Recent advances in nanomaterial fabrication and electrocatalysis applications of single-entity nano-impact electrochemistry

Within single-entity electrochemistry (SEE), the subfield of nanoimpact electrochemistry (NIE) has rapidly expanded in recent years with advances in electrocatalysis and nanomaterial fabrication applications. In particular, recent developments concerning the hydrogen evolution reaction and the oxygen evolution reaction will be discussed as two reactions integral to water splitting for hydrogen production. Moreover, the application of NIE in electrocatalyst fabrication methods will be discussed with a focus on metal deposition onto nonmetallic nanoparticles and bimetallic nanoparticles.