Ruthenium-cobalt nanoalloys encapsulated in nitrogen-doped graphene as active electrocatalysts for producing hydrogen in alkaline media

Jianwei Su; Yang Yang; Guoliang Xia; Jitang Chen; Peng Jiang; Qianwang Chen

doi:10.1038/ncomms14969

Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Ruthenium-cobalt nanoalloys encapsulated in nitrogen-doped graphene as active electrocatalysts for producing hydrogen in alkaline media

Jianwei Su,
Yang Yang,
Guoliang Xia,
Jitang Chen,
Peng Jiang,
Qianwang Chen

Affiliations

Jianwei Su: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Yang Yang: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Guoliang Xia: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Jitang Chen: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Peng Jiang: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Qianwang Chen: Department of Materials Science & Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14969
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Ruthenium is the cheapest platinum-group metal, yet active hydrogen evolution catalysts with low amounts of ruthenium have yet to be designed. Here, the authors report the preparation of a ruthenium–cobalt nanoalloy and demonstrate its potential as an effective hydrogen evolution catalyst in basic media.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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