Abstract

The interaction between metal nanoclusters and the carrier can enhance the electron transfer rate to optimize the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance, but the common synthesis approaches often lead to metal particle agglomeration, and then blocking active sites. Herein, highly-dispersed Pt nanoclusters supported onto molybdenum boride (MoB) is developed through microwave approach with various solvent to regulate the catalytic performance. The synthesized electrocatalyst with the addition of methanol (Pt/MoB-M) exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance towards HER with low overpotential (13 mV at 10 mA cm−2), small Tafel slope (24 mV dec−1), and high mass activity (10.06 A/mgPt at 50 mV). This work presents a novel approach to prepare highly-efficient electrocatalysts for renewable energy-related applications of non-carbon supported low loading of precious metals.

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