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Zhou T, Jagadeesan SN, Zhang L, Deskins NA, Teng X. Enhanced Urea Oxidation Electrocatalytic Activity by Synergistic Cobalt and Nickel Mixed Oxides. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:81-89. [PMID: 38133934 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
Abstract
Exploring reactive and selective Ni-based electrocatalysts for the urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is crucial for developing urea-related energy conversion technologies. Herein, synergistic interactions in Ni/Co mixed oxides/hydroxides enhanced the UOR with low onset potential, fast reaction kinetics, and good selectivity against the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Our electrochemical measurements and theoretical calculations signified the collaborative interaction of Ni/Co mixed oxide/hydroxide heterostructures to enhance UOR activity. Our results showed that Ni3+ species, formed at high anodic potential, produced a high anodic current primarily from unwanted OER. Instead, the Ni/Co heterostructures with dominant Ni2+ and Co3+ species remained stable at low anodic potential and exhibited anodic current exclusively attributed to UOR. This work highlights the importance of tuning valence charges for designing high-performance and selective UOR electrocatalysts to benefit the environmental remediation of urea runoff and enable urea electrolysis for hydrogen production by replacing conventional OER with UOR at the anode.
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- Tongxin Zhou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, United States
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Zhang Z, Tan G, Kumar A, Liu H, Yang X, Gao W, Bai L, Chang H, Kuang Y, Li Y, Sun X. First-principles study of oxygen evolution on Co3O4 with short-range ordered Ir doping. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Yang X, Chen J, Tan G, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Yang Z, Liu W, Li Y. A density functional theory study of catalytic oxygen reduction reaction on Co-CoO(111). MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wiegmann T, Pacheco I, Reikowski F, Stettner J, Qiu C, Bouvier M, Bertram M, Faisal F, Brummel O, Libuda J, Drnec J, Allongue P, Maroun F, Magnussen OM. Operando Identification of the Reversible Skin Layer on Co 3O 4 as a Three-Dimensional Reaction Zone for Oxygen Evolution. ACS Catal 2022; 12:3256-3268. [PMID: 35359579 PMCID: PMC8939430 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Co oxides and oxyhydroxides
have been studied extensively in the
past as promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
(OER) in neutral to alkaline media. Earlier studies showed the formation
of an ultrathin CoOx(OH)y skin layer on Co3O4 at potentials
above 1.15 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), but the precise
influence of this skin layer on the OER reactivity is still under
debate. We present here a systematic study of epitaxial spinel-type
Co3O4 films with defined (111) orientation,
prepared on different substrates by electrodeposition or physical
vapor deposition. The OER overpotential of these samples may vary
up to 120 mV, corresponding to two orders of magnitude differences
in current density, which cannot be accounted for by differences in
the electrochemically active surface area. We demonstrate by a careful
analysis of operando surface X-ray diffraction measurements
that these differences are clearly correlated with the average thickness
of the skin layer. The OER reactivity increases with the amount of
formed skin layer, indicating that the entire three-dimensional skin
layer is an OER-active interphase. Furthermore, a scaling relationship
between the reaction centers in the skin layer and the OER activity
is established. It suggests that two lattice sites are involved in
the OER mechanism.
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- Tim Wiegmann
- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (PMC), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (PMC), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Interface Research and Catalysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Interface Research and Catalysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Interface Research and Catalysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Interface Research and Catalysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (PMC), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (PMC), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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First-principles study of the oxygen evolution reaction on Ni3Fe-layered double hydroxides surfaces with varying sulfur coverage. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hou G, Song Y, Ma X, Chu F, Wu M, Wang D, Wu J, Qi Y, Wu C, Xiong M. First principles study on electronic properties and oxygen evolution mechanism of 2D bimetallic N-doped graphene. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 111:108101. [PMID: 34922331 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.108101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Currently, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is constrained by complex four-electron transport, thus it is difficult to understand the catalytic mechanism. In this work, the electronic properties and catalytic performance of M1M2/NC (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, random combination in pairs) is studied by density functional theory, the calculated results show that the overpotential of FeCu/NC is 0.88 V, which is used as the optimal catalyst to further study the OER reaction mechanism. Combined with the volcano map and the d-band center position, the low overpotential of FeCu/NC is because it has a more suitable position of d-band center -1.806 eV than other materials. Moreover, the calculation results show that the density of states (DOS) of iron-containing materials is stronger than that of other materials near the Fermi level, which can promote the catalytic reaction. In addition, O∗OH and O∗H, O∗H and O∗ linearly related theoretical equations are proposed, respectively. Furthermore, the analysis of the catalytic mechanism shows that the formation of the catalytic rate-determining step is affected by the movement of the d-band center, the distance of the transition state adsorption and the electric field.
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- Guoyu Hou
- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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- Xi'an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd, Suzhou Branch, Suzhou, 215153, China
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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- College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- School of Hydraulic Energy and Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225127, China
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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- College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, 200090, China
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Synthesis, characterization, and NH3 gas sensing application of Zn doped cobalt oxide nanoparticles. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2020.108145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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First-principles study of oxygen evolution reaction on Ni3Fe-layered double hydroxides surface with different oxygen coverage. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.110957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Crystal-Plane-Dependent Activity of Spinel Co3
O4
Towards Water Splitting and the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201701302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ping Y, Nielsen RJ, Goddard WA. The Reaction Mechanism with Free Energy Barriers at Constant Potentials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction at the IrO2 (110) Surface. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 139:149-155. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuan Ping
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and ‡Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and ‡Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and ‡Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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