Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 577-589.doi: 10.1007/s40242-024-4121-6

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Recent Advance in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting for Hydrogen Production by Layered Double Hydroxides

XIA Tian1, REN Qinghui1, YANG Jiangrong1, LI Zhenhua1,2, SHAO Mingfei1,2, DUAN Xue1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China;
    2. Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical Engineering, Quzhou 324000, P. R. China
  • Received:2024-05-14 Online:2024-08-01 Published:2024-07-24
  • Contact: LI Zhenhua,LZH0307@mail.buct.edu.cn;SHAO Mingfei,shaomf@mail.buct.edu.cn E-mail:LZH0307@mail.buct.edu.cn;shaomf@mail.buct.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2022YFA1504200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22090031, 22108008, 22288102), the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology (No. 2021QNRC001), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (No. buctrc202011).

Abstract: Collecting green hydrogen (H2) from water splitting driven by renewable energy is a new competition to implement the construction of H2 energy industry and promote new economic growth for global governments. The common strategy to enhance the efficiency of H2 production is to reduce the potential of electrolytic cell that is the mainstream way to prepare efficient electrocatalysts. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are one of the most active electrocatalysts with adjustable active sites in contemporary research. In this review, we discuss the recent advanced progress of LDHs for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on cathode and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) or organic oxidation on anode and emphasize the influence of LDHs structure regulation in water electrolysis process (HER/OER) as well as the current development status of organic oxidation catalyzed by active oxygen species on anode. Finally, we propose the current challenges of LDHs in electrocatalysis and prospect their developing tendency and further application.

Key words: Layered double hydroxide, Hydrogen production, Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), Oxygen evolution reaction (OER), Electrocatalytic organic oxidation