Transition Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation and Related Energy Carrier
Huimin Yang, Zhong‐Yong Yuan
Abstract
The hydrogen generation and storage are the main barriers hindering the rapid development of hydrogen economics. This chapter summarizes recent advances of transition metal-based materials in the hydrogen generation and storage via electrocatalysis. Various modifications including morphology design, heterostructure constructing, element doping and vacancies engineering are discussed in the part of hydrogen evolution to reveal the correlation among modification, structure and catalytic performance of transition metal-based materials. Moreover, light hydrogen-containing chemicals are the effective and promising hydrogen energy carriers. The progress on the transition-metal based electrocatalysts for the ammonia, methanol and ethanol production is also briefly reviewed.