Strain engineering of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
As the key half reaction of water-splitting electrolysis, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that occurs at the cathode directly determines the overall efficiency of hydrogen production. To improve the efficiency of electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation, efficient and robust cat...
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| Published in | Materials horizons Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 34 - 36 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
06.02.2023
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| Summary: | As the key half reaction of water-splitting electrolysis, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that occurs at the cathode directly determines the overall efficiency of hydrogen production. To improve the efficiency of electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation, efficient and robust catalysts need to be developed. Strain engineering, which represents an effective and promising category of strategies, can regulate the electronic structures of catalysts by modulating the lattice strain and ultimately optimizing the HER dynamics. This work critically reviews the recent progress of strain engineering in HER and provides future perspectives for this area. The methods and characterization techniques are also introduced in detail. Hopefully this review can provide guidelines for the design and manufacturing of advanced catalysts for HER and other heterogeneous catalysis reactions such as chemical sensing, CO
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reduction and NH
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synthesis.
As the key half reaction of water-splitting electrolysis, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that occurs at the cathode directly determines the overall efficiency of hydrogen production. |
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| Bibliography: | Chao Rong is currently a master's candidate at East China University of Science and Technology. His main research interests cover the multi-scale mechanical properties of two-dimensional material films, including the preparation of composites and their applications in multifunctional wearable electronic products. Bowei Zhang obtained his PhD degree from the Mechanical Engineering of Iowa State University in 2019 and then joined the Northwestern University as a postdoctoral fellow. From 2020, he joined the East China University of Science and Technology at Shanghai as an associate professor. He has been awarded a series of prestigious honors such as the CSC-self funded scholarship for excellent students abroad and the Zaffarano Prize offered by Sigma Xi association of the U.S. His research focuses on the intelligent sensing and hydrogen-production technologies. Fuzhen Xuan works on the intersection of mechanical strength, intelligent sensing, and health monitoring of equipment. He has been awarded the honors of National Outstanding Youth Scholar and Cheung Kong Scholars Program of China. Currently, he serves as president of the East China University of Science and Technology. Shundong Ge is currently pursuing his PhD degree in the East China University of Science and Technology. He received his MS degree from the Lanzhou University of Technology, China, in 2022. His research interests mainly focus on intelligent sensing, including the fabrication of flexible conductive composites and their applications in multifunctional wearable electronics and self-powered microsystems. Xinyuan Mao received his bachelor's degree from Yangzhou University in 2021. He is currently pursuing for his master's degree in the research group of Professor Bowei Zhang at East China University of Science and Technology. His research interests mainly focus on the intelligent sensing and structural regulation engineering of nanomaterials. Zhuhui Qin is now studying in East China University of Science and Technology. He is pursuing his academic master's degree in School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, conducting research in the Intelligent Sensing and Microenergy Devices Research Group under supervision of Dr. Bowei Zhang. His research interests focus on gas sensors. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 |
| ISSN: | 2051-6347 2051-6355 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2mh01171a |