Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials for Energy-Related Electrocatalysis
M. Rajkumar, C. Pandiyarajan and P. Rameshkumar
Conventional synthetic methods are facing great challenges to prepare functional nanostructures with fine design, tunable property, high efficiency and good sustainability. In recent decades, bioinspired synthesis has been extensively applied for the synthesis of nanomaterials with fascinating properties. Modifying the electrodes with bioinspired nanomaterials is of great interest because of their unique advantages and outperforming characteristics. In this chapter, the recent progresses on the bio-inspired synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in energy-related electrocatalysis are focussed. The general mechanisms of key electrocatalytic processes such as oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), methanol oxidation and formic acid oxidation reactions are discussed. Importantly, the characterization of bio-inspired nanomaterials and their enhanced energy-relevant electrocatalytic properties in terms of onset potential, peak current density and durability are elaborately reviewed. The chapter is concluded with the advantages and limitations of bioinspired methodology and the possible solutions to improve the electrocatalytic performance in the future.
Keywords
Bioinspired Nanomaterials, Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Small Organic Molecule Oxidation Reaction
Published online 3/25/2022, 24 pages
Citation: M. Rajkumar, C. Pandiyarajan and P. Rameshkumar, Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials for Energy-Related Electrocatalysis, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 121, pp 117-140, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901830-4
Part of the book on Bioinspired Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications
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