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Electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction: recent development and future perspectives

Suen, Nian-Tzu, Hung, Sung-Fu, Quan, Quan, Zhang, Nan, Xu, Yi-Jun, Chen, Hao Ming·2017·Chemical Society Reviews

Abstract

There is still an ongoing effort to search for sustainable, clean and highly efficient energy generation to satisfy the energy needs of modern society. Among various advanced technologies, electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a key role and numerous new electrocatalysts have been developed to improve the efficiency of gas evolution. Along the way, enormous effort has been devoted to finding high-performance electrocatalysts, which has also stimulated the invention of new techniques to investigate the properties of materials or the fundamental mechanism of the OER. This accumulated knowledge not only establishes the foundation of the mechanism of the OER, but also points out the important criteria for a good electrocatalyst based on a variety of studies. Even though it may be difficult to include all cases, the aim of this review is to inspect the current progress and offer a comprehensive insight toward the OER. This review begins with examining the theoretical principles of electrode kinetics and some measurement criteria for achieving a fair evaluation among the catalysts. The second part of this review acquaints some materials for performing OER activity, in which the metal oxide materials build the basis of OER mechanism while non-oxide materials exhibit greatly promising performance toward overall water-splitting. Attention of this review is also paid to in situ approaches to electrocatalytic behavior during OER, and this information is crucial and can provide efficient strategies to design perfect electrocatalysts for OER. Finally, the OER mechanism from the perspective of both recent experimental and theoretical investigations is discussed, as well as probable strategies for improving OER performance with regards to future developments.

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Authors
Suen, N.-T., Hung, S.-F., Quan, Q., Zhang, N., Xu, Y.-J., & Chen, H. M.
Affiliations
  • National Taiwan University (TW)
  • Fuzhou University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Xu, Yi-Jun
  • Chen, Hao Ming
Venue
Chemical Society Reviews
Published
2017
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
337-365
ISSN
  • 0306-0012 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-4744
OpenAlex
W2575823937
Cited by
6,307
References
189
Citations by year
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FWCI
21.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Chemical Society Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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
oxygen evolution reaction, electrocatalysts, electrode kinetics, metal oxide electrocatalysts, water splitting, OER mechanism, in situ characterization, electrocatalyst design

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