Piezo-Electro-Catalytic Hydrogen Production via Piezoelectric Fluoropolymers

Abstract

Piezo-Electro-Catalytic Hydrogen Production

Piezocatalytic water-splitting takes vibrations and creates electricity and hydrogen. In the study described in article number 2500045, Peter Cameron Sherrell, Amanda V. Ellis, and co-workers have integrated a MXene-loaded piezoelectric fluoropolymer with metallic catalysts to make a piezo-electro-catalytic system. When capturing motion, the overpotential is reduced by >200 mV for equivalent current density in 3 electrode testing. This work paves the way for coupling piezo- and electro-catalytic devices for efficient reactor systems.