Reversing the charge transfer between platinum and sulfur-doped carbon support for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Qiang-Qiang Yan; Dao-Xiong Wu; Sheng-Qi Chu; Zhi-Qin Chen; Yue Lin; Ming-Xi Chen; Jing Zhang; Xiao-Jun Wu; Hai-Wei Liang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12851-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Reversing the charge transfer between platinum and sulfur-doped carbon support for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Qiang-Qiang Yan,
Dao-Xiong Wu,
Sheng-Qi Chu,
Zhi-Qin Chen,
Yue Lin,
Ming-Xi Chen,
Jing Zhang,
Xiao-Jun Wu,
Hai-Wei Liang

Affiliations

Qiang-Qiang Yan: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Dao-Xiong Wu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Sheng-Qi Chu: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi-Qin Chen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Yue Lin: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Ming-Xi Chen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Jing Zhang: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao-Jun Wu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Hai-Wei Liang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12851-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The charge transfer between metal and support is significant for catalysis, but little attention has been focused on charge transfer tuned by metal size. Here, authors report a metal size-dependent reversal of charge transfer between metal and carbon support in hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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