scholarly journals The Role of Cation Acidity on the Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction on Gold Electrodes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana C. O. Monteiro ◽  
Federico Dattila ◽  
Núria López ◽  
Marc T. M. Koper
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Gold Electrodes

scholarly journals A structurally versatile nickel phosphite acting as a robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1287-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashanth W. Menezes ◽  
Chakadola Panda ◽  
Stefan Loos ◽  
Florian Bunschei-Bruns ◽  
Carsten Walter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Bifunctional Electrocatalyst ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

The mechanistically distinct and synergistic role of phosphite anions in hydrogen evolution and nickel cations in oxygen evolution have been uncovered for active and durable overall water splitting catalysis in nickel phosphite.

scholarly journals Elucidating the Influence of Electric Fields toward CO2 Activation on YSZ (111)

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Nisa Ulumuddin ◽  
Fanglin Che ◽  
Jung-Il Yang ◽  
Su Ha ◽  
Jean-Sabin McEwen
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Total Density ◽  
Reverse Water Gas Shift ◽  
High Thermodynamic Stability ◽  
Shift Reaction ◽  
Water Gas

Despite its high thermodynamic stability, the presence of a negative electric field is known to facilitate the activation of CO2 through electrostatic effects. To utilize electric fields for a reverse water gas shift reaction, it is critical to elucidate the role of an electric field on a catalyst surface toward activating a CO2 molecule. We conduct a first-principles study to gain an atomic and electronic description of adsorbed CO2 on YSZ (111) surfaces when external electric fields of +1 V/Å, 0 V/Å, and −1 V/Å are applied. We find that the application of an external electric field generally destabilizes oxide bonds, where the direction of the field affects the location of the most favorable oxygen vacancy. The direction of the field also drastically impacts how CO2 adsorbs on the surface. CO2 is bound by physisorption when a +1 V/Å field is applied, a similar interaction as to how it is adsorbed in the absence of a field. This interaction changes to chemisorption when the surface is exposed to a −1 V/Å field value, resulting in the formation of a CO3− complex. The strong interaction is reflected through a direct charge transfer and an orbital splitting within the Olatticep-states. While CO2 remains physisorbed when a +1 V/Å field value is applied, our total density of states analysis indicates that a positive field pulls the charge away from the adsorbate, resulting in a shift of its bonding and antibonding peaks to higher energies, allowing a stronger interaction with YSZ (111). Ultimately, the effect of an electric field toward CO2 adsorption is not negligible, and there is potential in utilizing electric fields to favor the thermodynamics of CO2 reduction on heterogeneous catalysts.

A Central Role of Nitrogen Atoms in a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Cathodic Hydrogen Evolution

ChemSusChem ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Jie Zhao ◽  
Sheng-Ying Su ◽  
Ning Deng ◽  
Jun-Qing Shi ◽  
Fang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Efficient Catalyst ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Cathodic Hydrogen Evolution

scholarly journals A Mini Review on Doped Nickel-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 4651
Author(s):  
Yilin Deng ◽  
Wei Lai ◽  
Bin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Water Electrolysis ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Alkaline Media ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Heteroatom Doping ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen

The energy crisis and environmental pollution have attracted much attention and have promoted researches on clean and sustainable hydrogen energy resources. With the help of highly active and stable transition metal nickel-based catalysts, the production of hydrogen from water electrolysis from electrolyzed water has become an inexpensive and efficient strategy for generating hydrogen energy. In recent years, heteroatom doping has been found to be an effective strategy to improve the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performances of nickel-based catalysts in acidic, neutral, and alkaline media. This review will highlight many recent works of inexpensive and readily available heteroatom-doped nickel-based HER catalysts. The evaluation methods for the performances of HER catalyst will be briefly described, and the role of heteroatom doping and its application in nickel-based catalyst will be summarized. This article will also point out some heteroatom doping strategies, which may provide references and inspire the design of other catalysts with dopants.

Role of Hyper-Reduced States in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at Sulfur Vacancy in MoS2

ACS Catalysis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4508-4515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kye Yeop Kim ◽  
Joohee Lee ◽  
Sungwoo Kang ◽  
Young-Woo Son ◽  
Ho Won Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Sulfur Vacancy
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