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Ruthenium atomically dispersed in carbon outperforms platinum toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline media.


ABSTRACT: Hydrogen evolution reaction is an important process in electrochemical energy technologies. Herein, ruthenium and nitrogen codoped carbon nanowires are prepared as effective hydrogen evolution catalysts. The catalytic performance is markedly better than that of commercial platinum catalyst, with an overpotential of only -12?mV to reach the current density of 10?mV?cm-2 in 1?M KOH and -47?mV in 0.1?M KOH. Comparisons with control experiments suggest that the remarkable activity is mainly ascribed to individual ruthenium atoms embedded within the carbon matrix, with minimal contributions from ruthenium nanoparticles. Consistent results are obtained in first-principles calculations, where RuCxNy moieties are found to show a much lower hydrogen binding energy than ruthenium nanoparticles, and a lower kinetic barrier for water dissociation than platinum. Among these, RuC2N2 stands out as the most active catalytic center, where both ruthenium and adjacent carbon atoms are the possible active sites.

SUBMITTER: Lu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367462 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ruthenium atomically dispersed in carbon outperforms platinum toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline media.

Lu Bingzhang B   Guo Lin L   Wu Feng F   Peng Yi Y   Lu Jia En JE   Smart Tyler J TJ   Wang Nan N   Finfrock Y Zou YZ   Morris David D   Zhang Peng P   Li Ning N   Gao Peng P   Ping Yuan Y   Chen Shaowei S  

Nature communications 20190207 1


Hydrogen evolution reaction is an important process in electrochemical energy technologies. Herein, ruthenium and nitrogen codoped carbon nanowires are prepared as effective hydrogen evolution catalysts. The catalytic performance is markedly better than that of commercial platinum catalyst, with an overpotential of only -12 mV to reach the current density of 10 mV cm<sup>-2</sup> in 1 M KOH and -47 mV in 0.1 M KOH. Comparisons with control experiments suggest that the remarkable activity is main  ...[more]

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