Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Electrolytes: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Prospective Solutions

Highly efficient hydrogen evolution from seawater by a low-cost and stable CoMoP@C electrocatalyst superior to Pt/C

(2017) Yuan-Yuan Ma et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ordered mesoporous Ni Co alloys for highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction

(2017) Tingting Sun et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

One-pot solvothermal synthesis of PdCu nanocrystals with enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward glycerol oxidation and hydrogen evolution

(2017) Rui Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Pt/Fe-NF electrode with high double-layer capacitance for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media

(2017) Lirong Huang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Phase-controlled synthesis of polymorphic tungsten diphosphide with hybridization of monoclinic and orthorhombic phases as a novel electrocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution

(2017) Mingyu Pi et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

High-Performance Rh2P Electrocatalyst for Efficient Water Splitting

(2017) Haohong Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cage-Confinement Pyrolysis Route to Ultrasmall Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2017) Yan-Tong Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Search for water-splitting catalysts for global usage

(2017) Melissae Fellet et al.   MRS BULLETIN

An efficient ternary CoP2xSe2(1−x)nanowire array for overall water splitting

(2017) Kaili Liu et al.   Nanoscale

An efficient and pH-universal ruthenium-based catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2017) Javeed Mahmood et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Three-dimensional metal–organic framework derived porous CoP3 concave polyhedrons as superior bifunctional electrocatalysts for the evolution of hydrogen and oxygen

(2017) Tianli Wu et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Hydrogen production in the electrolysis of water in Brazil, a review

(2017) Kenia Gabriela dos Santos et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Sugar Blowing-Induced Porous Cobalt Phosphide/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanostructures with Enhanced Electrochemical Oxidation Performance toward Water and Other Small Molecules

(2017) Chengzhou Zhu et al.   Small

Precise tuning in platinum-nickel/nickel sulfide interface nanowires for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis

(2017) Pengtang Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrathin metal-organic framework array for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

(2017) Jingjing Duan et al.   Nature Communications

Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Cobalt Phosphide Architecture Encapsulated into B/N Co-Doped Graphene Nanotubes for All pH Value Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

(2017) Hassina Tabassum et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Hierarchically Structured 3D Integrated Electrodes by Galvanic Replacement Reaction for Highly Efficient Water Splitting

(2017) Jianying Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Janus Co/CoP Nanoparticles as Efficient Mott-Schottky Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting in Wide pH Range

(2017) Zhong-Hua Xue et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

MOF-derived RuO2/Co3O4 heterojunctions as highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for HER and OER in alkaline solutions

(2017) Haizhen Liu et al.   RSC Advances

Three-dimensional tetsubo-like Co(OH)2 nanorods on a macroporous electrically conductive network as an efficient electroactive framework for the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2017) Xin Tong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Wire-on-flake heterostructured ternary Co0.5Ni0.5P/CC: an efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst

(2017) Xiaoyan Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Experimental and theoretical insights into sustained water splitting with an electrodeposited nanoporous nickel hydroxide@nickel film as an electrocatalyst

(2017) Zhicai Xing et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Symmetric synergy of hybrid CoS2–WS2 electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2017) Xiaofeng Zhou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Design and synthesis of porous channel-rich carbon nanofibers for self-standing oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction bifunctional catalysts in alkaline medium

(2017) Dongxiao Ji et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A novel flower-like architecture of FeCo@NC-functionalized ultra-thin carbon nanosheets as a highly efficient 3D bifunctional electrocatalyst for full water splitting

(2017) Mian Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Controlled synthesis of Mo-doped Ni3S2 nano-rods: an efficient and stable electro-catalyst for water splitting

(2017) Zheng Cui et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

N-Carbon coated P-W2C composite as efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reactions over the whole pH range

(2017) Gang Yan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

In situ O2-emission assisted synthesis of molybdenum carbide nanomaterials as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production in both acidic and alkaline media

(2017) Lvlv Ji et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Mechanistic study of graphitic carbon layer and nanosphere formation on the surface of T-ZnO

(2017) Xian Jian et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

One-Step Hydrothermal Fabrication of Three-dimensional MoS2 Nanoflower using Polypyrrole as Template for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2017) Xin Lu et al.   Scientific Reports

Three-Dimensional Structures of MoS2@Ni Core/Shell Nanosheets Array toward Synergetic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

(2016) Zhicai Xing et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mo2C Nanoparticles Dispersed on Hierarchical Carbon Microflowers for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2016) Yang Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Mechanistic Insights on Ternary Ni2−xCoxP for Hydrogen Evolution and Their Hybrids with Graphene as Highly Efficient and Robust Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting

(2016) Jiayuan Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Singly versus Doubly Reduced Nickel Porphyrins for Proton Reduction: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for a Homolytic Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction

(2016) Yongzhen Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Energy-Saving Electrolytic Hydrogen Generation: Ni2P Nanoarray as a High-Performance Non-Noble-Metal Electrocatalyst

(2016) Chun Tang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhancing alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity through Ni–Mn3O4 nanocomposites

(2016) Xu Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Energy-Related Small Molecule Activation Reactions: Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalyzed by Porphyrin- and Corrole-Based Systems

(2016) Wei Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Recent advances in transition metal phosphide nanomaterials: synthesis and applications in hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Yanmei Shi et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Vapor–Dissociation–Solid Growth of Three-Dimensional Graphite-like Capsules with Delicate Morphology and Atomic-level Thickness Control

(2016) Xian Jian et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Self-standing Ni-WN heterostructure nanowires array: A highly efficient catalytic cathode for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

(2016) Zhicai Xing et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Synthesis and characterization of Ni-P-Ag composite coating as efficient electrocatalyst for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Liju Elias et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Superior performance of borocarbonitrides, BxCyNz, as stable, low-cost metal-free electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Manjeet Chhetri et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Sustainable application of pecan nutshell waste: Greener synthesis of Pd-based nanocatalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol

(2016) Ana I. Casas Hidalgo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

High Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of an Anomalous Ruthenium Catalyst

(2016) Yao Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hollow Cobalt-Based Bimetallic Sulfide Polyhedra for Efficient All-pH-Value Electrochemical and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2016) Zhen-Feng Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ternary FexCo1–xP Nanowire Array as a Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst with Pt-like Activity: Experimental and Theoretical Insight

(2016) Chun Tang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nitrogen-doped graphene microtubes with opened inner voids: Highly efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Bing Zhang et al.   Nano Research

Fabrication of zero to three dimensional nanostructured molybdenum sulfides and their electrochemical and photocatalytic applications

(2016) Zhe Lv et al.   Nanoscale

Rational design of Pt–Ni–Co ternary alloy nanoframe crystals as highly efficient catalysts toward the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Aram Oh et al.   Nanoscale

Strongly Coupled CoCr2 O4 /Carbon Nanosheets as High Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2016) Mohammad Al-Mamun et al.   Small

Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Niancai Cheng et al.   Nature Communications

Nanostructured Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries: Progress, Challenge and Perspective

(2016) Nasir Mahmood et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Experimental and Theoretical Assessment of Ni-Based Binary Compounds for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2016) Marc Ledendecker et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Polydopamine-Inspired, Dual Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting

(2016) Konggang Qu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Cobalt phosphide-based electrocatalysts: synthesis and phase catalytic activity comparison for hydrogen evolution

(2016) Yuan Pan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A review on noble-metal-free bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for overall electrochemical water splitting

(2016) Ya Yan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Homologous metal-free electrocatalysts grown on three-dimensional carbon networks for overall water splitting in acidic and alkaline media

(2016) Zheng Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Design principles for hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst materials

(2016) Dusan Strmcnik et al.   Nano Energy

Co/Co 9 S 8 @S,N-doped porous graphene sheets derived from S, N dual organic ligands assembled Co-MOFs as superior electrocatalysts for full water splitting in alkaline media

(2016) Xian Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Decoration of Micro-/Nanoscale Noble Metal Particles on 3D Porous Nickel Using Electrodeposition Technique as Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Electrolyte

(2015) Xin Qian et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Novel Molybdenum Carbide-Tungsten Carbide Composite Nanowires and Their Electrochemical Activation for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution

(2015) Peng Xiao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Noble metal-free hydrogen evolution catalysts for water splitting

(2015) Xiaoxin Zou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Carboxylated, Fe-Filled Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Versatile Catalysts for O2Reduction and H2Evolution Reactions at Physiological pH

(2015) M. Victoria Bracamonte  et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Gluon PDF constraints from the ratio of forward heavy-quark production at the LHC at $$\sqrt{S}=7$$ S = 7 and 13 TeV

(2015) Matteo Cacciari et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C

Electrocatalysis developments for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions – A Review

(2015) Fariba Safizadeh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Composite Ni/NiO-Cr2O3 Catalyst for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2015) Michael K. Bates et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Recent Development in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts and Their Practical Implementation

(2015) Peter C. K. Vesborg et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

N-doped carbon@Ni–Al 2 O 3 nanosheet array@graphene oxide composite as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium

(2015) Juan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Metallic WO2–Carbon Mesoporous Nanowires as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2015) Rui Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis using ternary pyrite-type cobalt phosphosulphide

(2015) Miguel Cabán-Acevedo et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Correlating hydrogen oxidation and evolution activity on platinum at different pH with measured hydrogen binding energy

(2015) Wenchao Sheng et al.   Nature Communications

Reactivity and Mechanism Studies of Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Copper Corroles

(2015) Haitao Lei et al.   ACS Catalysis

A Review of Phosphide-Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2015) Peng Xiao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Control over large-volume changes of lithium battery anodes via active–inactive metal alloy embedded in porous carbon

(2015) Nasir Mahmood et al.   Nano Energy

CoP nanosheet assembly grown on carbon cloth: A highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation

(2015) Xiulin Yang et al.   Nano Energy

Construction of Efficient 3D Gas Evolution Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution: Porous FeP Nanowire Arrays on Graphene Sheets

(2015) Ya Yan et al.   Advanced Science

Controlled Carbon Nitride Growth on Surfaces for Hydrogen Evolution Electrodes

(2014) Menny Shalom et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cobalt-Embedded Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanotubes Efficiently Catalyze Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values

(2014) Xiaoxin Zou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High Catalytic Activity of Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Nanoporous Graphene in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2014) Yoshikazu Ito et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molybdenum phosphide as an efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2014) Peng Xiao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

New insights into the electrochemical hydrogen oxidation and evolution reaction mechanism

(2014) J. Durst et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

CoP as an Acid-Stable Active Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction: Electrochemical Synthesis, Interfacial Characterization and Performance Evaluation

(2014) Fadl H. Saadi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Graphene and its composites with nanoparticles for electrochemical energy applications

(2014) Qing Li et al.   Nano Today

Nanoscale nickel oxide/nickel heterostructures for active hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

(2014) Ming Gong et al.   Nature Communications

Volcano plots in hydrogen electrocatalysis – uses and abuses

(2014) Paola Quaino et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Pristine organo-imido polyoxometalates as an anode for lithium ion batteries

(2014) Rao Naumaan Nasim Khan et al.   RSC Advances

Synthesis of Phosphorus-Doped Graphene and its Multifunctional Applications for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Lithium Ion Batteries

(2013) Chenzhen Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent developments in transition metal carbides and nitrides as hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts

(2013) Wei-Fu Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Correlating the hydrogen evolution reaction activity in alkaline electrolytes with the hydrogen binding energy on monometallic surfaces

(2013) Wenchao Sheng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Platinum–rare earth electrodes for hydrogen evolution in alkaline water electrolysis

(2013) D.M.F. Santos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Electrocatalysis of the HER in acid and alkaline media

(2013) Nemanja Danilovic et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a simple bifunctional cobalt corrole catalyst for oxygen evolution and hydrogen production

(2013) Haitao Lei et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis

(2013) Diogo M. F. Santos et al.   QUIMICA NOVA

Nickel Sulfide/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Composites: Phase-Controlled Synthesis and High Performance Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2013) Nasir Mahmood et al.   Small

Graphene-based nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion in lithium batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells

(2013) Nasir Mahmood et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enhancing the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity through the Bifunctionality of Ni(OH)2/Metal Catalysts

(2012) N. Danilovic et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Effect of microstructure on the electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution of amorphous and nanocrystalline Zr–Ni alloys

(2012) L. Mihailov et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Ni–Mo Nanopowders for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

(2012) James R. McKone et al.   ACS Catalysis

Fabrication and characterization of NiCoZn–M (M: Ag, Pd and Pt) electrocatalysts as cathode materials for electrochemical hydrogen production

(2011) Ramazan Solmaz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Activity in Water Splitting by Tailoring Li+-Ni(OH)2-Pt Interfaces

(2011) R. Subbaraman et al.   SCIENCE

Fe–Mo–R (R = rare earth metal) crystalline alloys as a cathode material for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

(2010) F. Rosalbino et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reaction Kinetics on Platinum: Acid vs Alkaline Electrolytes

(2010) Wenchao Sheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Screening of electrocatalytic materials for hydrogen evolution

(2010) Mårten E. Björketun et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Electrocatalytic behaviour of Co–Ni–R (R=Rare earth metal) crystalline alloys as electrode materials for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium

(2008) F ROSALBINO et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY