Ultrafine PtCoRh nanorods for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in acid.

Rui Gao Gen LiKun XuChenxi QiuYuanyuan CongYang LvQike JiangJiaqi QinYujiang Song

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)

PtCoRh nanorods with an average width of 1.6 ± 0.2 nm show an overpotential of 6.1 mV at 10 mA cm -2 toward acidic HER. The exceptional activity originates from a high electrochemically active surface area of 130.1 m 2 g Pt -1 and a unique Pt-H bond strength appropriately tuned by Co and Rh.

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