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A review and perspective on molybdenum-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

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Water electrolysis has been considered as a sustainable way for producing renewable energy of hydrogen. However, this process requires a low-cost and high-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst to improve the overall reaction efficiency. Molybdenum (Mo)-based electrocatalysts are regarded as the promising candidates to replace the benchmark but expensive Pt-based HER catalysts, due to their high activity and stability in a wide pH range. In this review, we present a comprehensive and critical summary on the recent progress in the Mo-based electrodes for HER, including molybdenum alloys, molybdenum sulfides, molybdenum selenides, molybdenum carbides, molybdenum phosphides, molybdenum borides, molybdenum nitrides, and molybdenum oxides. Particular attention is mainly focused on the synthetic methods of Mo-based materials, the strategies for increasing the catalytic activity, and the relationship between structure/composition and electrocatalytic performance. Finally, the future development and perspectives of Mo-based electrocatalysts toward high HER performance are proposed.

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The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51772249 and 51821091), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. G2017KY0308 and 3102019JC005), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Nos. 2018JM5092 and 2019JLM-26), the Innovation Program for Talent (No. 2019KJXX-066) and the Post-doctoral Program of Shaanxi Province (No. 2018BSHTDZZ16).

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    Wei Hua, Huan-Huan Sun, Fei Xu & Jian-Gan Wang

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Hua, W., Sun, HH., Xu, F. et al. A review and perspective on molybdenum-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Rare Met. 39, 335–351 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-020-01384-7

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