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Zhao JW, Wang HY, Feng L, Zhu JZ, Liu JX, Li WX. Crystal-Phase Engineering in Heterogeneous Catalysis. Chem Rev 2024; 124:164-209. [PMID: 38044580 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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The performance of a chemical reaction is critically dependent on the electronic and/or geometric structures of a material in heterogeneous catalysis. Over the past century, the Sabatier principle has already provided a conceptual framework for optimal catalyst design by adjusting the electronic structure of the catalytic material via a change in composition. Beyond composition, it is essential to recognize that the geometric atomic structures of a catalyst, encompassing terraces, edges, steps, kinks, and corners, have a substantial impact on the activity and selectivity of a chemical reaction. Crystal-phase engineering has the capacity to bring about substantial alterations in the electronic and geometric configurations of a catalyst, enabling control over coordination numbers, morphological features, and the arrangement of surface atoms. Modulating the crystallographic phase is therefore an important strategy for improving the stability, activity, and selectivity of catalytic materials. Nonetheless, a complete understanding of how the performance depends on the crystal phase of a catalyst remains elusive, primarily due to the absence of a molecular-level view of active sites across various crystal phases. In this review, we primarily focus on assessing the dependence of catalytic performance on crystal phases to elucidate the challenges and complexities inherent in heterogeneous catalysis, ultimately aiming for improved catalyst design.
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- Jian-Wen Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChem, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
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Sun H, Chen S, Zhang B, Wang J, Yao J, Li D, Yuan G. Cation-doped sea-urchin-like MnO 2 for electrocatalytic overall water splitting. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:17407-17415. [PMID: 37946582 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03059h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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It is necessary to take full account of the activity, selectivity, dynamic performance, economic benefits, and environmental impact of the catalysts in the overall water splitting of electrocatalysis for the reasonable design of electrocatalysts. Designing nanostructures of catalysts and optimizing defect engineering are considered environmentally friendly and cost-effective electrocatalyst synthesis strategies. Herein, we report that metal cations regulate the microstructure of sea-urchin-like MnO2 and act as dopants to cause the lattice expansion of MnO2, resulting in crystal surface defects. The valence unsaturated Mn4+/Mn3+ greatly promotes the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The optimal Al-MnO2 showed that the overpotential is 390 and 170 mV in the process of catalyzing OER and HER, respectively, at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. It is exciting to note that after 5000 cycles of Al-MnO2 within the kinetic potential range of OER and HER, its performance remained almost unchanged. This work provides a simple, efficient, and environmentally friendly route for the design of efficient integrated water-splitting electrocatalysts.
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- Haolu Sun
- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
- School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230011, China
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- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
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- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
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- Wuhai Industrial Energy Conservation Supervision and Guarantee Center, 016000, China
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- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
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- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
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- Anhui Vocational And Technical College, Hefei, 230011, China.
- Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830000, China
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Kutlusoy T, Divanis S, Pittkowski R, Marina R, Frandsen A, Minhova-Macounova K, Nebel R, Zhao D, Mertens SFL, Hoster H, Krtil P, Rossmeisl J. Synergistic effect of p-type and n-type dopants in semiconductors for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting. Chem Sci 2022; 13:13879-13892. [PMID: 36544721 PMCID: PMC9710220 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04585k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The main challenge for acidic water electrolysis is the lack of active and stable oxygen evolution catalysts based on abundant materials, which are globally scalable. Iridium oxide is the only material which is active and stable. However, Ir is extremely rare. While both active materials and stable materials exist, those that are active are usually not stable and vice versa. In this work, we present a new design strategy for activating stable materials originally deemed unsuitable due to a semiconducting nature and wide band gap energy. These stable semiconductors cannot change oxidation state under the relevant reaction conditions. Based on DFT calculations, we find that adding an n-type dopant facilitates oxygen binding on semiconductor surfaces. The binding is, however, strong and prevents further binding or desorption of oxygen. By combining both n-type and p-type dopants, the reactivity can be tuned so that oxygen can be adsorbed and desorbed under reaction conditions. The tuning results from the electrostatic interactions between the dopants as well as between the dopants and the binding site. This concept is experimentally verified on TiO2 by co-substituting with different pairs of n- and p-type dopants. Our findings suggest that the co-substitution approach can be used to activate stable materials, with no intrinsic oxygen evolution activity, to design new catalysts for acid water electrolysis.
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- Tugce Kutlusoy
- Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 5, København Ø2100CopenhagenDenmark
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- Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 5, København Ø2100CopenhagenDenmark
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- Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 5, København Ø2100CopenhagenDenmark,J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicDolejskova 3Prague 18223Czech Republic
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- New Application Research, Research and Development Division, Industrie De Nora S.p.A.20134 MilanItaly
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- Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 5, København Ø2100CopenhagenDenmark
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicDolejskova 3Prague 18223Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicDolejskova 3Prague 18223Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Energy Lancaster and Materials Science Institute, Lancaster UniversityLancaster LA1 4YBUK
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- Department of Chemistry, Energy Lancaster and Materials Science Institute, Lancaster UniversityLancaster LA1 4YBUK
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- Department of Chemistry, Energy Lancaster and Materials Science Institute, Lancaster UniversityLancaster LA1 4YBUK,Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Lehrstuhl Energietechnik, Universität Duisburg-EssenLotharstra. 147048 DuisburgGermany
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicDolejskova 3Prague 18223Czech Republic
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- Center of High Entropy Alloy Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 5, København Ø2100CopenhagenDenmark
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Zhang R, Hu Z, Ning T, Chen N, Shang Z, He M, Wu J, Shi H. Heterophase stimulated active species evolution in iron/cobalt sulfide nanocomposites for oxygen evolution. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chatenet M, Pollet BG, Dekel DR, Dionigi F, Deseure J, Millet P, Braatz RD, Bazant MZ, Eikerling M, Staffell I, Balcombe P, Shao-Horn Y, Schäfer H. Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4583-4762. [PMID: 35575644 PMCID: PMC9332215 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01079k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic development. To that goal, hydrogen is presumed to be the most promising energy carrier. Electrocatalytic water splitting, if driven by green electricity, would provide hydrogen with minimal CO2 footprint. The viability of water electrolysis still hinges on the availability of durable earth-abundant electrocatalyst materials and the overall process efficiency. This review spans from the fundamentals of electrocatalytically initiated water splitting to the very latest scientific findings from university and institutional research, also covering specifications and special features of the current industrial processes and those processes currently being tested in large-scale applications. Recently developed strategies are described for the optimisation and discovery of active and durable materials for electrodes that ever-increasingly harness first-principles calculations and machine learning. In addition, a technoeconomic analysis of water electrolysis is included that allows an assessment of the extent to which a large-scale implementation of water splitting can help to combat climate change. This review article is intended to cross-pollinate and strengthen efforts from fundamental understanding to technical implementation and to improve the 'junctions' between the field's physical chemists, materials scientists and engineers, as well as stimulate much-needed exchange among these groups on challenges encountered in the different domains.
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- Marian Chatenet
- University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management University Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry Research group, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
- Green Hydrogen Lab, Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351 Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
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- The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
- The Nancy & Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management University Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Paris-Saclay University, ICMMO (UMR 8182), 91400 Orsay, France
- Elogen, 8 avenue du Parana, 91940 Les Ulis, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Chair of Theory and Computation of Energy Materials, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 5, 52072 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-13: Modelling and Simulation of Materials in Energy Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy, School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, The Electrochemical Energy and Catalysis Group, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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1D metal-dithiolene wires as a new class of bi-functional oxygen reduction and evolution single-atom electrocatalysts. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gu GH, Noh J, Kim S, Back S, Ulissi Z, Jung Y. Practical Deep-Learning Representation for Fast Heterogeneous Catalyst Screening. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:3185-3191. [PMID: 32191473 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The binding site and energy is an invaluable descriptor in high-throughput screening of catalysts, as it is accessible and correlates with the activity and selectivity. Recently, comprehensive binding energy prediction machine-learning models have been demonstrated and promise to accelerate the catalyst screening. Here, we present a simple and versatile representation, applicable to any deep-learning models, to further accelerate such process. Our approach involves labeling the binding site atoms of the unrelaxed bare surface geometry; hence, for the model application, density functional theory calculations can be completely removed if the optimized bulk structure is available as is the case when using the Materials Project database. In addition, we present ensemble learning, where a set of predictions is used together to form a predictive distribution that reduces the model bias. We apply the labeled site approach and ensemble to crystal graph convolutional neural network and the ∼40 000 data set of alloy catalysts for CO2 reduction. The proposed model applied to the data set of unrelaxed structures shows 0.116 and 0.085 eV mean absolute error, respectively, for CO and H binding energy, better than the best method (0.13 and 0.13 eV) in the literature that requires costly geometry relaxations. The analysis of the model parameters demonstrates that the model can effectively learn the chemical information related to the binding site.
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- Geun Ho Gu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh 15213, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Divanis S, Kutlusoy T, Ingmer Boye IM, Man IC, Rossmeisl J. Oxygen evolution reaction: a perspective on a decade of atomic scale simulations. Chem Sci 2020; 11:2943-2950. [PMID: 34122795 PMCID: PMC8157516 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05897d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multiple strategies to overcome the intrinsic limitations of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) have been proposed by numerous research groups. Despite the substantial efforts, the driving force required for water oxidation is largely making the reaction inefficient. In the present work, we collected published studies involving DFT calculations for the OER, with the purpose to understand why the progress made so far, for lowering the overpotential of the reaction, is relatively small. The data revealed that the universal scaling relationship between HO* and HOO* intermediates is still present and robust, despite the variety in methods and structures used for calculating the binding energies of the intermediates. On the other hand, the data did not show a clear trend line regarding the O* binding. Our analysis suggested that trends in doped semiconducting oxides behave very differently from those in other oxides. This points towards a computational challenge in describing doped oxides in a realistic manner. We propose a way to overcome these computational challenges, which can be applied to simulations corresponding to doped semiconductors in general.
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- Spyridon Divanis
- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- C. D. Nenitzescu, Center for Organic Chemistry, Romanian Academy Spl. Independetei 202b Bucharest Romania
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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Highly dispersed cobalt oxide nanoparticles on manganese oxide nanotubes for aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. CATAL COMMUN 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2019.105763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ghadge SD, Velikokhatnyi OI, Datta MK, Shanthi PM, Tan S, Damodaran K, Kumta PN. Experimental and Theoretical Validation of High Efficiency and Robust Electrocatalytic Response of One-Dimensional (1D) (Mn,Ir)O2:10F Nanorods for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in PEM-Based Water Electrolysis. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Shrinath Dattatray Ghadge
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Center for Complex Engineered Multifunctional Materials, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
- School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217, United States
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Xu N, Nie Q, Luo L, Yao C, Gong Q, Liu Y, Zhou XD, Qiao J. Controllable Hortensia-like MnO 2 Synergized with Carbon Nanotubes as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Long-Term Metal-Air Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:578-587. [PMID: 30525371 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b15047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The exploitation of a high-activity and low-cost bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) as the cathode catalyst is a research priority in metal-air batteries. Herein, a novel bifunctional hybrid catalyst of hortensia-like MnO2 synergized with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (MnO2/CNTs) is controllably synthesized by reasonably designing the crystal structure and morphology as well as electronic arrangement. On the basis of these strategies, the hybrid accelerates the reaction kinetics and avoids the change of structures. As expected, MnO2/CNTs exhibit a remarkable ORR and OER activity [low ORR Tafel slope: 71 mV dec-1, low OER Tafel slope: 67 mV dec-1, and small potential difference (Δ E): 0.85 V] and a long-term stability, which should be attributed to its unique morphology, K+ ions in the 2 × 2 tunnels, and synergistic effect between MnO2 and CNTs. Notably, in zinc-air batteries (ZABs), aluminum-air batteries (AABs), and magnesium-air batteries (MABs), the composite shows high power density (ZABs: 243 mW cm-2, AABs: 530 mW cm-2, and MABs: 614 mW cm-2) and large specific capacities (793 mA h gZn-1, 918 mA h gAl-1, and 878 mA h gMg-1). Importantly, the rechargeable ZABs reveal small charge-discharge voltage drop (0.81 V) and strong cycle durability (500 h), which are better than the noble-metal Pt/C + IrO2 mixture catalyst (the voltage drop: 1.15 V at first and 2 V after 100 h). These superior performances together with the simple synthetic method of the hybrid reveal great promise in large-power energy storage and conversion equipment.
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- Nengneng Xu
- Department of Applied Chemistry , Yuncheng University , 1155 Fudan West Street , Yun Cheng 04400 , China
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Donghua University , 2999 Ren'min North Road , Shanghai 201620 , China
- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Louisiana at Lafayette , Lafayette , Louisiana 70504 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Donghua University , 2999 Ren'min North Road , Shanghai 201620 , China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Louisiana at Lafayette , Lafayette , Louisiana 70504 , United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Yuncheng University , 1155 Fudan West Street , Yun Cheng 04400 , China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Yuncheng University , 1155 Fudan West Street , Yun Cheng 04400 , China
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy , Shanghai University , 99 Shangda Road , Shanghai 200444 , China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Louisiana at Lafayette , Lafayette , Louisiana 70504 , United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Yuncheng University , 1155 Fudan West Street , Yun Cheng 04400 , China
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Environmental Science and Engineering , Donghua University , 2999 Ren'min North Road , Shanghai 201620 , China
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Mathur A, Halder A. One-step synthesis of bifunctional iron-doped manganese oxide nanorods for rechargeable zinc–air batteries. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cy02498g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iron doped MnO2 nanorods are successfully synthesized via one step hydrothermal method. The nanorods shows remarkable high bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction as well as oxygen evolution reaction. For practical applications, a solid-state zinc–air battery was made for powering a light emitting diode.
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- Ankita Mathur
- School of Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
- Mandi
- India
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- School of Basic Sciences
- Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
- Mandi
- India
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Wu J, Zhao T, Zhang R, Xu R, Gao J, Yao J. Supramolecular Nanofiber Templated Metal-embedded Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jin Wu
- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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Yan G, Lian Y, Gu Y, Yang C, Sun H, Mu Q, Li Q, Zhu W, Zheng X, Chen M, Zhu J, Deng Z, Peng Y. Phase and Morphology Transformation of MnO2 Induced by Ionic Liquids toward Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gangbin Yan
- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Soochow Institute of Energy and Material Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Mekonnen YS, Christensen R, Garcia-Lastra JM, Vegge T. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Limitations for Peroxide and Superoxide Formation in Na-O 2 Batteries. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4413-4419. [PMID: 30016107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The Na-O2 system holds great potential as a low-cost, high-energy-density battery, but under normal operating conditions, the discharge is limited to sodium superoxide (NaO2), whereas the high-capacity peroxide state (Na2O2) remains elusive. Here, we apply density functional theory calculations with an improved error-correction scheme to determine equilibrium potentials and free energies as a function of temperature for the different phases of NaO2 and Na2O2, identifying NaO2 as the thermodynamically preferred discharge product up to ∼120 K, after which Na2O2 is thermodynamically preferred. We also investigate the reaction mechanisms and resulting electrochemical overpotentials on stepped surfaces of the NaO2 and Na2O2 systems, showing low overpotentials for NaO2 formation (ηdis = 0.14 V) and depletion (ηcha = 0.19 V), whereas the overpotentials for Na2O2 formation (ηdis = 0.69 V) and depletion (ηcha = 0.68 V) are found to be prohibitively high. These findings are in good agreement with experimental data on the thermodynamic properties of the Na xO2 species and provide a kinetic explanation for why NaO2 is the main discharge product in Na-O2 batteries under normal operating conditions.
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- Yedilfana S Mekonnen
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Denmark , Fysikvej, Building 309 , 2800 Kgs Lyngby , Denmark
- Center for Environmental Science, College of Natural and Computational Sciences , Addis Ababa University , P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Denmark , Fysikvej, Building 309 , 2800 Kgs Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Denmark , Fysikvej, Building 309 , 2800 Kgs Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Denmark , Fysikvej, Building 309 , 2800 Kgs Lyngby , Denmark
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Lysgaard S, Christensen MK, Hansen HA, García Lastra JM, Norby P, Vegge T. Combined DFT and Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry Investigation of the Effect of Dopants in Secondary Zinc-Air Batteries. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:1933-1941. [PMID: 29601151 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201800225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Zinc-air batteries offer the potential of low-cost energy storage with high specific energy, but at present secondary Zn-air batteries suffer from poor cyclability. To develop economically viable secondary Zn-air batteries, several properties need to be improved: choking of the cathode, catalyzing the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions, limiting dendrite formation and suppressing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Understanding and alleviating HER at the negative electrode in a secondary Zn-air battery is a substantial challenge, for which it is necessary to combine computational and experimental research. Here, we combine differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the fundamental role and stability when cycling in the presence of selected beneficial additives, that is, In and Bi, and Ag as a potentially unfavorable additive. We show that both In and Bi have the desired property for a secondary battery, that is, upon recharging they will remain on the surface, thereby retaining the beneficial effects on Zn dissolution and suppression of HER. This is confirmed by DEMS, where it is observed that In reduces HER and Bi affects the discharge potential beneficially compared to a battery without additives. Using a simple procedure based on adsorption energies calculated with DFT, it is found that Ag suppresses OH adsorption, but, unlike In and Bi, it does not hinder HER. Finally, it is shown that mixing In and Bi is beneficial compared to the additives by themselves as it improves the electrochemical performance and cyclic stability of the secondary Zn-air battery.
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- Steen Lysgaard
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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