• 文献标题:   Three-Dimensional Graphene Networks with Abundant Sharp Edge Sites for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG HP, LI XB, GAO L, WU HL, YANG J, CAI L, MA TB, TUNG CH, WU LZ, YU G
  • 作者关键词:   3d graphene network, active edge site, electrocatalysi, hydrogen evolution reaction, morphology engineering
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.201709901
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

To achieve sustainable production of hydrogen (H-2) through water splitting, establishing efficient and earth-abundant electrocatalysts is of great necessity. Morphology engineering of graphene is now shown to modulate the electronic structure of carbon skeleton and in turn endow it with excellent ability of proton reduction. Three-dimensional (3D) graphene networks with a high density of sharp edge sites are synthesized. Electrocatalytic measurements indicate that the obtained 3D graphene networks can electrocatalyze H-2 evolution with an extremely low onset potential of about 18 mV in 0.5 m H2SO4 solution, together with good stability. A combination of control experiments and density functional theory (DFT) investigations indicates that the exceptional H-2 evolution performance is attributed to the abundant sharp edge sites of the advanced frameworks, which are responsible for promoting the adsorption and reduction of protons.