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ArticleNature communications2025

Facilitating alkaline hydrogen evolution kinetics via interfacial modulation of hydrogen-bond networks by porous amine cages.

Shiqi Zhou, Wei Cao, Lu Shang, Yunxuan Zhao, Xuyang Xiong, Jianke Sun, Tierui Zhang, Jiayin Yuan

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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8 authors.

Shiqi ZhouDepartment of Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Wei CaoFrontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, PR China.
Lu ShangKey Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5701-5017
Yunxuan ZhaoKey Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0538-2873
Xuyang XiongInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, PR China.
Jianke SunMOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-5761
Tierui ZhangKey Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China. tierui@mail.ipc.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-9413
Jiayin YuanDepartment of Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. jiayin.yuan@mmk.su.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1016-5135

Funding

CAS | Fellowships for Young International Scientists YSBR-004Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) KAW 2022.0194National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52202198Stockholms Universitet (Stockholm University) SU FV-2.1.1-005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrode-electrolyte interface is pivotal in the electrochemical kinetics. However, modulating the electrochemical interface at the atomic or molecular level is challenging due to the lack of efficient interfacial regulators. Here, we employ a porous amine cage as an interfacial modifier to Pt cluster in a confining configuration, largely enhancing alkaline HER kinetics by facilitating charge transfer. In situ electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectra, in combination with the ab initio molecular dynamics simulation, elucidates that the interaction between water and the -NH- moiety of cage frame softens the H-bonds net of interfacial water, making it more flexible for charge transfer. Moreover, our investigation pinpointed that the -NH- moiety acted as a pump for charge transfer by Grotthuss mechanism, lowering the kinetic barrier for hydrogen adsorption. Our findings highlight the strategy of establishing a soft-confining interfacial modifier by porous cage, offering opportunities to optimize electrochemical interfaces and promote reaction kinetics in a targeted way.

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