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Engineering the high-entropy phase of Pt-Au-Cu nanowire for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Nano Research 2023, 16(8): 10742-10747
Published: 19 June 2023
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Hydrogen economy, as the most promising alternative energy system, relies on the hydrogen production through sustainable water splitting which in turn relies on the high efficiency electrocatalysts. PtAuCu A1-phase alloy has been predicted to be a promising electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution. As such preferred phase of Pt-Au-Cu is not thermodynamically favored, herein, we stabilize PtAuCu alloy by engineering the high-entropy phase in the form of nanowire. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that, in comparison with the ordered phase and segregated phases with discrete hydrogen binding energy, the high-entropy phase provides a diverse combination of site composition to continuously tune the hydrogen binding energy, and thus generate a series of highly active sites for the hydrogen evolution. Reflecting the theoretical prediction, electrochemical tests show that the A1-phase PtAuCu nanowire significantly outperforms its nanoparticle counterpart with phase segregation, toward the electrocatalysis of hydrogen evolution, offering one of the best hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts.

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Interfacial engineering of Ni/V2O3 for hydrogen evolution reaction
Nano Research 2020, 13(9): 2407-2412
Published: 17 June 2020
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Electrocatalytic water splitting offers a sustainable route for hydrogen production, enabling the clean and renewable alternative energy system of hydrogen economy. The scarcity and high-cost of platinum-group-metal (PGM) materials urge the exploration of high-performance non-PGM electrocatalysts. Herein, a unique hierarchical structure of Ni/V2O3 with extraordinary electrocatalytic performance (e.g., overpotentials as low as 22 mV at 20 mA·cm-2 and 94 mV at 100 mA·cm-2) toward hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolyte (1 M KOH) is reported. The investigation on the hierarchical Ni/V2O3 with a bimodal size-distribution also offers insight of interfacial engineering that only proper Ni/V2O3 interface can effectively improve H2O adsorption, H2O dissociation as well as H adsorption, for an efficient hydrogen production.

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