Recent progress in low Pt content electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
Abstract
Electrochemical water splitting plays a key role in the production of highly pure hydrogen by using renewable energy. To lower energy consumption, efficient electrocatalysts are required to drive and accelerate hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Although Pt is still considered as a state‐of‐the‐art electrocatalyst toward HER, its large‐scale deployment is limited by the scarcity and high price. Low Pt content electrocatalysts (LPCEs) have great potential to overcome this limitation by lowering Pt consumption, while its high activity can be maintained in the meantime. In this review, some major synthetic methods of LPCEs are summarized, including wet‐chemistry method, electrochemistry method, annealing, and atomic layer deposition. Subsequently, the authors review a series of electrocatalysts of LPCEs toward HER in recent years. Based on the classification of different Pt forms, such LPCEs include Pt nanoparticles on supports, Pt nanoclusters on supports, Pt single‐atom catalysts (SACs), Pt alloy catalysts, and LCEPs with Pt‐rich surfaces. Notably, the HER performance can be improved by engineering LPCEs by using several strategies. Finally, the authors discuss the achievements and perspectives for LPCEs, which might provide some insights for future industrialized applications in hydrogen production.
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Platinum is expensive for industrial applications.
“Although Platinum (Pt) has been extensively acknowledged as the most active catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), this precious metal is expensive for industrial applications [12].”
From Study of multi-faceted CoS2 introduced graphene aerogel hybrids via chemical approach for an effective electrocatalytic water splitting (2021) · cites this paper as [12]
Platinum has been extensively acknowledged as the most active catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction.
“Although Platinum (Pt) has been extensively acknowledged as the most active catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), this precious metal is expensive for industrial applications [12].”
From Study of multi-faceted CoS2 introduced graphene aerogel hybrids via chemical approach for an effective electrocatalytic water splitting (2021) · cites this paper as [12]
High costs and limited availability of Pt have motivated researchers to explore strategies for electrocatalysts with reduced Pt content.
“High costs and limited availability of Pt have motivated researchers to explore various strategies for the development of electrocatalysts with reduced Pt content.[10–13]”
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- Authors
- Li, Z., Ge, R., Su, J., & Chen, L.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Su, Jianwei
- Chen, Liang
- Venue
- Advanced Materials Interfaces
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-05-17
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 14
- ISSN
- 2196-7350 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3026566923
- Cited by
- 194
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 5.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Materials Interfaces (publishedVersion)
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (ZDBS‐LY‐JSC021)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51872306)
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LQ19B030002)
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (2018A610016)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction, electrochemical water splitting, platinum single-atom catalysts, Pt nanoclusters, platinum nanoparticles, catalyst synthesis methods, atomic layer deposition, hydrogen production
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