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Title: Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis
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  1. Changzhou Univ., Changzhou, Jiangsu (China). School of Petrochemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab. of Advanced Materials and Technology
  2. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering
  3. Nanjing Univ. of Information & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu (China). School of Environmental Science and Engineering

The development of highly active and durable inexpensive electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is still a formidable challenge. Herein, an ordered hexagonal-closed-packed (hcp)-Ru nanocrystal coated with a thin layer of N-doped carbon (hcp-Ru@NC) was fabricated through the thermal annealing of polydopamine (PDA)-coated Ru nanoparticle (RuNP@PDA). As an alternative to Pt/C catalyst, the hcp-Ru@NC nanocatalyst exhibited the small overpotential of 27.5 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm–2, as well as long-term stability for HER in acid media. Interestingly, the HER performance of hcp-Ru is highly dependent on its crystallinity. The calculation from density functional theory (DFT) revealed that the difference in HER activity over various exposed surface causes the crystallinity-dependent property of hcp-Ru. The results of this study provided clues to guide the design of Ru-based inexpensive HER electrocatalyst.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1543701
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8, Issue 7; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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