Atomically dispersed ruthenium sites with electron-rich environments in intermetallic compounds for high-current-density hydrogen evolution
Huaifang Zhang, Chuanqi Cheng, Jin Zhou, Chaoqun Ma, Peidong Shi, Haoming Wu, Pengfei Yin, Wenbin Cao, Jing Xia, Lijie Zhu, An‐Liang Wang, Qipeng Lu
Abstract
The electron-rich Ru sites are isolated in body-centered cubic RuGa intermetallic compounds, which reduces the energy barrier of the rate-limiting step in the HER process, thus promoting the high-current-density HER activity.
Topics & Concepts
IntermetallicRutheniumMaterials scienceLimitingHydrogenCurrent densityElectronCurrent (fluid)Chemical physicsChemistryMetallurgyCatalysisThermodynamicsPhysicsNuclear physicsMechanical engineeringAlloyOrganic chemistryBiochemistryQuantum mechanicsEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectrochemical Analysis and Applications