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Title: | Ultrafine ruthenium-iridium alloy nanoparticles well-dispersed on N-rich carbon frameworks as efficient hydrogen-generation electrocatalysts | Authors: | Yu, J Dai, Y Wu, X Zhang, Z He, Q Cheng, C Wu, Z Shao, Z Ni, M |
Issue Date: | Aug-2021 | Source: | Chemical engineering journal, Aug. 2021, v. 417, 128105 | Abstract: | The production of green energy, in this case, hydrogen (H2), from water electrolysis highly depends on the rational design of highly efficient yet cost-effective electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Precious-metal-based materials offer particularly prominent catalytic activities but suffer from the high cost. Thus, it is strongly desirable to develop low-metal-content composites as catalysts. In addition, fabricating an alloyed structure can greatly enhance the performance through synergy. Here, a novel nanohybrid of nanostructured RuIr alloys (~3.87 nm) with a low loading uniformly decorated on a highly porous and N-rich carbon matrix (RuIr@NrC) is constructed through a one-pot pyrolysis route. Taking advantage of the Ru/Ir single atoms, ultrafine RuIr nanostructure, high-porosity carbon substrate, and abundantly doped N, as well as their synergy, the as-formed composite demonstrates outstanding electrocatalytic performance for the HER under both basic and acidic conditions, with overpotentials of only 28 and 9 mV at 10 mA cm−2, respectively. Furthermore, the as-prepared RuIr@NrC exhibits robust durability for 2000 cycles. This structure outperforms its corresponding monometallic counterparts and many typical catalytic materials and is even comparable to commercial Pt/C. Notably, a high mass activity of 6.97 A mgnoble metal−1 is obtained, which is nearly ten times that of 20% Pt/C. This result shows the outstanding potential of RuIr@NrC for application in commercial water-splitting electrolyzers. | Keywords: | A low metal loading Hydrogen evolution reaction N-rich carbon matrix The component synergy Ultrafine RuIr alloy |
Publisher: | Elsevier | Journal: | Chemical engineering journal | ISSN: | 1385-8947 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.cej.2020.128105 | Rights: | © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. © 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The following publication Yu, J., et al. (2021). "Ultrafine ruthenium-iridium alloy nanoparticles well-dispersed on N-rich carbon frameworks as efficient hydrogen-generation electrocatalysts." Chemical Engineering Journal 417: 128105 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.128105. |
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