析氢反应是电解水产制氢的关键反应之一.在碱性条件下,由于催化剂表面与反应过程中产生的氧物种、氢物种与催化剂的吸附未处于最佳状态,析氢反应动力学往往比较缓慢,比在酸性条件下慢2-3个数量级.目前,铂基纳米催化剂被认为是最优的析氢催化剂,但因价格昂贵、稳定性较差,限制了其在电解水器件上的大规模应用.因此,设计一种价格较为低廉、活性高和稳定性好的碱性析氢催化剂尤为必要.钌作为铂族金属之一,其价格约为铂的三分之一,但其与氢的结合能却与铂类似.因此,钌基催化剂被认为是有望替代铂作为析氢催化剂.本文结合模板法、静电纺丝和碳化热解策略构筑了一种负载无定型钌纳米簇的原子级钴掺杂一维碳纳米笼催化剂,有效提升了碱性条件下析氢反应性能.该催化剂具有较高的比表面积,丰富的缺陷结构,原子级分散的金属Co掺杂以及无定型钌纳米簇结构,并在碱性条件下催化析氢反应时,表现出了低起始过电位,低Tafel斜率(62 mV dec-1)和高稳定性.X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明,该催化剂中钌和钴以无定型形式存在.选区电子衍射结果表明了无定型结构的存在,并且钌以纳米簇形式存在,其平均粒径为1.48 nm.X射线光电子能谱结果表明该催化剂含有较高的氮掺杂,拉曼光谱证明了其存在碳缺陷结构.进一步通过X射线近边吸收谱和扩展边精细结构谱研究了钌和钴的配位环境,结果发现,钌带轻微正电荷,并且存在Ru-Ru键;钴带正电荷,价态介于0与+2价之间,其主要与N配位.在1 mol/L氢氧化钾电解液中,该杂化催化剂的电催化活性明显高于没有钴掺杂的催化剂以及商业化铂/碳催化剂.在电流密度为10 mA cm-2时,过电位仅为40 mV,在过电位为100 mV时,该催化剂的质量催化活性达到了3.77 mAμgRu-1,远超商业化铂/碳(2.01 mAμgRu-1)和钌/碳(1.66 mAμgRu-1).该催化剂也表现出了优异的析氢催化稳定性,5000圈循环后,10 mA cm-2下的过电位仅增加了2 mV,在恒电流测试中,10 h后电位仅下降了95 mV.“,”The development of high-performance electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great significance for green, sustainable, and renewable energy conversion. Herein, we report the synthesis of amorphous Ru clusters on Co-doped defect-rich hollow carbon nanocage (a-Ru@Co-DHC) as an efficient electrocatalyst for HER in the basic media. Due to the advantages such as high surface area, rich edge defect, atomic Co doping and amorphous Ru clusters, the as-made a-Ru@Co-DHC displays an efficient HER performance with a near-zero onset overpotential, a low Tafel slope (62 mV dec-1), a low overpotential of 40 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and high stability, outperforming the commercial Ru nanocrystal/C, commercial Pt/C, and other reported Ru-based catalysts. This work provides a new insight into designing new metal doped carbon nanocages catalysts supported by amorphous nanoclusters for achieving the enhanced electrocatalysis.