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Nanocomposite: Keggin-type Co4-polyoxometalate@cobalt-porphyrin linked graphdiyne for hydrogen evolution in seawater

Show Author's Information Jiejie Ping1,  Danyang He1,  Fei Wang1,  Nan Wang1,  Yi-cheng Fu3,  Zihao Xing2( ),  Zhiyu Jia1( ),  Guo-Yu Yang1( )
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Facluty of Chmeistry Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100190, China
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hydrogen evolution reaction, graphdiyne, polyoxometalate, seawater
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Ping J, He D, Wang F, et al. Nanocomposite: Keggin-type Co4-polyoxometalate@cobalt-porphyrin linked graphdiyne for hydrogen evolution in seawater. Nano Research, 2024, 17(3): 1281-1287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6393-4
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Polyoxometalate-based nanocomposites with electrocatalytic activity have been applied in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). Seawater as the main water resource on the earth should be developed as the water electrolysis to prepare high-purity hydrogen. In this paper, we used two synthesis strategies to prepare the nanocomposite Co4-POM@Co-PGDY (Co4-POM: the Kegging-type microcrystals of K10[Co4(PW9O34)2] and Co-PGDY: cobalt-porphyrin linked graphdiyne) with excellent activity for HER. Co-PGDY as the porous material is applied not only as the protection of microcrystals towards the metal ion in seawater but also as the co-electrocatalyst of Co4-POM. Co4-POM@Co-PGDY exhibits excellent HER performance in seawater electrolytes with low overpotential and high stability at high density. Moreover, we have observed a key H3O+ intermediate emergence on the surface of nanocomposite during hydrogen evolution process in seawater by Raman synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR). The results in this paper provide an effective strategy for preparing polyoxometalate-based electrocatalysts with high-performance toward hydrogen evolution reaction.


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Nanocomposite: Keggin-type Co4-polyoxometalate@cobalt-porphyrin linked graphdiyne for hydrogen evolution in seawater

Show Author's information Jiejie Ping1, Danyang He1, Fei Wang1, Nan Wang1, Yi-cheng Fu3, Zihao Xing2( ), Zhiyu Jia1( ), Guo-Yu Yang1( )
Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Facluty of Chmeistry Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100190, China

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Polyoxometalate-based nanocomposites with electrocatalytic activity have been applied in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). Seawater as the main water resource on the earth should be developed as the water electrolysis to prepare high-purity hydrogen. In this paper, we used two synthesis strategies to prepare the nanocomposite Co4-POM@Co-PGDY (Co4-POM: the Kegging-type microcrystals of K10[Co4(PW9O34)2] and Co-PGDY: cobalt-porphyrin linked graphdiyne) with excellent activity for HER. Co-PGDY as the porous material is applied not only as the protection of microcrystals towards the metal ion in seawater but also as the co-electrocatalyst of Co4-POM. Co4-POM@Co-PGDY exhibits excellent HER performance in seawater electrolytes with low overpotential and high stability at high density. Moreover, we have observed a key H3O+ intermediate emergence on the surface of nanocomposite during hydrogen evolution process in seawater by Raman synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR). The results in this paper provide an effective strategy for preparing polyoxometalate-based electrocatalysts with high-performance toward hydrogen evolution reaction.

Keywords: hydrogen evolution reaction, graphdiyne, polyoxometalate, seawater

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Received: 19 October 2023
Revised: 24 November 2023
Accepted: 03 December 2023
Published: 12 January 2024
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21831001, 21801014, 22171024, and 22202037) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2412023QD019). Tests were supported by the Analysis & Testing Center of Beijing Institute of Technology.

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