Phosphorus-triggered modification of the electronic structure and surface properties of Pd4S nanowires for robust hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 19873-19878 ◽  
Author(s):  
You Xu ◽  
Kaili Ren ◽  
Tianlun Ren ◽  
Mingzhen Wang ◽  
Shanshan Yu ◽  
...  

Phosphorus-doped Pd4S nanowires were fabricated by treating pre-synthesized Pd nanowires with triphenylphosphine sulphide and demonstrated improved electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. 19531-19538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Hu ◽  
Guomin Li ◽  
Xiaowan Huang ◽  
Ziyu Wang ◽  
Hengpan Yang ◽  
...  

The electronic structures of single atomic Ru (SA-Ru) were suitably optimized by nearby Ru NPs for boosting the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over SA-Ru.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (24) ◽  
pp. 1800789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichao Huang ◽  
Jun Hu ◽  
Haoxiang Xu ◽  
Wei Bian ◽  
Jingxuan Ge ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamei Sun ◽  
Ziqian Xue ◽  
Qinglin Liu ◽  
Yaling Jia ◽  
Yinle Li ◽  
...  

AbstractDeveloping high-performance electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction is important for clean and sustainable hydrogen energy, yet still challenging. Herein, we report a single-atom strategy to construct excellent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst (NiRu0.13-BDC) by introducing atomically dispersed Ru. Significantly, the obtained NiRu0.13-BDC exhibits outstanding hydrogen evolution activity in all pH, especially with a low overpotential of 36 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 in 1 M phosphate buffered saline solution, which is comparable to commercial Pt/C. X-ray absorption fine structures and the density functional theory calculations reveal that introducing Ru single-atom can modulate electronic structure of metal center in the MOF, leading to the optimization of binding strength for H2O and H*, and the enhancement of HER performance. This work establishes single-atom strategy as an efficient approach to modulate electronic structure of MOFs for catalyst design.


Author(s):  
Xifeng Zhang ◽  
Wenwu Guo ◽  
Weihua Zhu ◽  
Xu Liang

In this study, four meso-expanded Co(III)corroles at meta-positions through Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions and their structural characterization are successfully accomplished and reported. An analysis of the structure–property relationships by spectroscopy, electrochemistry and electrochemical catalysis demonstrate how the positional isomerism influence the electronic structure and their catalytic behaviors of hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs) and oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs).


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (20) ◽  
pp. 205401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dezhi Wang ◽  
Yingying Xie ◽  
Zhuangzhi Wu

Author(s):  
Khorsed Alam ◽  
Tisita Das ◽  
Sudip Chakraborty ◽  
Prasenjit Sen

Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory are used to identify the catalytically active sites for the hydrogen evolution reaction on single layers of the two transition metal tri-chalcogenide...


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