July 28, 2020In this paper, through a review of the literature, a method of separating hydrogen and oxygen from water through a photocatalysis process that utilizes the energy of photons from visible light is combined with the electrolysis process to increase hydrogen production with a fairly small current.

May 6, 2021Researchers developed a facile strategy to stabilize the structure of metal phosphides during hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and promote intrinsic catalytic activity by introducing N atoms into the structure of the FeP material as HER electrocatalysts for neutral media.

June 21, 2021Researchers introduced the basic mechanism of electrochemical HER, explained the leading methods used in the synthesis strategies of single-atom electrocatalysts (SAECs), and summarized recent advances in using these SAECs towards HER from the aspect of the local structural regulation and the support coupling effect by precise tuning of … Continue reading →

January 4, 2021Researchers realized a NiCo(OH)x-CoyW catalyst with a bush-like heterostructure via gas-template-assisted electrodeposition, followed by an electrochemical etching-growth process, which ensured a high active area and fast gas release kinetics for a superior hydrogen evolution reaction.

July 28, 2020 Researchers examined various 2D layered photoanodes/photocathodes, including graphitic carbon nitrides, transition metal dichalcogenides, layered double hydroxides, layered bismuth oxyhalide nanosheets, and MXenes, combined with advanced nanocarbons (carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphdiyne) as co-catalysts to assemble integrated photoelectrodes for oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions.

April 27, 2021 Researchers designed an outstanding HER electrocatalyst, highly dispersed rhodium (Rh) nanoparticles with an average diameter of only 3 nm supported on boron (B) nanosheets. The HER catalytic activity is even comparable to that of commercial platinum catalysts.

November 25, 2020 Researchers prepared an N-doped graphene-decorated NiCo alloy coupled with mesoporous NiCoMoO nano-sheet grown on 3D nickel foam (NiCo@C-NiCoMoO/NF) for water splitting.

April 27, 2021 Researchers summarized four main strategies for improving the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of Ru-based catalysts.

August 13, 2021 Using first-principles calculations, researchers designed a defect and N-, S-, P-doped penta-graphene (PG) as a two-dimensional (2D) electrocatalyst for HER. Its stability, electronic properties and catalytic performance were investigated.