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Atomically dispersed chromium coordinated with hydroxyl clusters enabling efficient hydrogen oxidation on ruthenium

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  • Bingxing Zhang

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Baohua Zhang

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Guoqiang Zhao

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Jianmei Wang

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Danqing Liu

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Yaping Chen

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Lixue Xia

    (International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology)

  • Mingxia Gao

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Yongfeng Liu

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Wenping Sun

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Hongge Pan

    (Zhejiang University
    Xi’an Technological University)

Abstract

Overcoming the sluggish kinetics of alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) is challenging but is of critical importance for practical anion exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein, abundant and efficient interfacial active sites are created on ruthenium (Ru) nanoparticles by anchoring atomically isolated chromium coordinated with hydroxyl clusters (Cr1(OH)x) for accelerated alkaline HOR. This catalyst system delivers 50-fold enhanced HOR activity with excellent durability and CO anti-poisoning ability via switching the active sites from Ru surface to Cr1(OH)x-Ru interface. Fundamentally different from the conventional mechanism merely focusing on surface metal sites, the isolated Cr1(OH)x could provide unique oxygen species for accelerating hydrogen or CO spillover from Ru to Cr1(OH)x. Furthermore, the original oxygen species from Cr1(OH)x are confirmed to participate in hydrogen oxidation and H2O formation. The incorporation of such atomically isolated metal hydroxide clusters in heterostructured catalysts opens up new opportunities for rationally designing advanced electrocatalysts for HOR and other complex electrochemical reactions. This work also highlights the importance of size effect of co-catalysts, which should also be paid substantial attention to in the catalysis field.

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  • Bingxing Zhang & Baohua Zhang & Guoqiang Zhao & Jianmei Wang & Danqing Liu & Yaping Chen & Lixue Xia & Mingxia Gao & Yongfeng Liu & Wenping Sun & Hongge Pan, 2022. "Atomically dispersed chromium coordinated with hydroxyl clusters enabling efficient hydrogen oxidation on ruthenium," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33625-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33625-x
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