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Chalcogenide and Phosphide Solid-State Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
Abstract:
Electrocatalytic water splitting to produce H2 and O2 by means of efficient, robust, and low-cost catalysts represents a promising approach for clean H2 production. Recent years have witnessed the rise of transition-metal chalcogenides and phosphides as competent H2 -evolution electrocatalysts, the activities of which rapidly approach those of platinum-group benchmarks. This Minireview highlights several representative catalytic systems of chalcogenides and phosphides for electrocatalytic H2 generation and emphasizes in particular the electronic and structural optimization to improve their catalytic performance. The most recent trend in developing bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting is also summarized. Finally, the remaining challenges, emerging opportunities, and future advancement of inexpensive electrocatalysts for H2 generation are further discussed.
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