Nanostructured catalysts for electrochemical water splitting: current state and prospects

X Li, X Hao, A Abudula, G Guan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is an ideal candidate for the replacement of fossil fuels in the future due to zero
emission of carbonaceous species during its utilization. Water electrolysis is a dependable …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation using MoS2 and related compounds

Q Ding, B Song, P Xu, S Jin - Chem, 2016 - cell.com
Producing hydrogen fuel through environmentally friendly electrochemical and solar-driven
photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a very promising approach for providing …

Two-dimensional molybdenum carbide (MXene) as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

ZW Seh, KD Fredrickson, B Anasori… - ACS Energy …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an important energy conversion process that
underpins many clean energy technologies including water splitting. Herein, we report for …

Contributions of phase, sulfur vacancies, and edges to the hydrogen evolution reaction catalytic activity of porous molybdenum disulfide nanosheets

Y Yin, J Han, Y Zhang, X Zhang, P Xu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a promising nonprecious catalyst for the hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) that has been extensively studied due to its excellent performance …

All The Catalytic Active Sites of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

G Li, D Zhang, Q Qiao, Y Yu, D Peterson… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
MoS2 presents a promising low-cost catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), but
the understanding about its active sites has remained limited. Here we present an …

Highly active and stable catalysts of phytic acid-derivative transition metal phosphides for full water splitting

G Zhang, G Wang, Y Liu, H Liu, J Qu… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Application of transition metal phosphide (TMP) catalysts for full water splitting has great
potential to help relieve the energy crisis. Various methods have been investigated to obtain …

The role of electronic coupling between substrate and 2D MoS2 nanosheets in electrocatalytic production of hydrogen

D Voiry, R Fullon, J Yang… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
The excellent catalytic activity of metallic MoS2 edges for the hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) has led to substantial efforts towards increasing the edge concentration. The 2H …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis

T Ling, DY Yan, Y Jiao, H Wang, Y Zheng… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Engineering the surface structure at the atomic level can be used to precisely and effectively
manipulate the reactivity and durability of catalysts. Here we report tuning of the atomic …

Direct and continuous strain control of catalysts with tunable battery electrode materials

H Wang, S Xu, C Tsai, Y Li, C Liu, J Zhao, Y Liu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
We report a method for using battery electrode materials to directly and continuously control
the lattice strain of platinum (Pt) catalyst and thus tune its catalytic activity for the oxygen …

Ultrafine NiO Nanosheets Stabilized by TiO2 from Monolayer NiTi-LDH Precursors: An Active Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst

Y Zhao, X Jia, G Chen, L Shang… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Faceted NiO nanoparticles preferentially exposing high surface energy planes demand
attention due to their excellent electrocatalytic properties. However, the activity of faceted …