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CrystEngComm, 2026, 28, 217
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Porous confinement: stable and full exposure of Ru nanoparticles towards efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Qingying Qiao, Leyi Zhang, Jinping Zhang, Wenqing Zhang, Han Lu, Shaohan Zhu, Fei Li, Fenghua Zhang, Wei Wei and Yongya Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 5006
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Piezoelectric Polarization Optimized Photocharge Separation and Surface Proton Cycling for Efficient Pure Water Splitting

Lu Gao, Chaofan Yuan, Wenying Yu, Sheng Guo, Na Tian, Xiaolei Zhang, Yihe Zhang and Hongwei Huang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2026, 65
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Structure Disorder‐Induced Dynamic Oxophilic Surface Boosting O* Radical Dimerization for Superior Acid Oxygen Evolution

Xianghui Shi, Zhihao Zhang, Liuxin Xu, Zhe Wang, Qianjiang Mao, Yue Jiang, Xiaoxin Yang, Zihao Ma, Dan Cheng, Wenkun Jiang, Mingzhen Hu and Kebin Zhou

Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, 16
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Piezoelectric Polarization Optimized Photocharge Separation and Surface Proton Cycling for Efficient Pure Water Splitting

Lu Gao, Chaofan Yuan, Wenying Yu, Sheng Guo, Na Tian, Xiaolei Zhang, Yihe Zhang and Hongwei Huang

Angewandte Chemie, 2026, 138
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Oxophilic Elements in Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Design, Mechanisms, and Prospects

Hao Zhang, Xinqiang Wang, Fan Gao, Wen‐Gang Cui, Fulai Qi, Zichao Shen, Ke Wang, Yanxia Liu, Jindou Shi, Yuanchao Yang, Mingchang Zhang, Zhijun Wu, Yaxiong Yang and Hongge Pan

Small, 2026
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A review of advanced electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis

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EnergyChem, 2026, 8, 100186
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Prospect of Ruthenium for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media through In Situ Monitoring

Jiwon Kim, Wei Kong Pang, Junyoung Mun, Taeseup Song, Jun Chen, Jung Ho Kim and Dae Ho Yoon

Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Synergistic enhancement of water dissociation and hydrogen adsorption via lattice strain engineering for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

Zhiruo Wu, Huirou Liu, Leyang zhou, Junyu Su, Ximei Chen, Weijun Shen, Linping Yu, Tao Wan and Wanru Liao

Applied Surface Science, 2026, 730, 166237
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Rare-earth-based materials for exchange membrane water electrolysis: from rational design to device applications

Yu Zhu, Jinrui Hu, Yu Zhou, Yujie Wang, Mohan Chen, Yawen Tang and Gengtao Fu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 554, 217608
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Porous Support‐Anchored High‐Density Single‐Site Catalysts for Water Electrolysis

Lebin Cai, Wensheng Fang, Kai Qi, Ho Seok Park, Guntae Kim and Bao Yu Xia

ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Biomimetic Engineering of Interfacial Hydrogen‐Bond Network to Boost Proton Transfer for High‐Performance Alkaline Water Electrolysis

Jiawei Zhu, Chen Deng, Rongxin Xia, Pengcheng Zhao, Naixu Li, Shangqian Zhu, Wenlei Zhu, Huiyan Zhang, Dekui Shen and Richen Lin

Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Reversible Hydrogen Spillover: Adsorption‐Desorption Site Reversal in HER

Ashish Gaur, Jatin Sharma, Jaeyeong Kim, Reddicherla Umapathi, Dongyeon Kim, Daehae Kim, Kang Min Kim, Sungwook Mhin and HyukSu Han

Small, 2026, 22
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Unveiling Electronic Regulation Mechanism in Amorphous Ni3S2/Crystalline Cu Heterointerface for Alkaline Overall Water Splitting

Quanshuo Wu, Haofeng Li, Junli Wang, Ruidong Xu, Jeongwon Kim, Nan Li, Siwei Cheng, Yunpeng Wang, Shilin Zhao, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Guixiang Li and Linjing Yang

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Confinement of Pt atom clusters via Pt-Se electron bridges on 3D porous Ti3C2T MXene for efficient alkaline electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Ming Du, Liushun Wang, Zhangyang Zhou, Dahua Ren, Li Zhu, Teng Zhang, Yongdan Zhu, Jinqiao Yi, Xing’ao Li and Chuye Quan

Applied Surface Science, 2026, 719, 165070
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Neural Network-Guided Amorphous Alloy Design for Enhanced Water Dissociation in Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

Jianghong Zhang, Shicheng Liu, Yu Lu, Jiuyang Xia, Hamzah Kamaruddin, Junru Yao, Zehong Zhou, Chanhyeok Kwon, Siyu Zhu, Mingzhen Xiu and Yizhong Huang

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2026, 126775
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Amorphous/crystalline-RuCoNiP/NF achieves efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution in multiple freshwater and seawater scenarios

Jinghan Xu, Yating Hou, Xinru Wei, Shan Lu, Ningyuan Song, Yunmei Du and Lei Wang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2026, 703, 139118
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Boosting mass and charge transfer in Ru-based electrocatalysts for high-current-density hydrogen production

Xiang Tian, Yuan Fang, Lei Wang, Xian Zhang, Jie Wu, M. Sohail Asghar, Feng Gu, Zhiguang Guo and Guobin Wen

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2025, 111, 430
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Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Coated Zn0.17Co0.83P as a Highly Active and Stable Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution

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Catalysts, 2025, 15, 1071
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