Platinum–Ruthenium Dual-Atomic Sites Dispersed in Nanoporous Ni0.85Se Enabling Ampere-Level Current Density Hydrogen Production
Lebin Cai
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
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Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao S. A. R., 999078 China
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-wei Kao
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorKang Jiang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
Search for more papers by this authorHui Pan
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao S. A. R., 999078 China
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Ying-Rui Lu
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan
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Yongwen Tan
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLebin Cai
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
Search for more papers by this authorHaoyun Bai
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao S. A. R., 999078 China
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-wei Kao
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorKang Jiang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
Search for more papers by this authorHui Pan
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao S. A. R., 999078 China
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Ying-Rui Lu
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Yongwen Tan
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082 China
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Alkaline anion-exchange-membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) using earth-abundant catalysts is a promising approach for the generation of green H2. However, the AEMWEs with alkaline electrolytes suffer from poor performance at high current density compared to proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. Here, atomically dispersed Pt-Ru dual sites co-embedded in nanoporous nickel selenides (np/Pt1Ru1-Ni0.85Se) are developed by a rapid melt-quenching approach to achieve highly-efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. The np/Pt1Ru1-Ni0.85Se catalyst shows ampere-level current density with a low overpotential (46 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 225 mV at 1000 mA cm−2), low Tafel slope (32.4 mV dec−1), and excellent long-term durability, significantly outperforming the benchmark Pt/C catalyst and other advanced large-current catalysts. The remarkable HER performance of nanoporous Pt1Ru1-Ni0.85Se is attributed to the strong intracrystal electronic metal-support interaction (IEMSI) between Pt-Se-Ru sites and Ni0.85Se support which can greatly enlarge the charge redistribution density, reduce the energy barrier of water dissociation, and optimize the potential determining step. Furthermore, the assembled alkaline AEMWE with an ultralow Pt and Ru loading realizes an industrial-level current density of 1 A cm−2 at 1.84 volts with high durability.
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