Shining light on layered metal phosphosulphide catalysts for efficient water electrolysis: preparation, promotion strategies, and perspectives

Abstract

Electrocatalytic water splitting can efficiently produce clean hydrogen energy, alleviate the global energy crisis and reduce the environmental pollution. The highly active and earth-abundant electrocatalysts are crucial for the sustainable...

Amorphous–crystalline CoFeB/NiPS3 vertical heterostructure with a built-in electric field for robust ampere-level water oxidation

“…Such a unique 2D/2D heterostructure can provide a large specific surface area, thus improving the OER performance of the catalyst. 36 Fig. S11† shows the EDS spectrum of CFBN-3.…”

Uniform nodule-like Ni3C/Ni heterostructure templated by metal–organic frameworks for high-performance overall water splitting

“…1–3 Electrochemical water splitting is widely regarded as a recycled strategy to produce clean and renewable H 2 . 4,5 Nonetheless, one of the major technological obstacles for large-scale hydrogen production is the low thermodynamic kinetics of water splitting with large overpotential and the usage of expensive electrodes. 6–8 At present, the most effective catalysts for electrochemical overall water splitting are noble metal-based materials, for example, platinum-based alloys/compounds for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and RuO 2 /IrO 2 -based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).…”

Deep sulfur doping induces the rapid electrochemical self-reconstruction of Ni–Fe hydroxide to drive water oxidation

“…The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a fundamental and important role in clean energy conversion devices, 1 such as water splitting [2][3][4] and metal-air batteries. 5,6 However, the conversion efficiency of these devices heavily suffers from the sluggish reaction kinetics and complex reaction pathways of the OER. [7][8][9] In order to accelerate the OER process, decrease the required overpotential and reduce the energy consumption, high-efficiency electrocatalysts with a dramatic activity and superior durability have been widely employed in this popular research field.…”