Lei Yiming, Sala Xavier, García-Antón Jordi, Muñoz Jose
Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), 08193, Spain.
Small Methods. 2025 Jan;9(1):e2400854. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202400854. Epub 2024 Nov 12.
Hydrogen-terminated 2D-Germanane (2D-GeH), a germanium-based 2D material akin to graphene, is receiving enormous attention owing to its predicted optoelectronic characteristics. However, experimental research of 2D-GeH is still in an early stage, and therefore its real implementation for task-specific applications will depend on the correct development of suitable chemical functionalization methods. Herein, a general and straightforward organometallic (OM) approach is provided for the robust functionalization of 2D-GeH with different 0D noble metal nanoparticles (M-NPs), resulting in 0D/2D M@GeH nanoarchitectonics. As a proof-of-principle, 0D/2D Pt@GeH and Au@GeH nanoarchitectonics have been successfully synthesized, characterized, and explored as unconventional electrocatalysts for boosting energy conversion reactions. While the hydrogen evolution reaction activity was evaluated for Pt@GeH, the oxygen reduction reaction was interrogated for Au@GeH. Interestingly, the implanted catalytic features of M-NPs yielded to 0D/2D M@GeH nanoarchitectonics with enhanced energy conversion activity comparing to pristine 2D-GeH counterpart. This work proves the suitability of 2D-GeH as unconventional substrates to stabilize nobleM-NPs, and the versatility of the OM approach for the custom design of a new family of 0D/2D M@GeH nanoarchitectonics to expand the implementation of monoelemental 2D materials as promising electrocatalysts in energy conversion field and beyond.
氢端封二维锗烷(2D-GeH)是一种类似于石墨烯的锗基二维材料,因其预测的光电特性而备受关注。然而,二维锗烷的实验研究仍处于早期阶段,因此其在特定任务应用中的实际应用将取决于合适化学官能化方法的正确开发。在此,提供了一种通用且直接的有机金属(OM)方法,用于用不同的零维贵金属纳米颗粒(M-NPs)对二维锗烷进行稳健的官能化,从而得到零维/二维M@GeH纳米结构。作为原理验证,已成功合成、表征了零维/二维Pt@GeH和Au@GeH纳米结构,并将其作为促进能量转换反应的非常规电催化剂进行了探索。对Pt@GeH评估了析氢反应活性,对Au@GeH研究了氧还原反应。有趣的是,与原始二维锗烷对应物相比,M-NPs植入的催化特性使零维/二维M@GeH纳米结构具有增强的能量转换活性。这项工作证明了二维锗烷作为稳定贵金属纳米颗粒的非常规基底的适用性,以及有机金属方法在定制设计新型零维/二维M@GeH纳米结构家族方面的通用性,以扩大单元素二维材料作为能量转换领域及其他领域中有前景的电催化剂的应用。