Duetting electronic structure modulation of Ru atoms in RuSe<sub>2</sub>@NC enables more moderate H* adsorption and water dissociation for hydrogen evolution reaction
Ding Chen, Ruihu Lu, Youtao Yao, Dulan Wu, Hongyu Zhao, Ruohan Yu, Zonghua Pu, Pengyan Wang, Jiawei Zhu, Jun Yu, Pengxia Ji, Zongkui Kou, Haolin Tang, Shichun Mu
Abstract
With a duetting electronic structure modulation of Ru atoms, H* adsorption and water dissociation energies are optimized, allowing RuSe 2 @NC catalysts with higher HER activity than that of Pt catalysts and promising industrial-scale applications.
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