Yapeng Li, Shuwen Niu, Peigen Liu, Rongrong Pan, Huaikun Zhang, Nazir Ahmad, Yi Shi, Xiao Liang, Mingyu Cheng, Shenghua Chen, Junyi Du, Maolin Hu, Dingsheng Wang, Wei Chen, Yadong Li
The hydrazine oxidation-assisted H2 evolution method promises low-input and input-free hydrogen production. However, developing high-performance catalysts for hydrazine oxidation (HzOR) and hydrogen evolution (HER) is challenging. Here, we introduce a bifunctional electrocatalyst α-MoC/N-C/RuNSA, merging ruthenium (Ru) nanoclusters (NCs) and single atoms (SA) into cubic α-MoC nanoparticles-decorated N-doped carbon (α-MoC/N-C) nanowires, through electrodeposition. The composite showcases exceptional activity for both HzOR and HER, requiring -80 mV and -9 mV respectively to reach 10 mA cm-2...
May 13, 2024: Angewandte Chemie