Manipulating Electrocatalysis using Mosaic Catalysts

Small Science

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Bilu Liu¹  Lei Tang¹  Yuting Luo¹  Zhiyuan Zhang¹  Baofu Ding¹  Qiangmin Yu¹  Fengning Yang¹  Sum Wai Chiang² 

[1] Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center (SGC) Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI) and Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (TSIGS) Tsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China;

[2] Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (TSIGS) Tsinghua University Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China;

关键词: catalysts;    catalytic activity;    electrocatalysis;    gas-liquid-solid interface;    hydrogen evolution;   

DOI  :  10.1002/smsc.202000059

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Understanding the mechanisms and developing strategies toward efficient electrocatalysis at gas–liquid–solid interfaces are important yet challenging. In the past decades, researchers have devoted many efforts to improve catalyst activity by modulating electronic properties of catalysts in terms of chemical components and physical features. Herein, a mosaic catalyst, which is defined as a catalyst with spatially isolated and periodically distributed active areas, is developed to dramatically improve the activity of catalysts. Taking Pt catalyst as an example, the mosaic Pt leads to high catalytic performance, showing a specific activity 11 times higher than that of uniform Pt films for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), as well as higher current densities than commercial Pt/C and uniform Pt films. Such a strategy is found to be general to other catalysts (e.g., 2D PtS) and other reactions (e.g., oxygen evolution reaction). The improved catalytic performance of the mosaic catalysts is attributed to enhanced mass transferability and local electric field strength, both of which are determined by the occupation ratios of catalysts. The work shines new light on manipulating electrocatalysis from the perspective of the spatial structures of catalysts, which guides the design of efficient catalysts for heterogeneous reactions.

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