Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Observation of a robust and active catalyst for hydrogen evolution under high current densities

  • Yudi Zhang,
  • Kathryn E. Arpino,
  • Qun Yang,
  • Naoki Kikugawa,
  • Dmitry A. Sokolov,
  • Clifford W. Hicks,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Claudia Felser,
  • Guowei Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35464-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The development of robust catalysts that could work under industrial-scale current densities is a challenge for hydrogen production. Here, the authors report an in-situ activation method to produce ferromagnetic Ru clusters that can catalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction at high current densities.