A new lipophilic monosaccharide, erigearide A (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Erigeron annuus (Lima.) Pers. Its structure was elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic evidence.
Platinum-based material is the most efficient and durable electrocatalyst for motivating the hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in an acidic electrolyte;however,its low abundance and high cost limit its further applicati...Platinum-based material is the most efficient and durable electrocatalyst for motivating the hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in an acidic electrolyte;however,its low abundance and high cost limit its further application in proton-exchange membrane water electrolysis(PEMWE)technology.Therefore,minimizing the Pt amount while retaining high activity would be desirable.Herein,we use defect-rich W_(18)O_(49)nanowires to anchor well-dispersed,ultrafine Pt species(Pt-W_(18)O_(49))via a freeze-drying method to avoid aggregation,further mediating an efficient and durable HER in acidic water.Density functional theory analyses also demonstrate that the strong electronic interaction between the Pt species and W_(18)O_(49)support greatly improves the HER performance.With a 1/10 Pt loading amount of the commercial 20 wt%Pt/C,the Pt-W_(18)O_(49)catalyst requires the overpotentials of 116 and 743 mV to achieve high current densities of 100 and 1000 mA cm^(−2)in 0.5 mol L^(−1)H_(2)SO_(4),outperforming those of the 20 wt%Pt/C benchmark.More importantly,the Pt-W_(18)O_(49)catalyst can sustain a high-currentdensity HER at 500 mA cm^(−2)for more than 38 h without obvious degradation.This work paves a new avenue for synergistically reducing the Pt amount and retaining high activity for real-world PEMWE.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30772637)the Western Doctoral Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences(presided by J.X.Pu).
文摘A new lipophilic monosaccharide, erigearide A (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Erigeron annuus (Lima.) Pers. Its structure was elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic evidence.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21866028)the Development and Innovation Program of Bingtuan(2012QY13)+1 种基金the Program of Science and Technology Innovation Team in Bingtuan(2020CB006)the Achievement Transformation and Technique Popularization Project of Shihezi University(CGZH201910).
文摘Platinum-based material is the most efficient and durable electrocatalyst for motivating the hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)in an acidic electrolyte;however,its low abundance and high cost limit its further application in proton-exchange membrane water electrolysis(PEMWE)technology.Therefore,minimizing the Pt amount while retaining high activity would be desirable.Herein,we use defect-rich W_(18)O_(49)nanowires to anchor well-dispersed,ultrafine Pt species(Pt-W_(18)O_(49))via a freeze-drying method to avoid aggregation,further mediating an efficient and durable HER in acidic water.Density functional theory analyses also demonstrate that the strong electronic interaction between the Pt species and W_(18)O_(49)support greatly improves the HER performance.With a 1/10 Pt loading amount of the commercial 20 wt%Pt/C,the Pt-W_(18)O_(49)catalyst requires the overpotentials of 116 and 743 mV to achieve high current densities of 100 and 1000 mA cm^(−2)in 0.5 mol L^(−1)H_(2)SO_(4),outperforming those of the 20 wt%Pt/C benchmark.More importantly,the Pt-W_(18)O_(49)catalyst can sustain a high-currentdensity HER at 500 mA cm^(−2)for more than 38 h without obvious degradation.This work paves a new avenue for synergistically reducing the Pt amount and retaining high activity for real-world PEMWE.