Predominantly enhanced catalytic activities of surface protected ZnO nanorods integrated stainless-steel mesh structures: A synergistic impact on oxygen evolution reaction process

Metal Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production in Water Splitting

“…Steel materials have historically been utilized as dual-function catalysts in overall water splitting, despite the fact that their catalytic activity, particularly for HER, is significantly inferior to that of the most sophisticated catalysts . Surface modification appears to be a viable method for dramatically increasing the activity of steel-based materials. , In one study, Kim et al studied a self-activated nanoporous anodic stainless steel electrode with better catalytic performance for the hydrogen evolution reaction.…”

Recent advances in noble metal-free electrocatalysts to achieve efficient alkaline water splitting

“…This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2024 integrating with carbon, designing the facile synthesis route, and utilization of waste enhanced the performance. 1g, [15][16]27,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] (b) Fabricating hydroxide based noble metal-free electrocatalysts enhanced the performance for the HER and OER, while various strategies including preparing nanostructures, preparing transition bimetallic carbonate hydroxides, increasing the conductivity and electrochemical surface area, creating abundant oxygen vacancies, doping of metals, and developing facile synthesis routes at ambient temperature enhanced the performance. 17,26,[43][44][45][46][47][48] (c) Fabricating (oxy)hydroxide based noble metal-free electrocatalysts enhanced the performance for the HER and OER, while various strategies including creating abundant defects, generating multiple vacancies, doping of elements, developing NiFe based catalysts, and developing facile synthesis routes enhanced the performance.…”

“…Fabrication of a thin layer of a transition metal oxide on ZnO can modulate the electronic structure, and that could enhance the performance of the OER. Nandanapalli et al 37 observed that Co 3 O 4 SS Mesh/ZnO exhibits enhanced activity and stability for the OER (SS Mesh: stainless steel mesh). It was obtained by atomic layer deposition followed by chemical bath deposition followed by annealing followed by electrochemical deposition.…”

Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Selective Metallization on White Polymers Using Oxygen Vacancy Laser Sensitizer for IoT Sensors

“…36,37 ZnO materials with abundant OV have attracted much attention in the fields of chemical catalysis and photocatalysis. 38,39 Various physicochemical properties of ZnO, including molecular structure, optical properties, and surface properties, are closely related to OV. 40−43 For example, Zheng et al 44 found that OV can provide anchoring and highly dispersed sites for precious metals, which enhanced the dissociation of C−C bonds in chlorine-containing VOCs.…”

“…The presence of an oxygen vacancy (OV) arises due to the separation of oxygen atoms from the crystal structure in metal oxides or other compounds containing oxygen. , The OV can easily generate under reactions such as high-energy particle bombardment, vacuum calcination, ultrasonic treatment, or chemical reduction. , ZnO materials with abundant OV have attracted much attention in the fields of chemical catalysis and photocatalysis. , Various physicochemical properties of ZnO, including molecular structure, optical properties, and surface properties, are closely related to OV. − For example, Zheng et al found that OV can provide anchoring and highly dispersed sites for precious metals, which enhanced the dissociation of C–C bonds in chlorine-containing VOCs. Gurylev et al found that introducing oxygen vacancies in the ZnO lattice can reduce the minimum conduction band energy level, improving the light absorption of ZnO, and effectively enhancing the photocatalytic activity of ZnO.…”