Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aab6c1
Keywords
cobalt; graphitized carbon; hydrogen evolution reaction; nanohybrids; wide pH range
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21601154, 21776255, 21701141]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LQ18B010005]
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Design of highly active and cost-effective electrocatalysts is very important for the generation of hydrogen by electrochemical water-splitting. Herein, we report the fabrication of ultrathin nitrogen-doped graphitized carbon shell encapsulating CoRu bimetallic nanoparticles (CoRu@NCs) and demonstrate their promising feasibility for efficiently catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide pH range. The resultant CoRu@NC nanohybrids possess an alloy-carbon core-shell structure with encapsulated low-ruthenium-content CoRu bimetallic alloy nanoparticles (10-30 nm) as the core and ultrathin nitrogen-doped graphitized carbon layers (2-6 layers) as the shell. Remarkably, the optimized catalyst (CoRu@NC-2 sample) with a Ru content as low as 2.04 wt% shows superior catalytic activity and excellent durability for HER in acidic, neutral, and alkaline conditions. This work offers a new method for the design and synthesis of non-platium-based electrocatalysts for HER in all-pH.
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