A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Ding, Junyang; Liu, Wenxian; Zhang, Shusheng; Luo, Jun; Liu, Xijun

doi:10.3390/en16062664

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A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Junyang Ding

^1,2,

Wenxian Liu

^3,*,

Shusheng Zhang

⁴,

Jun Luo

^1,5 and

Xijun Liu

^2,*

¹

Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

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State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-Cycle Safety for Composite Structures, School of Resource, Environments and Materials, Nanning 530004, China

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College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou 310014, China

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College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

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Shensi Laboratory, Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Longhua District, Shenzhen 518110, China

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Energies 2023, 16(6), 2664; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062664

Submission received: 21 February 2023 / Revised: 10 March 2023 / Accepted: 10 March 2023 / Published: 12 March 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atomic Electrocatalyst of Efficient Energy System)

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Energy is the substance foundation of human society. Single−atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as promising electrode materials in the energy field owing to their unique characteristics. It was demonstrated that the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of SACs relies on the metal−centric species and the corresponding local coordination engineering. Herein, the recent progress relating to asymmetric atomic catalysts for the HER is reviewed, including low coordination, heteroatomic coordination, and bimetallic coordination. In addition, the connection between the coordination structures and the presented electrocatalytic performance was discussed. The main challenges that need to be addressed for the asymmetric atomic catalysts in the HER are summarized. Finally, some insights into the development of high−quality asymmetric atomic catalysts are included.

Keywords: asymmetric atom sites; coordination environment; hydrogen evolution reaction; catalyst design

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Ding, J.; Liu, W.; Zhang, S.; Luo, J.; Liu, X. A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Energies 2023, 16, 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062664

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Ding J, Liu W, Zhang S, Luo J, Liu X. A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Energies. 2023; 16(6):2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062664

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Ding, Junyang, Wenxian Liu, Shusheng Zhang, Jun Luo, and Xijun Liu. 2023. "A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" Energies 16, no. 6: 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062664

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Ding, J., Liu, W., Zhang, S., Luo, J., & Liu, X. (2023). A Mini Review: Recent Advances in Asymmetrically Coordinated Atom Sites for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Energies, 16(6), 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062664

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