{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(1)"],"submitter":["Zhuang Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["High-efficiency water electrolysis is the key to sustainable energy. Here we report a highly active and durable RuIrO<sub>x</sub> (x ≥ 0) nano-netcage catalyst formed during electrochemical testing by in-situ etching to remove amphoteric ZnO from RuIrZnO<sub>x</sub> hollow nanobox. The dispersing-etching-holing strategy endowed the porous nano-netcage with a high exposure of active sites as well as a three-dimensional accessibility for substrate molecules, thereby drastically boosting the electrochemical surface area (ECSA). The nano-netcage catalyst achieved not only ultralow overpotentials at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER; 12 mV, pH = 0; 13 mV, pH = 14), but also high-performance overall water electrolysis over a broad pH range (0 ~ 14), with a potential of mere 1.45 V (pH = 0) or 1.47 V (pH = 14) at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. With this universal applicability of our electrocatalyst, a variety of readily available electrolytes (even including waste water and sea water) could potentially be directly used for hydrogen production."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["4875"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6814841"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Three-dimensional open nano-netcage electrocatalysts for efficient pH-universal overall water splitting."],"pmcid":["PMC6814841"],"pubmed_authors":["Wu K","Pan Y","Li J","Yu R","Cheong WC","Wang D","Liu S","Chen C","Zhuang Z","Li Y","Cao X","Xiao H","Lu S","Peng Q","Wang Y","Xu CQ","Sun K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Three-dimensional open nano-netcage electrocatalysts for efficient pH-universal overall water splitting.","description":"High-efficiency water electrolysis is the key to sustainable energy. Here we report a highly active and durable RuIrO<sub>x</sub> (x ≥ 0) nano-netcage catalyst formed during electrochemical testing by in-situ etching to remove amphoteric ZnO from RuIrZnO<sub>x</sub> hollow nanobox. The dispersing-etching-holing strategy endowed the porous nano-netcage with a high exposure of active sites as well as a three-dimensional accessibility for substrate molecules, thereby drastically boosting the electrochemical surface area (ECSA). The nano-netcage catalyst achieved not only ultralow overpotentials at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup> for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER; 12 mV, pH = 0; 13 mV, pH = 14), but also high-performance overall water electrolysis over a broad pH range (0 ~ 14), with a potential of mere 1.45 V (pH = 0) or 1.47 V (pH = 14) at 10 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>. With this universal applicability of our electrocatalyst, a variety of readily available electrolytes (even including waste water and sea water) could potentially be directly used for hydrogen production.","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T10:01:03.364Z","creation":"2019-11-07T08:07:35Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6814841","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31653856"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-019-12885-0"]}}