Catalytic materials facilitate the chemical transformations that underpin applications in clean energy and renewable fuels. Most catalytic materials are comprised of expensive precious metals, so the identification of alternative systems that contain Earth-abundant elements is an important goal for achieving sustainability and low cost. This talk will highlight the discovery of transition metal phosphides as Earth-abundant catalytic materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction, as well as the current status of these materials in energy research and applications. Other catalytic materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction will also be discussed, including nanostructured transition metal borides. New electrocatalysts for other energy-relevant reactions, including the oxygen evolution reaction and CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, will also be presented.

Earth-abundant materials as electrocatalysts for clean energy applications

256th National Meeting (2018)

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