Epitaxially Grown Ru Clusters–Nickel Nitride Heterostructure Advances Water Electrolysis Kinetics in Alkaline and Seawater Media

• Published in: Energy & environmental materials (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 165 - n/a
• Main Authors: Zhu, Jiawei, Lu, Ruihu, Shi, Wenjie, Gong, Lei, Chen, Ding, Wang, Pengyan, Chen, Lei, Wu, Jinsong, Mu, Shichun, Zhao, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023; State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China; Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory,Xianhu Hydrogen Valley,Foshan 528200,China%State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures,International School of Materials Science and Engineering,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China%State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China%State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China; NRC(Nanostructure Research Centre),Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China
• Subjects: Adsorption; alkaline water electrolysis; bifunctional electrocatalyst; Catalytic activity; Charge transfer; Clusters; Electrocatalysts; Electrolysis; Electron states; Epitaxial growth; epitaxial heterostructure; Heterostructures; Kinetics; Nickel; Reaction kinetics; Seawater; seawater electrolysis; solar‐to‐hydrogen integrated system; Substrates; seawater electrolysis; alkaline water electrolysis; epitaxial heterostructure; solar-to-hydrogen integrated system; bifunctional electrocatalyst

The epitaxial heterostructure can be rationally designed based on the in situ growth of two compatible phases with lattice similarity, in which the modulated electronic states and tuned adsorption behaviors are conducive to the enhancement of electrocatalytic activity. Herein, theoretical simulation...