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Balance between Activity and Stability of Single Metal and Intermetallic Compounds for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen
Hao-Nan Li1, Dan Li1, Tong-Tong Hao1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
Abstract:
The higher population of the antibonding state around the Fermi level will result in better activity yet lower stability of HER (Re vs Ru metal). There seems to be a limitation or balance for using a single metal since the bonding scheme of a single metal is relatively simple. Combining Re (strong bonding), Ru (HER active), and Zr metal (corrosion-resistant) grants ternary intermetallic compound ZrRe1.75Ru025, exhibiting excellent HER activity and stability in acidic and alkaline electrolytes. The overpotential at a current density of 10 mA/cm2 (η10) for ZrRe1.75Ru025 is much lower compared to that of ZrRe2. Although the HER activity of ZrRe1.75Ru025 is not comparable to that of ZrRu2, it demonstrates outstanding HER stability, while the current density of ZrRu2 is over ca. 16% after 6 h. This suggests that intermetallic compounds can break the constraint between activity and stability in a single metal for HER, which may be applied in other fields as well.
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