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Luo Y, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Tian X, Liu G, Feng Z, Pan L, Liu X, Han N, Tan R. Material Engineering Strategies for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts. Small Methods 2024:e2400158. [PMID: 38745530 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Water electrolysis, a key enabler of hydrogen energy production, presents significant potential as a strategy for achieving net-zero emissions. However, the widespread deployment of water electrolysis is currently limited by the high-cost and scarce noble metal electrocatalysts in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Given this challenge, design and synthesis of cost-effective and high-performance alternative catalysts have become a research focus, which necessitates insightful understandings of HER fundamentals and material engineering strategies. Distinct from typical reviews that concentrate only on the summary of recent catalyst materials, this review article shifts focus to material engineering strategies for developing efficient HER catalysts. In-depth analysis of key material design approaches for HER catalysts, such as doping, vacancy defect creation, phase engineering, and metal-support engineering, are illustrated along with typical research cases. A special emphasis is placed on designing noble metal-free catalysts with a brief discussion on recent advancements in electrocatalytic water-splitting technology. The article also delves into important descriptors, reliable evaluation parameters and characterization techniques, aiming to link the fundamental mechanisms of HER with its catalytic performance. In conclusion, it explores future trends in HER catalysts by integrating theoretical, experimental and industrial perspectives, while acknowledging the challenges that remain.
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- Yue Luo
- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Mechatronical and Electrical Engineering, Hebei Agricultrual Univesity, Baoding, 07001, China
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- Warwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Warwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- IDTECH (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Suzhou, 215217, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Key Laboratory of High Performance Structural Materials and Thermo-surface Processing (Guangxi University), Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, bus 2450, Heverlee, B-3001, Belgium
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- Warwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Department of Chemcial Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA1 8EN, United Kingdom
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Jin L, Yang C, Chen S, Hou J, Liu P. Ligand-Induced Electronic Structure Modulation of Self-Evolved Ni 3S 2 Nanosheets for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38728533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Modulating the electronic structure of the electrocatalyst plays a vital role in boosting the electrocatalytic performance of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this work, we introduced a one-step solvothermal method to fabricate 1,1-ferrocene dicarboxylic acid (FcDA)-decorated self-evolved nickel sulfide (Ni3S2) nanosheet arrays on a nickel foam (NF) framework (denoted as FcDA-Ni3S2/NF). Benefiting from the interconnected ultrathin nanosheet architecture, ligand dopants induced and facilitated in situ structural reconstruction, and the FcDA-decorated Ni3S2 (FcDA-Ni3S2/NF) outperformed its singly doped and undoped counterparts in terms of OER activity. The optimized FcDA-Ni3S2/NF self-supported electrode presents a remarkably low overpotential of 268 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for the OER and demonstrates robust electrochemical stability for 48 h in a 1.0 M KOH electrolyte. More importantly, in situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy reveals the generation of catalytically active oxyhydroxide species (NiOOH) derived from the surface construction during the OER of pristine FcDA-Ni3S2/NF, contributing significantly to its superior electrocatalytic performance. This study concerns the modulation of electronic structure through ligand engineering and may provide profound insight into the design of cost-efficient OER electrocatalysts.
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- Liujun Jin
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
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- Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Company, Ltd., 18, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China
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Qiao M, Li B, Fei T, Xue M, Yao T, Tang Q, Zhu D. Design Strategies towards Advanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts at Large Current Densities. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303826. [PMID: 38221628 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Hydrogen (H2), produced by water electrolysis with the electricity from renewable sources, is an ideal energy carrier for achieving a carbon-neutral and sustainable society. Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is the cathodic half-reaction of water electrolysis, which requires active and robust electrocatalysts to reduce the energy consumption for H2 generation. Despite numerous electrocatalysts have been reported by the academia for HER, most of them were only tested under relatively small current densities for a short period, which cannot meet the requirements for industrial water electrolysis. To bridge the gap between academia and industry, it is crucial to develop highly active HER electrocatalysts which can operate at large current densities for a long time. In this review, the mechanisms of HER in acidic and alkaline electrolytes are firstly introduced. Then, design strategies towards high-performance large-current-density HER electrocatalysts from five aspects including number of active sites, intrinsic activity of each site, charge transfer, mass transfer, and stability are discussed via featured examples. Finally, our own insights about the challenges and future opportunities in this emerging field are presented.
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- Man Qiao
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Institute of Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics (IAMFE), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of low temperature Co-fired Materials, Huainan Normal University, Huainan, 232038, China
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Sun H, Song S. Nickel Hydroxide-Based Electrocatalysts for Promising Electrochemical Oxidation Reactions: Beyond Water Oxidation. Small 2024:e2401343. [PMID: 38506594 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Transition metal hydroxides have attracted significant research interest for their energy storage and conversion technique applications. In particular, nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2 ), with increasing significance, is extensively used in material science and engineering. The past decades have witnessed the flourishing of Ni(OH)2 -based materials as efficient electrocatalysts for water oxidation, which is a critical catalytic reaction for sustainable technologies, such as water electrolysis, fuel cells, CO2 reduction, and metal-air batteries. Coupling the electrochemical oxidation of small molecules to replace water oxidation at the anode is confirmed as an effective and promising strategy for realizing the energy-saving production. The physicochemical properties of Ni(OH)2 related to conventional water oxidation are first presented in this review. Then, recent progress based on Ni(OH)2 materials for these promising electrochemical reactions is symmetrically categorized and reviewed. Significant emphasis is placed on establishing the structure-activity relationship and disclosing the reaction mechanism. Emerging material design strategies for novel electrocatalysts are also highlighted. Finally, the existing challenges and future research directions are presented.
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- Hainan Sun
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, China
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Jeong S, Kim U, Lee S, Zhang Y, Son E, Choi KJ, Han YK, Baik JM, Park H. Superaerophobic/Superhydrophilic Multidimensional Electrode System for High-Current-Density Water Electrolysis. ACS Nano 2024; 18:7558-7569. [PMID: 38420914 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Water electrolysis is emerging as a promising renewable-energy technology for the green production of hydrogen, which is a representative and reliable clean energy source. From economical and industrial perspectives, the development of earth-abundant non-noble metal-based and bifunctional catalysts, which can simultaneously exhibit high catalytic activities and stabilities for both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is critical; however, to date, these types of catalysts have not been constructed, particularly, for high-current-density water electrolysis at the industrial level. This study developed a heterostructured zero-dimensional (0D)-one-dimensional (1D) PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+δ (PBSCF)-Ni3S2 as a self-supported catalytic electrode via interface and morphology engineering. This unique heterodimensional nanostructure of the PBSCF-Ni3S2 system demonstrates superaerophobic/superhydrophilic features and maximizes the exposure of the highly active heterointerface, endowing the PBSCF-Ni3S2 electrode with outstanding electrocatalytic performances in both HER and OER and exceptional operational stability during the overall water electrolysis at high current densities (500 h at 500 mA cm-2). This study provides important insights into the development of catalytic electrodes for efficient and stable large-scale hydrogen production systems.
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- Seulgi Jeong
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Wu K, Lyu C, Cheng J, Guo Z, Li H, Zhu X, Lau WM, Zheng J. Modulating Electronic Structure by Etching Strategy to Construct NiSe 2 /Ni 0.85 Se Heterostructure for Urea-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Small 2024; 20:e2304390. [PMID: 37845029 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Exploring and developing novel strategies for constructing heterostructure electrocatalysts is still challenging for water electrolysis. Herein, a creative etching treatment strategy is adopted to construct NiSe2 /Ni0.85 Se heterostructure. The rich heterointerfaces between NiSe2 and Ni0.85 Se emerge strong electronic interaction, which easily induces the electron transfer from NiSe2 to Ni0.85 Se, and tunes the charge-state of NiSe2 and Ni0.85 Se. In the NiSe2 /Ni0.85 Se heterojunction nanomaterial, the higher charge-state Ni0.85 Se is capable of affording partial electrons to combine with hydrogen protons, inducing the rapid formation of H2 molecule. Accordingly, the lower charge-state NiSe2 in the NiSe2 /Ni0.85 Se heterojunction nanomaterial is more easily oxidized into high valence state Ni3+ during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process, which is beneficial to accelerate the mass/charge transfer and enhance the electrocatalytic activities towards OER. Theoretical calculations indicate that the heterointerfaces are conducive to modulating the electronic structure and optimizing the adsorption energy toward intermediate H* during the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) process, leading to superior electrocatalytic activities. To expand the application of the NiSe2 /Ni0.85 Se-2h electrocatalyst, urea is served as the adjuvant to proceed with the energy-saving hydrogen production and pollutant degradation, and it is proven to be a brilliant strategy.
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- Kaili Wu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei Key Laboratory of Boron Nitride Micro and Nano Materials, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foshan, 528399, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foshan, 528399, P. R. China
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Na S, Chai DF, Li J, Chen S, Yang X, Fu S, Sui G, Guo D. Tuning the interface of M IM II(OH)F@M IM II1-xS (M Ⅰ: Ni, Co; M Ⅱ: Co, Fe) by atomic replacement strategy toward high performance overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 655:145-156. [PMID: 37931554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.10.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Constructing heterostructure is considered as one of the most promising strategies to reveal high efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. Nevertheless, it is highly challenging to obtain stable interfaces and sufficient active sites via conventional method. In addition, Ni, Co and Fe elements share the valence electron structures of 3d6-84s2, the appropriate integration of these metals to induce synergistic effect in multicomponent electrocatalysts can enhance electrochemical activity. Herein, in this work, the MIMII(OH)F@MIMII1-xS (NiFe(OH)F@NiFe1-xS, NiCo(OH)F@NiCo1-xS, CoFe(OH)F@CoFe1-xS) autogenous heterostructure on nickel foam are constructed. As a result, NiFe(OH)F@NiFe1-xS-0.05, NiCo(OH)F@NiCo1-xS-0.05, and CoFe(OH)F@CoFe1-xS-0.05 demonstrate outstanding overpotential for HER (70 mV, 90 mV, 81 mV at -10 mA cm-2) and OER (370 mV, 470 mV, 370 mV at 10 mA cm-2) in alkaline electrolyte, while the overpotential for HER is 176 mV, 189 mV, 167 mV at -10 mA cm-2 and corresponding OER is 290 mV, 390 mV, 300 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in simulated seawater, respectively. In addition, the NiFe, NiCo, CoFe-based electrolyzer acquire favorable overall water splitting activity in alkaline (1.72 V, 1.87 V, 1.66 V) and simulated seawater (1.73 V, 1.75 V, 1.69 V) at 10 mA cm-2. Overall, the above results authenticate the feasibility of developing autogenous heterostructure electrocatalysts for providing hydrogen and oxygen in alkaline and simulated seawater.
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- Shengnan Na
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China; Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals of College of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China.
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Zhang J, Fang Y, Chen Y, Gao Y, Zhang X, Tang T, Tian B, Xiao H, Zhao M, Luo E, Hu T, Jia J, Wu H. Fe-induced crystalline-amorphous interface engineering of a NiMo-based heterostructure for enhanced water oxidation. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:619-627. [PMID: 38063673 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02899b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Engineering heterostructures with a unique surface/interface structure is one of the effective strategies to develop highly active noble-metal-free catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), because the surface/interface of catalysts is the main site for the OER. Herein, we design a coralloid NiMo(Fe)-20 catalyst with a crystalline-amorphous interface through combining a hydrothermal method and an Fe-induced surface reconfiguration strategy. That is, after Fe3+ impregnation treatment, the Ni(OH)2-NiMoO4 pre-catalyst with a complete crystalline surface is restructured into a trimetallic heterostructure with a crystalline-amorphous interface, which facilitates mass diffusion and charge transfer during the OER. As expected, self-supported NiMo(Fe)-20 exhibits excellent electrocatalytic water oxidation performance (overpotential: η-10 = 220 mV, η-100 = 239 mV) in the alkaline electrolyte, and its electrocatalytic performance hardly changes after maintaining the current density of 50 mA cm-2 for 10 hours. Furthermore, nickel foam (NF) supported commercial Pt/C and self-supported NiMo(Fe)-20 served as the cathode and anode of the Pt/C‖NiMo(Fe)-20 electrolyzer, respectively, which exhibits a lower cell voltage (E-100 = 1.53 V) than that of the Pt/C‖RuO2 electrolyzer (E-100 = 1.58 V) assembled with noble metal-based catalysts. The enhanced electrocatalytic performance of the NiMo(Fe)-20 catalyst is mainly attributed to the synergistic effect between the crystalline-amorphous interface and the coralloid trimetallic heterostructure.
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- Junming Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
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Wang F, Zou P, Zhang Y, Pan W, Li Y, Liang L, Chen C, Liu H, Zheng S. Activating lattice oxygen in high-entropy LDH for robust and durable water oxidation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6019. [PMID: 37758731 PMCID: PMC10533845 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41706-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The oxygen evolution reaction is known to be a kinetic bottleneck for water splitting. Triggering the lattice oxygen oxidation mechanism (LOM) can break the theoretical limit of the conventional adsorbate evolution mechanism and enhance the oxygen evolution reaction kinetics, yet the unsatisfied stability remains a grand challenge. Here, we report a high-entropy MnFeCoNiCu layered double hydroxide decorated with Au single atoms and O vacancies (AuSA-MnFeCoNiCu LDH), which not only displays a low overpotential of 213 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and high mass activity of 732.925 A g-1 at 250 mV overpotential in 1.0 M KOH, but also delivers good stability with 700 h of continuous operation at ~100 mA cm-2. Combining the advanced spectroscopic techniques and density functional theory calculations, it is demonstrated that the synergistic interaction between the incorporated Au single atoms and O vacancies leads to an upshift in the O 2p band and weakens the metal-O bond, thus triggering the LOM, reducing the energy barrier, and boosting the intrinsic activity.
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- Fangqing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Ministry of Education), Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Ministry of Education), Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Ministry of Education), Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China.
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information (Ministry of Education), Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China.
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, PR China.
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An C, Wang T, Wang S, Chen X, Han X, Wu S, Deng Q, Zhao L, Hu N. Ultrasonic-assisted preparation of two-dimensional materials for electrocatalysts. Ultrason Sonochem 2023; 98:106503. [PMID: 37393853 PMCID: PMC10316695 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Developing green, environmental, sustainable new energy sources is an important problem to be solved in the world. Among the new energy technologies, water splitting system, fuel cell technology and metal-air battery technology are the main energy production and conversion methods, which involve three main electrocatalytic reactions, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The efficiency of the electrocatalytic reaction and the power consumption are very dependent on the activity of the electrocatalysts. Among various electrocatalysts, the two-dimensional (2D) materials have received widespread attention due to multiple advantages, such as their easy availability and low price. What' important is that they have adjustable physical and chemical properties. It is possible to develop them as electrocatalysts to replace the noble metals. Therefore, the design of two-dimensional electrocatalysts is a focus in the research area. Some recent advances in ultrasound-assisted preparation of two-dimensional (2D) materials have been overviewed according to the kind of materials in this review. Firstly, the effect of the ultrasonic cavitation and its applications in the synthesis of inorganic materials are introduced. The ultrasonic-assisted synthesis of representative 2D materials for example transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), graphene, layered double metal hydroxide (LDH), and MXene, and their catalytic properties as electrocatalysts are discussed in detail. For example, the CoMoS4 electrocatalysts have been synthesized through a facile ultrasound-assisted hydrothermal method. The obatined HER and OER overpotential of CoMoS4 electrode is 141 and 250 mV, respectively. This review points out some problems that need to be solved urgently at present, and provides some ideas for designing and constructing two-dimensional materials with better electrocatalytic performance.
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- Cuihua An
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials and Devices, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516001, Guangdong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Advanced Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd. of HEBUT, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Advanced Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd. of HEBUT, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province on Scale-span Intelligent Equipment Technology and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; Advanced Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd. of HEBUT, Tianjin 300401, China.
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Wang Y, Meng C, Zhao L, Zhang J, Chen X, Zhou Y. Surface and near-surface engineering design of transition metal catalysts for promoting water splitting. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37334928 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01593a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Transition metal catalysts are widely used in the field of hydrogen production via water electrolysis. The surface state and near-surface environment of the catalysts greatly affect the efficiency of hydrogen production. Therefore, the rational design of surface engineering and near-surface engineering of transition metal catalysts can significantly improve the performance of water electrolysis. This review systematically introduces surface engineering strategies, including heteroatom doping, vacancy engineering, strain regulation, heterojunction effect, and surface reconstruction. These strategies optimize the surface electronic structure of the catalysts, expose more active sites, and promote the formation of highly active species, ultimately enhancing water electrolysis performance. Furthermore, near-surface engineering strategies, such as surface wettability, three-dimensional structure, high-curvature structure, external field assistance, and extra ion addition, are thoroughly discussed. These strategies expedite the mass transfer of reactants and gas products, improve the local chemical environment near the catalyst surface, and contribute toward achieving an industrial-level current density for overall water splitting. Finally, the key challenges faced by surface engineering and near-surface engineering of transition metal catalysts are highlighted and potential solutions are proposed. This review offers essential guidelines for the design and development of efficient transition metal catalysts for water electrolysis.
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- Yanmin Wang
- College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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- College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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- College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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- College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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- College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
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Wang AB, Zhang X, Xu HJ, Gao LJ, Li L, Cao R, Hao QY. Engineering Cu/NiCu LDH Heterostructure Nanosheet Arrays for Highly-Efficient Water Oxidation. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:ma16093372. [PMID: 37176251 PMCID: PMC10179677 DOI: 10.3390/ma16093372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The development of stable and efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction is of great significance for electro-catalytic water splitting. Bimetallic layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are promising OER catalysts, in which NiCu LDH has excellent stability compared with the most robust NiFe LDH, but the OER activity is not satisfactory. Here, we designed a NiCu LDH heterostructure electrocatalyst (Cu/NiCu LDH) modified by Cu nanoparticles which has excellent activity and stability. The Cu/NiCu LDH electrocatalyst only needs a low over-potential of 206 mV and a low Tafel slope of 86.9 mV dec-1 at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and maintains for 70 h at a high current density of 100 mA cm-2 in 1M KOH. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that there was a strong electronic interaction between Cu nanoparticles and NiCu LDH. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the electronic coupling between Cu nanoparticles and NiCu LDH can effectively improve the intrinsic OER activity by optimizing the conductivity and the adsorption energy of oxygen-containing intermediates.
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- Ao-Bing Wang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Man-Machine Environmental Thermal Control Technology and Equipment, Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering, Xingtai 054000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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Zhao L, Li Y, Yu M, Peng Y, Ran F. Electrolyte-Wettability Issues and Challenges of Electrode Materials in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, and Beyond. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023:e2300283. [PMID: 37085907 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The electrolyte-wettability of electrode materials in liquid electrolytes plays a crucial role in electrochemical energy storage, conversion systems, and beyond relied on interface electrochemical process. However, most electrode materials do not have satisfactory electrolyte-wettability for possibly electrochemical reaction. In the last 30 years, there are a lot of literature have directed at exploiting methods to improve electrolyte-wettability of electrodes, understanding basic electrolyte-wettability mechanisms of electrode materials, exploring the effect of electrolyte-wettability on its electrochemical energy storage, conversion, and beyond performance. This review systematically and comprehensively evaluates the effect of electrolyte-wettability on electrochemical energy storage performance of the electrode materials used in supercapacitors, metal ion batteries, and metal-based batteries, electrochemical energy conversion performance of the electrode materials used in fuel cells and electrochemical water splitting systems, as well as capacitive deionization performance of the electrode materials used in capacitive deionization systems. Finally, the challenges in approaches for improving electrolyte-wettability of electrode materials, characterization techniques of electrolyte-wettability, as well as electrolyte-wettability of electrode materials applied in special environment and other electrochemical systems with electrodes and liquid electrolytes, which gives future possible directions for constructing interesting electrolyte-wettability to meet the demand of high electrochemical performance, are also discussed.
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- Lei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Department of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Department of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Department of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Department of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Department of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, P. R. China
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