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Recent progress and perspective of electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Open accessShi, Jianjun, Bao, Yong, Ye, Rongrong, Zhong, Ju, Zhou, Lijing, Zhao, Zhen, Kang, Wanli, Aidarova, Saule B.·2025·Catalysis Science & Technology
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The article explores an in-depth exploration of the diverse range of catalysts that are commonly employed in the field of electrocatalytic HER, such as metals, oxides, sulfides, selenides, carbides, phosphides, nitrides, borides, single-atom catalysts, and carbon-supported catalysts.
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The limited natural abundance and prohibitive costs of noble metal-based materials severely restrict their widespread commercialization.
“Although extensive research has shown that noble metal-based materials generally exhibit the highest HER activity, their limited natural abundance and prohibitive costs severely restrict their widespread commercialization [9–13].”
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Noble metal-based materials generally exhibit the highest HER activity.
“Although extensive research has shown that noble metal-based materials generally exhibit the highest HER activity, their limited natural abundance and prohibitive costs severely restrict their widespread commercialization [9–13].”
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Xue, W., Yin, R., Li, Y., Zhu, Z., Zhang, B., Tang, Z., Gao, J., Yan, Z., Wu, X., Wei, W., et al. (2026) · Journal of Materials Science · doi:10.1007/s10853-026-12734-8
- Authors
- Shi, J., Bao, Y., Ye, R., Zhong, J., Zhou, L., Zhao, Z., Kang, W., & Aidarova, S. B.
- Affiliations
- Kazakh-British Technical University (KZ)
- Shenyang Normal University (CN)
- PetroChina Jianghan Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430021, China
- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China
- China University of Petroleum, Beijing (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhao, Zhen
- Kang, Wanli
- Aidarova, Saule B.
- Venue
- Catalysis Science & Technology
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2025
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2104-2131
- ISSN
- 2044-4753 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-4761
- OpenAlex
- W4407145963
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 78 · 2025: 28
- FWCI
- 14.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Catalysis Science & Technology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22102108)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFB3504100)
- Department of Education of Liaoning Province (LQN202004)
- 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 › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction, electrocatalysts, metal catalysts, oxide catalysts, sulfide catalysts, carbides, phosphides, nitrides, borides, single-atom catalysts, carbon-supported catalysts
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