Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 4-22.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(18)63177-8

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Recent advances in one-dimensional nanostructures for energy electrocatalysis

Ping Lia,b, Wei Chena,b   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institution of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China;
    b School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
  • Received:2018-08-31 Revised:2018-10-08 Online:2019-01-18 Published:2018-11-09
  • Contact: 10.1016/S1872-2067(18)63177-8
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21575134, 21633008, 21773224), National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFA0203200), and K. C. Wong Education Foundation.

Abstract:

Catalysts play decisive roles in determining the energy conversion efficiencies of energy devices. Up to now, various types of nanostructured materials have been studied as advanced electrocatalysts. This review highlights the application of one-dimensional (1D) metal electrocatalysts in energy conversion, focusing on two important reaction systems-direct methanol fuel cells and water splitting. In this review, we first give a broad introduction of electrochemical energy conversion. In the second section, we summarize the recent significant advances in the area of 1D metal nanostructured electrocatalysts for the electrochemical reactions involved in fuel cells and water splitting systems, including the oxygen reduction reaction, methanol oxidation reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, and oxygen evolution reaction. Finally, based on the current studies on 1D nanostructures for energy electrocatalysis, we present a brief outlook on the research trend in 1D nanoelectrocatalysts for the two clean electrochemical energy conversion systems mentioned above.

Key words: One-dimensional nanostructure, Fuel cell, Water splitting, Electrocatalysis, Energy conversion