Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Subnanometric Ru clusters with upshifted D band center improve performance for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

  • Qi Hu,
  • Keru Gao,
  • Xiaodeng Wang,
  • Hongju Zheng,
  • Jianyong Cao,
  • Lingren Mi,
  • Qihua Huo,
  • Hengpan Yang,
  • Jianhong Liu,
  • Chuanxin He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31660-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Metal nanocluster properties undergo drastic activity alterations with slight size variations, although in-depth examinations of such changes are challenging to perform. Here, authors demonstrate Ru cluster size governs the d-band center position and electrocatalytic activity for H2 evolution.