Applied Physics Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(4)
Published: Oct. 24, 2024
Maintaining
an
acceptable
quality
of
life
worldwide
increasingly
depends
on
the
availability
clean
and
cost-effective
energy,
with
power
consumption
expected
to
double
by
2050.
Therefore,
need
for
sustainable
affordable
green
energy
has
spurred
innovative
electrocatalysis
research
goal
develop
materials
processes
that
are
capable
producing
environmentally
friendly,
carbon-neutral,
clean,
hydrogen
fuel
as
alternative
fossil
fuel.
In
particular,
heterostructured
catalysts
consisting
transition
metal
oxides
sulfides
have
emerged
a
component
technology.
The
dual
functionality
these
allows
water
splitting,
while
selectivity
catalytic
creates
synergetic
effects
based
their
electronic
structure,
surface
composition,
electrochemical
area.
this
review,
we
examine
latest
developments,
synthesis
methods,
design
strategies,
reaction
mechanisms,
performance
outcomes
oxide/sulfide
heterostructures.
review
begins
introducing
current
demand
electrocatalytic
water-splitting
then
describes
fundamental
principles
heterostructures
evolution
(HER)
oxygen
(OER)
performance.
A
large
part
is
dedicated
comprehensive
discussion
various
designed
OER,
HER,
two-electrode
electrolyzer
applications.
addition,
use
in
situ
operando
techniques,
which
provide
crucial
information
effective
electrocatalysts,
described.
We
also
discuss
present
status
technology,
including
challenges
it
faces
its
future
prospects
means
achieve
carbon-neutral
production.
Overall,
delivers
summary
developments
Energy & Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(19), P. 6897 - 6942
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
review
focuses
on
the
latest
developments
in
direct
seawater
electrolysis,
specifically
electrocatalysts,
hybrid
anodic
oxidation,
and
electrolyzers,
providing
a
glimpse
into
future
of
environmentally
friendly
hydrogen
generation.
ACS Applied Nano Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
6(20), P. 19349 - 19358
Published: Oct. 12, 2023
Urea-assisted
electrolytic
water
splitting
is
recognized
as
a
high-efficiency
and
energy-saving
hydrogen
production
technology
because
of
its
advantages
reducing
the
thermodynamic
electrode
potential
decomposing
pollutant.
Furthermore,
reasonably
designed
heterojunction
catalyst
can
significantly
accelerate
kinetic
rate
urea
oxidation
reaction
(UOR).
In
this
paper,
four-component
(including
NiCo,
NiCoP,
Ni3Se2,
NiSe)
NiCo-based
heterostructure
(expressed
NixSey/NC-NCP)
was
successfully
synthesized
by
combining
electrodeposition
method
high-temperature
selenization
strategy,
which
consists
an
interlaced
chainlike
structure
interconnected
nanosphere
structure.
As
expected,
NixSey/NC-NCP
only
requires
low
1.36
V
to
enable
UOR
deliver
current
density
100
mA
cm–2,
208
mV
lower
than
that
corresponding
oxygen
evolution
(OER).
The
results
physical
characterizations
confirm
surface
reconstructed
during
electrocatalytic
process;
is,
active
species
such
CoOOH
NiOOH
were
generated
on
surface.
Pt/C||NixSey/NC-NCP
electrolyzer
composed
commercial
Pt/C
self-supporting
used
for
urea-assisted
splitting,
needs
cell
voltages
1.40
1.45
drive
densities
200
respectively.
This
study
promotes
research
hierarchical
catalysts
enhance
performance,
effectively
energy
required
electrochemical
production.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(24), P. 10142 - 10149
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
The
development
of
excellent
bifunctional
electrocatalysts
is
an
effective
way
to
promote
the
industrial
application
electrolytic
water.
In
this
work,
a
free-standing
W-doped
cobalt
selenide
(W-CoSe300/NF)
electrocatalyst
with
snowflake-like
structure
supported
on
nickel
foam
was
prepared
by
hydrothermal-selenization
strategy.
Benefiting
from
high
specific
surface
area
3D
and
regulation
tungsten
doping
electronic
metal
active
center,
W-CoSe300/NF
shows
remarkable
electrocatalytic
water
decomposition
performance.
1.0
M
KOH,
achieved
efficient
HER
OER
at
current
density
50
mA
cm
Constructing
transition
metal
multiphase
composites
can
improve
the
electrocatalytic
efficiency
of
(sea)water
splitting
via
interfacial
interaction
between
adjacent
active
sites.
Herein,
self-supporting
NimSn-FeOx
heterostructure
is
in
situ
grown
on
nickel
foam
(NF)
through
a
corrosion
engineering
approach,
which
displays
abundant
dendritic
array
structures,
endowing
material
with
sites
and
high
area.
The
control
introducing
Fe3+
sulfur
precursors
effectively
trigger
phase
transiting
from
Ni3S2
to
Ni9S8,
generating
more
S
vacancies,
could
reduce
reaction
energy
barrier
performance.
Simultaneously,
presence
Fe–S
bonding
at
sulfide/oxide
interface
brings
strong
electronic
interaction,
enables
tuning
adsorption
intermediates
accelerates
catalytic
kinetics.
As
result,
Ni9S8–FeOx/NF-Fe8.0
catalyst
presents
low
overpotentials
159
mV
190
for
oxygen
evolution
100
mA
cm–2
under
1
M
KOH
solution
simulated
seawater
conditions,
respectively.
overall
water
incorporating
as
both
anode
cathode
provides
potential
1.707
V
1.794
cm–2.
This
research
furnishes
an
efficient
strategy
toward
design
advanced
heterogeneous
splitting.