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Onajah S, Sarkar R, Islam MS, Lalley M, Khan K, Demir M, Abdelhamid HN, Farghaly AA. Silica-Derived Nanostructured Electrode Materials for ORR, OER, HER, CO 2RR Electrocatalysis, and Energy Storage Applications: A Review. CHEM REC 2024; 24:e202300234. [PMID: 38530060 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202300234] [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: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
Silica-derived nanostructured catalysts (SDNCs) are a class of materials synthesized using nanocasting and templating techniques, which involve the sacrificial removal of a silica template to generate highly porous nanostructured materials. The surface of these nanostructures is functionalized with a variety of electrocatalytically active metal and non-metal atoms. SDNCs have attracted considerable attention due to their unique physicochemical properties, tunable electronic configuration, and microstructure. These properties make them highly efficient catalysts and promising electrode materials for next generation electrocatalysis, energy conversion, and energy storage technologies. The continued development of SDNCs is likely to lead to new and improved electrocatalysts and electrode materials. This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the development of SDNCs for electrocatalysis and energy storage applications. It analyzes 337,061 research articles published in the Web of Science (WoS) database up to December 2022 using the keywords "silica", "electrocatalysts", "ORR", "OER", "HER", "HOR", "CO2RR", "batteries", and "supercapacitors". The review discusses the application of SDNCs for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and thermal energy storage applications. It concludes by discussing the advantages and limitations of SDNCs for energy applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sammy Onajah
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, United States
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 23284-2006, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey
- TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Material Institute, Gebze, 41470, Turkey
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- Advanced Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt
- Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo, 11829, Egypt
| | - Ahmed A Farghaly
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, United States
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt
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