Real-Time Modulation of Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Graphene Electrodes Using Mechanical Strain

Kim, Min A.; Sorescu, Dan C.; Amemiya, Shigeru; Jordan, Kenneth D.; Liu, Haitao

doi:10.1021/acsami.1c21821

Title: Real-Time Modulation of Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Graphene Electrodes Using Mechanical Strain

Journal Article · 15 February 2022 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c21821 · OSTI ID:1901744

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Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

This paper reports the effect of mechanically applied elastic strain on the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity of graphene under acidic conditions. Here, applied tensile strain of 0.2% on a graphene electrode is shown to lead to a 1–3% increase of HER current. Tensile strain increases HER activity while compressive strain decreases it. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations using a periodic graphene slab model show increasing in the adsorption energy of H atom with growing tensile strain, leading to a corresponding enhancement of current density in HER, similar to that observed experimentally.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

OSTI ID:: 1901744

Report Number(s):: DOE/NETL-2021/2774

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 14; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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