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- Title
Monometallic interphasic synergy via nano-hetero-interfacing for hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolytes.
- Authors
Dastafkan, Kamran; Shen, Xiangjian; Hocking, Rosalie K.; Meyer, Quentin; Zhao, Chuan
- Abstract
Electrocatalytic synergy is a functional yet underrated concept in electrocatalysis. Often, it materializes as intermetallic interaction between different metals. We demonstrate interphasic synergy in monometallic structures is as much effective. An interphasic synergy between Ni(OH)2 and Ni-N/Ni-C phases is reported for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction that lowers the energy barriers for hydrogen adsorption-desorption and facilitates that of hydroxyl intermediates. This makes ready-to-serve Ni active sites and allocates a large amount of Ni d-states at Fermi level to promote charge redistribution from Ni(OH)2 to Ni-N/Ni-C and the co-adsorption of Hads and OHads intermediates on Ni-N/Ni-C moieties. As a result, a Ni(OH)2@Ni-N/Ni-C hetero-hierarchical nanostructure is developed, lowering the overpotentials to deliver −10 and −100 mA cm−2 in alkaline media by 102 and 113 mV, respectively, compared to monophasic Ni(OH)2 catalyst. This study unveils the interphasic synergy as an effective strategy to design monometallic electrocatalysts for water splitting and other energy applications. Electrocatalytic synergy is a functional yet underrated concept in electrocatalysis. Here the authors disclose interphasic synergy between Ni(OH)2 and Ni-N/Ni-C phases for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media.
- Subjects
OXYGEN evolution reactions; HYDROGEN evolution reactions; HYDROGEN as fuel; FERMI level; HYDROGEN; ELECTROLYTES; ACTIVATION energy
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-36100-3