Nature Communications (May 2022)

Modulating Pt-O-Pt atomic clusters with isolated cobalt atoms for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis

  • Yufei Zhao,
  • Priyank V. Kumar,
  • Xin Tan,
  • Xinxin Lu,
  • Xiaofeng Zhu,
  • Junjie Jiang,
  • Jian Pan,
  • Shibo Xi,
  • Hui Ying Yang,
  • Zhipeng Ma,
  • Tao Wan,
  • Dewei Chu,
  • Wenjie Jiang,
  • Sean C. Smith,
  • Rose Amal,
  • Zhaojun Han,
  • Xunyu Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30155-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Modulating single-metal sites at the atomic level can boost the intrinsic catalytic activity. Here, the authors describe the design of Pt atomic clusters containing Pt-O-Pt units supported on Co single atoms and N co-doped carbon for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis.