A rhodium/silicon co-electrocatalyst design concept to surpass platinum hydrogen evolution activity at high overpotentials
oleh: Lili Zhu, Haiping Lin, Youyong Li, Fan Liao, Yeshayahu Lifshitz, Minqi Sheng, Shuit-Tong Lee, Mingwang Shao
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Design of hydrogen evolution catalysts needs to balance the hydrogen adsorption energy to facilitate easy adsorption and desorption. Here, the authors report a composite catalyst where hydrogen adsorption occurs on rhodium and desorbs from silicon which has a lower adsorption energy.