Phase and Interface Engineering of Platinum–Nickel Nanowires for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
- 15 September 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
- Vol. 55 (41), 12859-12863
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606290
Abstract
The design of high‐performance electrocatalysts for the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is highly desirable for the development of alkaline water electrolysis. Phase‐ and interface‐engineered platinum–nickel nanowires (Pt‐Ni NWs) are highly efficient electrocatalysts for alkaline HER. The phase and interface engineering is achieved by simply annealing the pristine Pt‐Ni NWs under a controlled atmosphere. Impressively, the newly generated nanomaterials exhibit superior activity for the alkaline HER, outperforming the pristine Pt‐Ni NWs and commercial Pt/C, and also represent the best alkaline HER catalysts to date. The enhanced HER activities are attributed to the superior phase and interface structures in the engineered Pt‐Ni NWs.Keywords
Funding Information
- Soochow University
- Young Thousand Talented Program
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21571135)
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
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