide a comprehensive resource of analytical and conceptual tools which deconvolute the contributions of reaction kinetics and thermodynamics to disambiguate unidirectional reaction trajectories and precisely identify rate- and reversibility-controlling molecular species and steps in reversible reaction systems. The extrication of mechanistic and kinetic information from bidirectional reactions is accomplished through equation-based formalisms (e.g., De Donder relations) grounded in principles of thermodynamics and interpreted in the context of theories of chemical kinetics developed in the past 25 years. The aggregate of mathematical formalisms detailed herein is general to thermochemical and electrochemical reactions and encapsulates a diverse body of scientific literature encompassing chemical physics, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, catalysis, and kinetic modeling.
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- Neil K Razdan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction on Ni-based electrocatalysts: From mechanistic study to material development. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Stabilization of unprecedented crystal phases of metal nanomaterials. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zhou J, Liu Y, Yang DR, Liu L, Xia XH, Liu C. Predicting the Stability and Loading for Electrochemical Preparation of Single-Atom Catalysts. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Jingwen Zhou
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
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Sahoo DP, Das KK, Mansingh S, Sultana S, Parida K. Recent progress in first row transition metal Layered double hydroxide (LDH) based electrocatalysts towards water splitting: A review with insights on synthesis. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Qin X, Zhu S, Wang Y, Pan D, Shao M. Full atomistic mechanism study of hydrogen evolution reaction on Pt surfaces at universal pHs: Ab initio simulations at electrochemical interfaces. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Huang C, Zhou J, Duan D, Zhou Q, Wang J, Peng B, Yu L, Yu Y. Roles of heteroatoms in electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting: A review focusing on the reaction mechanism. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)64052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zhu YN, Li XB, Zhang Q, Peng F. Which Is Better for Hydrogen Evolution on Metal@MoS 2 Heterostructures from a Theoretical Perspective: Single Atom or Monolayer? ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:25592-25600. [PMID: 35623062 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Single atom (SA)- and monolayer (ML)-supported catalysts are two main technical routines to increase electrochemical catalytic performance and reduce cost. To date, it is still a debate which one is better for catalysis in experiments as both routines face a puzzling problem of searching for balance between stability and catalytic activity. Here, hydrogen evolution on two-dimensional 2H-MoS2 with SA- and ML-adsorbed metal atoms (23 kinds in total) is taken as an example to solve this question by first-principles calculations. The thermodynamic stability during synthesis, in vacuum, and in electrochemical reaction conditions is determined to access the stability of MoS2 loaded with single (MS@MoS2) and monolayer metal atoms (MM@MoS2). The realistic catalytic surfaces determined by surface Pourbaix diagrams, the free energy changes of hydrogen atoms at different coverages, and the exchange current densities are applied to determine hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. The results show that all MM@MoS2 are much more stable than the corresponding MS@MoS2 as the metal-metal interaction in MLs could make the former structures more stable. In general, MM@MoS2 show higher hydrogen evolution activities than those of MS@MoS2. In detail, the exchange current densities of MoS2 loaded by Pd ML and Au ML are 6.208, and 1.109 mA/cm-2, respectively, which are comparable to Pt(111). Combining with small binding energies, the Pd and Au MLs are the most promising catalysts for hydrogen evolution. The purpose of this work is to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of SA- and ML-supported surfaces as HER catalysts and provide a fundamental standard for studying them.
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- Ya-Nan Zhu
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Janus bimetallic materials as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 625:128-135. [PMID: 35716608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.029] [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: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The development of hydrogen energy is limited by the high cost of platinum group metals (PGM). There is an urgent need to design efficient PGM-free electrocatalysts in the hydrogen electrode. Herein, Janus Ni/W bimetallic materials are proposed as an effective PGM-free bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalyst. By constructing the bimetallic materials, a synergistic effect is realized to enhance the reaction kinetics and improve the catalytic performance. In general, Ni can provide excellent Had sites, and W serves as OHad sites. Therefore, the synergistic effect of Ni and W can improve the kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction and the hydroxide oxidation reaction. Ni/W@NF can obtain the hydrogen evolution reaction current density of 10 mA cm-2 with an overpotential of only 62.6 mV, and the exchange current density of hydroxide oxidation reaction can reach 1.83 mA cm-2. This work provides a new idea for the design of high-efficiency and low-cost PGM-free bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysts.
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Yao ZC, Tang T, Jiang Z, Wang L, Hu JS, Wan LJ. Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation in Alkaline Media: From Mechanistic Insights to Catalyst Design. ACS NANO 2022; 16:5153-5183. [PMID: 35420784 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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With the potential to circumvent the need for scarce and cost-prohibitive platinum-based catalysts in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) are emerging as alternative technologies with zero carbon emission. Numerous noble metal-free catalysts have been developed with excellent catalytic performance for cathodic oxygen reduction reaction in AEMFCs. However, the anodic catalysts for hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) still rely on noble metal materials. Since the kinetics of HOR in alkaline media is 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than that in acidic media, it is a major challenge to either improve the performance of noble metal catalysts or to develop high-performance noble metal-free catalysts. Additionally, the mechanisms of alkaline HOR are not yet clear and still under debate, further hampering the design of electrocatalysts. Against this backdrop, this review starts with the prevailing theories for alkaline HOR on the basis of diverse activity descriptors, i.e., hydrogen binding energy theory and bifunctional theory. The design principles and recent advances of HOR catalysts employing the aforementioned theories are then summarized. Next, the strategies and recent progress in improving the antioxidation capability of HOR catalysts, a thorny issue which has not received sufficient attention, are discussed. Moreover, the significance of correlating computational models with real catalyst structure and the electrode/electrolyte interface is further emphasized. Lastly, the remaining controversies about the alkaline HOR mechanisms as well as the challenges and possible research directions in this field are presented.
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- Ze-Cheng Yao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Xiao X, Yang L, Sun W, Chen Y, Yu H, Li K, Jia B, Zhang L, Ma T. Electrocatalytic Water Splitting: From Harsh and Mild Conditions to Natural Seawater. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2105830. [PMID: 34878210 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202105830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Electrocatalytic water splitting is regarded as the most effective pathway to generate green energy-hydrogen-which is considered as one of the most promising clean energy solutions to the world's energy crisis and climate change mitigation. Although electrocatalytic water splitting has been proposed for decades, large-scale industrial hydrogen production is hindered by high electricity cost, capital investment, and electrolysis media. Harsh conditions (strong acid/alkaline) are widely used in electrocatalytic mechanism studies, and excellent catalytic activities and efficiencies have been achieved. However, the practical application of electrocatalytic water splitting in harsh conditions encounters several obstacles, such as corrosion issues, catalyst stability, and membrane technical difficulties. Thus, the research on water splitting in mild conditions (neutral/near neutral), even in natural seawater, has aroused increasing attention. However, the mechanism in mild conditions or natural seawater is not clear. Herein, different conditions in electrocatalytic water splitting are reviewed and the effects and proposed mechanisms in the three conditions are summarized. Then, a comparison of the reaction process and the effects of the ions in different electrolytes are presented. Finally, the challenges and opportunities associated with direct electrocatalytic natural seawater splitting and the perspective are presented to promote the progress of hydrogen production by water splitting.
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- Xue Xiao
- Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- Institute of Clean Energy Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials, College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, 66 Chongshan Middle Road, Shenyang, 110036, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (MOE), Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710062, China
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- CSIRO Energy, 10 Murray Dwyer Circuit, Mayfield West, NSW, 2304, Australia
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- CSIRO Energy, 10 Murray Dwyer Circuit, Mayfield West, NSW, 2304, Australia
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- Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, 66 Chongshan Middle Road, Shenyang, 110036, China
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- Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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Yang Y, Peltier CR, Zeng R, Schimmenti R, Li Q, Huang X, Yan Z, Potsi G, Selhorst R, Lu X, Xu W, Tader M, Soudackov AV, Zhang H, Krumov M, Murray E, Xu P, Hitt J, Xu L, Ko HY, Ernst BG, Bundschu C, Luo A, Markovich D, Hu M, He C, Wang H, Fang J, DiStasio RA, Kourkoutis LF, Singer A, Noonan KJT, Xiao L, Zhuang L, Pivovar BS, Zelenay P, Herrero E, Feliu JM, Suntivich J, Giannelis EP, Hammes-Schiffer S, Arias T, Mavrikakis M, Mallouk TE, Brock JD, Muller DA, DiSalvo FJ, Coates GW, Abruña HD. Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies. Chem Rev 2022; 122:6117-6321. [PMID: 35133808 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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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. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the fundamentals of electrocatalysis in alkaline media and applications in alkaline-based energy technologies, particularly alkaline fuel cells and water electrolyzers. Anion exchange (alkaline) membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) enable the use of nonprecious electrocatalysts for the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), relative to proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which require Pt-based electrocatalysts. However, the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) kinetics is significantly slower in alkaline media than in acidic media. Understanding these phenomena requires applying theoretical and experimental methods to unravel molecular-level thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen and oxygen electrocatalysis and, particularly, the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process that takes place in a proton-deficient alkaline media. Extensive electrochemical and spectroscopic studies, on single-crystal Pt and metal oxides, have contributed to the development of activity descriptors, as well as the identification of the nature of active sites, and the rate-determining steps of the HOR and ORR. Among these, the structure and reactivity of interfacial water serve as key potential and pH-dependent kinetic factors that are helping elucidate the origins of the HOR and ORR activity differences in acids and bases. Additionally, deliberately modulating and controlling catalyst-support interactions have provided valuable insights for enhancing catalyst accessibility and durability during operation. The design and synthesis of highly conductive and durable alkaline membranes/ionomers have enabled AEMFCs to reach initial performance metrics equal to or higher than those of PEMFCs. We emphasize the importance of using membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to integrate the often separately pursued/optimized electrocatalyst/support and membranes/ionomer components. Operando/in situ methods, at multiscales, and ab initio simulations provide a mechanistic understanding of electron, ion, and mass transport at catalyst/ionomer/membrane interfaces and the necessary guidance to achieve fuel cell operation in air over thousands of hours. We hope that this Review will serve as a roadmap for advancing the scientific understanding of the fundamental factors governing electrochemical energy conversion in alkaline media with the ultimate goal of achieving ultralow Pt or precious-metal-free high-performance and durable alkaline fuel cells and related technologies.
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- Yao Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Center for Alkaline Based Energy Solutions (CABES), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Cheng YL, Hsieh CT, Ho YS, Shen MH, Chao TH, Cheng MJ. Examination of the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi relationship for the hydrogen evolution reaction on transition metals based on constant electrode potential density functional theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:2476-2481. [PMID: 35022624 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05723e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the search for efficient and inexpensive electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the hydrogen binding energy is often used as a descriptor to represent the catalytic activity. The success of this approach relies on the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) relationship. In this study, we used constant electrode potential density functional theory calculations to examine this relationship. Eight fcc metals with a low hydrogen adsorption concentration of 1/9 were used as the model systems. We found that the HER kinetic barriers are indeed correlated to the . Both the s of the hollow site and less favourable top site correlate to the kinetic barriers; however, the correlation is better for the latter. This behaviour leads to a set of equations for estimating the HER kinetic barriers with improved accuracy that can be used to predict the HER performance of the materials with a low hydrogen adsorption concentration. This work demonstrates the importance of calculating the of a suitable adsorption site to establish good BEP relationships.
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- Yao-Lin Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701.
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Botello LE, Climent V, Feliu JM. On the thermodynamics of hydrogen adsorption over Pt(111) in 0.05M NaOH. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:244704. [PMID: 34972355 DOI: 10.1063/5.0073313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The reasons for the sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen adsorption reaction in alkaline media remain a question still to be solved. This information is important to achieve a complete understanding of the mechanistic details that could lead to the production of key catalytic materials necessary for the development of a future hydrogen economy. For a better understanding of this reaction, it is important to acquire information about the thermodynamic parameters characteristic of the different steps in the reaction. Among these, the hydrogen adsorption is a key step in the process of hydrogen evolution. Although some debate still remains about the difference between adsorbed hydrogen in the underpotential deposition (UPD) region and at the overpotential deposition region, there is no doubt that understanding the former can help in the understanding of the latter. Making use of charge density measurements, we report on this paper a thermodynamic study of the hydrogen UPD process on Pt(111) in 0.05M NaOH over the range of temperatures from 283 ≤ T/K ≤ 313. The coulometric features corresponding to HUPD allow for the calculation of the hydrogen coverage and a fit to a Generalized Frumkin isotherm. From these values, different thermodynamic functions for the UPD reaction have been calculated: ΔGads, ΔSads, ΔHads, and the Pt-H bond energy. From extrapolation, a value of ΔSads ◦=-7.5±4Jmol-1K-1 was found, which is very close to 0, much lower than previously reported measurements both in acid and in alkaline solutions. Such value has an effect on the enthalpy and bond energy calculations, the latter having a decreasing tendency with pH and coverage. This tendency is completely different from the acidic systems and implies that the change in the thermodynamic functions due to the formation of the double layer and the reorganization of interfacial water has a strong influence on the process in high pH solutions.
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- Luis E Botello
- Institute of Electrochemistry, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Zhao R, Yue X, Li Q, Fu G, Lee JM, Huang S. Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100391. [PMID: 34159714 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
With the rapid development of anion-exchange membrane technology and adequate supply of high-performance non-noble metal oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts in alkaline media, the commercialization of anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) become possible. However, the kinetics of the anodic hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) in AEMFCs is significantly decreased compared to the HOR in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Therefore, it is urgent to develop HOR catalysts with low price, high activity, and robust stability. However, comprehensive timely reviews on this specific subject do not exist enough yet and it is necessary to update reported major achievements and to point out future investigation directions. In this review, the current reaction mechanisms on HOR are summarized and deeply understood. The debates between the mechanisms are greatly harmonized. Recent advances in developing highly active and stable electrocatalysts for the HOR are reviewed. Moreover, the side reaction control is for the first time systematically introduced. Finally, the challenges and future opportunities in the field of HOR catalysis are outlined.
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- Ruopeng Zhao
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation, Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Huang B, Rao RR, You S, Hpone Myint K, Song Y, Wang Y, Ding W, Giordano L, Zhang Y, Wang T, Muy S, Katayama Y, Grossman JC, Willard AP, Xu K, Jiang Y, Shao-Horn Y. Cation- and pH-Dependent Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation Reaction Kinetics. JACS AU 2021; 1:1674-1687. [PMID: 34723270 PMCID: PMC8549054 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The production of molecular hydrogen by catalyzing water splitting is central to achieving the decarbonization of sustainable fuels and chemical transformations. In this work, a series of structure-making/breaking cations in the electrolyte were investigated as spectator cations in hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions (HER/HOR) in the pH range of 1 to 14, whose kinetics was found to be altered by up to 2 orders of magnitude by these cations. The exchange current density of HER/HOR was shown to increase with greater structure-making tendency of cations in the order of Cs+ < Rb+ < K+ < Na+ < Li+, which was accompanied by decreasing reorganization energy from the Marcus-Hush-Chidsey formalism and increasing reaction entropy. Invoking the Born model of reorganization energy and reaction entropy, the static dielectric constant of the electrolyte at the electrified interface was found to be significantly lower than that of bulk, decreasing with the structure-making tendency of cations at the negatively charged Pt surface. The physical origin of cation-dependent HER/HOR kinetics can be rationalized by an increase in concentration of cations on the negatively charged Pt surface, altering the interfacial water structure and the H-bonding network, which is supported by classical molecular dynamics simulation and surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. This work highlights immense opportunities to control the reaction rates by tuning interfacial structures of cation and solvents.
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- Botao Huang
- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- International
Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic
of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- International
Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic
of China
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- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Research
Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for
Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Ube 755-8611, Japan
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- Department
of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Battery
Science Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1197, United States
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- International
Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic
of China
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- Electrochemical
Energy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Choi C, Gu GH, Noh J, Park HS, Jung Y. Understanding potential-dependent competition between electrocatalytic dinitrogen and proton reduction reactions. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4353. [PMID: 34272379 PMCID: PMC8285508 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24539-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A key challenge to realizing practical electrochemical N2 reduction reaction (NRR) is the decrease in the NRR activity before reaching the mass-transfer limit as overpotential increases. While the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has been suggested to be responsible for this phenomenon, the mechanistic origin has not been clearly explained. Herein, we investigate the potential-dependent competition between NRR and HER using the constant electrode potential model and microkinetic modeling. We find that the H coverage and N2 coverage crossover leads to the premature decrease of NRR activity. The coverage crossover originates from the larger charge transfer in H+ adsorption than N2 adsorption. The larger charge transfer in H+ adsorption, which potentially leads to the coverage crossover, is a general phenomenon seen in various heterogeneous catalysts, posing a fundamental challenge to realize practical electrochemical NRR. We suggest several strategies to overcome the challenge based on the present understandings.
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- Changhyeok Choi
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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Huang J, Sheng H, Ross RD, Han J, Wang X, Song B, Jin S. Modifying redox properties and local bonding of Co 3O 4 by CeO 2 enhances oxygen evolution catalysis in acid. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3036. [PMID: 34031417 PMCID: PMC8144612 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23390-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Developing efficient and stable earth-abundant electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction is the bottleneck for water splitting using proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. Here, we show that nanocrystalline CeO2 in a Co3O4/CeO2 nanocomposite can modify the redox properties of Co3O4 and enhances its intrinsic oxygen evolution reaction activity, and combine electrochemical and structural characterizations including kinetic isotope effect, pH- and temperature-dependence, in situ Raman and ex situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy analyses to understand the origin. The local bonding environment of Co3O4 can be modified after the introduction of nanocrystalline CeO2, which allows the CoIII species to be easily oxidized into catalytically active CoIV species, bypassing the potential-determining surface reconstruction process. Co3O4/CeO2 displays a comparable stability to Co3O4 thus breaks the activity/stability tradeoff. This work not only establishes an efficient earth-abundant catalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction, but also provides strategies for designing more active catalysts for other reactions. Developing efficient and stable earth-abundant electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction is challenging. Here, the authors modify the local bonding environment of Co3O4 by CeO2 nanocrystallites to regulate the redox properties, thus enhance the catalytic activity.
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- Jinzhen Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Gu GH, Lim J, Wan C, Cheng T, Pu H, Kim S, Noh J, Choi C, Kim J, Goddard WA, Duan X, Jung Y. Autobifunctional Mechanism of Jagged Pt Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics via End-to-End Simulation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5355-5363. [PMID: 33730503 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The extraordinary mass activity of jagged Pt nanowires can substantially improve the economics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, it is a great challenge to fully unveil the HER kinetics driven by the jagged Pt nanowires with their multiscale morphology. Herein we present an end-to-end framework that combines experiment, machine learning, and multiscale advances of the past decade to elucidate the HER kinetics catalyzed by jagged Pt nanowires under alkaline conditions. The bifunctional catalysis conventionally refers to the synergistic increase in activity by the combination of two different catalysts. We report that monometals, such as jagged Pt nanowires, can exhibit bifunctional characteristics owing to its complex surface morphology, where one site prefers electrochemical proton adsorption and another is responsible for activation, resulting in a 4-fold increase in the activity. We find that the conventional design guideline that the sites with a 0 eV Gibbs free energy of adsorption are optimal for HER does not hold under alkaline conditions, and rather, an energy between -0.2 and 0.0 eV is shown to be optimal. At the reaction temperatures, the high activity arises from low-coordination-number (≤7) Pt atoms exposed by the jagged surface. Our current demonstration raises an emerging prospect to understand highly complex kinetic phenomena on the nanoscale in full by implementing end-to-end multiscale strategies.
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- Geun Ho Gu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University Dushu-Lake Campus, Box 33, 199 Ren'ai Rd, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Tang YL, Chen W, Xu ML, Wei Z, Cai J, Chen YX. Unravelling hydrogen adsorption kinetics on Ir(111) electrode in acid solutions by impedance spectroscopy. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2021. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2006105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Yan-li Tang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Wang M, Yang H, Shi J, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Wang L, Di S, Zhao X, Zhong J, Cheng T, Zhou W, Li Y. Alloying Nickel with Molybdenum Significantly Accelerates Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5771-5777. [PMID: 33331055 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysis (hydrogen-oxidation and hydrogen-evolution reactions) in alkaline solution is desirable but challenging. Among all available electrocatalysts, Ni-based materials are the only non-precious-metal-based candidates for alkaline hydrogen oxidation, but they generally suffer from low activity. Here, we demonstrate that properly alloying Ni with Mo could significantly promote its electrocatalytic performance. Ni4 Mo alloy nanoparticles are prepared from the reduction of molybdate-intercalated Ni(OH)2 nanosheets. The final product exhibits an apparent hydrogen-oxidation activity exceeding that of the Pt benchmark and a record-high mass-specific kinetic current of 79 A g-1 at an overpotential of 50 mV. A superior hydrogen-evolution performance is also measured in alkaline solution. These experimental data are rationalized by our theoretical simulations, which show that alloying Ni with Mo significantly weakens its hydrogen adsorption, improves the hydroxyl adsorption and decreases the reaction barrier for water formation.
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- Miao Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Physical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Institute of New Materials and Industrial Technologies, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, N9B3P4, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Physical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Wang M, Yang H, Shi J, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Wang L, Di S, Zhao X, Zhong J, Cheng T, Zhou W, Li Y. Alloying Nickel with Molybdenum Significantly Accelerates Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Miao Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- School of Physical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province Institute of New Materials and Industrial Technologies Wenzhou University Wenzhou Zhejiang 325035 China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Windsor Windsor ON N9B3P4 Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- School of Physical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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Molecular insights into the hydrodenitrogenation mechanism of pyridine over Pt/γ-Al2O3 catalysts. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Abidi N, Lim KRG, Seh ZW, Steinmann SN. Atomistic modeling of electrocatalysis: Are we there yet? WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Nawras Abidi
- Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, F69342, Lyon France
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
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- Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, F69342, Lyon France
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Zheng X, Li L, Deng M, Li J, Ding W, Nie Y, Wei Z. Understanding the effect of interfacial interaction on metal/metal oxide electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and hydrogen oxidation reactions on the basis of first-principles calculations. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy00960a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Interfacial M–O and M–TM interactions of M/TMO contribute differently to the surface properties and HER/HOR pathway.
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- Xingqun Zheng
- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications
- College of Chemistry
- Chongqing Normal University
- Chongqing 401331
- China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chongqing University
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