The hydrogen evolution reaction: from material to interfacial descriptors

N Dubouis, A Grimaud - Chemical Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of sustainable hydrogen with water electrolyzers is envisaged as one of the
most promising ways to match the continuously growing demand for renewable electricity …

Improving the accuracy of atomistic simulations of the electrochemical interface

R Sundararaman, D Vigil-Fowler, K Schwarz - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atomistic simulation of the electrochemical double layer is an ambitious undertaking,
requiring quantum mechanical description of electrons, phase space sampling of liquid …

Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt

P Li, Y Jiang, Y Hu, Y Men, Y Liu, W Cai, S Chen - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of the large kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis, that is, the
approximately two orders of magnitude decrease in reaction kinetics when moving from acid …

[PDF][PDF] Research progress of hydrogen oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction mechanism in alkaline media

M Li, X Zheng, L Li, Z Wei - Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin, 2021 - researchgate.net
Hydrogen oxygen fuel cells and water electrolysis serves as two important systems for
realizing the recycling of hydrogen energy, which involves two crucial electrochemical …

Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts

S Vijay, W Ju, S Brückner, SC Tsang, P Strasser… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
CO is the simplest product from CO2 electroreduction (CO2R), but the identity and nature of
its rate-limiting step remain controversial. Here we investigate the activity of transition metals …

Porous two-dimensional iron-cyano nanosheets for high-rate electrochemical nitrate reduction

Z Fang, Z Jin, S Tang, P Li, P Wu, G Yu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ammonia (NH3) is an essential ingredient in agriculture and a promising source of clean
energy as a hydrogen carrier. The current major method for ammonia production, however …

pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper

X Liu, P Schlexer, J Xiao, Y Ji, L Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We present a microkinetic model for CO (2) reduction (CO (2) R) on Cu (211) towards C2
products, based on energetics estimated from an explicit solvent model. We show that the …

How cations affect the electric double layer and the rates and selectivity of electrocatalytic processes

MM Waegele, CM Gunathunge, J Li, X Li - The Journal of chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Electrocatalysis is central to the production of renewable fuels and high-value commodity
chemicals. The electrolyte and the electrode together determine the catalytic properties of …

Advancing the electrochemistry of gas‐involved reactions through theoretical calculations and simulations from microscopic to macroscopic

Y He, S Liu, M Wang, H Ji, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, gas‐involved electrochemical reactions, such as carbon dioxide reduction
reaction (CO2RR), nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), and hydrogen evolution reaction …

Water at interfaces

O Björneholm, MH Hansen, A Hodgson… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interfaces of neat water and aqueous solutions play a prominent role in many
technological processes and in the environment. Examples of aqueous interfaces are …