能源化学(英文版)

能源化学(英文) ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 111-160.DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2018.09.016

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Recent progress on earth abundant electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline medium to achieve efficient water splitting-A review

Jamesh Mohammed-Ibrahima,b,c,d, Xiaoming Suna   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    b Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;
    c Applied and Plasma Physics, School of Physics(A28), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
    d CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute-Chennai Unit, CSIR Madras Complex, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
  • 收稿日期:2018-06-19 修回日期:2018-09-03 出版日期:2019-07-15 发布日期:2019-07-15
  • 通讯作者: Jamesh Mohammed-Ibrahim, Xiaoming Sun
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Innovative Research Team in the University, the Program for Changjiang Scholars, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the longterm subsidy mechanism from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The author (M.I.J) thanks the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (Reference No. PDF/2017/000015).

Recent progress on earth abundant electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline medium to achieve efficient water splitting-A review

Jamesh Mohammed-Ibrahima,b,c,d, Xiaoming Suna   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;
    b Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;
    c Applied and Plasma Physics, School of Physics(A28), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
    d CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute-Chennai Unit, CSIR Madras Complex, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
  • Received:2018-06-19 Revised:2018-09-03 Online:2019-07-15 Published:2019-07-15
  • Contact: Jamesh Mohammed-Ibrahim, Xiaoming Sun
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Innovative Research Team in the University, the Program for Changjiang Scholars, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the longterm subsidy mechanism from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The author (M.I.J) thanks the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (Reference No. PDF/2017/000015).

摘要： Developing earth-abundant-electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction is one of the promising ways to achieve efficient water-splitting for hydrogen production (a clean chemical fuel). This paper reviews the activity, stability and durability for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium of different types of recently reported potential electrocatalysts such as Ni, Co, NiCo, Fe, Cu, W, Mo, Se, Mn, Zn, V, and metal free based earth-abundant-electrocatalysts. Further, this paper reviews the strategies used to achieve the remarkably low overpotential (including η10: ≤ 35 mV), high long term stability (including ≥ 100 h) and high durability (including ≥ 5000 cycles) of potential earth-abundant-electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium and those are better or well comparable with the state-of-the-art, noble, Pt/C electrocatalyst. Finally, this paper summarizes the efficient strategies such as preparing porous structured materials, preparing nanostructured materials with superaerophobic surface, preparing nanostructured materials, preparing carbon composites/integrating electrocatalysts with carbon, preparing amorphous materials, preparing materials with oxygen vacancies/defects, preparing metal chalcogenides, preparing bimetallic/multi-metallic materials, doping metals or heteroatoms, preparing electrocatalysts with core-shell structure, decorating electrocatalysts with amines, preparing homojunction/heterojunction structured materials, preparing hollow structured materials, and preparing boronrich surface to enhance the activity, stability, and durability for HER.

关键词: HER electrocatalyst, Electrochemical water splitting, Earth abundant electrocatalyst, Hydrogen energy

Abstract: Developing earth-abundant-electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction is one of the promising ways to achieve efficient water-splitting for hydrogen production (a clean chemical fuel). This paper reviews the activity, stability and durability for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium of different types of recently reported potential electrocatalysts such as Ni, Co, NiCo, Fe, Cu, W, Mo, Se, Mn, Zn, V, and metal free based earth-abundant-electrocatalysts. Further, this paper reviews the strategies used to achieve the remarkably low overpotential (including η10: ≤ 35 mV), high long term stability (including ≥ 100 h) and high durability (including ≥ 5000 cycles) of potential earth-abundant-electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium and those are better or well comparable with the state-of-the-art, noble, Pt/C electrocatalyst. Finally, this paper summarizes the efficient strategies such as preparing porous structured materials, preparing nanostructured materials with superaerophobic surface, preparing nanostructured materials, preparing carbon composites/integrating electrocatalysts with carbon, preparing amorphous materials, preparing materials with oxygen vacancies/defects, preparing metal chalcogenides, preparing bimetallic/multi-metallic materials, doping metals or heteroatoms, preparing electrocatalysts with core-shell structure, decorating electrocatalysts with amines, preparing homojunction/heterojunction structured materials, preparing hollow structured materials, and preparing boronrich surface to enhance the activity, stability, and durability for HER.

Key words: HER electrocatalyst, Electrochemical water splitting, Earth abundant electrocatalyst, Hydrogen energy