Computational screening of transition-metal single atom doped C 9 N 4 monolayers as efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting

Zhou, Yanan; Gao, Guoping; Kang, Jun; Chu, Wei; Wang, Lin-Wang

doi:10.1039/C9NR05991A

Title: Computational screening of transition-metal single atom doped C ₉ N ₄ monolayers as efficient electrocatalysts for water splitting

Journal Article · 10 October 2019 · Nanoscale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR05991A · OSTI ID:1566897

^[1]; Gao, Guoping ^[2]; Kang, Jun ^[2];

^[3]; Wang, Lin-Wang ^[2]

School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Materials Science Division
Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Ni@C ₉ N ₄ performs as a promising bifunctional electrocatalyst with N and Ni atoms as the catalytic active sites for HER and OER, with calculated hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy (Δ G _H* ) of −0.04 eV and OER overpotential ( η ^OER ) of 0.31 V.

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Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 39 Vol. 11; ISSN NANOHL; ISSN 2040-3364

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

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