Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

Jian Wang; Yang Gao; Hui Kong; Subin Choi; Francesco Ciucci; Yong Hao; Shihe Yang; Zongping Shao; Jongwoo Lim

doi:10.1039/d0cs00575d

journal article Jan 01, 2020

Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

Jian Wang

Yang Gao

Hui Kong

Subin Choi Francesco Ciucci

Chemical Society Reviews Vol. 49 No. 24 pp. 9154-9196 · Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

View at Publisher Save 10.1039/d0cs00575d

Abstract

Advances of non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis are reviewed, highlighting operando techniques and theoretical calculations in their development.

Topics

No keywords indexed for this article. Browse by subject →

References

448

[1]

Kibsgaard Nat. Energy (2019)

[2]

Current status of water electrolysis for energy storage, grid balancing and sector coupling via power-to-gas and power-to-liquids: A review

Alexander Buttler, Hartmut Spliethoff

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2018 10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.003

[3]

Recent progress in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production and applications

Kai Zeng, Dongke Zhang

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 2010 10.1016/j.pecs.2009.11.002

[4]

Roger Nat. Rev. Chem. (2017) 10.1038/s41570-016-0003

[5]

A. Körner , C.Tam , S.Bennett and J.Gagné , International Energy Agency (IEA) , Paris, France , 2015

[6]

Sapountzi Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. (2017) 10.1016/j.pecs.2016.09.001

[7]

Universality in Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis on Oxide Surfaces

Isabela C. Man, Hai‐Yan Su, Federico Calle‐Vallejo et al.

ChemCatChem 2011 10.1002/cctc.201000397

[8]

A Perovskite Oxide Optimized for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis from Molecular Orbital Principles

Jin Suntivich, Kevin J. May, Hubert A. Gasteiger et al.

Science 2011 10.1126/science.1212858

[9]

Sheng Energy Environ. Sci. (2013) 10.1039/c3ee00045a

[10]

Song Nat. Commun. (2014) 10.1038/ncomms5477

[11]

Gong Nat. Commun. (2014)

[12]

Identification of Highly Active Fe Sites in (Ni,Fe)OOH for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

Daniel Friebel, Mary W. Louie, Michal Bajdich et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015 10.1021/ja511559d

[13]

Benchmarking Hydrogen Evolving Reaction and Oxygen Evolving Reaction Electrocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting Devices

Charles C. L. McCrory, Suho Jung, Ivonne M. Ferrer et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015 10.1021/ja510442p

[14]

Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts

Bo Zhang, Xueli Zheng, Oleksandr Voznyy et al.

Science 2016 10.1126/science.aaf1525

[15]

Ng Nat. Energy (2016) 10.1038/nenergy.2016.53

[16]

Activating lattice oxygen redox reactions in metal oxides to catalyse oxygen evolution

Alexis Grimaud, Oscar Diaz-Morales, Binghong Han et al.

Nature Chemistry 2017 10.1038/nchem.2695

[17]

Dynamic surface self-reconstruction is the key of highly active perovskite nano-electrocatalysts for water splitting

Emiliana Fabbri, Maarten Nachtegaal, Tobias Binninger et al.

Nature Materials 2017 10.1038/nmat4938

[18]

Zhang Chem (2018) 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.005

[19]

Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-based cobalt catalysts during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Linlin Cao, Qiquan Luo, Wei Liu et al.

Nature Catalysis 2019 10.1038/s41929-018-0203-5

[20]

Dynamic stability of active sites in hydr(oxy)oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction

Dong Young Chung, Pietro P. Lopes, Pedro Farinazzo Bergamo Dias Martins et al.

Nature Energy 2020 10.1038/s41560-020-0576-y

[21]

Wang Appl. Catal., B (2019) 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.05.009

[22]

M. Pourbaix , Atlas of electrochemical equilibria in aqueous solutions , National Association of Corrosion Engineers , Houston, TX , 2nd edn, 1974 , pp. 384–392

[23]

Advanced alkaline water electrolysis

Stefania Marini, Paolo Salvi, Paolo Nelli et al.

Electrochimica Acta 2012 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.05.011

[24]

Safizadeh Int. J. Hydrogen Energy (2015) 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.10.109

[25]

Insight on Tafel slopes from a microkinetic analysis of aqueous electrocatalysis for energy conversion

Tatsuya Shinagawa, Angel T. Garcia-Esparza, Kazuhiro Takanabe

Scientific Reports 2015 10.1038/srep13801

[26]

Bockris J. Chem. Phys. (1956) 10.1063/1.1742616

[27]

Anantharaj Energy Environ. Sci. (2018) 10.1039/c7ee03457a

[28]

Benchmarking Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Charles C. L. McCrory, Suho Jung, Jonas C. Peters et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013 10.1021/ja407115p

[29]

Wei Small Methods (2018) 10.1002/smtd.201800168

[30]

Anantharaj ACS Catal. (2016) 10.1021/acscatal.6b02479

[31]

Benck ACS Catal. (2014) 10.1021/cs500923c

[32]

Wang J. Power Sources (2018) 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.09.011

[33]

Swesi Energy Environ. Sci. (2016) 10.1039/c5ee02463c

[34]

Wang Chem. Soc. Rev. (2013) 10.1039/c3cs60053j

[35]

Electrolysis of water on oxide surfaces

J. Rossmeisl, Z.-W. Qu, H. Zhu et al.

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2007 10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.11.008

[36]

Trends in the Exchange Current for Hydrogen Evolution

J. K. Nørskov, T. Bligaard, A. Logadottir et al.

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2005 10.1149/1.1856988

[37]

Chen Sci. Adv. (2017) 10.1126/sciadv.1603206

[38]

May J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2012) 10.1021/jz301414z

[39]

Dynamic surface self-reconstruction is the key of highly active perovskite nano-electrocatalysts for water splitting

Emiliana Fabbri, Maarten Nachtegaal, Tobias Binninger et al.

Nature Materials 2017 10.1038/nmat4938

[40]

Han Int. J. Hydrogen Energy (2017) 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.09.207

[41]

Xu Adv. Mater. (2016) 10.1002/adma.201600005

[42]

Palkovits ACS Catal. (2019) 10.1021/acscatal.9b01985

[43]

Zhu J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2019) 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03392

[44]

Application of In Situ Techniques for the Characterization of NiFe‐Based Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Electrocatalysts

Kaiyue Zhu, Xuefeng Zhu, Weishen Yang

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019 10.1002/anie.201802923

[45]

Fundamentals of XAFS

M. Newville

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2014 10.2138/rmg.2014.78.2

[46]

In Operando Identification of Geometrical-Site-Dependent Water Oxidation Activity of Spinel Co3O4

Hsin-Yi Wang, Sung-Fu Hung, Han-Yi Chen et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015 10.1021/jacs.5b10525

[47]

Song Energy Environ. Sci. (2018) 10.1039/c8ee00773j

[48]

Abbott J. Mater. Chem. A (2018) 10.1039/c8ta09336a

[49]

Schwanke J. Synchrotron Radiat. (2016) 10.1107/s1600577516014697

[50]

Zheng Nat. Chem. (2018) 10.1038/nchem.2886

Showing 50 of 448 references

Cited By

816

Advancing sustainable hydrogen production: Urea-assisted alkaline water electrolyzer with circular nickel catalysts

Giulia Alice Volpato, Andrea Baciami · 2026

International Journal of Hydrogen E...

Collaborative multi-interface engineering and dynamic iron exchange boost robust bifunctional water electrolysis at 2 A cm−2

Dongyang Li, Yong Zhang · 2025

Energy Environ. Sci.

Steering the Product Selectivity of CO 2 Electroreduction by Single Atom Switching in Isostructural Copper Nanocluster Catalysts

Chao Han, Tao Yang · 2025

Angewandte Chemie International Edi...

In-situ preparation of NiCo-LDH/NF electrode for green hydrogen production through alkaline water electrolysis

Sara A. Abdelfattah, Mostafa M. Omran · 2025

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Long-term stability for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis: Recent development and future perspectives

Zhiqing Tang, Baoxin Wu · 2025

Future Batteries

Steering the Product Selectivity of CO 2 Electroreduction by Single Atom Switching in Isostructural Copper Nanocluster Catalysts

Chao Han, Tao Yang · 2025

Angewandte Chemie

Direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

Luo Yu, Minghui Ning · 2025

Nature Reviews Materials

Iron-doped ruthenium with a good interfacial environment achieving superior hydrogen evolution activity under alkaline conditions

Qun He, Yuzhu Zhou · 2025

Energy Environ. Sci.

Grain Boundary Oxygen Improving the Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction of Zn-RuO2@ZnO

Yin Qin, Sihao Deng · 2025

Journal of the American Chemical So...

Benchmarking stable Electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production: A chemist perspective

Akhtar Munir, Jamal Abdul Nasir · 2024

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Manipulated Reaction Route for Oxyhydroxides toward Top‐Performing Water Oxidation via eg Electron Filling State

Na Yao, Na Luo · 2024

Advanced Functional Materials

Impact of morphology and oxygen vacancy content in Ni, Fe co-doped ceria for efficient electrocatalyst based water splitting

Abhaya Kumar Mishra, Joshua Willoughby · 2024

Nanoscale Advances

Highly efficient sustainable strategies toward carbon-neutral energy production

Jingbin Huang, Bin Hu · 2024

Energy Environ. Sci.

Three‐dimensional‐printed Ni‐based scaffold design accelerates bubble escape for ampere‐level alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Jingxuan Chen, Gangwen Fu · 2024

Interdisciplinary Materials

Progress in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution of transition metal alloys: synthesis, structure, and mechanism analysis

Dunyuan Jin, Fen Qiao · 2023

Nanoscale

Understanding of Oxygen Redox in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Xiaopeng Wang, Haoyin Zhong · 2022

Advanced Materials

Chromium-Modified Ultrathin CoFe LDH as High-Efficiency Electrode for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Jun-Jun Zhang, Meng-Yang Li · 2022

Nanomaterials

High‐Entropy Catalyst—A Novel Platform for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Yiyue Zhai, Xiangrong Ren · 2022

Advanced Functional Materials

Dynamics and control of active sites in hierarchically nanostructured cobalt phosphide/chalcogenide-based electrocatalysts for water splitting

Yonggui Zhao, Nanchen Dongfang · 2022

Energy Environ. Sci.

Boosting efficient alkaline fresh water and seawater electrolysis via electrochemical reconstruction

Minghui Ning, Fanghao Zhang · 2022

Energy Environ. Sci.

Metrics

816

Citations

448

References

Details

Published: Jan 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 49(24)
Pages: 9154-9196
License: View

Authors

J

Jian Wang

Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul; South Korea

Y

Yang Gao

College of Materials Science and Engineering; Hunan University; Changsha 410082; China

H

Hui Kong

School of Mechanical Engineering; Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing 100081; China

S

Subin Choi

Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul; South Korea

F

Francesco Ciucci

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Hong Kong; China; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Y

Yong Hao

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190; P. R. China

S

Shihe Yang

Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Nano-Micro Material Research, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology; Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Shenzhen 518055; China

Z

Zongping Shao

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Nanjing Tech University; Nanjing 210009; China

J

Jongwoo Lim

Department of Chemistry; Seoul National University; Seoul; South Korea

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 51676189

National Research Foundation of Korea Award: NRF-2018M1A2A2063868

Chinese Academy of Sciences Award: 182211KYSB20160043

Cite This Article

Jian Wang, Yang Gao, Hui Kong, et al. (2020). Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(24), 9154-9196. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00575d

Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

You May Also Like