ABSTRACT
For the sustainable economic and social advancement of society, energy and the environment are the significant anomalies. And mounting demands for energy usage, stimulate alternative methods for efficient energy conversion and storage systems. Splitting of water by electrolysis has turned to be the assuring state-of-the-art for producing clean fuel that is hydrogen by converting the reasonable sum of electricity from sustainable energy resources. Likely, the simultaneous reduction and reuse of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) can be achieved by the conversion of CO2 into highly valuable fuels and chemicals like formate (HCOOH) and carbon monoxide (CO). Conventionally, platinum (Pt) has been considered the standard electrocatalyst for energy conversion, although it is still affected by various factors such as high cost, insufficient resistance to methanol, and CO poisoning. Consequently, it is necessary to devise an electrocatalyst for increasing the outcome with minimal environmental impairment. Astonishing surface-to-volume ratio along with quantum effects made one-dimensional nanomaterial an efficient substitute to the established catalysts. The distinct structure of nanowires enacts it as a possible electrocatalyst due to their numerous active sites and facilitated electron transport path for better conductivity, large surface area, and virtuous exclusion for dissolution vulnerability.
