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Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction

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  • Lei Zhang

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Rutong Si

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center
    Beihang University)

  • Hanshuo Liu

    (McMaster University)

  • Ning Chen

    (Canadian Light Source Inc)

  • Qi Wang

    (Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Keegan Adair

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Zhiqiang Wang

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Jiatang Chen

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Zhongxin Song

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Junjie Li

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Mohammad Norouzi Banis

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Ruying Li

    (The University of Western Ontario)

  • Tsun-Kong Sham

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Meng Gu

    (Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Li-Min Liu

    (Beihang University)

  • Gianluigi A. Botton

    (McMaster University)

  • Xueliang Sun

    (The University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

Single atom catalysts exhibit particularly high catalytic activities in contrast to regular nanomaterial-based catalysts. Until recently, research has been mostly focused on single atom catalysts, and it remains a great challenge to synthesize bimetallic dimer structures. Herein, we successfully prepare high-quality one-to-one A-B bimetallic dimer structures (Pt-Ru dimers) through an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The Pt-Ru dimers show much higher hydrogen evolution activity (more than 50 times) and excellent stability compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts. X-ray absorption spectroscopy indicates that the Pt-Ru dimers structure model contains one Pt-Ru bonding configuration. First principle calculations reveal that the Pt-Ru dimer generates a synergy effect by modulating the electronic structure, which results in the enhanced hydrogen evolution activity. This work paves the way for the rational design of bimetallic dimers with good activity and stability, which have a great potential to be applied in various catalytic reactions.

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  • Lei Zhang & Rutong Si & Hanshuo Liu & Ning Chen & Qi Wang & Keegan Adair & Zhiqiang Wang & Jiatang Chen & Zhongxin Song & Junjie Li & Mohammad Norouzi Banis & Ruying Li & Tsun-Kong Sham & Meng Gu & Li, 2019. "Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-12887-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12887-y
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