{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhao S"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["2728"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10980754"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Establishing appropriate metal-support interactions is imperative for acquiring efficient and corrosion-resistant catalysts for water splitting. Herein, the interaction mechanism between Ru nanoparticles and a series of titanium oxides, including TiO, Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and TiO<sub>2,</sub> designed via facile non-stoichiometric engineering is systematically studied. Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7,</sub> with the unique band structure, high conductivity and chemical stability, endows with ingenious metal-support interaction through interfacial Ti-O-Ru units, which stabilizes Ru species during OER and triggers hydrogen spillover to accelerate HER kinetics. As expected, Ru/Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> displays ultralow overpotentials of 8 mV and 150 mV for HER and OER with a long operation of 500 h at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> in acidic media, which is expanded in pH-universal environments. Benefitting from the excellent bifunctional performance, the proton exchange membrane and anion exchange membrane electrolyzer assembled with Ru/Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> achieves superior performance and robust operation. The work paves the way for efficient energy conversion devices."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Constructing regulable supports via non-stoichiometric engineering to stabilize ruthenium nanoparticles for enhanced pH-universal water splitting."],"pmcid":["PMC10980754"],"funding_grant_id":["22075141"],"pubmed_authors":["Hu F","Zhao S","Li S","Peng S","Hung SF","Zeng WJ","Chen HY","Deng L","Xiao T","Kuo CH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Constructing regulable supports via non-stoichiometric engineering to stabilize ruthenium nanoparticles for enhanced pH-universal water splitting.","description":"Establishing appropriate metal-support interactions is imperative for acquiring efficient and corrosion-resistant catalysts for water splitting. Herein, the interaction mechanism between Ru nanoparticles and a series of titanium oxides, including TiO, Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and TiO<sub>2,</sub> designed via facile non-stoichiometric engineering is systematically studied. Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7,</sub> with the unique band structure, high conductivity and chemical stability, endows with ingenious metal-support interaction through interfacial Ti-O-Ru units, which stabilizes Ru species during OER and triggers hydrogen spillover to accelerate HER kinetics. As expected, Ru/Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> displays ultralow overpotentials of 8 mV and 150 mV for HER and OER with a long operation of 500 h at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> in acidic media, which is expanded in pH-universal environments. Benefitting from the excellent bifunctional performance, the proton exchange membrane and anion exchange membrane electrolyzer assembled with Ru/Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> achieves superior performance and robust operation. The work paves the way for efficient energy conversion devices.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T17:43:56.597Z","creation":"2025-04-06T15:36:32.721Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10980754","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38553434"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-46750-6"]}}