Non-noble metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

Hydrogen is a promising candidate for clean and sustainable energy resources to substitute fossil fuels to mitigate global environmental issues. Electrochemical hydrogen production has been regarded as a viable and promising strategy. The overall water splitting is currently the predominant electroc...

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Published in:Rare metals Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 2169 - 2183
Main Authors: Wu, Tong, Sun, Ming-Zi, Huang, Bo-Long
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Beijing Nonferrous Metals Society of China 01.07.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Bifunctional electrocatalyst
Biomaterials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Clean energy
Electrocatalysts
Energy
Energy sources
Energy‐saving hydrogen production
Fossil fuels
Hydrogen
Hydrogen evolution reactions
Hydrogen production
Hydrogen-based energy
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Metallic Materials
Mini Review
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Noble metals
Non‐noble metal electrocatalysts
Overall water splitting
Oxidation
Oxygen evolution reactions
Physical Chemistry
Production methods
Renewable energy
Water splitting
Bifunctional electrocatalyst
Energy-saving hydrogen production
Overall water splitting
Hydrogen production
Non-noble metal electrocatalysts
ISSN:1001-0521, 1867-7185
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Summary:Hydrogen is a promising candidate for clean and sustainable energy resources to substitute fossil fuels to mitigate global environmental issues. Electrochemical hydrogen production has been regarded as a viable and promising strategy. The overall water splitting is currently the predominant electrochemical hydrogen production method, which could be driven by renewable energy to achieve sustainable production. However, the current challenges are the intrinsically sluggish and energy-intensive oxygen evolution reduction (OER) at the anode and the expensive noble metal-based catalysts for overall water splitting, which limit the practical applications. Extensive efforts have been made to develop bifunctional non-noble metal-based electrocatalysts to boost hydrogen production efficiency and lower the cost. Meanwhile, alternative oxidation reactions with faster kinetics and less energy requirement than OER are being explored as the anodic reaction to couple with the hydrogen evolution reaction for energy-saving hydrogen production. In this review, the non-noble metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting, as well as other novel energy-saving hydrogen productions have been introduced and summarized. Current challenges and outlooks are commented on at the end of the article. Graphical abstract
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ISSN:1001-0521
1867-7185
DOI:10.1007/s12598-021-01914-x