Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 59, Issue 22, Pages 8411-8415Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915855
Keywords
density functional theory; hybrid catalyst; hydrogen evolution reaction; polymers; surface chemistry
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- ERC Starting Grant (project COF Leaf) [639233]
- DFG cluster of excellence e-conversion
- Center for NanoScience (CeNS)
- ANPCyT [PICT-2750]
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The electrochemical splitting of water holds promise for the storage of energy produced intermittently by renewable energy sources. The evolution of hydrogen currently relies on the use of platinum as a catalyst-which is scarce and expensive-and ongoing research is focused towards finding cheaper alternatives. In this context, 2D polymers grown as single layers on surfaces have emerged as porous materials with tunable chemical and electronic structures that can be used for improving the catalytic activity of metal surfaces. Here, we use designed organic molecules to fabricate covalent 2D architectures by an Ullmann-type coupling reaction on Au(111). The polymer-patterned gold electrode exhibits a hydrogen evolution reaction activity up to three times higher than that of bare gold. Through rational design of the polymer on the molecular level we engineered hydrogen evolution activity by an approach that can be easily extended to other electrocatalytic reactions.
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