• 文献标题:   Ru nanoparticles supported on alginate-derived graphene as hybrid electrodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MALLON L, CEREZONAVARRETE C, ROMERO N, PUCHE M, GARCIAANTON J, BOFILL R, PHILIPPOT K, MARTINEZPRIETO LM, SALA X
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  • 出版物名称:   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   1144-0546 EI 1369-9261
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1039/d1nj05215b EA NOV 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The development of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for redox catalysis is key to access new energy conversion schemes and the sustainable production of dihydrogen. Here, bare and P-doped graphene arising from the pyrolysis of biomass (alginate from marine algae) has been used as a support for the growth and stabilization of ultra-small Ru/RuO2 NPs through organometallic synthesis. P-doped graphene allows obtaining smaller and better dispersed NPs in hybrid electrodes of lower roughness and electroactive surface area. Electrochemical activation of the as-synthesised supported nanoparticles by reduction of the passivating RuO2 layer generates excellent HER electrocatalysts under acidic conditions (eta(10) of 29 mV and 15 mV for the bare and P-doped electrodes, respectively). P doping, identified as surface phosphates by P-31 solid state NMR, induces improvement of all HER benchmarking parameters studied, including overpotential and exchange and specific current densities. All studied materials show excellent long-term stability and selectivity for hydrogen generation with no sign of deactivation after 12 h under turnover conditions and almost quantitative faradaic efficiencies.