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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 8, Issue 46, Pages 24710-24717Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0ta09538a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21601076]
- Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province [2019-ZD-0266]
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency [G00849]
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Precise control of isolated single-atom ruthenium (Ru-SA) sites supported on nitrogen (N)-doped Ti3C2Tx MXene (N-Ti3C2Tx) through a coordination-assisted strategy is reported. The catalyst displays superior activity toward the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The atomic dispersion of Ru-SA on N-Ti3C2Tx is verified by spherical aberration-corrected electron microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure measurements. The resultant Ru-SA-N-Ti3C2Tx catalyst exhibits outstanding catalytic performance with low overpotentials of 23, 27, and 81 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm(-2) in 0.5 M H2SO4, 1 M KOH, and 1 M PBS solutions, respectively. In addition, Ru-SA-N-Ti3C2Tx shows long-term stability with negligible degradation in basic, acidic, and neutral media, which is much better than that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the strong covalent interactions between Ru-SA and N sites on the Ti3C2Tx MXene support contribute to the exceptional catalytic performance and stability. This work provides a coordination-engineered strategy to effectively modulate the catalytic properties of the MXene family by an atomic-level engineering strategy.
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