Pt nanoparticles anchored by oxygen vacancies in MXenes for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
Qin Zhao,
Yue Zhang,
Changwang Ke
et al.
Abstract:Pt/MXene heterostructures were prepared by constructing oxygen vacancies on MXene to anchor Pt nanoparticles, which exhibited accelerated HER kinetics in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution due to the synergistic effect between MXenes and Pt nanoparticles.
Maximizing platinum's atomic utilization and understanding the anchoring mechanism between platinum moieties and their supports are crucial for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Using density functional theory, we investigate the...
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