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Advanced Materials and Technologies for Hydrogen Evolution

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A5: Hydrogen Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 August 2024 | Viewed by 725

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean Univeristy of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Interests: electrocatalyst; metal-organic frameworks; hydrogen evolution; oxygen evolution; nanofiber

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Today, the issue of energy consumption and the environmental crisis are major global challenges. Developing clean, renewable, and sustainable energy is crucial for future developments. Hydrogen, with its high energy density, lack of toxic combustion products, and natural abundance, has risen to prominence in the field of energy storage and conversion. As a result, inventing and producing advanced materials capable of achieving an efficient hydrogen evolution will remain a future research priority. This Special Issue focuses on the synthesis and chemistry of novel materials for hydrogen production, as well as on the advancement of fabrication techniques. We intend to present the most recent sophisticated hydrogen evolution materials and technologies.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

Advanced materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Advanced materials for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Advanced materials for photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Advanced materials for thermochemical hydrogen evolution.

Dr. Zhicheng Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • materials science
  • nanotechnology
  • nanomaterial
  • nanocomposites
  • hydrogen evolution
  • oxygen evolution
  • photoelectrochemical water splitting
  • electrocatalyst
  • photocatalyst
  • solar thermochemical water splitting
  • plasma conversion technology
 

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Porous Prussian Blue Analogs Decorated Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting
by Zhiqing Xiao, Xiubin Zhu, Lu Bai and Zhicheng Liu
Energies 2024, 17(5), 1154; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17051154 - 29 Feb 2024
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Metal-organic frameworks are becoming increasingly important in electrocatalysis as the hydrogen production sector grows. However, their electrocatalytic capability is limited by their inclination to agglomerate and the insufficient exposure of active sites. In this work, a three-step strategy was used to develop a [...] Read more.
Metal-organic frameworks are becoming increasingly important in electrocatalysis as the hydrogen production sector grows. However, their electrocatalytic capability is limited by their inclination to agglomerate and the insufficient exposure of active sites. In this work, a three-step strategy was used to develop a bifunctional electrocatalyst with porous Prussian blue analogs supported on carbon nanofibers. The use of electrospun carbon nanofibers as conductive substrates can successfully address the problem of easy aggregation. Moreover, the etching procedure with tannic acid creates a porous structure that effectively regulates the electrical structure and exposes additional active sites. The resulting catalyst performs well in both the hydrogen evolution reaction and the oxygen evolution reaction, and also exhibits good stability in overall water splitting. The findings of this study present new concepts for the design and fabrication of metal-organic frameworks-based materials in the realm of electrocatalysis. Full article
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