PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yang, Yang
AU  - Qian, Yumin
AU  - Li, Haijing
AU  - Zhang, Zhenhua
AU  - Mu, Yuewen
AU  - Do, David
AU  - Zhou, Bo
AU  - Dong, Jing
AU  - Yan, Wenjun
AU  - Qin, Yong
AU  - Fang, Li
AU  - Feng, Renfei
AU  - Zhou, Jigang
AU  - Zhang, Peng
AU  - Dong, Juncai
AU  - Yu, Guihua
AU  - Liu, Yuanyue
AU  - Zhang, Xianming
AU  - Fan, Xiujun
TI  - O-coordinated W-Mo dual-atom catalyst for pH-universal electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
AID  - 10.1126/sciadv.aba6586
DP  - 2020 Jun 01
TA  - Science Advances
PG  - eaba6586
VI  - 6
IP  - 23
4099  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/23/eaba6586.short
4100  - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/23/eaba6586.full
SO  - Sci Adv2020 Jun 01; 6
AB  - Single-atom catalysts (SACs) maximize the utility efficiency of metal atoms and offer great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Bimetal atom catalysts are an appealing strategy in virtue of the synergistic interaction of neighboring metal atoms, which can further improve the intrinsic HER activity beyond SACs. However, the rational design of these systems remains conceptually challenging and requires in-depth research both experimentally and theoretically. Here, we develop a dual-atom catalyst (DAC) consisting of O-coordinated W-Mo heterodimer embedded in N-doped graphene (W1Mo1-NG), which is synthesized by controllable self-assembly and nitridation processes. In W1Mo1-NG, the O-bridged W-Mo atoms are anchored in NG vacancies through oxygen atoms with W─O─Mo─O─C configuration, resulting in stable and finely distribution. The W1Mo1-NG DAC enables Pt-like activity and ultrahigh stability for HER in pH-universal electrolyte. The electron delocalization of W─O─Mo─O─C configuration provides optimal adsorption strength of H and boosts the HER kinetics, thereby notably promoting the intrinsic activity.