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Facet Engineering of Advanced Electrocatalysts Toward Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution Reactions

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01024-6
Changshui Wang
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Qian Zhang
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Bing Yan
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Bo You
Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Jiaojiao Zheng
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Li Feng
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Chunmei Zhang
Institute of Materials Science and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 2150009, People’s Republic of China
Shaohua Jiang
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China
Wei Chen
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People’s Republic of China
Shuijian He
International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Co‑Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Shuijian He

shuijianhe@njfu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 52

Abstract

The electrocatalytic water splitting technology can generate high-purity hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide, which is in favor of relieving environmental pollution and energy crisis and achieving carbon neutrality. Electrocatalysts can effectively reduce the reaction energy barrier and increase the reaction efficiency. Facet engineering is considered as a promising strategy in controlling the ratio of desired crystal planes on the surface. Owing to the anisotropy, crystal planes with different orientations usually feature facet-dependent physical and chemical properties, leading to differences in the adsorption energies of oxygen or hydrogen intermediates, and thus exhibit varied electrocatalytic activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this review, a brief introduction of the basic concepts, fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanisms as well as key evaluating parameters for both HER and OER are provided. The formation mechanisms of the crystal facets are comprehensively overviewed aiming to give scientific theory guides to realize dominant crystal planes. Subsequently, three strategies of selective capping agent, selective etching agent, and coordination modulation to tune crystal planes are comprehensively summarized. Then, we present an overview of significant contributions of facet-engineered catalysts toward HER, OER, and overall water splitting. In particular, we highlight that density functional theory calculations play an indispensable role in unveiling the structure–activity correlation between the crystal plane and catalytic activity. Finally, the remaining challenges in facet-engineered catalysts for HER and OER are provided and future prospects for designing advanced facet-engineered electrocatalysts are discussed.


Highlights:


1 The crystal facets featured with facet-dependent physical and chemical properties can exhibit varied electrocatalytic activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) attributed to their anisotropy.
2 The highly active exposed crystal facets enable increased mass activity of active sites, lower reaction energy barriers, and enhanced catalytic reaction rates for HER and OER.
3 The formation mechanism and control strategy of the crystal facet, significant contributions as well as challenges and perspectives of facet-engineered catalysts for HER and OER are provided.

Keywords

Crystal facet engineering Anisotropy Oxygen evolution reaction Hydrogen evolution reaction Theoretical simulations
Wang, Changshui, Qian Zhang, Bing Yan, Bo You, Jiaojiao Zheng, Li Feng, Chunmei Zhang, Shaohua Jiang, Wei Chen, and Shuijian He. 2023. “Facet Engineering of Advanced Electrocatalysts Toward Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution Reactions”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (February):52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01024-6.
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