Highly Efficient and Robust One Dimensional (1D) Transition Metal Oxide Based Nanostructured Electrocatalyst Architectures for Acid Mediated Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER)

摘要: The huge consumption of conventional fossil fuels for meeting the energy demand has led to major unsustainable environmental concerns; warranting the identification and development of clean and non-carbonaceous energy sources1, 2. In this aspect, hydrogen has been well-known as a clean, non-carbonaceous and potential future energy source with superior energy density than currently adopted carbonaceous energy sources1, 3. However, efficient and economic production along with cost-effective storage and distribution of hydrogen utilizing clean non-carbonaceous approach is of paramount importance before universal adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy source in the impending non-carbonaceous fuel economy2. Along these lines, electricity driven water splitting is considered as a frontrunner for hydrogen production4, 5. However, commercial development of water electrolysis has witnessed …