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Multi-atom Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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The development of effective, low-cost, as well as stable electrocatalysts for water splitting to utilize hydrogen fuels is a serious issue. A potential technique which includes mixing diverse materials to create a synergistic impact, which has shown to be a distinctive and appealing concept. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays an important role in numerous electrochemical devices in the context of electrochemical water splitting; however, it has sluggish kinetics. Multi-atom catalysts have various benefits, such as high intrinsic electrocatalytic activity, maximal atomic efficiency, diversified chemical characteristics, and positive atom-to-atom synergy. As a result, multi-atom catalysts (MACs) have received a lot of interest as enhanced electrocatalysts for OER. This chapter presents an in-depth overview of the most recent developments in MACs for OER electrocatalysis. The inherent benefits of MACs are fully examined first, with a focus on three hypothesized processes that emphasize the electrical structure of active sites. The structural activity using experimental results has been thoroughly investigated, which provide a framework for rational structural design. In addition, the current synthesis techniques and a thorough performance comparison are described. Finally, many avenues for enhanced MACs development for OER electrocatalysis are presented.

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  1. School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology (SCEEST), Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia

    Abdul Hanan

  2. Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia

    Muhammad Nazim Lakhan

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Hanan, A., Lakhan, M.N. (2024). Multi-atom Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. In: Kumar, A., Gupta, R.K. (eds) Atomically Precise Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54622-8_11

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