Progress of Amorphous Catalysts for an Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
The pursuit of efficient and durable electrocatalysts for an acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial to advancing proton-exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) toward sustainable hydrogen production. Amorphous catalysts, with their short-range order and long-range disorder, offer significant advantages over crystalline counterparts, such as abundant active sites and adaptive reconstruction capabilities. In light of the significant advances in amorphous materials for acidic OER electrocatalysis, herein, we aim to provide a comprehensive review of the fundamental principles, synthetic methodologies, and catalytic innovations in this rapidly evolving field. First, fundamental structural and mechanistic differences between amorphous and crystalline materials are analyzed, highlighting how amorphous structures enhance charge transfer and reaction kinetics. Subsequently, the typical synthetic methods for amorphous catalysts are categorized, emphasizing the precise control over metastable amorphous phases. Recent advances in both noble-metal-based and non-noble-metal-based amorphous catalysts are then discussed, highlighting performance in acidic electrolytes and the impact of regulation strategies. Finally, current challenges are outlined, including scalable precise synthesis, atomic-scale active site identification, surface reconstruction visualization, and industrial PEMWE validation. This review offers a roadmap for designing high-performance amorphous electrocatalysts toward an acidic OER in PEMWE.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Cites
McCrory, C. C. L., Jung, S., Ferrer, I. M., Chatman, S. M., Peters, J. C., & Jaramillo, T. F. (2015) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja510442p · Cited by 4,145 · see citing works
A highly active and stable IrO x /SrIrO 3 catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction
Seitz, L. C., Dickens, C. F., Nishio, K., Hikita, Y., Montoya, J. H., Doyle, A., Kirk, C., Vojvodić, A., Hwang, H. Y., Nørskov, J. K., et al. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaf5050 · Cited by 2,199 · see citing works
Cherevko, S., Geiger, S., Kasian, O. I., Kulyk, N., Grote, J., Savan, A., Shrestha, B. R., Merzlikin, S. V. ́., Breitbach, B., Ludwig, A., et al. (2015) · Catalysis Today · doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2015.08.014 · Cited by 1,453 · see citing works
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation
Lin, C. Y., Li, J., Li, X., Yang, S., Luo, W., Zhang, Y., Kim, S., Kim, D., Shinde, S. S., Li, Y., et al. (2021) · Nature Catalysis · doi:10.1038/s41929-021-00703-0 · Cited by 1,258 · see citing works
The stability number as a metric for electrocatalyst stability benchmarking
Geiger, S., Kasian, O. I., Ledendecker, M., Pizzutilo, E., Mingers, A. M., Fu, W. T., Díaz‐Morales, O., Li, Z. Z., Oellers, T., Fruchter, L., et al. (2018) · Nature Catalysis · doi:10.1038/s41929-018-0085-6 · Cited by 1,056 · see citing works
Wu, Z.-Y., Chen, F.-Y., Li, B., Yu, S.-W., Finfrock, Y. Z., Meira, D. M., Yan, Q.-Q., Zhu, P., Chen, M.-X., Song, T.-W., et al. (2023) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/s41563-022-01380-5 · Cited by 1,004 · see citing works
Guo, W., Zhang, K., Liang, Z., Zou, R., & Xü, Q. (2019) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c9cs00159j · Cited by 890 · see citing works
Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall and Hybrid Water Splitting
Quan, L., Jiang, H., Mei, G., Sun, Y., & You, B. (2024) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00332 · Cited by 874 · see citing works
Danilovic, N., Subbaraman, R., Chang, K., Chang, S. H., Kang, Y., Snyder, J. D., Paulikas, A. P., Strmcnik, D. S., Kim, Y., Myers, D. J., et al. (2014) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1021/jz501061n · Cited by 761 · see citing works
Zhang, L., Jang, H., Liu, H., Kim, M. G., Yang, D., Liu, S., Liu, X., & Cho, J. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202106631 · Cited by 681 · see citing works
Najafpour, M. M., Renger, G., Hołyńska, M., Moghaddam, A. N., Aro, E., Carpentier, R., Nishihara, H., Eaton‐Rye, J. J., Shen, J., & Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2016) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00340 · Cited by 654 · see citing works
A Functionally Stable Manganese Oxide Oxygen Evolution Catalyst in Acid
Huynh, M., Bediako, D. K., & Nocera, D. G. (2014) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja413147e · Cited by 587 · see citing works
Hu, F., Zhu, S., Chen, S., Li, Y., Ma, L., Wu, T., Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Liu, C., Yang, X., et al. (2017) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201606570 · Cited by 573 · see citing works
A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets
Wu, G., Zheng, X., Cui, P., Jiang, H., Wang, X., Qu, Y., Chen, W., Lin, Y., Li, H., Han, X., et al. (2019) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12859-2 · Cited by 545 · see citing works
Breaking Long-Range Order in Iridium Oxide by Alkali Ion for Efficient Water Oxidation
Gao, J., Xu, C., Hung, S., Liu, W., Cai, W., Zeng, Z., Jia, C., Chen, H. M., Xiao, H. Y., Li, J., et al. (2019) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.8b11456 · Cited by 543 · see citing works
Self-citationGuo, T., Li, L., & Wang, Z. (2022) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202200827 · Cited by 502 · see citing works
Amorphization activated ruthenium-tellurium nanorods for efficient water splitting
Wang, J., Han, L., Huang, B., Shao, Q., Xin, H. L., & Huang, X. (2019) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13519-1 · Cited by 489 · see citing works
Binninger, T., Mohamed, R., Waltar, K. E., Fabbri, E., Levecque, P. B. J., Kötz, R., & Schmidt, T. J. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep12167 · Cited by 482 · see citing works
Li, J. (2022) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-022-00857-x · Cited by 445 · see citing works
Nature of Activated Manganese Oxide for Oxygen Evolution
Huynh, M., Shi, C., Billinge, S. J. L., & Nocera, D. G. (2015) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.5b06382 · Cited by 437 · see citing works
Local elastic properties of a metallic glass
Wagner, H., Bedorf, D., Küchemann, S., et al. (2011) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat3024 · Cited by 435 · see citing works
Dynamic rhenium dopant boosts ruthenium oxide for durable oxygen evolution
Jin, H., Liu, X., An, P., Tang, C., Yu, H., Zhang, Q., Peng, H., Gu, L., Zheng, Y., Song, T., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35913-6 · Cited by 421 · see citing works
Exceptionally active iridium evolved from a pseudo-cubic perovskite for oxygen evolution in acid
Chen, Y., Li, H., Wang, J., Du, Y., Xi, S., Sun, Y., Sherburne, M., Ager, J. W., Fisher, A. C., & Xu, Z. J. (2019) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08532-3 · Cited by 401 · see citing works
Recent Progress of Amorphous Nanomaterials
Kang, J., Yang, X., Hu, Q. L., Cai, Z. D., Liu, L., & Guo, L. (2023) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00229 · Cited by 401 · see citing works
Ping, Y., Nielsen, R. J., & Goddard, W. A. (2016) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.6b07557 · Cited by 385 · see citing works
Chen, J., Long, Q., Xiao, K., Ouyang, T., Li, N., Ye, S., & Liu, Z. (2021) · 中国科学通报:英文版 · doi:10.1016/j.scib.2021.02.033 · Cited by 369 · see citing works
Wang, Y., Li, H., Zhou, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, B., & Yu, Y. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202202604 · Cited by 369 · see citing works
Lanthanide-regulating Ru-O covalency optimizes acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysis
Li, L., Zhang, G., Zhou, C., Lv, F., Tan, Y., Han, Y., Luo, H., Wang, D., Liu, Y., Shang, C., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49281-2 · Cited by 368 · see citing works
Chakraborty, R., Vilya, K., Pradhan, M., & Nayak, A. K. (2022) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d1ta10269a · Cited by 318 · see citing works
Electrocatalytic activity of amorphous RuO2 electrode for oxygen evolution in an aqueous solution
Tsuji, E., Imanishi, A., Fukui, K., & Nakato, Y. (2010) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2010.11.062 · Cited by 303 · see citing works
Xiao, K., Wang, Y., Wu, P., Hou, L., & Liu, Z. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202301408 · Cited by 275 · see citing works
Jovanovič, P., Hodnik, N., Ruiz‐Zepeda, F., Arčon, I., Jozinović, B., Zorko, M., Bele, M., Šala, M., Šelih, V. S., Hočevar, S. B., et al. (2017) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.7b08071 · Cited by 268 · see citing works
Regulation of Oxide Pathway Mechanism for Sustainable Acidic Water Oxidation
Cao, X., Qin, H., Zhang, J., Chen, X., & Jiao, L. (2024) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c12942 · Cited by 267 · see citing works
Li, S., Li, Z., Ma, R., Gao, C., Liu, L., Hu, L., Zhu, J., Sun, T., Tang, Y., Liu, D., et al. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202014210 · Cited by 264 · see citing works
Wan, G., Freeland, J. W., Kloppenburg, J., Petretto, G., Nelson, J. N., Kuo, D.-Y., Sun, C., Wen, J., Diulus, J. T., Herman, G. S., et al. (2021) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc7323 · Cited by 210 · see citing works
Miles, M. H., KLAUS, E. A., Gunn, B. P., et al. (1978) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0013-4686(78)85030-0 · Cited by 206 · see citing works
Zeng, L., Zhao, Z., Lv, F., Xia, Z., Lu, S., Li, J., Sun, K., Wang, K., Sun, Y., Huang, Q., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31406-0 · Cited by 199 · see citing works
The formation of unsaturated IrOx in SrIrO3 by cobalt-doping for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Zhao, J., Yue, K., Zhang, H., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46801-y · Cited by 199 · see citing works
Recent advances in Ru/Ir-based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Gao, G., Sun, Z., Chen, X., Zhu, G., Sun, B., Yamauchi, Y., & Liu, S. (2023) · Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123584 · Cited by 195 · see citing works
Xu, J., Lian, Z., Wei, B., Li, Y., Bondarchuk, O. B., Zhang, N., Yu, Z., Araújo, A., Amorim, I., Wang, Z., et al. (2020) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b05611 · Cited by 193 · see citing works
Dong, H., & Koenig, G. M. (2019) · CrystEngComm · doi:10.1039/c9ce00679f · Cited by 189 · see citing works
Amorphous nanomaterials in electrocatalytic water splitting
Guo, C., Shi, Y., Lu, S., Yu, Y., & Zhang, B. (2021) · Chinese Journal of Catalysis · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63740-8 · Cited by 179 · see citing works
Wang, C., Schechter, A., & Feng, L. (2023) · Nano Research Energy · doi:10.26599/nre.2023.9120056 · Cited by 175 · see citing works
Self-citationYin, Z., Liu, H., Hu, J., et al. (2024) · National Science Review · doi:10.1093/nsr/nwae362 · Cited by 159 · see citing works
Electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction: Achievements and perspectives
Chen, Z., Duan, X., Wei, W., Wang, S., & Ni, B. (2020) · Nano Energy · doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105392 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
In situ self-reconstruction inducing amorphous species: A key to electrocatalysis
Liu, J., & Guo, L. (2021) · Matter · doi:10.1016/j.matt.2021.05.025 · Cited by 157 · see citing works
Li, W., Min, C., Tan, F., Li, Z., Zhang, B., Si, R., Xu, M., Liu, W., Zhou, L., Wei, Q., et al. (2019) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b08692 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Xue, Y., Zhao, J., Huang, L., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43977-7 · Cited by 148 · see citing works
Rutile Alloys in the Mn–Sb–O System Stabilize Mn3+ To Enable Oxygen Evolution in Strong Acid
Zhou, L., Shinde, A., Montoya, J. H., Singh, A. K., Gul, S., Yano, J., Ye, Y., Crumlin, E. J., Richter, M. H., Cooper, J. K., et al. (2018) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b02689 · Cited by 147 · see citing works
Lü, Q., Liu, J., Zou, X., Huang, B., Wu, W., Yin, J. L., Liu, Z., & Wang, Y. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202503733 · Cited by 140 · see citing works
Kim, J., Kim, H., Han, G. H., Hong, S., Park, J., Bang, J., Kim, S. Y., & Ahn, . H. (2022) · Exploration · doi:10.1002/exp.20210077 · Cited by 126 · see citing works
Wang, H., Wei, R., Li, X., Ma, X., Hao, X., & Guan, G. (2020) · Journal of Material Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2020.06.045 · Cited by 124 · see citing works
Highly active and stable amorphous IrOx/CeO2 nanowires for acidic oxygen evolution
Gou, W., Xia, Z., Tan, X., Xue, Q., Ye, F., Dai, S., Zhang, M., Si, R., Zou, Y., Ma, Y., et al. (2022) · Nano Energy · doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107960 · Cited by 120 · see citing works
Chen, S., Zhang, T., Han, J., et al. (2023) · Nano Research Energy · doi:10.26599/nre.2023.9120106 · Cited by 114 · see citing works
Recent Progress on Structurally Ordered Materials for Electrocatalysis
Sun, H., Song, S., Xu, X., Dai, J., Yu, J., Zhou, W., Shao, Z., & Jung, W. (2021) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202101937 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
Coactivation of Multiphase Reactants for the Electrosynthesis of Urea
Lv, Z., Zhou, S., Zhao, L., et al. (2023) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202300946 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Progress in metal oxide-based electrocatalysts for sustainable water splitting
Jamadar, A. S., Sutar, R., Patil, S. S., Khandekar, R. V., & Yadav, J. B. (2024) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2024.100283 · Cited by 108 · see citing works
Two-dimensional amorphous nanomaterials: synthesis and applications
Zhao, H., Chen, X., Wang, G., Qiu, Y., & Guo, L. (2019) · 2D Materials · doi:10.1088/2053-1583/ab1169 · Cited by 106 · see citing works
Liu, X., He, Z., Ajmal, M., Shi, C., Gao, R., Pan, L., Huang, Z., Zhang, X., & Zou, J. (2023) · Transactions of Tianjin University · doi:10.1007/s12209-023-00364-z · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Yu, Y., Sun, Y., Han, J., et al. (2024) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/d4ee01878h · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Shah, M. Z. U., Sajjad, M., Hou, H., et al. (2022) · Journal of Energy Storage · doi:10.1016/j.est.2022.105492 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Su, Z., Huang, Q., Guo, Q., Hoseini, S. J., Zheng, F., & Chen, W. (2023) · Nano Research Energy · doi:10.26599/nre.2023.9120078 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Current Trends of Iridium‐Based Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Water Electrolysis
Thảo, N. T. T., Jang, J. U., Nayak, A. K., & Han, H. (2023) · Small Science · doi:10.1002/smsc.202300109 · Cited by 96 · see citing works
Jo, S., Kim, M. C., Lee, K. B., Choi, H., Zhang, L., & Sohn, J. I. (2023) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202301420 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Gao, M., Lü, W., Yang, B., et al. (2017) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.274 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Zhang, S., Gu, S., Wang, Y., et al. (2019) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b00928 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Advances and insights in amorphous electrocatalyst towards water splitting
Wang, X., Tian, H., Yu, X., Chen, L., Cui, X., & Shi, J. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Catalysis · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(23)64486-9 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
Recent progress in high-entropy metallic glasses
Luan, H., Li, K., Shi, L., Zhao, W., Bu, H., Gong, P., & Yao, K.-F. (2023) · Journal of Material Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2023.03.031 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Bak, J., Yun, T. G., An, J., et al. (2021) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/d1ee01826d · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Liu, T., Chen, C., Pu, Z., Huang, Q., Zhang, X., Al‐Enizi, A. M., Nafady, A., Huang, S., Chen, D., & Mu, S. C. (2024) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202405399 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Shi, Y., Wu, H., Chang, J., Tang, Z., & Lu, S. (2023) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.06.001 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Recent advances and perspectives of Ir-based anode catalysts in PEM water electrolysis
Wang, C., & Feng, L. (2023) · Energy Advances · doi:10.1039/d3ya00492a · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Self-citationYin, C., Yang, F., Wang, S., et al. (2023) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(23)64490-0 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Self-citationElectrochemical disproportionation strategy to in-situ fill cation vacancies with Ru single atoms
Xiao, K., Lin, R.-T., Wei, J., Li, N., Li, H., Ma, T., & Liu, Z. (2022) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-022-4140-x · Cited by 76 · see citing works
Electron Delocalized Ni Active Sites in Spinel Catalysts Enable Efficient Urea Oxidation
Zhang, H.-J., Chen, Z.-Q., Ye, X., Xiao, K., & Liu, Z. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202421027 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Comparison of Amorphous Iridium Water-Oxidation Electrocatalysts Prepared from Soluble Precursors
Blakemore, J. D., Schley, N. D., Kushner-Lenhoff, M. N., et al. (2012) · Inorganic Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ic300764f · Cited by 74 · see citing works
Yu, Y., Lv, Z., Liu, Z., et al. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202402236 · Cited by 74 · see citing works
Zhang, F., Wu, J., Jiang, W. P., Hu, Q., & Zhang, B. (2017) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.7b09222 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Qin, Q., Wang, T., Li, Z., et al. (2023) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.09.010 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
Park, H., Kim, Y., Kim, Y., et al. (2024) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.12.048 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
Sun, J., Yang, D.-J., Lowe, S. E., Zhang, L., Wang, Y.-Z., Zhao, S.-L., Liu, P.-R., Wang, Y., Tang, Z., Zhao, H.-J., et al. (2018) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.201801495 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
Elemental Segregation in Multimetallic Core–Shell Nanoplates
Saleem, F., Zhang, Z., Cui, X., Gong, Y., Chen, B., Lai, Z., Yun, Q., Gu, L., & Zhang, H. (2019) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.9b05197 · Cited by 66 · see citing works
Lim, J., Kang, G., Lee, J., Jeon, S. S., Jeon, H., Kang, P. W., & Lee, H. (2022) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231069 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Iridium-based electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Yu, Y., Li, G., Xiao, Y., Chen, C., Bai, Y., Wang, T., Li, J., Hua, Y., Wu, D., Rao, P., et al. (2024) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2024.11.033 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Chen, C., Li, J., Lv, Z., Wang, M., & Dang, J. (2023) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.04.241 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Zhou, X., Yang, T., Li, T., et al. (2023) · Nano Research Energy · doi:10.26599/nre.2023.9120086 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Zhang, N., Zhang, N., Du, J., et al. (2023) · CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(23)64517-6 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
Park, Y. J., Lee, J., Park, Y. S., Yang, J., Jang, M. J., Jeong, J., Choe, S., Lee, J. W., Kwon, J., & Choi, S. M. (2020) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.593272 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Order and Disorder in Amorphous and High-Entropy Materials
Yan, X., Liaw, P. K., & Zhang, Y. (2021) · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A · doi:10.1007/s11661-021-06250-4 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Guo, D., Xia, H., Guo, X., Wen, L., Wang, T., Li, X., & Sun, Z. (2024) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.426 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Crystal phase dependent hydrogen spillover effect in Ru/WO3 for hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis
Xu, J., Yang, F., Guo, X., Wang, S., & Feng, L. (2025) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2025.01.054 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Self-citationHu, J., Abdelsalam, M. E., Bartlett, P. N., Cole, R. M., Sugawara, Y., Baumberg, J. J., Mahajan, S., & Denuault, G. (2009) · Journal of Materials Chemistry · doi:10.1039/b900279k · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Massué, C., Huang, X., Tarasov, A., et al. (2017) · ChemSusChem · doi:10.1002/cssc.201601864 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Transition Metal Nitrides for Electrocatalytic Application: Progress and Rational Design
Meng, Z., Zheng, S., Luo, R., et al. (2022) · Nanomaterials · doi:10.3390/nano12152660 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Advances in anode catalysts of methanol-assisted water-splitting reactions for hydrogen generation
Liu, C., & Feng, L. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100136 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Self-citationTovar-Oliva, M. S., & Tudela, I. (2024) · Results in Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103285 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Yin, C., Wang, S., Yang, F., & Feng, L. (2025) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2025.02.042 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Self-citationRong, W., Chen, Y., Dang, R., Huang, K., Xia, J., Zhang, B., Liu, J., Meng, H., Cao, Q., & Wu, J. (2023) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.172786 · Cited by 52 · see citing works
Nanostructured Pt@RuO catalyst for boosting overall acidic seawater splitting
Peng, Z., Zhang, Q., Qi, G., Zhang, H., Liu, Q., Hu, G., Luo, J., & Liu, X. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100191 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Li, Z., Wang, D., Kang, H., Shi, Z., Hu, X., Sun, H., & Xu, J. (2024) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d4ta05839a · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Lemoine, K., Goharibajestani, Z., Moury, R., Terry, A., Guiet, A., Grenèche, J., Hémon‐Ribaud, A., Heidary, N., Maisonneuve, V., Kornienko, N., et al. (2021) · ACS Applied Energy Materials · doi:10.1021/acsaem.0c02417 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
MoP-NC Nanosphere Supported Pt Nanoparticles for Efficient Methanol Electrolysis
Li, M., Yang, F., Chang, J., Schechter, A., & Feng, L. (2023) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202301005 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Self-citationRecent Advances and Perspectives in Ru Hybrid Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Li, Y., & Feng, L. (2023) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00749 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Self-citationZhao, R., Wang, Z., Xu, Q., et al. (2021) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138955 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Recent advances in amorphous electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction
Park, J., Lee, S., & Kim, S. (2022) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.1030803 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Dutta, T., Chaturvedi, P., Thakur, A., & Mishra, S. K. (2025) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00967 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Liang, X., Yan, W., Yu, Y., Zhang, K., An, W., Chen, H., Zou, Y., Zhao, X. D., & Zou, X. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202311606 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Yin, C., Li, J., Wang, S., et al. (2024) · Carbon Energy · doi:10.1002/cey2.553 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Li, J., Yin, C., Wang, S., Zhang, B., & Feng, L. (2024) · Chemical Science · doi:10.1039/d4sc01862a · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Self-citationCheng, Z., Pi, Y., Shao, Q., et al. (2021) · Science China Materials · doi:10.1007/s40843-021-1687-5 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Lu, S., Dou, W., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Wu, C., Yi, H., Wang, R., & Jin, M. (2023) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202308024 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Liu, X., Gao, M., Yang, H., et al. (2017) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-017-1627-y · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Pan, S., Ma, Z., Yang, W., Dongyang, B., Yang, H., Lai, S., Dong, F., Yang, X., & Lin, Z. (2023) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2023.100212 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Thomas, B., Peng, B., Huang, X., & Asefa, T. (2024) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d4ta02845g · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Miao, Z., Wu, G., Wang, Q., et al. (2023) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2023.100235 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
An effective bimetallic oxide catalyst of RuO2-Co3O4 for alkaline overall water splitting
Ren, F., Xu, J., & Feng, L.-G. (2023) · Nano Reseach · doi:10.1007/s12274-023-6316-4 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Self-citationZhou, Y., Yu, L., Chang, J.-F., Feng, L.-G., & Zhang, J.-J. (2022) · Green Energy & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.gee.2022.08.007 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Self-citationQiao, W., Yu, L., Chang, J.-F., Yang, F.-L., & Feng, L.-G. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Catalysis · doi:10.1016/s1872-2067(23)64469-9 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Self-citationHan, H., Jang, J. U., Oh, D., et al. (2023) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02382 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Corrosion and Protection of Electrocatalysts toward Advanced Energy Technologies
Lei, L., Li, F., Jiang, X., Yang, H., & Xia, B. Y. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202405726 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Guo, Q., Li, R., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., He, Y., Li, Z., Liu, W., Liu, X., & Lü, Z. (2025) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-025-01680-w · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Direct air capture of CO 2 via cyclic viologen electrocatalysis
Liu, S., Zhang, J., Li, F., Edwards, J. P., Xiao, Y. C., Kim, D., Papangelakis, P., Kim, J., Elder, D., Luna, P. D., et al. (2024) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/d3ee03024e · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Li, L., Cheng, Z., Su, J., Song, B., Yu, H., Ji, Y., Shao, Q., & Lu, J. (2023) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d3ta04597h · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Progress in manipulating spin polarization for solar hydrogen production
Yang, Q., Tong, X., & Wang, Z. M. (2024) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2024.100253 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Li, J., Tang, C., Zhang, H., Zou, Z., & Li, C.-M. (2023) · Materials Reports: Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2023.100215 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Advances of W-based catalysts from material to electrocatalysis
Xu, J., Yang, F., & Feng, L. (2024) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2024.216141 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Self-citationNanopalladium-Anchored MXene Nanoflowers for Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Raj, S. K., Patel, K. B., Sharma, V., Srivastava, D. N., & Kulshrestha, V. (2023) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03245 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
Vertically Stacked Amorphous Ir/Ru/Ir Oxide Nanosheets for Boosted Acidic Water Splitting
Li, J., Wu, G., Huang, Z., et al. (2024) · JACS Au · doi:10.1021/jacsau.4c00085 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
New Amorphous Iron-Based Oxyfluorides as Cathode Materials for High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lemoine, K., Zhang, L., Grenèche, J., et al. (2019) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06055 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Xu, S., Wu, Q., Lu, B., et al. (2022) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202209001 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Minireview of the Electrocatalytic Local Environment in Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution
Wang, X., Ruan, Q., & Sun, Z. (2023) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02358 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Qiao, X.-Q., Chen, W., Li, C., et al. (2023) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2023.100234 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Chen, A., Deng, M., Lu, Z., Lin, Y., & Chen, L. (2023) · Materials Chemistry Frontiers · doi:10.1039/d3qm00656e · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Fe regulating Ni3S2/ZrCoFe-LDH@NF heterojunction catalysts for overall water splitting
Guo, Y.-C., Zou, X., Wei, X., et al. (2023) · Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100206 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Atomic Co Clusters for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Yu, Y., Rao, P., Feng, S., et al. (2022) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202210039 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Progress of supported Pt-based catalysts for electrochemical methanol energy conversion
Li, J., Yang, F., & Feng, L. (2025) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216603 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Self-citationMini-Review on Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Porphyrin–Graphene Structures
Nikoloudakis, E., Coutsolelos, A. G., & Stratakis, E. I. (2024) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c03322 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Amorphous Quantum Nanomaterials
Kohle, F. F. E., Hinckley, J. A., Li, S., Dhawan, N., Katt, W. P., Erstling, J. A., Werner‐Zwanziger, U., Zwanziger, J. W., Cerione, R. A., & Wiesner, U. B. (2018) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201806993 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Zhou, Y., Luo, Y., Li, Q., et al. (2024) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01798 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Li, Z., Ma, Q., Li, Z., et al. (2024) · Materials Reports Energy · doi:10.1016/j.matre.2024.100296 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Wu, M., Zhang, Y., Fu, Z., et al. (2022) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202207007 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Enhancing Cobalt―Oxygen Bond to Stabilize Defective Co2MnO4 in Acidic Oxygen Evolution
Xie, J., Lü, Q., Qiao, W., et al. (2023) · Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica · doi:10.3866/pku.whxb202305021 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, L., et al. (2021) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/d1ra07581k · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Two‐Dimensional Amorphous Iridium Oxide for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Yu, H., Liao, F., Zhu, W., et al. (2023) · ChemCatChem · doi:10.1002/cctc.202300737 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Li, X., Wang, J., Yuan, C., Sun, Q., Shao, J., Li, X., Feng, Z., Dong, H., Li, C., & Zhang, Y. (2024) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202402220 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Li, H., Li, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, Z., Li, C., & Wang, J. (2023) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d3ta03942k · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Koo, T., Ko, R.-K., Ha, D.-W., et al. (2023) · Energies · doi:10.3390/en16083379 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Li, J., Li, M., Yang, F., & Feng, L. (2024) · Chinese Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1002/cjoc.202400523 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Self-citationQu, B., Ma, X., Lou, S., Tian, S., Ma, S.-C., Cheng, X., Yan, D., & Chu, X. (2025) · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2025.119075 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Zhu, R., Yu, X., Li, W., Li, M., Bo, X., & Gan, G. (2023) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.169488 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Recent Advances of Amorphous Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Applications
Li, L., Zhao, H., Wang, X., et al. (2024) · Chinese Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1002/cjoc.202400388 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Arumugam, B., Chougule, S. S., Sana, S. S., Majumder, S., Habila, M. A., Chicardi, E., Thomas, N., Kalusulingam, R., Kim, S., & Jeffery, A. A. (2024) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02257 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Outstanding corrosion resistance of an Fe-based crystalline-amorphous nano-composite alloy
Xie, T., Li, Y., Kong, F., et al. (2024) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.178298 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Amorphous iridium oxide coating on TiO2 for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction
Zhang, K., Guo, C., Wu, Y., Yao, R., Zhao, Q., Li, J., & Liu, G. (2024) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.114 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Li, L., Yang, D., Fang, D., et al. (2024) · Fuel · doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132631 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Flores, M. E., Jacinto, P. S., Germán, C. R.-S., et al. (2016) · Frontiers of Materials Science · doi:10.1007/s11706-016-0356-6 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Ma, J., Wu, Y., Zuo, J., et al. (2017) · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.02.028 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Wu, D., Wang, X., & Wu, X. (2022) · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02594 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
CoF 2 coupled MXene with facile active phase reconstruction for oxygen evolution reaction
Xu, J., Wang, Q., Wang, S., et al. (2024) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d4cc04513k · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Fan, Y., Li, R., Wu, Y., et al. (2024) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176678 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Ganiyu, S. O., Nidheesh, P. V., & Oturan, M. A. (2022) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-90485-8.00014-x · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Lijuan, Y., Wu, P., Tian, T., et al. (2023) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/d3dt01745a · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Li, W., Zhao, Y. M., Lv, D., Min, C., Yin, C., Xie, L., Tan, F., Liu, F., Gao, S., Yang, L., et al. (2023) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143458 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Pan, X., Qian, H., Xu, J., Wang, H., Um, H., Lin, C. Y., Li, X., & Luo, W. (2024) · Green Energy & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.gee.2024.05.003 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
A two-dimensional amorphous iridium–cobalt oxide for an acidic oxygen evolution reaction
Liu, D., Wang, Y., Zhu, J., et al. (2024) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/d4cc05227g · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Molybdenum Carbide Nanosheets for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Production
Zhang, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., & Liu, C. (2023) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03021 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Yang, X.-B., Liang, S., Wang, G., Zhou, B., Duan, Z.-Q., Xie, Z.-X., & Hu, Y.-M. (2024) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176441 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Li, X., Wang, Z., Li, H., et al. (2025) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.494 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Nisar, A., Hameed, A., Mustafa, G., Xu, G., & Nadeem, M. A. (2025) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00895 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Wei, L., Ma, M., Li, W., et al. (2018) · Functional Materials Letters · doi:10.1142/s1793604718500972 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Self-citationFirst-Principles Study of Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanisms in RuO2 and IrO2
Alexandrov, V. (2020) · ECS Meeting Abstracts · doi:10.1149/ma2020-02643264mtgabs · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
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 · see citing works
- Authors
- Wei, L., Yang, F., Cai, W., & Feng, L.
- Affiliations
- Kunming University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Feng, Ligang
- Venue
- Energy & Fuels
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2025-07-12
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 29
- Pages
- 14007-14027
- ISSN
- 0887-0624 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5029
- OpenAlex
- W4412364437
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 172
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 4
- FWCI
- 2.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Energy & Fuels (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22102105, 22272148)
- Xingdian Talent Program of Yunnan Province (KKXX202551001)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Keywords
- amorphous electrocatalysts, acidic oxygen evolution reaction, proton exchange membrane water electrolysis, hydrogen production, noble metal-free catalysts, non-noble metal catalysts, surface reconstruction, charge transfer, active site identification, catalyst stability
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review