Hampered by the ambiguous mechanism of hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in basic media,the exploration of highly efficient catalytically active sites for alkaline HER is of significance.Herein,a metal oxide Sr_(4)Ru_(2...Hampered by the ambiguous mechanism of hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in basic media,the exploration of highly efficient catalytically active sites for alkaline HER is of significance.Herein,a metal oxide Sr_(4)Ru_(2)O_(9)engineering a face-sharing[RuO_(6)]octahedra motif was synthesized through the solid-state method,and served as HER electrocatalyst.Benefited from the Ru-Ru metallic bonding crossing the common plane,the H*adsorption and reaction energy barriers were optimized.Sr_(4)Ru_(2)O_(9)only required an ultra-small overpotential(η10)of 28 m V at a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2) for HER in 1.0 M KOH with an exceptional stability(180 hours),outperforming the commercial Pt/C(η10=38 mV).These findings suggest a fresh insight in designing novel active sites for electrocatalysis.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2020XZZX002-07)supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LR17B060003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Nos.21776248 and 21676246)。
文摘Hampered by the ambiguous mechanism of hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in basic media,the exploration of highly efficient catalytically active sites for alkaline HER is of significance.Herein,a metal oxide Sr_(4)Ru_(2)O_(9)engineering a face-sharing[RuO_(6)]octahedra motif was synthesized through the solid-state method,and served as HER electrocatalyst.Benefited from the Ru-Ru metallic bonding crossing the common plane,the H*adsorption and reaction energy barriers were optimized.Sr_(4)Ru_(2)O_(9)only required an ultra-small overpotential(η10)of 28 m V at a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2) for HER in 1.0 M KOH with an exceptional stability(180 hours),outperforming the commercial Pt/C(η10=38 mV).These findings suggest a fresh insight in designing novel active sites for electrocatalysis.
