Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Nanoelectrocatalysis: An introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Construction and characterization of nanostructures -- 1.3 Efficient electrocatalysis enabled by nanostructures -- 1.3.1 Low-dimensional nanostructures -- 1.3.2 2D nanostructures -- 1.3.3 3D nanostructures -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 2D hybrid nanoarchitecture electrocatalysts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Graphene-based electrocatalysts -- 2.3 Graphene nonmetallic composites

2.4 Graphene-metallic composites -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 MXene-based nanomaterials for electrocatalysis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Structural and electronic properties -- 3.2.1 Structural properties -- 3.2.2 Electronic properties -- 3.3 Engineering of MXene-based nanomaterial -- 3.3.1 HF etching -- 3.3.2 Lewis acidic etching -- 3.3.3 Water-free etching -- 3.3.4 Treatment with alkali -- 3.3.5 Electrochemical etching -- 3.3.6 Chemical vapor deposition method -- 3.4 Applications in electrocatalysis -- 3.4.1 Oxygen reduction reaction -- 3.4.2 Oxygen evolution reaction

3.4.3 Hydrogen evolution reaction -- 3.4.4 CO2 reduction reaction -- 3.5 Summary and outlook -- References -- Part 2 Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic reactions such as ORR, OER and HER -- Chapter 4 Transition metal nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for ORR, OER, and HER -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Synthesis methods of the TM nanoparticle-based catalysts -- 4.2.1 Hydrothermal method -- 4.2.2 Solvothermal method -- 4.2.3 Chemical reduction method -- 4.2.4 Electrochemical deposition method -- 4.2.5 Other synthetic methods -- 4.3 Structure and properties of TM nanoparticle-based catalysts

5.2.1 Solvothermal -- 5.2.2 Chemical vapor deposition -- 5.2.3 Other methods -- 5.3 Transition metal chalcogenides-based electrocatalysts for OER -- 5.4 Transition metal chalcogenides-based electrocatalysts for ORR -- 5.5 Transition metal chalcogenides-based electrocatalysts for HER -- 5.6 Transition metal chalcogenides-based multifunctional electrocatalysts -- 5.7 Conclusion and outlook -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 6 Metal-organic framework-based electrocatalysts for ORR, OER, and HER -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 MOF-based electrocatalysts for ORR