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Exceptional Electrochemical HER Performance with Enhanced Electron Transfer between Ru Nanoparticles and Single Atoms Dispersed on a Carbon Substrate

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Su, Panpan, Pei, Wei, Wang, Xiaowei, Ma, Yanfu, Jiang, Qike, Liang, Ji, Zhou, Si, Zhao, Jijun +2 more·2021·Angewandte Chemie International Edition
DOI 10.1002/anie.202103557
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Precisely regulating the electronic structures of metal active species is highly desirable for electrocatalysis. However, carbon with inert surface provide weak metal–support interaction, which is insufficient to modulate the electronic structures of metal nanoparticles. Herein, we propose a new method to control the electrocatalytic behavior of supported metal nanoparticles by dispersing single metal atoms on an O‐doped graphene. Ideal atomic metal species are firstly computationally screened. We then verify this concept by deposition of Ru nanoparticles onto an O‐doped graphene decorated with single metal atoms (e.g., Fe, Co, and Ni) for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Consistent with theoretical predictions, such hybrid catalysts show outstanding HER performance, much superior to other reported electrocatalysts such as the state‐of‐the‐art Pt/C. This work offers a new strategy for modulating the activity and stability of metal nanoparticles for electrocatalysis processes.

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  • Ruthenium has emerged as an attractive candidate for HER largely because of a moderate Ru-H bond strength analogous to Pt-H, which is conducive to facile HER kinetics.

    “ruthenium (Ru) has emerged as an attractive candidate, largely because of a moderate strength of the ruthenium-hydrogen (Ru-H) bond that is analogous to that of Pt-H, which is conducive to facile HER kinetics [9–18]”

    From Atomically dispersed ruthenium in carbon aerogels as effective catalysts for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction (2022) · cites this paper as [11]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) calls Ru nanoparticles an alternative to costly Pt, supporting Ru’s appeal for HER. But it says hydrogen binds excessively strongly on pristine Ru, hindering HER; the Results and Discussion (page unavailable) attribute more favorable hydrogen binding and faster kinetics to the modified Ru catalyst. The paper does not establish that an inherently moderate Ru–H bond analogous to Pt–H explains Ru’s appeal. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Su, P., Pei, W., Wang, X., Ma, Y., Jiang, Q., Liang, J., Zhou, S., Zhao, J., Liu, J., & Lu, G. Q. (.
Affiliations
  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
  • Dalian University of Technology (CN)
  • Tianjin University (CN)
  • University of Surrey (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Liang, Ji
  • Zhou, Si
  • Liu, Jian
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-06-14
Volume
60
Issue
29
Pages
16044-16050
ISSN
  • 1433-7851 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-3773
DOI
10.1002/anie.202103557
OpenAlex
W3159320309
Cited by
464
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2026: 72 · 2025: 111 · 2024: 95 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 29
FWCI
13.18
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Language
en
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  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (21905271, 11974068, 21905202, 91961204)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (20180510029)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Keywords
hydrogen evolution reaction, electrocatalysis, ruthenium nanoparticles, single-atom catalysts, metal-support interaction, electronic structure modulation, hybrid catalysts

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