Recent Advances of Ruthenium-Based Electrocatalysts for Industrial Water Electrolyzers

IF 6.5 3区材料科学 Q2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Advanced Sustainable Systems Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1002/adsu.202500237

Wentao Zhou, Chen Gu, Lingbin Xie, Longlu Wang

{"title":"Recent Advances of Ruthenium-Based Electrocatalysts for Industrial Water Electrolyzers","authors":"Wentao Zhou, Chen Gu, Lingbin Xie, Longlu Wang","doi":"10.1002/adsu.202500237","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hydrogen production by electrochemical water splitting is considered to be a key strategic energy technology, and proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) and anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) are ideal technologies for green hydrogen production in recent years. However, PEMWEs and AEMWEs lack low-cost and high-performance acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts respectively, limiting their large-scale development. Recently, ruthenium (Ru)-based electrocatalysts have received a lot of attention because their activity is better than that of commercial catalysts and their price is more affordable, showing great potential in acidic OER and alkaline HER. However, there are still obstacles for Ru-based electrocatalysts in practical applications of industrial water electrolyzers, and regulatory strategies need to be developed to further optimize its performance. Herein, a comprehensive review is presented concerning it. First, its fundamental principles that focus the basic content of industrial water electrolyzers and the application potential of Ru-based electrocatalysts are discussed. Then, regulatory strategies of Ru-based electrocatalysts for PEMWEs and AEMWEs are summarized, providing a detailed analysis to elucidate their mechanisms, properties, and applications in industrial water electrolyzers. Finally, the outlooks for prospects and challenges in the future are proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":7294,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","volume":"9 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Sustainable Systems","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsu.202500237","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Hydrogen production by electrochemical water splitting is considered to be a key strategic energy technology, and proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) and anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) are ideal technologies for green hydrogen production in recent years. However, PEMWEs and AEMWEs lack low-cost and high-performance acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts respectively, limiting their large-scale development. Recently, ruthenium (Ru)-based electrocatalysts have received a lot of attention because their activity is better than that of commercial catalysts and their price is more affordable, showing great potential in acidic OER and alkaline HER. However, there are still obstacles for Ru-based electrocatalysts in practical applications of industrial water electrolyzers, and regulatory strategies need to be developed to further optimize its performance. Herein, a comprehensive review is presented concerning it. First, its fundamental principles that focus the basic content of industrial water electrolyzers and the application potential of Ru-based electrocatalysts are discussed. Then, regulatory strategies of Ru-based electrocatalysts for PEMWEs and AEMWEs are summarized, providing a detailed analysis to elucidate their mechanisms, properties, and applications in industrial water electrolyzers. Finally, the outlooks for prospects and challenges in the future are proposed.

查看原文本刊更多论文

工业水电解槽用钌基电催化剂研究进展

电化学水分解制氢被认为是一项关键的战略性能源技术，而质子交换膜水电解槽（PEMWEs）和阴离子交换膜水电解槽（AEMWEs）是近年来理想的绿色制氢技术。然而，PEMWEs和AEMWEs分别缺乏低成本、高性能的酸性析氧反应（OER）电催化剂和碱性析氢反应（HER）电催化剂，限制了它们的规模化发展。近年来，钌基电催化剂因其活性优于商品催化剂，且价格更实惠而备受关注，在酸性OER和碱性HER中表现出巨大的潜力。然而，钌基电催化剂在工业水电解槽的实际应用中仍然存在障碍，需要制定调控策略以进一步优化其性能。本文对其进行了全面的综述。首先论述了其基本原理，重点介绍了工业水电解槽的基本内容和钌基电催化剂的应用潜力。然后，总结了钌基电催化剂对PEMWEs和AEMWEs的调控策略，并对其机理、性能及其在工业水电解槽中的应用进行了详细分析。最后，对未来的发展前景和挑战进行了展望。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Advanced Sustainable Systems Environmental Science-General Environmental Science

CiteScore

10.80

自引率

4.20%

发文量

186

期刊介绍： Advanced Sustainable Systems, a part of the esteemed Advanced portfolio, serves as an interdisciplinary sustainability science journal. It focuses on impactful research in the advancement of sustainable, efficient, and less wasteful systems and technologies. Aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the journal bridges knowledge gaps between fundamental research, implementation, and policy-making. Covering diverse topics such as climate change, food sustainability, environmental science, renewable energy, water, urban development, and socio-economic challenges, it contributes to the understanding and promotion of sustainable systems.