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Platinum single atom catalysts for hydrogen isotope separation during hydrogen evolution reaction

Jingsong Xu1,§, Rui Li2,§, Xiayan Yan2, Qingkai Zhao2, Rongguang Zeng2, Jingwen Ba2, Qifa Pan1, Xin Xiang2( ), Daqiao Meng1( )
Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou 621908, China
Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Jiangyou 621907, China

§ Jingsong Xu and Rui Li contributed equally to this work.

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Pt single atom catalysts (SACs) were anchored on nitrogen doped graphite foil by polyol reduction method. The as-prepared Pt SACs exhibited high activity with an overpotential of 0.022 V at 10 mA·cm−2 toward hydrogen evolution reaction and a high separation factor of 6.83 toward H/D separation.

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Electrolysis of water is widely used for hydrogen isotope separation and the development of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts with high selectivity and activity is of key importance. Herein, we propose single atom catalysts (SACs) as promising catalysts for efficient hydrogen isotope separation. Pt SACs and Pt nanoparticles (NPs) have been fabricated on nanoarray-structured nitrogen-doped graphite foil (NGF) substrate by a polyol reduction method. The as prepared Pt1/NGF electrode exhibits high activity and selectivity toward HER with a low overpotential of 0.022 V at 10 mA·cm−2 and a high separation factor of 6.83 for hydrogen and deuterium separation, much better than Pt NPs counterpart. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations ascribe the high activity and selectivity to the constructed Pt-N2C2 structure. This work develops a new opportunity for the design and application of high-efficiency and stable SACs toward hydrogen isotope separation by electrolysis of water.

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hydrogen isotope separationsingle atom catalystshydrogen evolution reactionpolyol reductionseparation factor

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 5,
May 2022
Pages 3952-3958
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4075-2
Cite this article:
Xu J, Li R, Yan X, et al. Platinum single atom catalysts for hydrogen isotope separation during hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Research, 2022, 15(5): 3952-3958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4075-2
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Received: 02 November 2021
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Published: 24 February 2022
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