Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Engineering a local acid-like environment in alkaline medium for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

  • Hao Tan,
  • Bing Tang,
  • Ying Lu,
  • Qianqian Ji,
  • Liyang Lv,
  • Hengli Duan,
  • Na Li,
  • Yao Wang,
  • Sihua Feng,
  • Zhi Li,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Fengchun Hu,
  • Zhihu Sun,
  • Wensheng Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29710-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While catalysts have intrinsic activities toward reactions, such performances often require further optimization. Here, authors engineer an acid-like environment in alkaline media by fine-tuning the reaction environment of platinum nanoparticles on oxide nanosheets for H2 evolution electrocatalysis.