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Review
. 2020 Jan;32(3):e1806326.
doi: 10.1002/adma.201806326. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Self-Supported Transition-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution

Hongming Sun  1 , Zhenhua Yan  1 , Fangming Liu  1 , Wence Xu  1 , Fangyi Cheng  1 , Jun Chen  1
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Review

Self-Supported Transition-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution

Hongming Sun et al. Adv Mater. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Electrochemical water splitting is a promising technology for sustainable conversion, storage, and transport of hydrogen energy. Searching for earth-abundant hydrogen/oxygen evolution reaction (HER/OER) electrocatalysts with high activity and durability to replace noble-metal-based catalysts plays paramount importance in the scalable application of water electrolysis. A freestanding electrode architecture is highly attractive as compared to the conventional coated powdery form because of enhanced kinetics and stability. Herein, recent progress in developing transition-metal-based HER/OER electrocatalytic materials is reviewed with selected examples of chalcogenides, phosphides, carbides, nitrides, alloys, phosphates, oxides, hydroxides, and oxyhydroxides. Focusing on self-supported electrodes, the latest advances in their structural design, controllable synthesis, mechanistic understanding, and strategies for performance enhancement are presented. Remaining challenges and future perspectives for the further development of self-supported electrocatalysts are also discussed.

Keywords: electrocatalysis; hydrogen evolution; oxygen evolution; self-supported electrodes; transition metals.

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