TY - JOUR
T1 - A review and perspective on molybdenum-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
AU - Hua, Wei
AU - Sun, Huan Huan
AU - Xu, Fei
AU - Wang, Jian Gan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Nonferrous Metals Society of China and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Abstract: Water electrolysis has been considered as a sustainable way for producing renewable energy of hydrogen. However, this process requires a low-cost and high-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst to improve the overall reaction efficiency. Molybdenum (Mo)-based electrocatalysts are regarded as the promising candidates to replace the benchmark but expensive Pt-based HER catalysts, due to their high activity and stability in a wide pH range. In this review, we present a comprehensive and critical summary on the recent progress in the Mo-based electrodes for HER, including molybdenum alloys, molybdenum sulfides, molybdenum selenides, molybdenum carbides, molybdenum phosphides, molybdenum borides, molybdenum nitrides, and molybdenum oxides. Particular attention is mainly focused on the synthetic methods of Mo-based materials, the strategies for increasing the catalytic activity, and the relationship between structure/composition and electrocatalytic performance. Finally, the future development and perspectives of Mo-based electrocatalysts toward high HER performance are proposed. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
AB - Abstract: Water electrolysis has been considered as a sustainable way for producing renewable energy of hydrogen. However, this process requires a low-cost and high-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst to improve the overall reaction efficiency. Molybdenum (Mo)-based electrocatalysts are regarded as the promising candidates to replace the benchmark but expensive Pt-based HER catalysts, due to their high activity and stability in a wide pH range. In this review, we present a comprehensive and critical summary on the recent progress in the Mo-based electrodes for HER, including molybdenum alloys, molybdenum sulfides, molybdenum selenides, molybdenum carbides, molybdenum phosphides, molybdenum borides, molybdenum nitrides, and molybdenum oxides. Particular attention is mainly focused on the synthetic methods of Mo-based materials, the strategies for increasing the catalytic activity, and the relationship between structure/composition and electrocatalytic performance. Finally, the future development and perspectives of Mo-based electrocatalysts toward high HER performance are proposed. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
KW - Electrocatalysts
KW - Hydrogen evolution reaction
KW - Mo-based materials
KW - Water splitting
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U2 - 10.1007/s12598-020-01384-7
DO - 10.1007/s12598-020-01384-7
M3 - 文献综述
AN - SCOPUS:85082798566
SN - 1001-0521
VL - 39
SP - 335
EP - 351
JO - Rare Metals
JF - Rare Metals
IS - 4
ER -
