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Wu X, Wu J, Hu Y, Zhu L, Cao B, Reddy KM, Wang Z, Qiu HJ. Multi-Component and Nanoporous Design toward RuO 2-Based Electrocatalyst with Enhanced Performance for Acidic Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2404019. [PMID: 39045905 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Developing electrocatalysts with excellent activity and stability for water splitting in acidic media remains a formidable challenge due to the sluggish kinetics and severe dissolution. As a solution, a multi-component doped RuO2 prepared through a process of dealloying-annealing is presented. The resulting multi-doped RuO2 possesses a nanoporous structure, ensuring a high utilization efficiency of Ru. Furthermore, the dopants can regulate the electronic structure, causing electron aggregation around unsaturated Ru sites, which mitigates Ru dissolution and significantly enhances the catalytic stability/activity. The representative catalyst (FeCoNiCrTi-RuO2) shows an overpotential of 167 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in 0.5 m H2SO4 solution with a Tafel slope of 53.1 mV dec-1, which is among the highest performance reported. Moreover, it remains stable for over 200 h at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. This work presents a promising approach for improving RuO2-based electrocatalysts, offering a crucial advancement for electrochemical water splitting.
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- Xin Wu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Frontier Research Center for Materials Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Frontier Research Center for Materials Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Carbon Materials Research and Comprehensive Application, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Chen C, Xiao B, Qin Z, Zhao J, Li W, Li Q, Yu X. Metal-Doped C 3B Monolayer as the Promising Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Combined Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning Study. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:40538-40548. [PMID: 37594379 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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The development of high-efficiency electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reduction (HER)/oxygen evolution reduction (OER) is highly desirable. In particular, metal borides have attracted much attention because of their excellent performances. In this study, we designed a series of metal borides by doping of a transition metal (TM) in a C3B monolayer and further explored their potential applications for HER/OER via density functional theory (DFT) calculations and machine learning (ML) analysis. Our results revealed that the |ΔG*H| values of Fe-, Ag-, Re-, and Ir-doped C3B are approximately 0.00 eV, indicating their excellent HER performances. On the other hand, among all the considered TM atoms, the Ni- and Pt-doped C3B exhibit excellent OER activities with the overpotentials smaller than 0.44 V. Together with their low overpotentials for HER (<0.16 V), we proposed that Ni/C3B and Pt/C3B could be the potential bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting. In addition, the ML method was employed to identify the important factors to affect the performance of the TM/C3B electrocatalyst. Interestingly, the results showed that the OER performance is closely related to the inherent properties of TM atoms, i.e., the number of d electrons, electronegativity, atomic radius, and first ionization energy; all these values could be directly obtained without DFT calculations. Our results not only proposed several promising electrocatalysts for HER/OER but also suggested a guidance to design the potential TM-boron (TM-B)-based electrocatalysts.
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- Chen Chen
- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- College of Information Technology, Jilin Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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Gaudin LF, Kang M, Bentley CL. Facet-Dependent Electrocatalysis and Surface Electrochemical Processes on Polycrystalline Platinum. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Hess F, Over H. Coordination Inversion of the Tetrahedrally Coordinated Ru 4f Surface Complex on RuO 2(100) and Its Decisive Role in the Anodic Corrosion Process. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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- Franziska Hess
- Institute for Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Razzaq S, Exner KS. Materials Screening by the Descriptor G max(η): The Free-Energy Span Model in Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal 2023; 13:1740-1758. [PMID: 36776387 PMCID: PMC9903997 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To move from fossil-based energy resources to a society based on renewables, electrode materials free of precious noble metals are required to efficiently catalyze electrochemical processes in fuel cells, batteries, or electrolyzers. Materials screening operating at minimal computational cost is a powerful method to assess the performance of potential electrode compositions based on heuristic concepts. While the thermodynamic overpotential in combination with the volcano concept refers to the most popular descriptor-based analysis in the literature, this notion cannot reproduce experimental trends reasonably well. About two years ago, the concept of G max(η), based on the idea of the free-energy span model, has been proposed as a universal approach for the screening of electrocatalysts. In contrast to other available descriptor-based methods, G max(η) factors overpotential and kinetic effects by a dedicated evacuation scheme of adsorption free energies into an analysis of trends. In the present perspective, we discuss the application of G max(η) to different electrocatalytic processes, including the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions, the nitrogen reduction reaction, and the selectivity problem of the competing oxygen evolution and peroxide formation reactions, and we outline the advantages of this screening approach over previous investigations.
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- Samad Razzaq
- University
Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Chemistry, Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- University
Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Chemistry, Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany,Cluster
of Excellence RESOLV, 44801 Bochum, Germany,Center
for Nanointegration (CENIDE) Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany,Email
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Exner KS. Beyond the thermodynamic volcano picture in the nitrogen reduction reaction over transition-metal oxides: Implications for materials screening. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)64025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Sugawara Y, Ueno S, Kamata K, Yamaguchi T. A Trend in the Crystal Structures of Iron‐based Oxides and their Catalytic Efficiencies for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yuuki Sugawara
- Tokyo Institute of Technology laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science R1-174259 Nagatsuta-choMidori-ku 226-8503 Yokohama JAPAN
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology: Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science JAPAN
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology: Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku Laboratory for Materials and Structures JAPAN
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology: Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science R1-17, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Modori-kuYokohama 226-8503 Yokohama JAPAN
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Razzaq S, Exner KS. Method to Determine the Bifunctional Index for the Oxygen Electrocatalysis from Theory. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Samad Razzaq
- University of Duisburg-Essen: Universitat Duisburg-Essen Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry Universitaetsstrasse 5 45141 Essen GERMANY
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- Universität Duisburg-Essen: Universitat Duisburg-Essen Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry Universitätsstr. 5 45141 Essen GERMANY
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Obodo KO, Ouma CNM, Bessarabov D. First principles evaluation of the OER properties of TM−X (TM = Cr, Mn, Fe, Mo, Ru, W and Os, and X = F and S) doped IrO2 (110) surface. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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