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Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

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  • Jiadong Chen

    (Zhejiang University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Chunhong Chen

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Minkai Qin

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Ben Li

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Binbin Lin

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Qing Mao

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Hongbin Yang

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Bin Liu

    (Nanyang Technological University
    Nanyang Technological University)

  • Yong Wang

    (Zhejiang University)

Abstract

Noble metal electrocatalysts (e.g., Pt, Ru, etc.) suffer from sluggish kinetics of water dissociation for the electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen in alkaline and neutral pH environments. Herein, we found that an integration of Ru nanoparticles (NPs) on oxygen-deficient WO3-x manifested a 24.0-fold increase in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity compared with commercial Ru/C electrocatalyst in neutral electrolyte. Oxygen-deficient WO3-x is shown to possess large capacity for storing protons, which could be transferred to the Ru NPs under cathodic potential. This significantly increases the hydrogen coverage on the surface of Ru NPs in HER and thus changes the rate-determining step of HER on Ru from water dissociation to hydrogen recombination.

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  • Jiadong Chen & Chunhong Chen & Minkai Qin & Ben Li & Binbin Lin & Qing Mao & Hongbin Yang & Bin Liu & Yong Wang, 2022. "Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33007-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33007-3
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