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Reversing the charge transfer between platinum and sulfur-doped carbon support for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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  • Qiang-Qiang Yan

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Dao-Xiong Wu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Sheng-Qi Chu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhi-Qin Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yue Lin

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Ming-Xi Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jing Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiao-Jun Wu

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Hai-Wei Liang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Metal–support interaction is of great significance for catalysis as it can induce charge transfer between metal and support, tame electronic structure of supported metals, impact adsorption energy of reaction intermediates, and eventually change the catalytic performance. Here, we report the metal size-dependent charge transfer reversal, that is, electrons transfer from platinum single atoms to sulfur-doped carbons and the carbon supports conversely donate electrons to Pt when their size is expanded to ~1.5 nm cluster. The electron-enriched Pt nanoclusters are far more active than electron-deficient Pt single atoms for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction, exhibiting only 11 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm−2 and a high mass activity of 26.1 A mg−1 at 20 mV, which is 38 times greater than that of commercial Pt/C. Our work manifests that the manipulation of metal size-dependent charge transfer between metal and support opens new avenues for developing high-active catalysts.

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  • Qiang-Qiang Yan & Dao-Xiong Wu & Sheng-Qi Chu & Zhi-Qin Chen & Yue Lin & Ming-Xi Chen & Jing Zhang & Xiao-Jun Wu & Hai-Wei Liang, 2019. "Reversing the charge transfer between platinum and sulfur-doped carbon support for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-12851-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12851-w
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