Fiber Materials for Electrocatalysis Applications

Fangzhou Zhang; Jun Chen; Jianping Yang

doi:10.1007/s42765-022-00146-7

Advanced Fiber Materials ›› 2022, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (4) : 720 -735. DOI: 10.1007/s42765-022-00146-7

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Fiber Materials for Electrocatalysis Applications

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¹State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 201620, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

²ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), Australian Institute of Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, 2522, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

^b junc@uow.edu.au

^c jianpingyang@dhu.edu.cn

Fangzhou Zhang

received her B.S. degree from Qingdao University of Science and Technology in 2017 and M.S. degree from Donghua University in 2020. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Jianping Yang at Donghua University. Her research interests focus on the fabrication of functional hybrid fibers and energy related applications.

Jun Chen

received his Ph.D. in 2003 from School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Australia. He is currently appointed as Associate Dean of Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), and Head of Postgraduate Studies of Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong (UOW). His research interests include electrochemistry, catalysis, sustainable energy devices/systems, electro-/biointerfaces, nano-/micromaterials, 2D/3D printing, and design and fabrication of smart wearable electronic devices. He has been admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, UK), and identified as Highly Cited Researchers in Cross Field (2018 and 2020) by Web of Science – Clarivate Analytics.

Jianping Yang

is currently a professor in the College of Materials Science and Engineering at Donghua University (China). He received his B.Sc. degree (2007) at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His M.Sc. degree (2010) and Ph.D. degree (2013) were received from Fudan University supervised by Prof. Dongyuan Zhao. He then worked as a postdoctoral and visiting research fellow at Tongji University, University of Wollongong and Monash University. His research interests focus on interfacial design of functional materials for environmental remediation, electrocatalytic denitrification, energy conversion, and storage.

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Fiber materials are promising for electrocatalysis applications due to their structural features including high surface area, controllable chemical compositions, and abundant composite forms. In the past decade, considerable research efforts have been devoted to construct advanced fiber materials possessing conductive network (to facilitate efficient electron transport) and large specific surface area (to support massive catalytically active sites) to boost electrocatalysis performance. Herein, we focused on recent advances in fiber-based electrocatalyst with enhanced electrocatalytic activity. Moreover, the synthesis, structure, and properties of fiber materials and their applications in hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, carbon dioxide reduction reaction, and nitrogen reduction reaction are discussed. Finally, the research challenges and future prospects of fiber materials in electrocatalysis applications are proposed.

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Fangzhou Zhang, Jun Chen, Jianping Yang. Fiber Materials for Electrocatalysis Applications. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022, 4(4): 720-735 DOI:10.1007/s42765-022-00146-7