Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 12, Issue 19, Pages 11955-11959Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02778
Keywords
electrocatalysis; high-entropy alloy; two-dimensional materials; hydrogen evolution reaction; hydrogen binding energy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21972016, 21773023]
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This study reports the discovery of a Pt-free combination, PdMoGaInNi, via computer-facilitated screening, which exhibits high HER activity and long-term durability in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer. The findings highlight the potential of two-dimensional high-entropy alloy (HEA) nanosheets for hydrogen production.
The electrolysis of water is promising for hydrogen production. The development of high-performance and low-cost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts is particularly important for the wide application of water electrolyzers. Tuning the hydrogen binding energy (HBE) of materials is an effective way to optimize the HER electrocatalysts, particularly for applications in an acidic environment. Here, we report the discovery of a Pt-free combination, PdMoGaInNi, which has the HBE optimum, via computer-facilitated screening. As the exploratory example of the two-dimensional high-entropy alloy (HEA) for HER, the PdMoGaInNi HEA nanosheets were synthesized to realize the predicted Pt-free combination with optimal HBE. The PdMoGaInNi HEA nanosheets exhibit a high HER activity with low overpotentials of 13 mV at 10 mA cm-2, outperforming commercial Pd/C and Pt/C catalysts. Given the high entropy, lattice distortion, and sluggish diffusion effects of HEA, the PdMoGaInNi shows great long-term durability for at least 200 h in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer.
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