Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Hydrogen spillover in complex oxide multifunctional sites improves acidic hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

  • Jie Dai,
  • Yinlong Zhu,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Xue Wen,
  • Mingce Long,
  • Xinhao Wu,
  • Zhiwei Hu,
  • Daqin Guan,
  • Xixi Wang,
  • Chuan Zhou,
  • Qian Lin,
  • Yifei Sun,
  • Shih-Chang Weng,
  • Huanting Wang,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Zongping Shao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28843-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While renewable H2 production offers a promising route for clean energy production, there is an urgent need to improve catalyst performances. Here, authors design a Pt-containing complex oxide that utilizes atomic-scale hydrogen spillover to promote H2 evolution electrocatalysis in acidic media.