Shining Light on Anion?Mixed Nanocatalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis: Fundamentals, Progress, and Perspectives

• 作者: Yaoda Liu Paranthaman Vijayakumar Qianyi Liu Thangavel Sakthivel Fuyi Chen Zhengfei Dai
• 来源期刊: 纳微快报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2022,（3）
• 页码范围: 79-119
• 页数: 41页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Hydrogen with high energy density and zero carbon emission is widely acknowledged as the most promising candidate toward world's carbon neutrality and future sustainable eco-society. Water-splitting is a constructive tech-nology for unpolluted and high-purity -H2 production, and a series of non-precious electrocatalysts have been developed over the past decade. To further improve the catalytic activities, metal doping is always adopted to modulate the 3d-electronic configuration and electron-donating/accepting (e-DA) properties, while for anion doping, the electronegativity variations among different non-metal elements would also bring some potential in the modulations of e-DA and metal valence for tuning the performances. In this review, we summarize the recent developments of the many different anion-mixed transition metal compounds (e.g., nitrides, halides, phosphides, chalcogenides, oxyhydroxides, and borides/borates) for efficient water electrolysis applications. First, we have introduced the general information of water-splitting and the description of anion-mixed electrocatalysts and highlightedtheir complementary functions of mixed anions. Furthermore, some latest advances of anion-mixed compounds are also categorized for hydrogen and oxygen evolution electrocatalysis. The rationales behind their enhanced electrochemical performances are discussed. Last but not least, the challenges and future perspectives are briefly proposed for the anion-mixed water dissociation catalysts.