High-performance hydrogen evolution reaction in quadratic nodal line semimetal Na2CdSn
Zihan Li,
Zeqing He,
Lirong Wang,
Weizhen Meng,
Xuefang Dai,
Guodong Liu,
Ying Liu,
Xiaoming Zhang
Affiliations
Zihan Li
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Zeqing He
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Lirong Wang
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Weizhen Meng
College of Physics, Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China; Corresponding author
Xuefang Dai
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Guodong Liu
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Ying Liu
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China; Corresponding author
Xiaoming Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
Summary: Topological nodal line semimetals (TNLSMs), which exhibit one-dimensional (1D) band crossing in their electronic band structure, have been predicted to be potential catalysts in electrocatalytic processes. However, the current studies are limited to the TNLSMs where the dispersion around the nodal line is linear in all directions. Here, the potential application of the quadratic nodal line (QNL) semimetal Na2CdSn in hydrogen evolution reaction is explored. Based on the bulk-boundary correspondence, we find that the topological surface states (TSSs) of the QNL are extended in the entire Brillouin zone. A linear relationship between the density of states of the TSSs and the Gibbs free energy is established in Na2CdSn. Remarkably, the best performance of Na2CdSn can be comparable to that of the noble metal Pt. Therefore, our work not only identifies an innovative type of topological catalyst with a QNL state but also confirms the relationship between TSSs and catalytic performance.
