Citation: Yue Guo, Xiang Wang, Yu Xie, Xiangming Zeng, Long Zhang, Jiawei Jiang, Yaru Cheng, Sumaira Nazar Hussain, Jie Zhao. Engineering Pt-loaded MoB_x for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction and overall water splitting in acidic medium[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(11): 111803. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111803 shu

Engineering Pt-loaded MoB_x for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction and overall water splitting in acidic medium

Yue Guo ^{a, b} ,
Xiang Wang ^a ,
Yu Xie ^{a, c, d, *,} ,
Xiangming Zeng ^{c, d} ,
Long Zhang ^a ,
Jiawei Jiang ^a ,
Yaru Cheng ^{e, **,} ,
Sumaira Nazar Hussain ^f ,
Jie Zhao ^{g, **,}

a.
College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
b.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
c.
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Power Batteries & Energy Storage Materials, Xinyu University, Xinyu 338004, China
d.
School of New Energy Science and Engineering, Xinyu University, Xinyu 338004, China
e.
Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Precision Medicine and Health Research Institute, Shen-zhen Key Laboratory for Nano-Biosensing Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518060, China
f.
Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
g.
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

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xieyu_121@163.com

chengyaru1288@163.com

zhaojienju@163.com

Received Date: 15 June 2025
Revised Date: 2 September 2025
Accepted Date: 8 September 2025
Available Online: 9 September 2025

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Developing effective electrocatalytic materials to enhance the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is essential for advancing hydrogen economy. In this study, molybdenum boride (MoB_x) electrocatalyst was successfully fabricated via the molten salt method, followed by Pt loading onto MoB_x using the impregnation-adsorption method. The introduction of Pt significantly boosted the electrocatalytic performance. The optimal Pt-MoB_x exhibited superior HER performance in 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄, acquiring an overpotential of 49 mV at 10 mA/cm². Additionally, the Pt-MoB_x catalyst demonstrated exceptional stability in acidic medium, showing a negligible drop after 20 h of constant potential operation. The study presents a novel approach to design stable, high-efficiency HER electrocatalysts based on metal borides.
- Molybdenum boride,
- Pt loading,
- Synergistic effect,
- Electronic modulations,
- Hydrogen evolution reaction
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