A review of transition metal boride, carbide, pnictide, and chalcogenide water oxidation electrocatalysts

K Kawashima, RA Márquez, LA Smith… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition metal borides, carbides, pnictides, and chalcogenides (X-ides) have emerged as
a class of materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Because of their high earth …

Theoretical modeling of electrochemical proton-coupled electron transfer

RE Warburton, AV Soudackov… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) plays an essential role in a wide range of
electrocatalytic processes. A vast array of theoretical and computational methods have been …

Potential-dependent transition of reaction mechanisms for oxygen evolution on layered double hydroxides

Z Wang, WA Goddard III, H Xiao - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of crucial importance to sustainable energy and
environmental engineering, and layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are among the most …

Realizing Two-Electron Transfer in Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Energy Storage

J Kang, Y Xue, J Yang, Q Hu, Q Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The theoretical capacity of a given electrode material is ultimately determined by the number
of electrons transferred in each redox center. The design of multi-electron transfer processes …

Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation

N Zhang, X Feng, D Rao, X Deng, L Cai, B Qiu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is recognized as kinetic bottleneck in water
electrolysis. Transition metal sites with high valence states can accelerate the reaction …

In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution

F Dionigi, Z Zeng, I Sinev, T Merzdorf… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract NiFe and CoFe (MFe) layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are among the most
active electrocatalysts for the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we combine …

Active site engineering in porous electrocatalysts

H Chen, X Liang, Y Liu, X Ai, T Asefa… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysis is at the center of many sustainable energy conversion technologies that are
being developed to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. The past decade has witnessed …

Dynamic stability of active sites in hydr (oxy) oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction

DY Chung, PP Lopes… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
The poor activity and stability of electrode materials for the oxygen evolution reaction are the
main bottlenecks in the water-splitting reaction for H2 production. Here, by studying the …

Spectroelectrochemical analysis of the water oxidation mechanism on doped nickel oxides

RR Rao, S Corby, A Bucci… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal oxides and oxyhydroxides exhibit state-of-the-art activity for the oxygen evolution
reaction (OER); however, their reaction mechanism, particularly the relationship between …

Revealing the dynamics and roles of iron incorporation in nickel hydroxide water oxidation catalysts

C Kuai, C Xi, A Hu, Y Zhang, Z Xu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The surface of an electrocatalyst undergoes dynamic chemical and structural
transformations under electrochemical operating conditions. There is a dynamic exchange …