Oxalate metal–organic framework derived atomic Ru3+-doped Co(OH)2 nanosheets for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Yizhong Zou; Wen-Da Zhang; Minghan Hu; Zhe Zhang; Jiangyong Liu; Zhi-Guo Gu; Xiaodong Yan

doi:10.1039/D2SE01664H

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Oxalate metal–organic framework derived atomic Ru³⁺-doped Co(OH)₂ nanosheets for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction†

Yizhong Zou,‡^a Wen-Da Zhang,‡^a Minghan Hu,

^b Zhe Zhang,^a Jiangyong Liu,

^c Zhi-Guo Gu

^a and Xiaodong Yan

*^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
E-mail: xiaodong.yan@jiangnan.edu.cn

^b Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland

^c School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, P. R. China

Abstract

Atomic Ru-doped cobalt hydroxides (Ru-Co(OH)₂) are prepared from atomic Ru-doped oxalate metal–organic frameworks. There is a strong electronic interaction between Co and Ru atoms. In addition, the incorporation of Ru³⁺ favors the formation of well-defined two-dimensional nanosheets and thus greatly increased the electrochemically active surface area of the catalyst. The as-prepared Ru-Co(OH)₂ with a Ru mass loading of 5.1 wt% exhibits the highest intrinsic activity and the best catalytic performance towards the hydrogen evolution reaction, showing a very small overpotential of 36 mV at 30 mA cm⁻² in 1.0 M KOH, which surpasses that of the Pt/C catalyst.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE01664H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 01 Dec 2022
Accepted: 12 Jan 2023
First published: 24 Jan 2023

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Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023,7, 928-933

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Oxalate metal–organic framework derived atomic Ru³⁺-doped Co(OH)₂ nanosheets for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Y. Zou, W. Zhang, M. Hu, Z. Zhang, J. Liu, Z. Gu and X. Yan, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023, 7, 928 DOI: 10.1039/D2SE01664H

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