Recent advances in non-precious metal electrocatalysts for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction

摘要

Hydrogen production by water electrolysis is a compelling technology to produce fuels and chemicals powered by renewable energy.It is highly desirable to develop cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).This review has summarized recent progress in mechanism understanding of non-precious metal electrocatalysts for pH-universal HER.The general approaches have been demonstrated to overcome the activity/stability limitations of the electrocatalysts for HER in a broad pH range.The perspectives and challenges for the development of p H-universal HER electrocatalysts have also been proposed.This review sheds light on the design and fabrication of high-performance electrocatalysts for versatile HER-related energy technologies.