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Raveendran A, Chandran M, Dhanusuraman R. A comprehensive review on the electrochemical parameters and recent material development of electrochemical water splitting electrocatalysts. RSC Adv 2023; 13:3843-3876. [PMID: 36756592 PMCID: PMC9890951 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07642j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Electrochemical splitting of water is an appealing solution for energy storage and conversion to overcome the reliance on depleting fossil fuel reserves and prevent severe deterioration of the global climate. Though there are several fuel cells, hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) fuel cells have zero carbon emissions, and water is the only by-product. Countless researchers worldwide are working on the fundamentals, i.e. the parameters affecting the electrocatalysis of water splitting and electrocatalysts that could improve the performance of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and overall simplify the water electrolysis process. Noble metals like platinum for HER and ruthenium and iridium for OER were used earlier; however, being expensive, there are more feasible options than employing these metals for all commercialization. The review discusses the recent developments in metal and metalloid HER and OER electrocatalysts from the s, p and d block elements. The evaluation perspectives for electrocatalysts of electrochemical water splitting are also highlighted.
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- Asha Raveendran
- Nano Electrochemistry Lab (NEL), Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Puducherry Karaikal - 609609 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu Thiruvarur - 610005 India
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- Nano Electrochemistry Lab (NEL), Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Puducherry Karaikal - 609609 India
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He W, Zhang R, Cao D, Li Y, Zhang J, Hao Q, Liu H, Zhao J, Xin HL. Super-Hydrophilic Microporous Ni(OH)x/Ni 3 S 2 Heterostructure Electrocatalyst for Large-Current-Density Hydrogen Evolution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205719. [PMID: 36373671 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Exploiting active and stable non-precious metal electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at large current density plays a key role in realizing large-scale industrial hydrogen generation. Herein, a self-supported microporous Ni(OH)x/Ni3 S2 heterostructure electrocatalyst on nickel foam (Ni(OH)x/Ni3 S2 /NF) that possesses super-hydrophilic property through an electrochemical process is rationally designed and fabricated. Benefiting from the super-hydrophilic property, microporous feature, and self-supported structure, the electrocatalyst exhibits an exceptional HER performance at large current density in 1.0 M KOH, only requiring low overpotential of 126, 193, and 238 mV to reach a current density of 100, 500, and 1000 mA cm-2 , respectively, and displaying a long-term durability up to 1000 h, which is among the state-of-the-art non-precious metal electrocatalysts. Combining hard X-rays absorption spectroscopy and first-principles calculation, it also reveals that the strong electronic coupling at the interface of the heterostructure facilitates the dissociation of H2 O molecular, accelerating the HER kinetics in alkaline electrolyte. This work sheds a light on developing advanced non-precious metal electrocatalysts for industrial hydrogen production by means of constructing a super-hydrophilic microporous heterostructure.
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- Wenjun He
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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He W, Cao D, Ma D, Li Y, Chen C, Liang L, Liu H. Engineering nickel vacancies in NiCo LDH nanoarrays accelerates hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:7757-7760. [PMID: 35734984 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc02947b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Exploring efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts is crucial for constructing water splitting systems. In this work, a bifunctional catalyst, NiCo layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets with nickel vacancies, was fabricated by a hydrothermal and chemical etching method, which requires 195 and 227 mV overpotentials for HER and OER to achieve 10 mA cm-2 and exhibited sustained activity for 100 h with almost no degradation. This study provides a new idea for the rational design of efficient non-precious metal catalysts with defects for water splitting.
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- Wenjun He
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Hebei University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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He W, Zhang R, Zhang J, Wang F, Li Y, Zhao J, Chen C, Liu H, Xin HL. Promoting the water dissociation of nickel sulfide electrocatalyst through introducing cationic vacancies for accelerated hydrogen evolution kinetics in alkaline media. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Xiao Z, Yan L, Hu Q, Xiang B, Wang Y, Hao J, Zou X, Li W, Wei S. Doping-driven electronic structure and conductivity modification of nickel sulfide. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:8318-8326. [PMID: 35583114 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00363e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The lack of electrical conductivity limits the electrochemical kinetic rate of the electrode material, resulting in the inability to reach its theoretical capacity. A facile method is adopted to improve the intrinsic conductivity of binary NiS2/Ni3S4 hybrid nickel sulfide, with the doping of transition metal atoms Co, Mn and Ag. Through the introduction of heteroatoms, the electronic structure of the electrode material is modified and the electrical conductivity is significantly improved, thus enhancing its electrochemical performance. The improvement of conductivity is attributed to the formation of intermediate bands of transition metals and the redistribution of electrons, and the result is demonstrated by experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. As a result, the NiS2/Ni3S4 hybrid nickel sulfide after 0.5% amount of Co-doping reaches the highest specific capacitance of 2874 F g-1 at 1 A g-1, increasing specific capacitance of 653 F g-1 as 29.4% of the specific capacitance of non-doped nickel sulfide. The Co doped nickel sulfide also exhibits remarkable cycling stability compared with non-doped nickel sulfide. The assembled 2% Co-doped nickel sulfide//rGO, 0.5% Mn-doped nickel sulfide//rGO and 0.5% Ag-doped nickel sulfide//rGO asymmetric supercapacitors show a specific energy density of 36.6, 36.1 and 36.0 W h kg-1 at a power density of 800 W kg-1. This study provides a useful insight into the fabrication of high performance pseudocapacitive materials.
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- Zhenyun Xiao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, P.R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, P.R. China. .,National-municipal Joint Engineering Laboratory for Chemical Process Intensification and Reaction, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing 100072, P.R. China.
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Wan K, Xiang Z, Liu W, Wei H, Fu Z, Liang Z. 过渡金属硫化物电解水析氢/析氧反应电催化剂研究进展. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2022. [DOI: 10.1360/tb-2022-0174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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