Water electrolysis technology holds the perfect promise of the hydrogen production,yet control of efficiency and rate of water electrolysis greatly relies on the availability of high-performance electrode materials fo...Water electrolysis technology holds the perfect promise of the hydrogen production,yet control of efficiency and rate of water electrolysis greatly relies on the availability of high-performance electrode materials for kinetic-sluggish oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Accordingly,substantial endeavors have been made to explore advanced electrode materials over the past decade.Recently,RuO_(2) and RuO_(2)-based materials have been demonstrated to be promising for OER due to their remarkable electrocatalytic activity and pH-universal application.Herein,the great achievements and progresses of this flourishing spot are comprehensively reviewed,which are started by a general description of OER to understand the reaction mechanism in detail.Subsequently,the key advantages and issues of RuO_(2) towards OER are also introduced,followed by proposing many advanced strategies for further promoting the electrocatalytic OER performance of RuO_(2).Finally,the daunting challenges and future progresses of RuO_(2) electrocatalysts toward practical water oxidation are highlighted,aiming to provide guidance for the fabrication of desirable RuO_(2)-based electrocatalysts toward OER.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51873136,52073199)Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(No.18KJA150008)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20181428)。
文摘Water electrolysis technology holds the perfect promise of the hydrogen production,yet control of efficiency and rate of water electrolysis greatly relies on the availability of high-performance electrode materials for kinetic-sluggish oxygen evolution reaction(OER).Accordingly,substantial endeavors have been made to explore advanced electrode materials over the past decade.Recently,RuO_(2) and RuO_(2)-based materials have been demonstrated to be promising for OER due to their remarkable electrocatalytic activity and pH-universal application.Herein,the great achievements and progresses of this flourishing spot are comprehensively reviewed,which are started by a general description of OER to understand the reaction mechanism in detail.Subsequently,the key advantages and issues of RuO_(2) towards OER are also introduced,followed by proposing many advanced strategies for further promoting the electrocatalytic OER performance of RuO_(2).Finally,the daunting challenges and future progresses of RuO_(2) electrocatalysts toward practical water oxidation are highlighted,aiming to provide guidance for the fabrication of desirable RuO_(2)-based electrocatalysts toward OER.
