Issue 37, 2022

Synthetic carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy conversion

Abstract

Carbon nanomaterials have attracted widespread attention in electrochemical energy conversion due to their large surface area, excellent electrical/thermal conductivity and good chemical stability. However, the structure–activity relationship of carbon nanomaterials remains unclear. This review is thus on the synthesis methods of carbon nanomaterials including two-dimensional graphene, graphene nanoribbons, nanographene, heteroatom doped porous carbon and graphdiyne as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, and oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells, electrolyzers and CO2 reduction. The correlation between the electronic/chemical properties and electrochemical performance of synthetic carbon nanostructures will be profoundly discussed. Additionally, the emerging challenges and some perspectives on the development of synthetic carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy conversion are discussed.

Graphical abstract: Synthetic carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy conversion

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
14 Qad 2022
Accepted
20 Leq 2022
First published
22 Leq 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 13473-13489

Synthetic carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy conversion

L. Wang, Z. Liu and J. Zhang, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 13473 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR03865J

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