scholarly journals Carbon Nanohorn-Based Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Kagkoura ◽  
Nikos Tagmatarchis
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Metal Catalyst ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Carbon Nanohorns ◽  
Energy Demands

In the context of even more growing energy demands, the investigation of alternative environmentally friendly solutions, like fuel cells, is essential. Given their outstanding properties, carbon nanohorns (CNHs) have come forth as promising electrocatalysts within the nanocarbon family. Carbon nanohorns are conical nanostructures made of sp2 carbon sheets that form aggregated superstructures during their synthesis. They require no metal catalyst during their preparation and they are inexpensively produced in industrial quantities, affording a favorable candidate for electrocatalytic reactions. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview regarding CNHs in the field of electrocatalysis and especially, in oxygen reduction, methanol oxidation, and hydrogen evolution, as well as oxygen evolution from water splitting, underlining the progress made so far, and pointing out the areas where significant improvement can be achieved.

scholarly journals Defect Engineering of Molybdenum-Based Materials for Electrocatalysis

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1301
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Gao ◽  
Guolang Zhou ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Jingzhou Yin ◽  
Lili Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Defect Engineering ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Preparation Methods ◽  
Future Research Directions

Molybdenum-based electrocatalysts have been widely applied in electrochemical energy conversion reactions. The essential roles of defects, including doping, vacancies, grain boundaries, and dislocations in improving various electrocatalytic performances have been reported. This review describes the latest development of defect engineering in molybdenum-based materials for hydrogen evolution, oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and nitrogen reduction reactions. The types of defects, preparation methods, characterization techniques, and applications of molybdenum-based defect materials are elucidated. Finally, challenges and future research directions for these types of materials are also discussed.

Interface engineering of oxygen-vacancy-rich NiCo2O4/NiCoP heterostructure as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 5559-5565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Jin ◽  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Hengbo Wu ◽  
Nan Zang ◽  
Qingwei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Vacancy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Interface Engineering ◽  
Bifunctional Electrocatalyst ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

Inexpensive bifunctional electrocatalysts towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is highly desirable from the perspective of energy conversion.

Biomass willow catkin-derived Co3O4/N-doped hollow hierarchical porous carbon microtubes as an effective tri-functional electrocatalyst

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (38) ◽  
pp. 20170-20179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
Gaopeng Liu ◽  
Pengfei Zhang ◽  
Wenshuai Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Electrochemical Reactions ◽  
Hierarchical Porous Carbon ◽  
Hierarchical Porous ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
And Storage

Oxygen reduction (ORR), oxygen evolution (OER), and hydrogen evolution (HER) reactions are extremely important electrochemical reactions for electrochemical energy conversion and storage.

Rational prediction of multifunctional bilayer single atom catalysts for the hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (39) ◽  
pp. 20413-20424
Author(s):  
Riming Hu ◽  
Yongcheng Li ◽  
Fuhe Wang ◽  
Jiaxiang Shang
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Reduction Reactions ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reactions

Bilayer single atom catalysts can serve as promising multifunctional electrocatalysts for the HER, ORR, and OER.

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.

Hierarchically porous FeNi3@FeNi layered double hydroxide nanostructures: One-step fast electrodeposition and highly efficient electrocatalytic performances for overall water splitting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihao Liu ◽  
Shifeng Li ◽  
Fangfang Wang ◽  
Mingxia Li ◽  
Yonghong Ni
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Layered Double Hydroxide ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Electrocatalytic Activity ◽  
Hierarchically Porous ◽  
One Step ◽  
Double Hydroxide

FeNi-layered double hydroxide (LDH) is thought to be an excellent electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), but it always shows extremely poor electrocatalytic activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in...

Recent progress in pristine MOF-based catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Fan ◽  
Zixi Kang ◽  
Mengfei Li ◽  
Daofeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Metal Organic Frameworks ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Metal Organic

Among various kinds of materials that have been investigated as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) emerge as...

Recent Advances in Photo-Assisted Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyue Zhang ◽  
Fang Song
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Reduction ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Storage Technologies ◽  
Electrochemical Energy

Electrocatalysts are essential for the widespread of promising electrochemical energy conversion/storage technologies, where oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CRR) are intensively involved....

scholarly journals MoS2/Ni3S2 nanorod arrays well-aligned on Ni foam: a 3D hierarchical efficient bifunctional catalytic electrode for overall water splitting

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (73) ◽  
pp. 46286-46296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Junyu Lei ◽  
Jianpeng Xie ◽  
Haiyan Huang ◽  
Ying Yu
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Nanorod Arrays ◽  
Ni Foam ◽  
Overall Water Splitting

A novel 3D hierarchical bifunctional catalytic electrode, MoS2/Ni3S2 nanorod arrays well-aligned on NF exhibited excellent electrocatalytic efficiency for hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and overall water splitting.

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