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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 9, Issue 24, Pages 13958-13966Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ta02375f
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- Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (DST-FIST) [SR/FST/PSII-009/2010]
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (DST-SERB) [EMR/2016/005843]
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An in situ pyrolysis strategy was used to prepare Ru-decorated hollow N-doped carbon matrix (Ru@NCN) for universal pH HER, which showed superior performance in alkaline and neutral media compared to commercial Pt/C. The correlation between the change in overpotential of Pt/C and Ru@NCN and pH was demonstrated.
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is known to exhibit pH-dependent kinetics that worsens with increasing pH. However, the HER in alkaline media is an integral part of regenerative alkaline fuel cells. Herein, an in situ pyrolysis strategy is adopted to obtain Ru decorated hollow N-doped carbon matrix (Ru@NCN) for pH universal HER. The synthetic approach is an advancement over traditional routes that use corrosive etchants like HF to achieve a hollow morphology for the carbon support. Ru@NCN shows superior HER in alkaline and neutral media relative to commercial Pt/C. To reach a current density of 10 mA cm(-2), Ru@NCN required overpotentials of 36, 49, and 76 mV in alkaline, acidic, and neutral media, respectively. A correlation between the change in overpotential of Pt/C and Ru@NCN and pH is demonstrated. Additionally, the Mott-Schottky effect is observed at the metal/semiconductor (Ru/N-doped carbon) interface allowing facile electron transfer. It is envisioned that this report will provide a new direction to design hollow carbon nanostructures with an enhanced metal-support synergistic effect beneficial for sustainable energy conversion.
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