Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

Jiadong Chen; Chunhong Chen; Minkai Qin; Ben Li; Binbin Lin; Qing Mao; Hongbin Yang; Bin Liu; Yong Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33007-3

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

Jiadong Chen,
Chunhong Chen,
Minkai Qin,
Ben Li,
Binbin Lin,
Qing Mao,
Hongbin Yang,
Bin Liu,
Yong Wang

Affiliations

Jiadong Chen: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Chunhong Chen: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Minkai Qin: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Ben Li: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Binbin Lin: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Qing Mao: School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology
Hongbin Yang: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Bin Liu: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yong Wang: Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33007-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While water splitting electrolysis offers an appealing means to produce H2 fuel, catalysts show sluggish reaction rate in neutral media. Here, authors utilize hydrogen spillover from oxygen-deficient tungsten oxides to Ru nanoparticles to boost the neutral-pH H2 evolution performances.

Published in Nature Communications

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