TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress in hydrogen production over transition metal carbide catalysts
T2 - challenges and opportunities
AU - Zhang, Xiao
AU - Shi, Chuan
AU - Chen, Bingbing
AU - Kuhn, Andrew N.
AU - Ma, Ding
AU - Yang, Hong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Incorporation of carbon into metal lattices yields transition metal carbides (TMCs) with properties quite different from their parent metals and corresponding metal oxides. In this short review, we summarize the recent progress on employing TMCs as active catalysts for hydrogen (H2) production, namely by the water-gas-shift reaction, methanol reforming, and the hydrogen evolution reaction in water electrolysis. Special interest is put on comparing the catalytic properties of TMCs with traditional metal oxide catalysts to understand the superior activities of TMCs in H2-production reactions.
AB - Incorporation of carbon into metal lattices yields transition metal carbides (TMCs) with properties quite different from their parent metals and corresponding metal oxides. In this short review, we summarize the recent progress on employing TMCs as active catalysts for hydrogen (H2) production, namely by the water-gas-shift reaction, methanol reforming, and the hydrogen evolution reaction in water electrolysis. Special interest is put on comparing the catalytic properties of TMCs with traditional metal oxide catalysts to understand the superior activities of TMCs in H2-production reactions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.coche.2018.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.coche.2018.02.010
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85043485722
SN - 2211-3398
VL - 20
SP - 68
EP - 77
JO - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
JF - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
ER -