Termination-acidity tailoring of molybdenum carbides for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Chen, Zhi‐Gang; Yang, Minghao; Li, Yifan; Gong, Wenbin; Wang, Juan; Liu, Tong; Zhang, Chunyu; Hou, Shuang; Yang, Guang; Li, Hao; Jin, Ye; Zhang, Chunyan; Tian, Zhongqing; Meng, Fancheng; Cui, Yi

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-55854-6

articleNature CommunicationsJan 6, 2025GOLD OA

Termination-acidity tailoring of molybdenum carbides for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

ZCZhi‐Gang Chen MYMinghao Yang YLYifan Li WGWenbin Gong JWJuan Wang

Chinese Academy of Sciences · Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Transition-metal carbides have been advocated as the promising alternatives to noble-metal platinum-based catalysts in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction over half a century. However, the effectiveness of transition-metal carbides catalyzing hydrogen evolution in high-pH electrolyte is severely compromised due to the lowered proton activity and intractable alkaline-leaching issue of transition-metal centers. Herein, on the basis of validation of molybdenum-carbide model-catalyst system by taking advantage of surface science techniques, Mo2C micro-size spheres terminated by Al3+ doped MoO2 layer exhibit a notable performance of alkaline hydrogen evolution with a near-zero onset-potential, a low…

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Overpotential
Tafel equation
Catalysis
Hydrogen production
Carbide
Molybdenum
Inorganic chemistry
Materials science

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