摘要
Activation of p-block elements to replace the rare and precious transition metals for renewable energy applications is highly desirable.In this review,we go over recent experimental and theoretical progress on the low-dimensional non-metal materials for clean energy production,including carbon,silicon,oxide,boron,and phosphorus-based nanostructures,with the p-block elements serving as active sites.We aim to elucidate the mechanism for triggering activity in different kinds of non-metal systems,and extract general principles for controlling the p-orbital-mediated reactivity from a theoretical point of view.The perspectives and challenges for developing high-efficiency non-metal catalysts are provided in the end.
基金
The authors are gateful to the financal support from the Nattonal Natural Sclence Foun dation of China(11974068,91961204)。
