Platinum Clusters Anchored Amorphous NiMo Hydroxide with Collaborative Electronic Transfer for Overall Water Splitting under High Current Density

Abstract

AbstractThe development of efficient and stable bifunctional catalysts to meet overall water splitting at high current densities is attractive, but also challenging. Here, a simple one‐step chloride ion etching method to in situ synthesis of platinum (Pt) clusters anchored on amorphous nickel molybdenum hydroxide/nickel foam nanosheets (Pt‐NiMo‐OH/NF) at room temperature is used. Pt‐NiMo‐OH/NF has better catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution (OER) than Pt/C/NF and RuO2/NF. The overall water splitting required only 1.83 V versus RHE to reach 1000 mA cm−2, and showed good stability and catalytic activity in 160 h. The excellent catalytic performance and stability of Pt‐MiMo‐OH/NF may be due to the collaborative electron transfer between Pt and amorphous NiMo‐OH leads to an increase in the electron density of Pt clusters, which optimizes the binding energy of Pt and H. At the same time, it induces the formation of high‐valence Ni and Mo, thereby promoting the dissociation of water and the production of OER active substances. This work provides a novel strategy for the synthesis of water splitting catalysts at high current density.