Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions on Conducting Polymers

摘要

The electrocatalytic processes for the energy conversion are the key aspects in the development of sustainable economy. Being one of the main technological stimuli of electrocatalysis research, the direct chemical-to-electrical energy interconversion is employed in a variety of applications from the electrical transportation to the balancing of the grid. Among the examples of the electrocatalytic processes, where the wide commercialization is limited by the cost of catalysts, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are the most critical for the development of technological infrastructure of fuel cells. This stipulates the intensive research on noble-metal-free electrocatalysts.