Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance
Abstract We conclude this review with a perspective of interface engineering strategy for enhancing the activity of metal catalysts for electrocatalytic water splitting and direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). The organic ligands could modify the surface of metal nanostructures, and also could affect...
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| author | Xue Jiang Wen Zhang Guang‐Rui Xu Jianping Lai Lei Wang |
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| description | Abstract We conclude this review with a perspective of interface engineering strategy for enhancing the activity of metal catalysts for electrocatalytic water splitting and direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). The organic ligands could modify the surface of metal nanostructures, and also could affect the electronic structure of metals. Due to the specific physical and chemical properties of organic ligands, the metal nanostructures exhibit super catalytic selectivity to some reaction precursors. This minireview focuses on evaluating the catalytic mechanisms for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), alcohol oxygen reaction (AOR), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which are the main reactions for water splitting and DAFCs, respectively, which are driven by interface engineering. This new strategy provides an approach for the design and synthesis of nanostructures modifying by organic ligands, providing a reasonable outlook of their extensive application in chemical energy conversion and storage, and selective fuel production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb46d9eff1a24cb899f5accf58d216c02022-12-22T00:38:14ZengWiley-VCHElectrochemical Science Advances2698-59772022-06-0123n/an/a10.1002/elsa.202100066Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performanceXue Jiang0Wen Zhang1Guang‐Rui Xu2Jianping Lai3Lei Wang4Key Laboratory of Eco‐chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic‐electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco‐chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic‐electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco‐chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic‐electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco‐chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic‐electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. ChinaKey Laboratory of Eco‐chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optic‐electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry of Life Science, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao P. R. ChinaAbstract We conclude this review with a perspective of interface engineering strategy for enhancing the activity of metal catalysts for electrocatalytic water splitting and direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). The organic ligands could modify the surface of metal nanostructures, and also could affect the electronic structure of metals. Due to the specific physical and chemical properties of organic ligands, the metal nanostructures exhibit super catalytic selectivity to some reaction precursors. This minireview focuses on evaluating the catalytic mechanisms for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), alcohol oxygen reaction (AOR), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which are the main reactions for water splitting and DAFCs, respectively, which are driven by interface engineering. This new strategy provides an approach for the design and synthesis of nanostructures modifying by organic ligands, providing a reasonable outlook of their extensive application in chemical energy conversion and storage, and selective fuel production.https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100066direct alcohol fuel cellsinterface engineeringorganic ligandswater splitting |
| spellingShingle | Xue Jiang Wen Zhang Guang‐Rui Xu Jianping Lai Lei Wang Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance Electrochemical Science Advances direct alcohol fuel cells interface engineering organic ligands water splitting |
| title | Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| title_full | Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| title_fullStr | Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| title_short | Interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| title_sort | interface engineering of metal nanomaterials enhance the electrocatalytic water splitting and fuel cell performance |
| topic | direct alcohol fuel cells interface engineering organic ligands water splitting |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100066 |
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