Revisiting the activity origin of the PtAu24(SR)18 nanocluster for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by combining first-principles simulations with the experimental in situ FTIR technique-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Revisiting the activity origin of the PtAu₂₄(SR)₁₈ nanocluster for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by combining first-principles simulations with the experimental in situ FTIR technique

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Sun Fang¹,Qin Lubing²,Tang Zhenghua²^ORCID,Tang Qing¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Theory and Mechanism, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China

2. New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, China

Abstract

We combined first-principles calculations and in situ FTIR characterizations to reveal that the enhanced HER activity of the PtAu24(SR)18 nanocluster is contributed not only by the central Pt atom but also by the exposed bridged Au sites.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Bureau

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/SC/D4SC04212C

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