TY - JOUR
T1 - Research Progress on Clay-Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
AU - Qian, Binbin
AU - Zhang, Ruiqian
AU - Said, Amir
AU - Xu, Ke
AU - Komarneni, Sridhar
AU - Xue, Dongfeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Clay-based materials are an emerging family of earth-abundant and low-cost inorganic functional materials with an modifiable layered-structure mode similar to hydroxides. They are considered as competitive electrocatalysts for water splitting due to their variable intra-layer ions, exchangeable interlayer molecules/ions, and large reaction surfaces, which demonstrate fascinating engineering opportunities at the microscale, mesoscale, and macroscale levels. We systematically summarized the research progress of clay-based materials by classifying clay-like compounds, clay-based composites, and clay-based derivatives, from the viewpoint of structural geometries towards optimizing functionalities. The design strategies for regulating and optimizing clay-based materials to meet the requirements of electrocatalysts with excellent activity and stability were outlined through representative examples. In addition, the hydrogen production applications of these clay-based materials were discussed reasonably including recent advances. Finally, the future perspectives of clay-based materials for electrocatalytic water splitting were demonstrated.
AB - Clay-based materials are an emerging family of earth-abundant and low-cost inorganic functional materials with an modifiable layered-structure mode similar to hydroxides. They are considered as competitive electrocatalysts for water splitting due to their variable intra-layer ions, exchangeable interlayer molecules/ions, and large reaction surfaces, which demonstrate fascinating engineering opportunities at the microscale, mesoscale, and macroscale levels. We systematically summarized the research progress of clay-based materials by classifying clay-like compounds, clay-based composites, and clay-based derivatives, from the viewpoint of structural geometries towards optimizing functionalities. The design strategies for regulating and optimizing clay-based materials to meet the requirements of electrocatalysts with excellent activity and stability were outlined through representative examples. In addition, the hydrogen production applications of these clay-based materials were discussed reasonably including recent advances. Finally, the future perspectives of clay-based materials for electrocatalytic water splitting were demonstrated.
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U2 - 10.1002/cctc.202401431
DO - 10.1002/cctc.202401431
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85207351521
SN - 1867-3880
JO - ChemCatChem
JF - ChemCatChem
ER -