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Deformable Catalytic Material Derived from Mechanical Flexibility for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01251-x
Fengshun Wang
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Lingbin Xie
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Ning Sun
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Ting Zhi
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Mengyang Zhang
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Yang Liu
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Zhongzhong Luo
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Lanhua Yi
Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, People’s Republic of China
Qiang Zhao
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Longlu Wang
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Longlu Wang

wanglonglu@hnu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 32

Abstract

Deformable catalytic material with excellent flexible structure is a new type of catalyst that has been applied in various chemical reactions, especially electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In recent years, deformable catalysts for HER have made great progress and would become a research hotspot. The catalytic activities of deformable catalysts could be adjustable by the strain engineering and surface reconfiguration. The surface curvature of flexible catalytic materials is closely related to the electrocatalytic HER properties. Here, firstly, we systematically summarized self-adaptive catalytic performance of deformable catalysts and various micro–nanostructures evolution in catalytic HER process. Secondly, a series of strategies to design highly active catalysts based on the mechanical flexibility of low-dimensional nanomaterials were summarized. Last but not least, we presented the challenges and prospects of the study of flexible and deformable micro–nanostructures of electrocatalysts, which would further deepen the understanding of catalytic mechanisms of deformable HER catalyst.


Highlights:
1 The main effects of deformation of flexible catalytic materials on the catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction performance are discussed, and a series of novel strategies to design highly active catalysts based on the mechanical flexibility of low-dimensional nanomaterials are summarized in detail.
2 This review provides a strategic choice for the rational design of low-cost and high-performance industrialized electrocatalysts.

Keywords

Deformable catalytic material Micro–nanostructures evolution Mechanical flexibility Hydrogen evolution reaction
Wang, Fengshun, Lingbin Xie, Ning Sun, Ting Zhi, Mengyang Zhang, Yang Liu, Zhongzhong Luo, Lanhua Yi, Qiang Zhao, and Longlu Wang. 2023. “Deformable Catalytic Material Derived from Mechanical Flexibility for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (November):32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01251-x.
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