Issue 43, 2023

Engineering different B doping modes on Ru active sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

Abstract

Revealing the inner relationship between different active sites is of great significance to the rational design of highly efficient electrocatalysts for HER. Herein, two doping modes of boron, doping on the surface of Ru (B-Ru/CNT) and into carbon nanotubes (Ru/B-CNT), have been undertaken by using closo-[B12H12]2− as a B precursor through in situ reduction and calcination. According to experimental and DFT calculation results, the two B doping methods can both help reduce the electron density of Ru, which favors an enhancement in HER performance. More importantly, B doped into supports can further improve charge transfer efficiency. As a result, Ru/B-CNT exhibits an impressive HER performance (η10 = 15 mV) with fast reaction kinetics, as well as outstanding stability, which is much higher than those of undoped and surface-doped Ru-based catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Engineering different B doping modes on Ru active sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Sep 2023
Accepted
10 Oct 2023
First published
10 Oct 2023

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 23370-23375

Engineering different B doping modes on Ru active sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

X. Sun, C. Cao, Y. Fu, J. Chen, B. Li, L. Fan, J. Yang and H. Zhang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 23370 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA05277J

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