Interfacial electron modulation for Ru particles on Cu aerogel as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction
Haoxin Fan, Xinhao Wan, Yarui Tang, Jianqi Ye, Jie Gao, Wei Gao, Dan Wen
Abstract
The interfacial interaction between Ru nanoparticles and a Cu support in the Ru–Cu aerogel effectively modulates the electronic structure and reduces the energy barrier for HER, therefore leading to the high HER electrocatalytic property.
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