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ArticleNature communications2025

Bimetallic [Co/K] hydrogen evolution catalyst for electrochemical terminal C-H functionalization.

Sheng Zhang, Lei Hong, Jiayi Feng, Mohan Wang, Junyuan Hu, Ying Zhang, Man-Bo Li

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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 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Sheng ZhangInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China. shengzhang@ahu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-3921
Lei HongInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-0019-3706
Jiayi FengInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3815-100X
Mohan WangInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9505-0347
Junyuan HuSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5954-7260
Ying ZhangInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-2852-1920
Man-Bo LiInstitutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui, China. mbli@ahu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-3045

Funding

Anhui University S020318006/069National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 21702113National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22422101, 22371002, 92061110Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2308085Y14
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Abstract

Discovering novel catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) holds the potential to revolutionize the energy chemistry and unlock new tool for synthetic processes. Inspired by hydrogenases, we pair alkali metals with cobalt-Salen catalysts which allow the integration of naked base site into bimetallic HER catalysts. The incorporation of alkali metals (Na, K, Rb, Cs) significantly enhances HER activity. Among these, the [Co/K] system exhibits the highest HER catalytic efficiency (k

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