Electronic structure manipulation in electrocatalysis: mechanisms and design principles

Key Points

• The review focuses on identifying and addressing key electronic-level challenges in electrocatalysis. It explores effective design principles for improving electrocatalytic performance.
• Review of existing literature on electrocatalysis
• Analysis of electronic structure manipulation techniques
• Discussion of design strategies for effective electrocatalysts
• Highlighting advanced theoretical methods in electrocatalysis.
• Identification of four critical challenges at the electronic level in electrocatalysis.
• Summary of various design strategies to overcome these challenges.
• Presentation of advanced theoretical methods that aid in electrocatalyst design.