Abstract
We report the syntheses of highly dispersed CoNi bimetallic catalysts on the surface of α-MoC based on the strong metal support interaction (SMSI) effect. The interaction between the nearly atomically dispersed Co and Ni atoms was observed for the first time by the real-space chemical mapping at the atomic level. Combined with the ability of α-MoC to split water at low temperatures, the as-synthesized CoNi/α-MoC catalysts exhibited robust and synergistic performance for the hydrogen production from hydrolysis of ammonia borane. The metal-normalized activity of the bimetallic 1.5Co1.5Ni/α-MoC catalyst reached 321.1 molH2·mol-1CoNi·min-1 at 298 K, which surpasses all the noble metal-free catalysts ever reported and is four times higher than that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 628-633 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 20 Jan 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |