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Atomically dispersed platinum supported on curved carbon supports for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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  • Daobin Liu

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiyu Li

    (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Shuangming Chen

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Huan Yan

    (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Changda Wang

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Chuanqiang Wu

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yasir A. Haleem

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Sai Duan

    (Biotechnology and Health, Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Junling Lu

    (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Binghui Ge

    (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Pulickel M. Ajayan

    (Rice University)

  • Yi Luo

    (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jun Jiang

    (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Li Song

    (CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

Dispersing catalytically active metals as single atoms on supports represents the ultimate in metal utilization efficiency and is increasingly being used as a strategy to design hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. Although platinum (Pt) is highly active for HER, given its high cost it is desirable to find ways to improve performance further while minimizing the Pt loading. Here, we use onion-like nanospheres of carbon (OLC) to anchor stable atomically dispersed Pt to act as a catalyst (Pt1/OLC) for the HER. In acidic media, the performance of the Pt1/OLC catalyst (0.27 wt% Pt) in terms of a low overpotential (38 mV at 10 mA cm−2) and high turnover frequencies (40.78 H2 s−1 at 100 mV) is better than that of a graphene-supported single-atom catalyst with a similar Pt loading, and comparable to a commercial Pt/C catalyst with 20 wt% Pt. First-principle calculations suggest that a tip-enhanced local electric field at the Pt site on the curved support promotes the reaction kinetics for hydrogen evolution.

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  • Daobin Liu & Xiyu Li & Shuangming Chen & Huan Yan & Changda Wang & Chuanqiang Wu & Yasir A. Haleem & Sai Duan & Junling Lu & Binghui Ge & Pulickel M. Ajayan & Yi Luo & Jun Jiang & Li Song, 2019. "Atomically dispersed platinum supported on curved carbon supports for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 512-518, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:4:y:2019:i:6:d:10.1038_s41560-019-0402-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0402-6
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