In-plane strain engineering in ultrathin noble metal nanosheets boosts the intrinsic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

Geng Wu; Xiao Han; Jinyan Cai; Peiqun Yin; Peixin Cui; Xusheng Zheng; Hai Li; Cai Chen; Gongming Wang; Xun Hong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31971-4

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

In-plane strain engineering in ultrathin noble metal nanosheets boosts the intrinsic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

Geng Wu,
Xiao Han,
Jinyan Cai,
Peiqun Yin,
Peixin Cui,
Xusheng Zheng,
Hai Li,
Cai Chen,
Gongming Wang,
Xun Hong

Affiliations

Geng Wu: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiao Han: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Jinyan Cai: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Peiqun Yin: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Peixin Cui: Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xusheng Zheng: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), University of Science and Technology of China
Hai Li: Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Technology University
Cai Chen: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Gongming Wang: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Xun Hong: Center of Advanced Nanocatalysis (CAN), Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31971-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While inducing strain to noble metal nanomaterials can modulate catalytic activities, the strain is often spatially dependent. Here, authors manipulate the planar strain in noble metal nanosheets for hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis by constructing amorphous–crystalline phase boundaries.

Published in Nature Communications

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