Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2024, Vol. 66: 1-19.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60130-0
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Wangyang Wua, Shidan Yanga, Huidan Qiana, Ling Zhanga,*(), Lishan Pengb,*(
), Li Lia,*(
), Bin Liuc, Zidong Weia
Received:
2024-07-27
Accepted:
2024-08-29
Online:
2024-11-18
Published:
2024-11-10
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Ling Zhang (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University) received his B.S. and Ph. D. degrees from Nanjing Tech University in 2014 and Chongqing University in 2022, respectively. Currently, he is a postdoctoral at Chongqing University. His current research interests focus on developing high-performance HER/OER electrocatalysts.Supported by:
Wangyang Wu, Shidan Yang, Huidan Qian, Ling Zhang, Lishan Peng, Li Li, Bin Liu, Zidong Wei. Interface engineering of advanced electrocatalysts toward alkaline hydrogen evolution reactions[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2024, 66: 1-19.
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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of HER mechanisms in alkaline media (a), and reasons for sluggish alkaline HER kinetics (b). The O, H, H*, and Na+/K+ are colored pink, light green, green, and purple, respectively.
Fig. 2. (a) Side view of RuO2/Ni (001). (b) Differential charge density of RuO2/Ni (001) projected on the side view. (c) A “Chimney Effect” at the interface. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [87]. Copyright 2019, Elsevier. (d) Chemisorption models of H and OH intermediates on the surfaces of NiMoPOx and the Ni(OH)2/NiMoPOx hybrid. Calculated adsorption energy diagram of the water dissociation step (e) and hydrogen ad-desorption (f). (g) Electrode surface area-normalized polarization curves in 1.0 mol L-1 KOH aqueous solution. (h) Calculated free energy of hydrogen ad-desorption. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [88]. Copyright 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Fig. 3. (a) Charge density distributions between Ru2P/WO3 and different substrates (C, NPC) with a value of 0.002 e?-3. Green represents positive charges and red represents negative charges. (b) Kinetic barriers of water dissociation on the active sites of different catalysts. (c) Calculated Gibbs free energy diagrams for the HER at equilibrium potential vs. RHE for different catalysts. (d) Proposed HER mechanism in alkaline media for the Ru2P/WO3@NPC nanocomposite. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [90]. Copyright 2020, John Wiley and Sons. (e) PDOS of Ru d band and the corresponding band center for MoO2@Ru, MoO2/MoO3@Ru, and MoO3@Ru. (f,g) Water dissociation energies and *H adsorption free energy of different catalysts. (h) Schematic diagram of the mechanism of enhanced HER for MoO2@Ru. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [92]. Copyright 2023, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 4. (a) BEF for Ni metal and MoO2 semiconductor. (b) Polarization curves for the HER. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [100]. Copyright 2023, Elsevier. (c) HRTEM image of Ni2P-CoCH/CFP. (d) Energy band diagram of Ni2P and CoCH. (e) Charge density difference plot at the Ni2P-CoCH interface. (f) The calculated H* adsorption Gibbs free energy. (g) Charge density difference plot at the WO3/Ni2P interface. Free energy diagrams of water dissociation (h) and hydrogen adsorption (i). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [101]. Copyright 2023, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 5. (a) BEF for Os metal and OsSe2 alloy. (b) Gibbs free energies of HER on Os sites. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [103]. Copyright 2022, John Wiley and Sons. (c) UPS spectra. (d) Diagram of electron redistribution in the Ru NCs/P,O-NiFe LDH. (e) Differential charge density of the Ru NCs/P,O-NiFe LDH. (f) Free energy diagram for HER on different catalysts. (g) HER polarization curves. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [104]. Copyright 2023, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 6. Charge-density difference diagram (a) and Plane‐averaged electronic potential (b) along the perpendicular direction of NiS2-ReS2 and NiS2-ReS2-V (V represents Re vacancies). Free energy diagrams of water dissociation (c) and hydrogen adsorption (d). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [106]. Copyright 2024, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 7. (a) Diagram of hydrogen spillover. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [114]. Copyright 2024, John Wiley and Sons. (b) Plots of Cφ vs. η of different catalysts. (c) Calculated free energy for HER on Pt/CoP and Pt2Ir1/CoP. (d) Electron density difference map of interfaces. (e) The optimized H* adsorption spillover. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [42]. Copyright 2021, Springer Nature.
Fig. 8. (a) Work function diagram between Ru and MoO2. (b) Energy barriers for HER on different sites. (c) Fitted data of Cφ vs. η. (d) CV curve of Ru/MoO2. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [114]. Copyright 2024, John Wiley and Sons. (e) Energy barriers for water dissociation on the Ru site. (f) Energy barriers for H* adsorption on Ru site. (g) Hydrogen spillover energy barrier with and without potential. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [98]. Copyright 2024, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 9. (a) Calculated free energy for H* on different sites. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [116]. Copyright 2021, John Wiley and Sons. (b) The differential charge density distributions between Ru and NiMoO4-x and NiMoO4. (c) Calculated free energy diagram of Ru/NiMoO4-x and Ru/NiMoO4-x. (d) Diagram of the possible path of hydrogen spillover. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [112]. Copyright 2023, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 10. (a) Calculated free energy diagram for HER. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [41]. Copyright 2022, Springer Nature. HER mechanism (b) and reaction energy (c) on different sites. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [117]. Copyright 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Fig. 11. Laser-induced coulostatic potential transients collected for the Pt (111) (a) and Pt(111)/Ni(OH)2 (b). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [53]. Copyright 2017, Springer Nature. (c) In situ electrochemical Raman spectra (grey curves) of the O-H stretching mode. (d) AIMD simulations and in situ electrochemical Raman spectra of the hydrogen-bond network of interfacial water. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [124]. Copyright 2019, Springer Nature.
Fig. 12. In situ electrochemical Raman spectra at different catalyst surfaces in 0.1 mol L-1 HClO4 (a) and 0.1 mol L-1 NaOH (b,c). (d,e) In situ electrochemical Raman spectra of the O-H stretching mode in catalysts with different Ni contents. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [55]. Copyright 2020, John Wiley and Sons.
Fig. 13. (a) Simulated distribution of potential and hydrated K+ concentration for TiO2-Pt/C. (b) The energy barrier of water dissociation. (c) Radial distribution function of interface water structure in KOH solution. (d) The energy barrier of H* ad-desorption. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [131]. Copyright 2022, American Chemcial Society. (e) Charge density analyses of CoP and IrRu. (f) Interfacial water orientation simulated by AIMD. (g) The energy barrier of water dissociation. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [132]. Copyright 2023, John Wiley and Sons.
Strategy | Catalyst | η10 (mV) | η100 (mV) | η500 (mV) | Year | Ref. |
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Synergistic effects | Ni/Ni(OH)2 | 77 | ~150 | — | 2020 | [ |
(Ru-Co)Ox | 44 | 89 | — | 2020 | [ | |
Ni(OH)x/NiNiPOx | 51 | 72 | — | 2020 | [ | |
Ru2P/WO3/NPC | 15 | — | — | 2021 | [ | |
Pt-Co/CoOx | 28 | — | — | 2021 | [ | |
CoFe-LDH@NiSe | 38 | ~250 | — | 2022 | [ | |
Ni/NiO-cp | 72 | ~180 | — | 2022 | [ | |
MoO2@Ru NT | 22 | ~50 | 89 | 2023 | [ | |
Co/CoO/Co2Mo3O8 | 78 | 213 | ~280 | 2023 | [ | |
CFO/CoFe-LDH | — | 188 | ~280 | 2024 | [ | |
BEF | Os-OsSe2 | 23 | — | — | 2022 | [ |
Ru-CMOP | — | 114 | 183 | 2022 | [ | |
Ni2P/Ni5P4 | 62 | 166 | 380 | 2023 | [ | |
Ni2P-CoCH/CFP | 62 | 143 | — | 2023 | [ | |
RuNCs/P,O-NiFe LDH/NF | 29 | 200 | — | 2024 | [ | |
NiS2‐ReS2‐V | 42 | 140 | — | 2024 | [ | |
20-WO3/Ni2P/NF | — | 180 | 269 | 2024 | [ | |
Mo5N6-Ni3S2 HNPs/NF | 59 | 300 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Hydrogen spillover | Pt/CoP | 21 | ~100 | — | 2019 | [ |
PtIr/CoP | 5 | 50 | — | 2021 | [ | |
Ni3S2/Cr2S3 | 55 | 160 | 207 | 2022 | [ | |
Cr, Fe-CoP/NF | 27 | ~95 | ~140 | 2024 | [ | |
Ru1-Mo2C | 11 | 57 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Ru/MoO2 | 9 | 110 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Water regulation | TiO2-Pt/C | 26 | ~60 | 100 | 2022 | [ |
IrRu DSACs | 10 | 78 | 286 | 2023 | [ |
Table 1 Comparison between Alkaline HER catalysts of various strategies in 1 mol L-1 KOH (The overpotential values with the symbol (~) are extracted from their corresponding LSV plots).
Strategy | Catalyst | η10 (mV) | η100 (mV) | η500 (mV) | Year | Ref. |
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Synergistic effects | Ni/Ni(OH)2 | 77 | ~150 | — | 2020 | [ |
(Ru-Co)Ox | 44 | 89 | — | 2020 | [ | |
Ni(OH)x/NiNiPOx | 51 | 72 | — | 2020 | [ | |
Ru2P/WO3/NPC | 15 | — | — | 2021 | [ | |
Pt-Co/CoOx | 28 | — | — | 2021 | [ | |
CoFe-LDH@NiSe | 38 | ~250 | — | 2022 | [ | |
Ni/NiO-cp | 72 | ~180 | — | 2022 | [ | |
MoO2@Ru NT | 22 | ~50 | 89 | 2023 | [ | |
Co/CoO/Co2Mo3O8 | 78 | 213 | ~280 | 2023 | [ | |
CFO/CoFe-LDH | — | 188 | ~280 | 2024 | [ | |
BEF | Os-OsSe2 | 23 | — | — | 2022 | [ |
Ru-CMOP | — | 114 | 183 | 2022 | [ | |
Ni2P/Ni5P4 | 62 | 166 | 380 | 2023 | [ | |
Ni2P-CoCH/CFP | 62 | 143 | — | 2023 | [ | |
RuNCs/P,O-NiFe LDH/NF | 29 | 200 | — | 2024 | [ | |
NiS2‐ReS2‐V | 42 | 140 | — | 2024 | [ | |
20-WO3/Ni2P/NF | — | 180 | 269 | 2024 | [ | |
Mo5N6-Ni3S2 HNPs/NF | 59 | 300 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Hydrogen spillover | Pt/CoP | 21 | ~100 | — | 2019 | [ |
PtIr/CoP | 5 | 50 | — | 2021 | [ | |
Ni3S2/Cr2S3 | 55 | 160 | 207 | 2022 | [ | |
Cr, Fe-CoP/NF | 27 | ~95 | ~140 | 2024 | [ | |
Ru1-Mo2C | 11 | 57 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Ru/MoO2 | 9 | 110 | — | 2024 | [ | |
Water regulation | TiO2-Pt/C | 26 | ~60 | 100 | 2022 | [ |
IrRu DSACs | 10 | 78 | 286 | 2023 | [ |
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