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Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

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  • Niancai Cheng

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Samantha Stambula

    (McMaster University)

  • Da Wang

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center)

  • Mohammad Norouzi Banis

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Jian Liu

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Adam Riese

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Biwei Xiao

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Ruying Li

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Tsun-Kong Sham

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Li-Min Liu

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center)

  • Gianluigi A. Botton

    (McMaster University
    Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University
    Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University)

  • Xueliang Sun

    (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

Platinum-based catalysts have been considered the most effective electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water splitting. However, platinum utilization in these electrocatalysts is extremely low, as the active sites are only located on the surface of the catalyst particles. Downsizing catalyst nanoparticles to single atoms is highly desirable to maximize their efficiency by utilizing nearly all platinum atoms. Here we report on a practical synthesis method to produce isolated single platinum atoms and clusters using the atomic layer deposition technique. The single platinum atom catalysts are investigated for the hydrogen evolution reaction, where they exhibit significantly enhanced catalytic activity (up to 37 times) and high stability in comparison with the state-of-the-art commercial platinum/carbon catalysts. The X-ray absorption fine structure and density functional theory analyses indicate that the partially unoccupied density of states of the platinum atoms’ 5d orbitals on the nitrogen-doped graphene are responsible for the excellent performance.

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  • Niancai Cheng & Samantha Stambula & Da Wang & Mohammad Norouzi Banis & Jian Liu & Adam Riese & Biwei Xiao & Ruying Li & Tsun-Kong Sham & Li-Min Liu & Gianluigi A. Botton & Xueliang Sun, 2016. "Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13638
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13638
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