期刊
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
卷 59, 期 50, 页码 22397-22402出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007567
关键词
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); interfacial water structure; nanoparticles; pH-dependence; Raman spectroscopy
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0206500]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773198, U1705253, 21621091]
Driven by the persisting poor understanding of the sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on Pt in alkaline media, a direct correlation of the interfacial water structure and activity is still yet to be established. Herein, using Pt and Pt-Ni nanoparticles we first demonstrate a strong dependence of the proton donor structure on the HER activity and pH. The structure of the first layer changes from the proton acceptors to the donors with increasing pH. In the base, the reactivity of the interfacial water varied its structure, and the activation energies of water dissociation increased in the sequence: the dangling O-H bonds < the trihedrally coordinated water < the tetrahedrally coordinated water. Moreover, optimizing the adsorption of H and OH intermediates can re-orientate the interfacial water molecules with their H atoms pointing towards the electrode surface, thereby enhancing the kinetics of HER. Our results clarified the dynamic role of the water structure at the electrode-electrolyte interface during HER and the design of highly efficient HER catalysts.
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