Recent advances in solution assisted synthesis of transition metal chalcogenides for photo-electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Amit Kumar Gautam, Saddam Sk, Ujjwal Pal
Abstract
), morphological tuning, through various solution-assisted synthesis processes, including liquid-phase exfoliation, heat-up, hot-injection methods, hydrothermal/solvothermal routes and template-mediated synthesis processes. In this review we will discuss recent developments in transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs), the role of TMCs for hydrogen production and various strategies for surface functionalization to increase their activity, different synthesis methods, and prospects of TMCs for hydrogen evolution. We have included a brief discussion on the effect of surface hydrogen binding energy and Gibbs free energy change for HER in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
Topics & Concepts
Transition metalElectrocatalystNanotechnologyMaterials scienceHydrogenChemistryChemical engineeringPhysical chemistryElectrochemistryElectrodeCatalysisOrganic chemistryEngineeringChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion