EES Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(1), P. 32 - 56
Published: Nov. 11, 2024
This
review
summarizes
the
research
progress
made
in
recent
years
rational
design
of
RMSACs
for
large-scale
hydrogen
production
under
actual
conditions,
including
high
current
density,
seawater
electrolysis
and
long
term
operation.
Advanced Sustainable Systems,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 23, 2025
Abstract
Methanol
electrolysis,
coupling
thermodynamically
favorable
methanol
oxidation
reaction
(MOR)
and
hydrogen
evolution
(HER),
is
a
promising
strategy
for
energy‐saving
generation
as
compared
with
traditional
water
splitting.
Pt‐based
catalysts
are
the
best
choice
while
intrinsic
activity
utilization
of
Pt
should
be
increased
due
to
its
high
cost.
Supporting
engineering
effective
in
boosting
catalytic
effectiveness,
some
novel
supports
diverse
support
effects
developed
accelerate
kinetics
improve
efficiency.
Herein,
comprehensive
review
recent
advances
electrocatalysts
methanol‐assisted
production
provided.
The
mechanism
electrolysis
anode
MOR
cathode
HER
first
outlined,
respectively.
Then,
performance
enhancement
effects,
including
anchoring,
electronic,
synergistic,
strain
briefly
discussed.
Subsequently,
clarified
by
supports,
metal
oxides,
phosphides,
selenides,
tellurides,
presented,
promotion
effect
relevant
challenges
future
perspectives
concluded
last
section,
where
most
attention
paid
metal‐supporting
their
understanding
study.
Modulating
the
coordination
environment
of
metal
active
sites
and
adjacent
atoms
significantly
enhances
catalytic
activity
heterogeneous
catalysts
owing
to
local
synergistic
effect
between
supports.
While
layered
double
hydroxide
(LDH)-supported
Pt
exhibit
complementary
advantages
exceptional
performance
in
overall
water
splitting
(OWS),
absence
a
robust
structure
LDH
constrains
their
stability.
Herein,
we
report
engineering
strategy
alter
on
surface
NiFe
using
atomic
layer
deposition
(ALD)
for
OWS.
The
synthesized
Pt/NiFe
LDH-O
catalyst,
featuring
2-coordinate
Pt-OH
6-coordinate
Pt-Pt,
exhibits
η10
=
14
mV
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER),
η100
287
oxygen
(OER),
an
effective
OWS
(η10
1.496
V)
over
200
h.
Combining
structural
electrochemical
characterizations,
confirmed
that
affected
nucleation
growth
LDH,
leading
decrease
increase
Pt-Pt
coordination,
thereby
enhancing
hydrolysis
capability
shifting
rate-determining
step
(RDS)
from
Volmer
Heyrovsky
step,
which
contributed
excellent
performance.
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
results
demonstrated
electronic
is
considerably
regulated
by
facilitating
charge
redistribution.
Our
investigation
provides
deep
insights
into
regulating
electrocatalytic
LDH-supported
catalysts.
Small,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 9, 2024
Abstract
Integrating
electrochemical
upcycling
of
polyethylene‐terephthalate
(PET)
and
the
hydrogen
evolution
reaction
(HER)
is
an
energy‐saving
approach
for
electrolytic
(H
2
)
production,
along
with
coproduction
formate.
Herein,
a
novel
rapid
strategy
cold
plasma
phosphating
employed
to
synthesize
Co
P–Ni
P
heterointerface
decorated
on
carbon
cloth
(Co
P‐Ni
P/CC)
catalyze
H
generation
reform
PET.
Notably,
obtained
P/CC
exhibits
eminent
ethylene
glycol
oxidation
(EGOR)
HER
activities,
effectuating
low
potentials
merely
1.300
−0.112
V
versus
RHE
at
100
mA
cm
−2
EGOR
HER,
respectively,
also
attaining
ultralow
cell
bias
10
EG
assisted‐water
splitting.
DFT
characterization
results
validate
that
as‐formed
built‐in
electric
fields
in
can
accelerate
electrons
transfer
deepen
structural
self‐reconstruction,
thereby
boosting
effectively
water
dissociation
(EG)
dehydrogenation.
Impressively,
coupling
PET‐derived
EG‐to‐formate
flow‐cell
electrolyzer
assembled
pair
achieves
intriguing
formate
Faradaic
efficiency
90.6%
extraordinary
stable
operation
over
70
h
.
The
work
exemplifies
facile
effective
synthesizing
metal
phosphides
electrocatalysts
performance
toward
splitting
recycling