Surface/interface engineering of high-efficiency noble metal-free electrocatalysts for energy-related electrochemical reactions

作     者：Hui Zhao Zhong-Yong Yuan Hui Zhao;Zhong-Yong Yuan

作者机构：School of Materials Science and EngineeringLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng 252000ShandongChina Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry(Ministry of Education)School of Materials Science and EngineeringNankai UniversityTianjin 3000350China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第30卷第3期

页      面：89-104页

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学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

基　　金：supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2019PB013) the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(19JCZDJC37700) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21421001 and 21875118) 

主　　题：Noble metal-free electrocatalysts Electrocatalysis Surface/interface engineering Metal-air battery Overall water splitting 

摘      要：To date,much efforts have been devoted to the high-efficiency noble metal-free electrocatalysts for hydrogen-and oxygen-involving energy conversion reactions,due to their abundance,low cost and ***/interface engineering is found to be effective in achieving novel physicochemical properties and synergistic effects in nanomaterials for *** various engineering strategies,heteroatom-doping has been regarded as a most promising method to improve the electrocatalytic performance via the regulation of electronic structure of catalysts,and numerous works were reported on the synthesis method and mechanism investigation of heteroatom-doping electrocatalysts,though the heteroatom-doping can only provide limited active *** of other defects such as vacancies and edge sites and construction of heterostructure have shown to open up a potential avenue for the development of noble metal-free *** addition,surface functionalization can attach various molecules onto the surface of materials to easily modify their physical or chemical properties,being as a promising complement or substitute for offering materials with catalytic *** paper gives the insights into the diverse strategies of surface/interface engineering of the highefficiency noble metal-free electrocatalysts for energy-related electrochemical *** significant advances are *** unique advantages and mechanisms for specific applications are *** current challenges and outlook of this growing field are also discussed.