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Chen TW, Chen SM, Anushya G, Kannan R, Veerakumar P, Alam MM, Alargarsamy S, Ramachandran R. Metal-Oxides- and Metal-Oxyhydroxides-Based Nanocomposites for Water Splitting: An Overview. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2012. [PMID: 37446527 DOI: 10.3390/nano13132012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Water electrolysis is an important alternative technology for large-scale hydrogen production to facilitate the development of green energy technology. As such, many efforts have been devoted over the past three decades to producing novel electrocatalysis with strong electrochemical (EC) performance using inexpensive electrocatalysts. Transition metal oxyhydroxide (OxH)-based electrocatalysts have received substantial interest, and prominent results have been achieved for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) under alkaline conditions. Herein, the extensive research focusing on the discussion of OxH-based electrocatalysts is comprehensively highlighted. The general forms of the water-splitting mechanism are described to provide a profound understanding of the mechanism, and their scaling relation activities for OxH electrode materials are given. This paper summarizes the current developments on the EC performance of transition metal OxHs, rare metal OxHs, polymers, and MXene-supported OxH-based electrocatalysts. Additionally, an outline of the suggested HER, OER, and water-splitting processes on transition metal OxH-based electrocatalysts, their primary applications, existing problems, and their EC performance prospects are discussed. Furthermore, this review article discusses the production of energy sources from the proton and electron transfer processes. The highlighted electrocatalysts have received substantial interest to boost the synergetic electrochemical effects to improve the economy of the use of hydrogen, which is one of best ways to fulfill the global energy requirements and address environmental crises. This article also provides useful information regarding the development of OxH electrodes with a hierarchical nanostructure for the water-splitting reaction. Finally, the challenges with the reaction and perspectives for the future development of OxH are elaborated.
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- Tse-Wei Chen
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, St. Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai 602117, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Sri Kumara Gurupara Swamigal Arts College, Thoothukudi 628619, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 600077, India
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, The Madura College, Vidya Nagar, Madurai 625011, India
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Huang W, Li J, Liao X, Lu R, Ling C, Liu X, Meng J, Qu L, Lin M, Hong X, Zhou X, Liu S, Zhao Y, Zhou L, Mai L. Ligand Modulation of Active Sites to Promote Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2200270. [PMID: 35278337 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rationally designed catalysts hold the key to address the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, engineering the active sites of such catalysts still faces grand challenges. This study proposes a feasible ligand modulation strategy to boost the OER catalytic activity of cobalt-iron oxyhydroxide ((Fe,Co)OOH). The 2-methylimidazole (MI) ligand coordination on (Fe,Co)OOH reduces the orbital overlap between the Fe/Co 3d and O 2p, which weakens the adsorption to oxygen-containing intermediates and thus facilitates the unfavorable O2 desorption. As a result, the MI ligand modulated (Fe,Co)OOH achieves an excellent OER performance with low overpotentials (230/290 mV at 10/100 mA cm-2 ) and excellent durability (>155 h). This study provides a novel ligand modulation strategy for the design of OER catalysts.
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- Wenzhong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu hydrogen Valley, Foshan, 528200, China
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Sun Z, Curto A, Rodríguez-Fernández J, Wang Z, Parikh A, Fester J, Dong M, Vojvodic A, Lauritsen JV. The Effect of Fe Dopant Location in Co(Fe)OOH x Nanoparticles for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS NANO 2021; 15:18226-18236. [PMID: 34726375 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The addition of iron (Fe) can in certain cases have a strong positive effect on the activity of cobalt and nickel oxide nanoparticles in the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The reported optimal Fe dopant concentrations are, however, inconsistent, and the origin of the increased activity due to Fe dopants in mixed oxides has not been identified so far. Here, we combine density functional theory calculations, scanning tunneling microscopy, and OER activity measurements on atomically defined Fe-doped Co oxyhydroxide nanoparticles supported on a gold surface to establish the link between the activity and the Fe distribution and concentration within the oxyhydroxide phase. We find that addition of Fe results in distinct effects depending on its location on edge or basal plane sites of the oxyhydroxide nanoparticles, resulting in a nonlinear OER activity as a function of Fe content. Fe atom substitution itself does not lead to intrinsically more active OER sites than the best Co sites. Instead, the sensitivity to Fe promoter content is explained by the strong preference for Fe to locate on the most active edge sites of oxyhydroxide nanoparticles, which for low Fe concentrations stabilizes the particles but in higher concentrations leads to a shell structure with less active Fe on all edge positions. The optimal Fe content thereby becomes dependent on nanoparticle size. Our findings demonstrate that synthesis strategies that adjust not only the Fe concentration in mixed oxides but also its distribution within a catalyst nanoparticle can lead to enhanced OER performance.
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- Zhaozong Sun
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Yang M, Xie JY, Yu WL, Cao YN, Dong B, Zhou YN, Wang FL, Li QZ, Zhou YL, Chai YM. Fe(Co)OOH Dynamically Stable Interface Based on Self-Sacrificial Reconstruction for Long-Term Electrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:17450-17458. [PMID: 33822578 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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FeOOH on the real catalytic interface for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is chemically unstable to dissolve in alkaline media. Herein, based on the perspective of the dynamically stable interface, we purposely design the well-dispersed nanorod arrays of CoMoO4 as a host on activated iron foam (IF) to realize the optimal redeposition of FeOOH, constructing a self-sacrificial template rich in the FeOOH surface. Notably, at long-time oxidation potential, the precatalyst FeOOH-CoMoO4 can realize MoO42- dissolution and redeposition of Co oxyhydroxides on FeOOH host simultaneously, constructing a dynamically stable Fe(Co)OOH interface. The introduction of CoOOH improves conductivity and provides synergistic effect with FeOOH to lower the energy barrier for OER and maintain long-time stability, eventually exhibiting a low overpotential of 298 mV to reach the current density of 100 mA cm-2 and high stability over 60 h. This work demonstrates the feasibility of manipulating metal dissolution-redeposition process for a dynamically stable interface.
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- Min Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- The Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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Yu J, Tian Y, Lin Z, Liu Q, Liu J, Chen R, Zhang H, Wang J. NiSe2/Ni5P4 nanosheets on nitrogen-doped carbon nano-fibred skeleton for efficient overall water splitting. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ju J, Lu J, Shi X, Zhu H, Liang HP. Fe-Induced electronic optimization of mesoporous Co–Ni oxide nanosheets as an efficient binder-free electrode for the oxygen evolution reaction. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj00092f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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An efficient binder-free OER electrode CoNiFeOx/NF with mesoporous structure was synthesized by a facile strategy of hydrothermal method and post-annealing.
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- Jingjing Ju
- Key laboratory of Biofuels
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- Key laboratory of Biofuels
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- Key laboratory of Biofuels
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- Key laboratory of Biofuels
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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- Key laboratory of Biofuels
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qingdao 266101
- P. R. China
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Du X, Li J, Tong K, Zhang X. Coupling Co 2P/CoSe 2 heterostructure nanoarrays for boosting overall water splitting. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:6650-6658. [PMID: 33908546 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00857a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Exploiting environmentally friendly and robust electrocatalysts for overall water splitting is of utmost importance in order to alleviate the excessive global energy consumption and climate change. Herein, a simple phosphoselenization method was used to prepare Co2P and CoSe2 coupled nanosheet and nanoneedle composite materials on nickel foam (Co2P/CoSe2/NF). Density functional theory calculations showed that Co2P had a higher water adsorption energy compared with CoSe2, indicating that H2O molecules are strongly adsorbed on the active sites of Co2P, which speeds up the kinetic process of water splitting. The Co2P/CoSe2-300 material displayed superior electrocatalytic activity for both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in an alkaline medium. It's worth noting that the Co2P/CoSe2-300 composite material nanoarrays merely needed an ultralow overpotential of 280 mV to drive a current intensity of 100 mA cm-2 for OER. In addition, when a two-electrode system was constructed for overall water splitting, the current intensity of 20 mA cm-2 could be reached while requiring an ultrasmall cell voltage of 1.52 V, which is one of the best catalytic activities reported up to now. Experimental and density functional theory calculations showed that the superior electrocatalytic performance of Co2P/CoSe2-300 could be attributed to its higher electron-transfer rate, higher water adsorption energy, and the synergistic effect of Co2P and CoSe2. Our work provides a novel approach for the one-step construction of composite materials as environmentally friendly and inexpensive water splitting catalysts.
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- Xiaoqiang Du
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Science, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China
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Tao L, Guo P, Zhu W, Li T, Zhou X, Fu Y, Yu C, Ji H. Highly efficient mixed-metal spinel cobaltite electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63638-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The objective of this article is to provide an overview on the current development of micro- and nanoporous fiber processing and manufacturing technologies. Various methods for making micro- and nanoporous fibers including co-electrospinning, melt spinning, dry jet-wet quenching spinning, vapor deposition, template assisted deposition, electrochemical oxidization, and hydrothermal oxidization are presented. Comparison is made in terms of advantages and disadvantages of different routes for porous fiber processing. Characterization of the pore size, porosity, and specific area is introduced as well. Applications of porous fibers in various fields are discussed. The emphasis is put on their uses for energy storage components and devices including rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.
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Dissolution-regrowth of hierarchical Fe-Dy oxide modulates the electronic structure of nickel-organic frameworks as highly active and stable water splitting electrocatalysts. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63606-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ma G, Du X, Zhang X. Controlled phosphating: a novel strategy toward NiP 3@CeO 2 interface engineering for efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalysis. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:12581-12585. [PMID: 32856030 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02599b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although Ni phosphides are efficient for hydrogen evolution reactions, they are unfavorable for oxygen evolution reactions, so their application in alkaline water electrolysis is limited. It is a feasible method for creating a novel Ni phosphide/oxide heterogeneous interface to promote the oxygen evolution kinetics of Ni phosphide materials in an alkaline medium, yet it has been an unprecedented challenge for researchers. In this work, NiP3@CeO2 hybrid nanoparticles are firstly in situ grown on Ni foam (NiP3@CeO2/NF) via a novel controlled phosphating strategy. The NiP3@CeO2/NF catalysts display a fairly small overpotential of 200 mV to achieve a current density of 25 mA cm-2 for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) under alkaline conditions, 110 mV smaller than that of NiO@CeO2/NF. It is noteworthy that the improved electrocatalytic performance of NiP3@CeO2/NF can be attributed to rapid electron transfer and the synergistic catalytic effect of the hybrid material. Density functional theory results demonstrate that NiP3 shows a stronger water adsorption energy than CeO2. The novel strategy of controlled phosphating to construct transition metal phosphide/oxide interfaces provides new ideas and methods for the development of efficient and practical water splitting catalysts.
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- Guangyu Ma
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Science, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, People's Republic of China
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