Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

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Cite as Nano-Micro Lett. (2020) 12:21 Received: 7 October 2019 Accepted: 20 November 2019 © The Author(s) 2020

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0349-y

Single‑Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives Zonghua Pu1,2, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu2, Ruilin Cheng2, Pengyan Wang2, Chengtian Zhang2, Shichun Mu2 *, Weiyue Zhao3, Fengmei Su4, Gaixia Zhang1 *, Shijun Liao3 *, Shuhui Sun1 * * Shichun Mu, [email protected]; Gaixia Zhang, [email protected]; Shijun Liao, [email protected]; Shuhui Sun, [email protected] 1 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada 2



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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, People’s Republic of China Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, People’s Republic of China

HIGHLIGHTS 

• All the important single-atom catalysts (SACs) synthetic strategies, such as wet-chemistry method, atomic layer deposition, metal– organic framework-derived method, electrodeposition, high-temperature atom trapping from bulk particles, and vacancies/defects immobilized strategy, have been summarized and discussed in detail. • Various metal-based (especially Pt, Pd, Ru, Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, W, V) SACs in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have been systematically reviewed. • The current key challenges in SACs for electrochemical HER are pointed out, and some potential strategies/perspectives are proposed.

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