Surface-confined growth of Ru amorphous sub-nanoclusters on reductive Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>: a strongly coupled interface engineering for efficient neutral hydrogen production
Li Wan, Haijun Wang, Biao Zeng, Wenwen Wang, Xinzheng Liu, Lixin Cao, Yubin Hu, Zhongyu Cui, Bohua Dong
Abstract
The Ru-ASNs provides a proliferation of active sites and modifies the local electron distribution, thereby forming a strongly coupled interface with Mn 3 O 4 . The obtained interfacial electrocatalyst exhibits excellent performance of neutral HER.
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