Advances and insights in amorphous electrocatalyst towards water splitting

Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles

Zhu, J., Hu, L., Zhao, P., Lee, L. Y. S., & Wong, K.-Y. (2020) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00248 · Cited by 3,133

Non-crystalline Structure in Solidified Gold–Silicon Alloys

Klement, W., Willens, R. H., & Duwez, P. (1960) · Nature · doi:10.1038/187869b0 · Cited by 2,831

Innovative Strategies for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

You, B., & Sun, Y. (2018) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00002 · Cited by 1,988

Core–Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67-Derived CoP Nanoparticle-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

Pan, Y., Sun, K., Liu, S., Cao, X., Wu, K., Cheong, W.-C. M., Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Liu, Y., et al. (2018) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.7b12420 · Cited by 1,949

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

Mahmood, J., Li, F., Jung, S.-M., Okyay, M. S., Ahmad, I., Kim, S.-J., Park, N., Jeong, H. Y., & Baek, J.-B. (2017) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.304 · Cited by 1,685

Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting

Zhou, P. C., Navid, I. A., Ma, Y., Xiao, Y., Wang, P., Ye, Z., Zhou, B., Sun, K., & Mi, Z. (2023) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05399-1 · Cited by 1,384

Plasma-Assisted Synthesis of NiCoP for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

Liang, H., Gandi, A. N., Anjum, D. H., Wang, X., Schwingenschlögl, U., & Alshareef, H. N. (2016) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03803 · Cited by 1,237

Cu nanowires shelled with NiFe layered double hydroxide nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

Yu, L., Zhou, H., Sun, J., Qin, F., Fang, Y., Bao, J., Yu, Y., Chen, S., & Ren, Z. (2017) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/c7ee01571b · Cited by 1,212

Design of active and stable Co–Mo–Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Staszak-Jirkovský, J., Malliakas, C. D., Lopes, P. P., Danilovic, N., Subrahmanyam, K. S., Chang, K., Genorio, B., Strmcnik, D. S., Stamenković, V. R., Kanatzidis, M. G., et al. (2015) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat4481 · Cited by 953

Reversible amorphization and the catalytically active state of crystalline Co3O4 during oxygen evolution

Bergmann, A., Martínez-Moreno, E., Teschner, D., Chernev, P., Gliech, M., de Araujo, J. V. F., Reier, T., Dau, H., & Strasser, P. (2015) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms9625 · Cited by 923

Boosting Hydrogen Adsorption via Manipulating the d-Band Center of Ferroferric Oxide for Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Seawater Electrolysis

Song, L., Guo, L., Mao, J., Li, Z., Zhu, J., Lai, J., Chi, J., & Wang, L. (2024) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.4c00267 · Cited by 147

Constructing amorphous/crystalline NiFe-MOF@NiS heterojunction catalysts for enhanced water/seawater oxidation at large current density

Hou, X., Yu, C., Ni, T., Zhang, S., Zhou, J. W., Dai, S., Chu, L., & Huang, M. (2024) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(24)60030-6 · Cited by 45

Lanthanum-based nanomaterials for oxygen evolution reaction

He, M., Wang, P., Yao, J., Li, Y., Meng, S., & Li, Z. (2024) · Journal of Rare Earths · doi:10.1016/j.jre.2024.10.008 · Cited by 46

Research progress of amorphous catalysts in the field of electrocatalysis

Yu, Z., Sun, Q., Zhang, L., Yang, H., Chen, Y., Guo, J., Zhang, M., Zhang, Z., & Jiang, Y. L. (2024) · Microstructures · doi:10.20517/microstructures.2023.66 · Cited by 41

Pushing the Operation Current Density of Alkaline Water Oxidation above 1 A cm 2 via Electrocatalyst Engineering

Zhang, W., Wang, K., Tan, L., Meharban, F., Wang, D., Li, X., Lin, C. Y., & Luo, W. D. (2024) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202402034 · Cited by 39

Nanoporous high-entropy alloys and metallic glasses: advanced electrocatalytic materials for electrochemical water splitting

Zhang, Y., Cai, Y., & Ding, Y. (2025) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d4cc06087c · Cited by 36

Rational design of local microenvironment for electrocatalytic water splitting

Li, X., Zhu, W., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, D., Zhen, Y., Fu, F., & Yang, C. (2024) · Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d4qi00854e · Cited by 35

Strong Interface Coupling Enables Stability of Amorphous Meta‐Stable State in CoS/Ni 3 S 2 for Efficient Oxygen Evolution

Luo, W. H., Yu, Y., Wu, Y., Wang, W., Jiang, Y., Shen, W., He, R., Su, W., & Li, M. (2024) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202310387 · Cited by 33

The amorphization strategies of two‐dimensional transition metal oxide/(oxy)hydroxide nanomaterials for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting

Duan, S., Wang, Y., Cao, R., Sun, Y., Zhang, W., & Wang, R. (2025) · Rare Metals · doi:10.1007/s12598-024-03082-0 · Cited by 34

Industrial‐Level Paired Electrosynthesis of Valuable Chemicals over a High‐Performance Heterostructural Electrode

Zhou, G., Han, C. L., Wu, Y., Tong, Y., Dai, R., Zhu, J., Zheng, X., Lin, C., Chen, P., & Wu, C. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202420353 · Cited by 33

Tailoring the d-band center of iridium-doped cobalt selenide for dual-boosted hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

An, L., Zhu, J., Yang, J., & Wang, D. (2024) · Nano Materials Science · doi:10.1016/j.nanoms.2024.01.011 · Cited by 34

Navigating the energy crisis: design principles and challenges in the development of high-performance catalysts for electrolytic water splitting

Zhang, Q., Li, Y., Luo, F., & Yang, Z. (2025) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d5cc02288f · Cited by 34

Constructing amorphous CoP/Vs-Ni3S2 p-n junction with enhanced interface built-in electric field: A strategy for stable and high-performance overall water splitting catalysis

Liu, Z., Hao, A., He, R., Zhao, N.-D., Ye, Y., & Liu, X. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.171923 · Cited by 30

Enhancement of BiVO4 photoanode surface oxygen evolution kinetics via Ni-Fe-ZIF derived bimetallic NiFeOx co-catalyst for water oxidation

Xu, D., Gao, X., Gui, Z., Duan, Y., Li, Y., Meng, X., Gao, N., & Shi, W. (2024) · Chemical Engineering Science · doi:10.1016/j.ces.2024.120965 · Cited by 28

Challenges and potential of layered double hydroxides as electrocatalytic materials for hydrogen production from water: A review of recent advances and applications

Tucker-Quiñónez, A. M., Rivadeneira-Mendoza, B. F., Gorozabel-Mendoza, M. L., Pérez-Almeida, I. B., García-Guerrero, A. J., Rivadeneira, A. A. D., Yadav, K. K., Zambrano-Intriago, L. Á., & Rodríguez-Díaz, J. M. (2025) · Energy Nexus · doi:10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100399 · Cited by 27

Dynamic Self‐Optimizing Reconstruction of Stainless Steel Fe‐Ni Dual Sites Accelerates Catalytic Intermediate Coupling for High‐Efficiency Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Industrial Current Density

Lü, X., Wang, B., Hu, J., Hou, C., Chen, C., Zhu, Z., Lv, X., & Dang, J. (2025) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202516748 · Cited by 24

Space‐Confined Electrocatalysis for Water Splitting: Synthesis, Performances, and Reaction Mechanism of Nanomaterials Toward High‐Performance Catalysis

Zhang, F., Niu, S., Zhao, Y., Li, C., Li, Z., Lyu, S., Hou, Y., & Baek, J. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202510651 · Cited by 25

Freestanding lamellar nanoporous Ni–Co–Mn alloy: a highly active and stable 3D bifunctional electrode for high‐current–density water splitting

Zhang, S., Shi, L.-Y., Wang, J., Deng, Y., Shen, Z., Liu, H., Sun, J., Li, T., Zhang, Z., & Kang, J.-L. (2024) · Rare Metals · doi:10.1007/s12598-024-02882-8 · Cited by 23

Structural and electronic regulation of transition metal borides: from controllable synthesis to industrial alkaline water splitting

Xu, N., Li, X., Ouyang, D., Li, G., Cheng, S., Tang, Z., Chai, Y., & Dong, B. (2025) · Fuel · doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134283 · Cited by 24

Electrocatalytic functional group conversion-based carbon resource upgrading

Si, D., Teng, X., Xiong, B., Chen, L., & Shi, J. (2024) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d4sc00175c · Cited by 22

Recent Advances in Transition Metal Chalcogenides Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Water Splitting

Gao, H., Yang, T., Dong, A., Xing, Y., Liu, D., Ma, Y., & Zhu, K. (2025) · Catalysts · doi:10.3390/catal15020124 · Cited by 22

The recent progress of high-entropy layered double hydroxides and high-entropy amorphous materials for water electrocatalysis

Wondimu, T. H., Yong, Z., Shah, A. A., Leung, P., Dessie, Y., Hadish, F., Flox, C., & Liao, Q. (2025) · DeCarbon · doi:10.1016/j.decarb.2025.100110 · Cited by 21

Cycad-leaf-like crystalline-amorphous heterostructures for efficient urea oxidation-assisted water splitting

Deng, R., Jiang, W., Yu, T., Lu, J., Feng, B., Tsiakaras, P. E., & Yin, S. (2024) · Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cjsc.2024.100290 · Cited by 21

Deconstructing Amorphous MoS 2 ‐Crystalline Ni 3 S 2 Heterostructures Toward High‐Performance Alkaline Water Splitting

Zhang, Y., Zheng, L., Yang, X., Xu, M., Gao, P., Yang, J., Khan, W. S., Hou, J., Zhai, L., Zhu, S., et al. (2025) · Carbon Energy · doi:10.1002/cey2.70066 · Cited by 20

Crystalline CoP@ Amorphous WP2 Coaxial Nanowire Arrays as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting

Wei, X., Huang, L., Yu, Y., Sun, D., Qu, Y., Yuan, X., Wen, J., Su, Q., Meng, F., Du, G., et al. (2025) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202412689 · Cited by 19

Recent progress on transition metal-based amorphous ribbons as electrocatalysts for water splitting

Li, T., Sun, H., Dan, Z., & Zhou, L. (2025) · International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials · doi:10.1007/s12613-024-3015-4 · Cited by 16

Designing durable and efficient Co-based catalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers

He, C., Wang, J., He, R., Yang, L., Lu, Y., & Cabot, A. (2025) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2025.05.036 · Cited by 16

Modulation strategies of d-band center for HER and AOPs applications: a comprehensive review

Zhang, L., Li, B., Xu, H., Shan, L.-W., & Dong, L. (2025) · Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d5qi02181b · Cited by 16

Quenching to optimize the crystalline/amorphous ratio of CoPS nanorods for hydrazine-assisted total water decomposition at ampere-level current density

Chen, X., Du, Y., Yang, Y., Liu, K., Zhao, J., Xia, X., & Wang, L. (2024) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(24)60044-6 · Cited by 16

Progress of Amorphous Catalysts for an Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Wei, L., Yang, F., Cai, W., & Feng, L. (2025) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c02796 · Cited by 15

Dual-shell hollow nanospheres NiCo2S4@CoS2/MoS2: Enhancing catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction and achieving water splitting via the unique synergistic effects of mechanisms of adsorption-desorption and lattice oxygen oxidation

Yang, C., Tang, Y., Han, L., Liu, J., Hua, Y., Zhao, X., & Liu, X. (2025) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(25)64727-9 · Cited by 17

Amorphous/crystalline NiFe LDH hierarchical nanostructure for large-current-density electrocatalytic water oxidation

Li, Y., Li, M., Xie, C., Ling, Z., Lv, Y., & Chen, K. (2024) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.175328 · Cited by 15

Amorphous electrocatalysts for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions: Advances in hydrogen production

Mathi, S., Akhdar, H., Shetti, R. S., Alinad, T., Alodhayb, A. N., Mondal, K., & Shetti, N. P. (2025) · Materials Today Sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.mtsust.2025.101223 · Cited by 15

Amorphous topological buffer layer engineering enables ultralong cycling stability trifunctional electrocatalysis for integrated energy systems

Tang, D., Liu, J., Pang, Y., Wu, L., Xu, F., Cen, M., Yang, H., Balogun, M., Chen, J., & Hu, Y. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.170876 · Cited by 14

Single atom-decorated transition metal oxide nanomaterials for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Li, C., Yuan, C., Wang, L., Wu, F., Lei, X., Zhang, X., & Xu, A. (2024) · Materials Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d4qm00285g · Cited by 14

Electronic Engineering of Crystalline/Amorphous CoP/FeCoPx Nanoarrays for Efficient Water Electrolysis

Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, J., Guo, H., & Qi, L. (2024) · Small Methods · doi:10.1002/smtd.202401139 · Cited by 14

The advances in innovative amorphous noble-metal-based electrocatalysts

Fan, X., Yin, K., Wang, H., Zheng, J., Lin, J., Jia, B., Xu, M., & Ye, L. (2025) · Chem Catalysis · doi:10.1016/j.checat.2025.101324 · Cited by 14

Tailoring hypervalent Nickel induced by oxygen vacancy toward enhanced oxygen evolution reaction performance in self-supporting NiFe-(oxy)hydroxides electrodes

Kong, C., Zhi, C., Wu, Z., Yang, W., Yang, J., & Sun, Z. (2024) · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.184 · Cited by 12

Integrated design of iridium-based catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers

Yang, J., Shi, Z., Shao, M., Xiao, M., Liu, C., & Xing, W. (2025) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(25)64787-5 · Cited by 11

Molybdenum triggers the bifunctional mechanism of oxygen evolution reaction of Fe34-xNi25Co25MoxB8P8amorphous alloy with boosted catalytic activity

Wu, Y., Guo, X., Chen, H., Xin, Y., Dong, X., Hu, X., Xia, L., & Yu, P. (2024) · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118612 · Cited by 11

Facile synthesis of amorphous Co engineered FePO4: As an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

Khan, S. A. (2025) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.06.050 · Cited by 9

Room-temperature high-efficiency electrocatalysis in two-dimensional ultrathin amorphous Ni–Mo–O nanosheets

Yang, J., Chen, G., Feng, W., Guo, Z., Gu, L., Li, Z., & Zhao, Y. (2025) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d5ta03090k · Cited by 9

Unveiling the potential of amorphous nanocatalysts in membrane-based hydrogen production

Liu, Y., Hu, Q., Yang, X., & Kang, J. (2024) · Materials Horizons · doi:10.1039/d4mh00589a · Cited by 9

Methods for Enhancing Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production: The Benefits of Applying Magnetic Fields

Binns, M. (2024) · Energies · doi:10.3390/en17194897 · Cited by 8

Space‐Confined Electrocatalysis for Water Splitting: Synthesis, Performances, and Reaction Mechanism of Nanomaterials Toward High‐Performance Catalysis

Zhang, F., Niu, S., Zhao, Y., Li, C., Li, Z., Lyu, S., Hou, Y., & Baek, J. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202510651 · Cited by 8

In situ formed Se–TiO2 as a highly reusable photocatalyst for selenium reduction and removal from industrial wastewater

Ngan, A., Milan, E., Chen, Z. Q., Chan, C. C., Iman, A., & Gu, F. (2024) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143959 · Cited by 8

A crystalline–amorphous Cu-CuS2/NiCoS composite electrocatalyst with a hydrangea-like structure for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Wu, J., Zhang, C., Liu, M., Xiang, C., Zou, Y., Xu, F., & Sun, L. (2025) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.180953 · Cited by 7

Designing quenching-driven crystalline-amorphous high-entropy oxide/hydroxide heterostructures for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

Zheng, Z., Sun, N., He, X. D., Deng, B., Pao, C., Huang, W.-H., Liu, H., Wang, R., Yu, R., Lei, M., et al. (2025) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.181112 · Cited by 7

Recent advances in transition metal sulphide-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions

Wang, T., Li, J., Xiao, L., Gao, S., Yu, J., Liu, W., Liu, Q., & Hu, G. (2025) · Surfaces and Interfaces · doi:10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106784 · Cited by 7

Defect and interface engineering for enhanced selectively in electrocatalytic glycerol oxidation reaction

Yu, R., Li, H., Wen, W., Wang, S., Zhang, X., Wang, L., & Yan, D. (2025) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237888 · Cited by 7

Amorphous NiMoCu-PO/NF as a bifunctional catalyst for effective water splitting

Chen, X., Tao, J., Ha, Y., Xu, Z., Zhu, X., Xu, D., & Zhou, T. (2025) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.02.050 · Cited by 6

Modulation of Se vacancies on NiSe 2 @CoSe 2 heterostructures to optimize ethanol electrooxidation activity for efficient hybrid water splitting and zinc–ethanol–air batteries

Li, J., Fang, F., Jian, Y., Li, Z., Zhu, J., Xie, F., Chen, J., Jin, Y., Wang, N., Zhang, X., et al. (2025) · Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d5qi00621j · Cited by 6

Development of Se-doped Mn0.5Cd0.5S nanoparticles: an efficient dual-nature electrocatalysts for HER/OER in an alkaline electrolyte

Shahin, I., Bashir, A., Alam, M. M., Munawar, T., Hussien, M., Kumar, A., Naeem, M. S., Rafaqat, M., Khan, S. A., Koç‬, M., et al. (2025) · Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society · doi:10.1007/s43207-025-00511-3 · Cited by 6

Synergistic amorphous IrO x and crystalline RuO 2 nanodomains for efficient acidic oxygen evolution reaction

Liu, S., Liu, S., Mao, T., Yu, Q., Huang, W., Pao, C., Hu, Z., Kong, Q., Zhang, J., Huang, X., et al. (2025) · AIChE Journal · doi:10.1002/aic.70060 · Cited by 6

Severe supply risk of iridium on hydrogen energy and its sustainable development strategy

Fu, J., Zhang, Y., XuefengHe, Zhang, S., & Ding, Y. (2025) · Separation and Purification Technology · doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2025.135429 · Cited by 7

Metal (oxyan) ion leaching and adsorption of phosphorous doped amorphous high-entropy hydroxide to spur water/seawater oxidation

Dong, C., Yao, M., Kang, Y., Zhang, H.-M., Sun, J., & Zhao, F. (2025) · Fuel · doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136703 · Cited by 5

Mo-Doped NixFeS Nanosheets on Nickel Foam for Applications in Water Splitting

Yang, Y., Zhang, W., Sun, Q., Chen, Y., Xu, D., Li, Y., & Zhou, M. (2025) · ACS Applied Nano Materials · doi:10.1021/acsanm.5c03355 · Cited by 5

Lanthanide Hydroxide as a New Platform for Efficient Electrocatalytic Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

Liu, Z., Han, J., Yu, Y., Ji, X., Guan, Y., Li, C., Chi, J., Lai, J., & Wang, L. (2024) · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c06997 · Cited by 5

Emerging trends in materials for water splitting catalysts in hydrogen production

Lin, K., Lee, K.-H., Mukundan, A., Karmakar, R., Rahmawati, E., Abdullah, K. N., Wang, C.-C., & Wang, H. (2025) · Energy Reports · doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2025.11.074 · Cited by 4

Catalytic activity evaluation of transition metals/metalloid intermetallic compound for high efficiency oxygen evolution reaction

Zuhaib, H., Tamboli, M. S., Park, H., & Park, C. (2025) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238761 · Cited by 4

The rise of amorphous water-splitting materials

Maghool, S., Amirnejat, S., Nosrati, A., Asgharinezhad, A. A., & Larimi, A. (2026) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2026.217878 · Cited by 4

Self-supported electrocatalyst engineering for industrial alkaline water splitting based on first-row transition metal elements

Xie, Z., Li, R., & Wei, L. (2026) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d6cc02573k · Cited by 4

Industrial‐Level Paired Electrosynthesis of Valuable Chemicals over a High‐Performance Heterostructural Electrode

Zhou, G., Han, C. L., Wu, Y., Tong, Y., Dai, R., Zhu, J., Zheng, X., Lin, C., Chen, P., & Wu, C. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202420353 · Cited by 4

Electron rearrangement and surface reconstruction improve the high efficiency water oxidation performance of amorphous Fe-P-B catalyst

Wang, D., Liang, Y., Shi, J., Li, Q., & Xu, Q. (2025) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.179378 · Cited by 3

Abundant Amorphous/Crystalline Interfaces of C/A-NixP/NiOH Heterojunction Catalyst for Efficient Urea Oxidation Reaction

Li, J., Liu, J., Jiang, C., Tian, J., Gan, L., Chen, W., Huang, J., Zhao, J., Chen, K., Ren, Y., et al. (2025) · Langmuir · doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c00422 · Cited by 3

Effect of calcination temperature on oxygen evolution reaction of spinel (FeCoNiCrMo)3O4 high-entropy oxide nanofibers

Wei, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Q., Da, Y., Xiao, M., Liu, L., Li, Q., Yan, X., Zhou, H., Zhu, L., et al. (2026) · Ceramics International · doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2026.04.137 · Cited by 3

Electroless plating-acid etching strategy to synthesize Co–Fe–Mn–P nanosheet arrays bifunctional catalyst for efficient water splitting

Shi, Y., Gao, K., Yang, Y., Liu, H., Ye, M., & Shen, J. (2024) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.08.040 · Cited by 3

Facile synthesis of ultrasmall amorphous PdP/rGO nanocatalysts for high-performance formic acid electrooxidation

Guo, R., Zheng, Y., Ren, Y. L., Zhou, A., Liu, Y., Liu, Q., Dong, X., & Jin, M. (2025) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.151009 · Cited by 3

Laser-engineered metastable α-Fe2O3 nanodots with remarkable peroxidase-like catalytic activity for glucose sensing

Ji, S., Zhao, X., Cai, Y., Ye, Y., Liang, D., Han, C., Hu, K., & Changhao, L. (2025) · Surfaces and Interfaces · doi:10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106455 · Cited by 2

Synergistic Mo doping and surface-amorphization for suppressing charge recombination and enhancing hole utilization in efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

Chen, Y., Wu, R., Yue, J., & Wei, S. (2026) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.188549 · Cited by 2

Electrochemical behavior of rapidly synthesized amorphous 3d-VIIIB-metal aerogels as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting

Phu, T. K. C., Nguyen, N.-T., Nguyen, P. L., Le, N. N., & Phung, T. V. B. (2026) · Materials Advances · doi:10.1039/d6ma00391e · Cited by 2

NiCu-based amorphous/crystalline heterostructure electrocatalyst for highly efficient 5-hydroxymethylfurfural upgrading

Li, Y., Fu, Y., Wang, R., Qiu, S., & Zhang, Z. (2025) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.181616 · Cited by 1

Multi-phase heterostructure of NiCoP/WP/Co2P4O12 for promoted alkaline hydrogen evolution activity

Song, L., Li, R., Yang, Z., Zhu, Z., Yuan, B., Ni, T., Chen, C., Yu, H., & Jin, R. (2026) · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2026.119911 · Cited by 1

In situ iron shuttling enables synchronous cathode-anode engineering for high-efficiency alkaline water electrolysis

Xie, T., Chen, F., Zhao, Z., Li, M., Luo, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, Z., Zhou, J., & Gao, F. (2026) · Inorganic Chemistry Communications · doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2026.116604 · Cited by 1

Mo-MOF/NiFe-BDC heterostructures with in-situ formed dynamic armor for highly efficient and durable seawater oxygen evolution

Cao, L., Qi, Y., Wu, Y., Xiong, Y., Chen, Z., Yu, R., (15032), X. W., & Tu, J. (2026) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.155941 · Cited by 1

Dynamic surface sculpting of low-cost NiFe alloy towards efficient oxygen evolution reaction

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