Recent Advances in Transition Metal Tellurides (TMTs) and Phosphides (TMPs) for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis

• Published in: Membranes (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 113
• Main Authors: Shah, Syed Shoaib Ahmad, Khan, Naseem Ahmad, Imran, Muhammad, Rashid, Muhammad, Tufail, Muhammad Khurram, Rehman, Aziz ur, Balkourani, Georgia, Sohail, Manzar, Najam, Tayyaba, Tsiakaras, Panagiotis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Catalysts; Clean energy; Efficiency; Electricity; Electrocatalysis; Electrocatalysts; Electrochemistry; Electrolytes; Energy consumption; Energy conversion; Energy storage; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Green hydrogen; Hydrogen; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); Hydrogen evolution reactions; Hydrogen production; Low cost; Metals; Phosphides; Production methods; Renewable energy sources; Renewable resources; Reservoirs; Review; Stability; Tellurides; transition metal phosphides (TMPs); transition metal tellurides (TMTs); Transition metals; water splitting; transition metal tellurides (TMTs); electrocatalysts; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); transition metal phosphides (TMPs); water splitting
• ISSN: 2077-0375; 2077-0375
• DOI: 10.3390/membranes13010113

The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a developing and promising technology to deliver clean energy using renewable sources. Presently, electrocatalytic water (H2O) splitting is one of the low-cost, affordable, and reliable industrial-scale effective hydrogen (H2) production methods. Nevertheless, the most active platinum (Pt) metal-based catalysts for the HER are subject to high cost and substandard stability. Therefore, a highly efficient, low-cost, and stable HER electrocatalyst is urgently desired to substitute Pt-based catalysts. Due to their low cost, outstanding stability, low overpotential, strong electronic interactions, excellent conductivity, more active sites, and abundance, transition metal tellurides (TMTs) and transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have emerged as promising electrocatalysts. This brief review focuses on the progress made over the past decade in the use of TMTs and TMPs for efficient green hydrogen production. Combining experimental and theoretical results, a detailed summary of their development is described. This review article aspires to provide the state-of-the-art guidelines and strategies for the design and development of new highly performing electrocatalysts for the upcoming energy conversion and storage electrochemical technologies.