Channel-Rich RuCu Nanosheets for pH-Universal Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalysis

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作者
Yao, Qing [1 ]
Huang, Bolong [2 ]
Zhang, Nan [1 ]
Sun, Mingzi [1 ,2 ]
Shao, Qi [1 ]
Huang, Xiaoqing [1 ]
机构
[1] Soochow Univ, Coll Chem Chem Engn & Mat Sci, Renai Rd 199, Suzhou 215123, Peoples R China
[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Appl Biol & Chem Technol, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
channels; electrocatalysis; nanosheets; overall water splitting; ruthenium; HYDROGEN-EVOLUTION; OXYGEN; HETEROSTRUCTURES; CATALYST; CARBON; RUO2; PD;
D O I
10.1002/anie.201908092
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Channel-rich RuCu snowflake-like nanosheets (NSs) composed of crystallized Ru and amorphous Cu were used as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and overall water splitting in pH-universal electrolytes. The optimized RuCu NSs/C-350 degrees C and RuCu NSs/C-250 degrees C show attractive activities of OER and HER with low overpotentials and small Tafel slopes, respectively. When applied to overall water splitting, the optimized RuCu NSs/C can reach 10 mA cm(-2) at cell voltages of only 1.49, 1.55, 1.49 and 1.50 V in 1 m KOH, 0.1 m KOH, 0.5 m H2SO4 and 0.05 m H2SO4, respectively, much lower than those of commercial Ir/C parallel to Pt/C. The optimized electrolyzer exhibits superior durability with small potential change after up to 45 h in 1 m KOH, showing a class of efficient functional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.
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页码:13983 / 13988
页数:6
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