RuO 2 has been extensively investigated as a pseudocapacitive material. However, developing a facile and effective method to improve the pseudocapacitive performance of RuO 2 is still desired. In this work, we report the synthesis of ultra-small RuO 2 nanoparticles supported on carbon cloth (us-RuO 2 /CC) via a facile two-step method. As a binder-free electrode, us-RuO 2 /CC exhibits a high capacitance of 1067.4 F g −1 at a current density of 1 A g −1 . Moreover, us-RuO 2 /CC also shows good rate performance (87.8% capacitance retention at 20 A g −1 ) and cycle stability (99.6% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles). Graphical abstract Ultra-small RuO 2 nanoparticles on carbon cloth (us-RuO 2 /CC) were synthesized via annealing and acid etching treatment of a ZnRu precursor, which was prepared by a dip-coating process. Introducing Zn significantly reduces the particle size of RuO 2 , leading to a high specific capacitance of 1067.4 F g −1 .
Zi-Yu Fu,Hou-Ming Xu,Wan-Hong Li,Guan-Ping Jin,Shi-Kui Han
Ruthenium (Ru)-based materials, as a class of efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts, play an important role in hydrogen generation by electrolysis of water in an alkaline solution for clean hydrogen energy. Hybrid nanostructure (HN) materials, which include two or more components with distinct functionality, show better performance than their individual materials, since HN materials can potentially integrate their advantages and overcome the weaknesses. However, it remains a challenge to construct Ru-based HN materials with desired crystal phases for enhanced HER performances. Herein, a series of new Ru-based HN materials (t-Ru-RuS2, S-Ru-RuS2, and T-Ru-RuS2) through phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and chemical transformation are designed to achieve highly efficient HER properties. Owing to the plentiful formation of heterojunctions and amorphous/crystalline interfaces, the t-Ru-RuS2 HN delivers the most outstanding overpotential of 16 mV and owns a small Tafel slope of 29 mV dec–1 at a current density of 10 mA cm–2, which exceeds commercial Pt/C catalysts (34 mV, 38 mV dec–1). This work shows a new insight for HN and provides alternative opportunities in designing advanced electrocatalysts with low cost for HER in the hydrogen economy.
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