A Review of Two-Dimensional Materials in Electrocatalysis and Their Potential Applications

Yau Jamilu Muhammad; Mikail Abdulkarim Alhaji; Mohammed Abdullahi Gele; Badamasi Haruna; Sirajo Alhassan; Dauda Garba; Ahmed Misbahu

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.12

A Review of Two-Dimensional Materials in Electrocatalysis and Their Potential Applications

Yau Jamilu Muhammad, Mikail Abdulkarim Alhaji, Mohammed Abdullahi Gele, Badamasi Haruna, Sirajo Alhassan, Dauda Garba, Ahmed Misbahu

Published in American Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 30 May 2019 Accepted: 19 June 2019 Published: 29 June 2019

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Abstract

Two-dimensional materials are crystalline materials consist of a single layer of atoms and sometimes referred to as single layer materials. Electrocatalytic energy conversion using renewable power sources is one of the most promising ways for energy storage and energy utilization in the new century. Over the past years, a great number of two-dimensional (2D) materials have been explored for various electrocatalytic reactions, such as the hydrogen evolution reaction, Carbon (IV) oxide (CO₂) reduction reaction and Oxygen (O₂) reduction reaction. This research provides an overview on the synthesis techniques of materials including bottom up approaches such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) and top-down approaches like mechanical exfoliation, chemical exfoliation. Then, the characterization techniques of the two-dimensional (2D) materials such as Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetic susceptibility and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) are reviewed. Finally, potential applications of two-dimensional (2D) materials and conclusion, challenges and future work are discussed.

Published in	American Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.12
Page(s)	9-22
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Two-Dimensional Materials, Raman Spectroscopy, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Mechanical Exfoliation

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Yau Jamilu Muhammad

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Mikail Abdulkarim Alhaji

Department of Physics, Federal University, Wukari, Nigeria
Mohammed Abdullahi Gele

Sokoto Energy Research Centre, Services Unit, Sokoto, Nigeria
Badamasi Haruna

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Sirajo Alhassan

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Dauda Garba

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Ahmed Misbahu

National Centre for Petroleum Research and Development, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Bauchi, Nigeria

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