Recent advances in carbon‐supported noble‐metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: syntheses, structures, and properties

Y Liu, Q Wang, J Zhang, J Ding… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that converts renewable electricity
into storable hydrogen, a sustainable and clean energy carrier, provides a promising …

Recent advances of single‐atom‐alloy for energy electrocatalysis

T Shen, S Wang, T Zhao, Y Hu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐atom‐alloys (SAAs), as an emerging kind of materials, combine the
advantages of alloy and single‐atom catalysts. The full atomic utilization of active sites and …

Recent advances in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution using nanoparticles

J Zhu, L Hu, P Zhao, LYS Lee, KY Wong - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen fuel is considered as the cleanest renewable resource and the primary alternative
to fossil fuels for future energy supply. Sustainable hydrogen generation is the major …

Exclusive strain effect boosts overall water splitting in PdCu/Ir core/shell nanocrystals

M Li, Z Zhao, Z Xia, M Luo, Q Zhang, Y Qin… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Core/shell nanocatalysts are a class of promising materials, which achieve the enhanced
catalytic activities through the synergy between ligand effect and strain effect. However, it …

Enhancing electrocatalytic water splitting by strain engineering

B You, MT Tang, C Tsai, F Abild‐Pedersen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical water splitting driven by sustainable energy such as solar, wind, and tide is
attracting ever‐increasing attention for sustainable production of clean hydrogen fuel from …

Strain engineering of metal-based nanomaterials for energy electrocatalysis

Z Xia, S Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The strain effect, along with the ligand effect and synergistic effect, contributes primarily to
the optimization of electrocatalytic activity and stability. The strain effect leads to a shift in the …

A fundamental comprehension and recent progress in advanced Pt‐based ORR nanocatalysts

Y Wang, D Wang, Y Li - SmartMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Today, Pt/C catalysts are widely used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).
The practical applications of PEMFCs still face many limitations in the preparation of …

Tunable intrinsic strain in two-dimensional transition metal electrocatalysts

L Wang, Z Zeng, W Gao, T Maxson, D Raciti, M Giroux… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Tuning surface strain is a powerful strategy for tailoring the reactivity of metal catalysts.
Traditionally, surface strain is imposed by external stress from a heterogeneous substrate …

Engineering electrocatalyst nanosurfaces to enrich the activity by inducing lattice strain

S Maiti, K Maiti, MT Curnan, K Kim, KJ Noh… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis undeniably offers noteworthy improvements to future energy conversion and
storage technologies, such as fuel cells, water electrolyzers, and metal–air batteries. The …

Advancing the electrochemistry of the hydrogen‐evolution reaction through combining experiment and theory

Y Zheng, Y Jiao, M Jaroniec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The electrocatalytic hydrogen‐evolution reaction (HER), as the main step of water splitting
and the cornerstone of exploring the mechanism of other multi‐electron transfer …