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| Additional title: | Ruthenium-based nanoparticles for catalytic water splitting |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Abstract: | Both global warming and limited fossil resources make the transition from fossil to solar fuels an urgent matter. In this regard, the splitting of water activated by sunlight is a sustainable and carbon-free new energy conversion scheme able to produce efficient technological devices. The availability of appropriate catalysts is essential for the proper kinetics of the two key processes involved, namely, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). During the last decade, ruthenium nanoparticle derivatives have emerged as true potential substitutes for the state-of-the-art platinum and iridium oxide species for the HER and OER, respectively. Thus, after a summary of the most common methods for catalyst benchmarking, this review covers the most significant developments of ruthenium-based nanoparticles used as catalysts for the water-splitting process. Furthermore, the key factors that govern the catalytic performance of these nanocatalysts are discussed in view of future research directions. |
| Grants: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CTQ2015-64261-R Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CTQ2011-26440 |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió |
| Subject: | Electrochemistry ; Hydrogen evolution reaction ; Nanoparticles ; Oxygen evolution reaction ; Ruthenium |
| Published in: | ChemSusChem, Vol. 12, issue 12 (June 2019) , p. 2493-2514, ISSN 1864-564X |
Preprint 25 p, 1.6 MB |