Atomically dispersed Ru in ZIF-67 as a high-performance HER catalyst: <i>in situ</i> structural evolution and deactivation mechanism elucidation
Zhe Liu, Rui Jin, Gui Zhao, Qinshan Tang, Tianrui Kang, Maolin Wang, Jia‐Bao Liu, Xiaoxiao Huang, Bingrong Guo, Xi Liu, Siwei Li
Abstract
, while Ru atoms aggregate into nanoparticles, causing phase segregation. This transformation excessively strengthens hydrogen adsorption, ultimately degrading performance. Our work establishes single-atom engineering as an effective approach to unlock the latent activity of pristine MOFs while revealing their reconstruction behavior under cathodic conditions.
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