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A critical review of research progress for metal alloy materials in hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reaction

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Hydrogen produced by electrolyzing water has attracted extensive attention as an effective way to generate and store new energy by using renewable energy. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) were the core reactions in the process of hydrogen production by water electrolysis, however, due to the low efficiency of the electrolytic device caused by its slow kinetic reaction and the dependence on noble metal catalysts (platinum and iridium/ruthenium (oxide)), which limited its wide application. The preparation of high-efficiency catalysts with high catalytic activity, stability, low cost and scalability played a vital role in promoting the development of hydrogen production technology from electrolytic water and has become a current research hotspot. Metal alloy catalysts have been widely studied as high-efficiency electrocatalysts. This study introduced and analyzed the mechanism and application of metal alloy catalyst in hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction, summarized and discussed the progress in the design, preparation and application of metal alloy electrocatalysts. Finally, the strategy and prospect of new high-efficiency electrocatalysts were proposed.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 31901188 and NO. 31971503), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M691850) and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2020QC048 and ZR2019BB040).

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    Yuling Xu, Xinyi Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Renjun Wang, Yuewei Yang & Junfeng Chen

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Y. X. and J.C. conceived and designed the experiments. The experiments were performed by Y. X., X. Z., Y. L., R. W., Y. Y. and J. C. Data was analyzed by Y. X., X. Z., Y. L. and J. C. The paper was written by Y. X. and J.C.

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Xu, Y., Zhang, X., Liu, Y. et al. A critical review of research progress for metal alloy materials in hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reaction. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 11302–11320 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24728-5

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