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Transforming Nature's Bath Sponge into Stacking Faults-Enhanced Ag Nanorings-Decorated Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Ratwani, C. R., Karunarathne, S., Kamali, A. R. and Abdelkader, A. M., 2024. Transforming Nature's Bath Sponge into Stacking Faults-Enhanced Ag Nanorings-Decorated Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16 (5), 5847-5856.

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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16115

Abstract

The rational design of cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting is essential for green hydrogen production. Utilizing nanocatalysts with abundant active sites, high surface area, and deliberate stacking faults is a promising approach for enhancing catalytic efficiency. In this study, we report a simple strategy to synthesize a highly efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using carbonized luffa cylindrica as a conductive N-doped carbon skeleton decorated with Ag nanorings that are activated by introducing stacking faults. The introduction of stacking faults and the resulting tensile strain into the Ag nanorings results in a significant decrease in the HER overpotential, enabling the use of Ag as an efficient HER electrocatalyst. Our findings demonstrate that manipulating the crystal properties of electrocatalysts, even for materials with intrinsically poor catalytic activity such as Ag, can result in highly efficient catalysts. Further, applying a conductive carbon backbone can lower the quantities of metal needed without compromising the HER activity. This approach opens up new avenues for designing high-performance electrocatalysts with very low metallic content, which could significantly impact the development of sustainable and cost-effective electrochemical water-splitting systems.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1944-8244
Uncontrolled Keywords:biomass-based catalyst; carbonization; electrocatalysis; hydrogen evolution reaction; silver; stacking fault
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:39489
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:07 Feb 2024 13:39
Last Modified:07 Feb 2024 13:39

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