Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
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.
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- Changzhou Univ., Changzhou, Jiangsu (China). School of Petrochemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab. of Advanced Materials and Technology
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nanjing Univ. of Information & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu (China). School of Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1543701
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Catalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemistry; Ruthenium nanocatalyst; crystallinity-dependence; hydrogen evolution reaction; N-doped graphene; electrocatalyst
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Li, Yutong, Zhang, Lei A., Qin, Yong, Chu, Fuqiang, Kong, Yong, Tao, Yongxin, Li, Yongxin, Bu, Yunfei, Ding, Dong, and Liu, Meilin. Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b01609.
Li, Yutong, Zhang, Lei A., Qin, Yong, Chu, Fuqiang, Kong, Yong, Tao, Yongxin, Li, Yongxin, Bu, Yunfei, Ding, Dong, & Liu, Meilin. Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. United States. doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b01609.
Li, Yutong, Zhang, Lei A., Qin, Yong, Chu, Fuqiang, Kong, Yong, Tao, Yongxin, Li, Yongxin, Bu, Yunfei, Ding, Dong, and Liu, Meilin. Tue .
"Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction". United States. doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b01609. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543701.
@article{osti_1543701,
title = {Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction},
author = {Li, Yutong and Zhang, Lei A. and Qin, Yong and Chu, Fuqiang and Kong, Yong and Tao, Yongxin and Li, Yongxin and Bu, Yunfei and Ding, Dong and Liu, Meilin},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.8b01609},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 7,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {5}
}
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