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Thermal shock synthesis of carbon nanotubes supporting small-sized rhenium nanoparticles for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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铼(Re)由于其金属-氢相互作用与铂类似，**年来成为一种很有前途的析氢反应(HER)催化剂。然而，获得具有丰富活性位点的小尺寸铼纳米颗粒受到所需的高温制备条件限制，高效的铼基析氢反应(HER)催化剂的发展仍处于初级阶段。在本研究中，我们报道了通过热冲击法制备均匀分散在导电碳纳米管支架上的小尺寸金属铼纳米颗粒(Re/CNTs-flash)。与传统的加热工艺不同，该方法可以在数秒内完成纳米晶的生长及淬火，这种极短的高温处理可以成功制备6 nm的金属铼纳米晶粒，避免后续过分生长或团聚。Re/CNTs-flash具有较大的电化学比表面积且有利于表面电荷转移，作为电化学HER催化剂，具有起始过电位低、塔费尔斜率小以及在酸性或碱性条件下稳定性良好的优点。

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22202222, 52172221, 52272229 and 21902113), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Nos. BK20190225 and BK20200101), the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFF0502000), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science & Technology and the Program of the Ministry of Education of China for Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities.

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Zhong, G., Zhao, R., Shi, YR. et al. Thermal shock synthesis of carbon nanotubes supporting small-sized rhenium nanoparticles for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Rare Met. 42, 2166–2173 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02259-9

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