A highly efficient electrocatalyst based on amorphous Pd-Cu-S material for hydrogen evolution reaction
By Xu, Wence; Zhu, Shengli; Liang, Yanqin; Cui, Zhenduo; Yang, Xianjin; Inoue, Akihisa; Wang, Hongxia
Published in J. Mater. Chem. A
2017
Abstract
Hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) through water splitting draws tremendous attention as a way for generating clean energy. In this process, developing cost-effective, efficient non-Pt electrocatalysts is highly important for HER practical applications. In this work, we demonstrate a highly efficient and stable electrocatalyst based on amorphous Pd-Cu-S material. We found that the existence of abundant bridging S22- and apical S2- species and charge redistribution between Pd and Cu atoms in the material provided significantly enhanced electrocatalytic activity for HER, leading to a small overpotential of 58 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of only 35 mV dec-1, which is close to commercial Pt-based catalysts. Furthermore, the material demonstrated excellent electrochemical durability with no performance decrease in HER for 48 h even in 7 M H2SO4 solution, indicating its great potential as a non-Pt catalyst for HER water splitting.
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