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Strain engineering in electrocatalysis: Strategies, characterization, and insights

Show Author's Information Qibo Deng1,7,  Peng Xu1,  Hassanien Gomaa1,2,  Mohamed A. Shenashen3,4,  Sherif A. El-Safty4,  Cuihua An1( ),  Li-Hua Shao6( ),  Ning Hu1,5( )
School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524, Assiut, Egypt
Department of Petrochemical, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City, 11727, Cairo, Egypt
Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, 305-0047, Japan
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Advanced Intelligent Protective Equipment Technology, Ministry of Education, and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
National Key Laboratory of Strength and Structural Integrity, Institute of Solid Mechanics, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing100191, China
Advanced Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd. of HEBUT, Tianjin 300401, China
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Strain engineering, as a cutting-edge method for modulating the electronic structure of catalysts, plays a crucial role in regulating the interaction between the catalytic surface and the adsorbed molecules. The electrocatalytic performance is influenced by the electronic structure, which can be achieved by introducing the external forces or stresses to adjust interatomic spacing between surface atoms. The challenges in strain engineering research lie in accurately understanding the mechanical impact of strain on performance. This paper first introduces the basic strategy for generating the strain, summarizes the different strain generation forms and their advantages and disadvantages. The progress in researching the characterization means for the lattice strains and their applications in the field of electrocatalysis is also emphasized. Finally, the challenges of strain engineering are introduced, and an outlook on the future research directions is provided.


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Strain engineering in electrocatalysis: Strategies, characterization, and insights

Show Author's information Qibo Deng1,7, Peng Xu1, Hassanien Gomaa1,2, Mohamed A. Shenashen3,4, Sherif A. El-Safty4, Cuihua An1( ), Li-Hua Shao6( ), Ning Hu1,5( )
School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524, Assiut, Egypt
Department of Petrochemical, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City, 11727, Cairo, Egypt
Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, 305-0047, Japan
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence Electrical Equipment, Key Laboratory of Advanced Intelligent Protective Equipment Technology, Ministry of Education, and School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
National Key Laboratory of Strength and Structural Integrity, Institute of Solid Mechanics, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing100191, China
Advanced Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd. of HEBUT, Tianjin 300401, China

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Strain engineering, as a cutting-edge method for modulating the electronic structure of catalysts, plays a crucial role in regulating the interaction between the catalytic surface and the adsorbed molecules. The electrocatalytic performance is influenced by the electronic structure, which can be achieved by introducing the external forces or stresses to adjust interatomic spacing between surface atoms. The challenges in strain engineering research lie in accurately understanding the mechanical impact of strain on performance. This paper first introduces the basic strategy for generating the strain, summarizes the different strain generation forms and their advantages and disadvantages. The progress in researching the characterization means for the lattice strains and their applications in the field of electrocatalysis is also emphasized. Finally, the challenges of strain engineering are introduced, and an outlook on the future research directions is provided.

Keywords: characterization, electrocatalysis, strain, lattice mismatch, chemical reaction kinetics

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Received: 15 October 2023
Revised: 01 December 2023
Accepted: 03 December 2023
Published: 05 February 2024
Issue date: May 2024

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 12172118, 52071125, and 12227801), the Research Program of Local Science and Technology Development under the Guidance of Central (No. 216Z4402G), Science Research Project of Hebei Education Department (No. JZX2023004), Opening fund of State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), and National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFC0840709). We also acknowledge support from “Yuanguang” Scholar Program of Hebei University of Technology.

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