Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting

H Jin, J Xu, H Liu, H Shen, H Yu, M Jaroniec… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the
exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex …

Anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers and fuel cells

Y Yang, P Li, X Zheng, W Sun, SX Dou, T Ma… - Chemical society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Anion-exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) and fuel cells (AEMFCs)
are technologies that, respectively, achieve transformation and utilization of renewable …

Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst

J Guo, Y Zheng, Z Hu, C Zheng, J Mao, K Du… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the
shortage of freshwater resources. Seawater is abundant but must be desalinated before use …

Subnanometric Ru clusters with upshifted D band center improve performance for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Hu, K Gao, X Wang, H Zheng, J Cao, L Mi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Subnanometric metal clusters usually have unique electronic structures and may display
electrocatalytic performance distinctive from single atoms (SAs) and larger nanoparticles …

Tailoring a local acid-like microenvironment for efficient neutral hydrogen evolution

X Zheng, X Shi, H Ning, R Yang, B Lu, Q Luo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral media is listed as the most difficult
challenges of energy catalysis due to the sluggish kinetics. Herein, the Ir-HxWO3 catalyst is …

Long‐range interactions in diatomic catalysts boosting electrocatalysis

WH Li, J Yang, D Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The simultaneous presence of two active metal centres in diatomic catalysts (DACs) leads to
the occurrence of specific interactions between active sites. Such interactions, referred to as …

Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

T Zhang, J Jin, J Chen, Y Fang, X Han, J Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developing active single-atom-catalyst (SAC) for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) is a promising solution to lower the green hydrogen cost. However, the correlations …

In situ Raman spectroscopy reveals the structure and dissociation of interfacial water

YH Wang, S Zheng, WM Yang, RY Zhou, QF He… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the structure and dynamic process of water at the solid–liquid interface is an
extremely important topic in surface science, energy science and catalysis,–. As model …

Superiority of dual‐atom catalysts in electrocatalysis: one step further than single‐atom catalysts

R Li, D Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, dual‐atom catalysts (DACs) have attracted extensive attention, as an
extension of single‐atom catalysts (SACs). Compared with SACs, DACs have higher metal …

Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

C Wan, Z Zhang, J Dong, M Xu, H Pu, D Baumann… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
In analogy to natural enzymes, an elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically
tailored local chemical environment could substantially improve reaction kinetics, effectively …