Molybdenum Carbide-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Mao Miao; Jing Pan; Ting He; Ya Yan; Bao Yu Xia; Xin Wang

doi:10.1002/chem.201701064

Molybdenum Carbide-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Chemistry. 2017 Aug 16;23(46):10947-10961. doi: 10.1002/chem.201701064. Epub 2017 Jul 4.

Authors

Mao Miao^{1

2}, Jing Pan^{1

2}, Ting He^{1

2}, Ya Yan^{3

4}, Bao Yu Xia^{1

2

4}, Xin Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P.R. China.
² Shenzhen Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518000, P.R. China.
³ School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai, 200093, P.R. China.
⁴ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.

PMID: 28474426
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701064

Abstract

Electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising approach for clean and sustainable hydrogen production. Its large-scale application relies on the availability of low cost and efficient electrocatalysts. Earth-abundant transition-metal carbides, especially molybdenum carbides (Mo_x C), are regarded as potential candidates to replace state-of-art but expensive platinum-group electrocatalysts. In this Review, we summarize recent progress in Mo_x C electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Nanostructure engineering on the design and preparation of highly efficient electrocatalysts based on Mo_x C is presented, followed by the comparison and discussion of HER performance on Mo_x C-based electrocatalysts. Finally, we offer a perspective on the future development of Mo_x C-based electrocatalysts towards HER.

Keywords: electrocatalysts; hydrogen evolution reaction; molybdenum carbide; nanostructures; water splitting.

Publication types

Review