Ruthenium atomically dispersed in carbon outperforms platinum toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline media

Electrochemical water splitting is promising for sustainable energy, but relies on development of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Here the authors report nitrogen- and ruthenium-codoped carbon nanowires in which ruthenium atoms in a carbon matrix drive electrocatalysis of hydrogen evolution

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bingzhang Lu, Lin Guo, Feng Wu, Yi Peng, Jia En Lu, Tyler J. Smart, Nan Wang, Y. Zou Finfrock, David Morris, Peng Zhang, Ning Li, Peng Gao, Yuan Ping, Shaowei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08419-3