Water splitting is an important approach for energy conversion to obtain hydrogen and oxygen. Apart from solar water splitting, electrochemical method plays a key role in the booming field, and it is urgent to develop...Water splitting is an important approach for energy conversion to obtain hydrogen and oxygen. Apart from solar water splitting, electrochemical method plays a key role in the booming field, and it is urgent to develop novel and efficient catalysts to accelerate water splitting reaction. Recently, newly emerging self-supported materials, especially three dimensional（3D） carbon substrate electrochemical catalysts, have attracted great attention benefiting from their fantastic catalytic performances, such as large surface area,enhanced conductivity, tunable porosity, and so on. This review summarizes the outstanding materials used for hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. And catalysts that acted as both anode and cathode in two-electrode systems for overall water splitting are introduced systematically. The opportunities and challenges of 3D carbon substrate materials for electrochemical water splitting are proposed.展开更多
Electrocatalysis is deemed as a promising approach for sustainable energy conversion and chemical production.Although a variety of cathode reactions(e.g.,hydrogen evolution and CO_(2)/N_(2)reduction)produce valuable f...Electrocatalysis is deemed as a promising approach for sustainable energy conversion and chemical production.Although a variety of cathode reactions(e.g.,hydrogen evolution and CO_(2)/N_(2)reduction)produce valuable fuels and chemicals,the extensively studied oxygen evolution reaction(OER)at anode only generates O_(2),which is not a high-value product.Substituting the OER with thermodynamically more favorable biomass derivative oxidation reactions(BDORs)not only enables energy-saving electrocatalysis,but also provides value-added anode products.Recent achievements have demonstrated that non-noble electrocatalysts are promising for BDORs.Herein,we provide a comprehensive review on recent achievements in the field of electrochemical BDORs catalyzed by non-noble catalysts.We start by summarizing the electrocatalytic oxidation of different types of biomass-derived substrates,aiming to show the advantages of the electrocatalytic pathway and to introduce the state-of-the-art non-noble catalysts.The reaction mechanisms of non-noble-material-catalyzed BDORs are then summarized and classified into three types according to the acceptor of hydrogen species during the dehydrogenation of biomass derivatives.Subsequently,discussions are devoted to the strategies for promoting the performances of non-noble electrocatalysts.Finally,we propose our opinions regarding future trends and major challenges in this field.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61525402, 61775095 and 5161101159)Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Plan (BE2017741)
文摘Water splitting is an important approach for energy conversion to obtain hydrogen and oxygen. Apart from solar water splitting, electrochemical method plays a key role in the booming field, and it is urgent to develop novel and efficient catalysts to accelerate water splitting reaction. Recently, newly emerging self-supported materials, especially three dimensional（3D） carbon substrate electrochemical catalysts, have attracted great attention benefiting from their fantastic catalytic performances, such as large surface area,enhanced conductivity, tunable porosity, and so on. This review summarizes the outstanding materials used for hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. And catalysts that acted as both anode and cathode in two-electrode systems for overall water splitting are introduced systematically. The opportunities and challenges of 3D carbon substrate materials for electrochemical water splitting are proposed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978147 and 21935001)Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformationssupported by the Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program (2021SM072)
文摘Electrocatalysis is deemed as a promising approach for sustainable energy conversion and chemical production.Although a variety of cathode reactions(e.g.,hydrogen evolution and CO_(2)/N_(2)reduction)produce valuable fuels and chemicals,the extensively studied oxygen evolution reaction(OER)at anode only generates O_(2),which is not a high-value product.Substituting the OER with thermodynamically more favorable biomass derivative oxidation reactions(BDORs)not only enables energy-saving electrocatalysis,but also provides value-added anode products.Recent achievements have demonstrated that non-noble electrocatalysts are promising for BDORs.Herein,we provide a comprehensive review on recent achievements in the field of electrochemical BDORs catalyzed by non-noble catalysts.We start by summarizing the electrocatalytic oxidation of different types of biomass-derived substrates,aiming to show the advantages of the electrocatalytic pathway and to introduce the state-of-the-art non-noble catalysts.The reaction mechanisms of non-noble-material-catalyzed BDORs are then summarized and classified into three types according to the acceptor of hydrogen species during the dehydrogenation of biomass derivatives.Subsequently,discussions are devoted to the strategies for promoting the performances of non-noble electrocatalysts.Finally,we propose our opinions regarding future trends and major challenges in this field.
