Citation: Zhengrong Li, Lulu An, Min Song, Tonghui Zhao, Jingjing Zhang, Chang Zhang, Zhizhan Li, Deli Wang. Tuning the hydrogen and hydroxyl adsorption on Ru nanoparticles for hydrogen electrode reactions via size controlling[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(4): 107622. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.06.045 shu

Tuning the hydrogen and hydroxyl adsorption on Ru nanoparticles for hydrogen electrode reactions via size controlling

Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

wangdl81125@hust.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 April 2022
Revised Date: 6 June 2022
Accepted Date: 17 June 2022
Available Online: 22 June 2022

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Controlling the particle size of catalyst to understand the active sites is the key to design efficient electrocatalysts toward hydrogen electrode reactions including hydrogen oxidation and evolution (HOR/HER). Herein, the hydrogen and hydroxyl adsorption on Ru/C could be effectively tuned for HOR/HER by simple controlling the particle sizes. It is found that the metallic Ru (Ru⁰) is the active site for HOR/HER, while oxidized Ru (Ru^x+) will hinder the adsorption and desorption of hydrogen on the catalyst. For the HOR, catalyst with small particles is more efficient, due to it is a three-phase interface reaction of gas on the surface of the catalyst. For the HER, the metallic state of Ru is crucial. The deconvolution of hydrogen peaks indicates that the catalytic sites with low hydrogen binding energy (HBE) shoulder the majority of the HOR activity. CO stripping curve further demonstrates that the stronger hydroxyl species (OH_ad) affinity is beneficial to promote the HOR performance. The results indicate that the design of efficient HOR/HER catalyst should focus on the balance between particle size and metallic states.
- Hydrogen oxidation reaction,
- Hydrogen evolution reaction,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Ruthenium particle,
- Particle size,
- Hydrogen binding energy
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