Journal
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202202913
Keywords
electrocatalysis; epitaxial growth; hydrogen oxidation reaction; metal-support interactions; supported nanoclusters
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In this study, epitaxial growth of Ir nanoclusters on a MoS2 surface was reported, and the activity of alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction was optimized by tailoring interfacial charge transfer and hydrogen binding energy between Ir clusters and MoS2. The results show that Ir/MoS2 exhibits better performance compared to carbon-supported Ir nanoclusters.
The sluggish kinetics of hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) is one of the critical challenges for anion exchange membrane fuel cells. Here, we report epitaxial growth of Ir nanoclusters (<2 nm) on a MoS2 surface (Ir/MoS2) and optimize the alkaline HOR activity via tailoring interfacial charge transfer between Ir clusters and MoS2. The electron transfer from MoS2 to Ir clusters can effectively prevent the oxidation of Ir clusters, which is not the case for carbon-supported Ir nanoclusters (Ir/C) synthesized using the same method. Moreover, the HOR performance of the Ir/MoS2 can be further optimized by tuning the hydrogen binding energy (HBE) via a precise annealing treatment. A substantial exchange current density of 1.28 mA cm(ECSA)(-2) is achieved in the alkaline medium, which is similar to 10 times over that of Ir/C. The HOR mass-specific activity of Ir/MoS2 heterostructure is as high as 182 mA mg(Ir)(-1). The experimental results and density functional theory calculations reveal that the significant improved HOR activity is attributed to the decreased HBE, which highlights epitaxial growth is an effective way for boosting catalytic activity of heterostructured catalysts.
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