Ru doping boosts electrocatalytic water splitting

Abstract

Heteroatom doping plays a crucial role in improving the electrocatalytic performance of catalysts towards water splitting. Owing to the existence of Ru-O moieties, Ru is thus emerging as an ideal...

Nanostructure engineering of ruthenium-modified electrocatalysts for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

“…42 However, hetero-atom doping may induce the lattice distortion of a matrix to optimize the electronic structure and improve the adsorption energy of reaction intermediates. 43 Finally, designing the interfacial heterostructure of catalysts is an effective way to understand the strong interaction at the interface, including the exposed active edge sites or charge redistribution at the interface. 44 Meanwhile, the reasonable design of a heterogeneous interface structure can improve the activity of catalysts and significantly optimize the stability of materials in the catalytic process.…”

Adsorption of CH4, CO, and H2S on a MoTe2 Monolayer Doped with Metal Atoms (Au and Ru): An Ab Initio Study

“…In addition to its similar atomic radius with Mo, Ru-doped TMD materials exhibit commendable conductivity and excellent catalytic performance, further enhancing their potential. 32 Some inherent advantages of Ru doping in TMD materials include the following: (1) Ru is significantly more affordable than Au.…”

“…However, when MoTe 2 material is doped, the Au atoms exhibit a larger atomic radius, whereas Ru, with an atomic radius more closely resembling that of Mo, can serve as a suitable dopant. In addition to its similar atomic radius with Mo, Ru-doped TMD materials exhibit commendable conductivity and excellent catalytic performance, further enhancing their potential . Some inherent advantages of Ru doping in TMD materials include the following: (1) Ru is significantly more affordable than Au.…”

Growth of nanostructured Cu3Al alloy films by magnetron sputtering for non-enzymatic glucose-sensing applications

“…[27][28][29] Existing studies have shown that doping of metal atoms in matrix materials can signicantly enhance the electrocatalysis or photocatalysis of the materials, 30,31 which can be attributed to the fact that the doping of heteroatoms altered the grain size, electronic structure, band gap energy or active sites of the crystal. [32][33][34] As a consequence, it is of great importance to nd an inexpensive alternative to the previous metals to doping Cu to improve the electrochemical performance and reduce the fabrication cost of glucose sensors.…”