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Janisch D, Igoa Saldaña F, De Rolland Dalon E, V M Inocêncio C, Song Y, Autran PO, Miche A, Casale S, Portehault D. Covalent Transition Metal Borosilicides: Reaction Pathways in Molten Salts for Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21824-21836. [PMID: 39073899 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
The properties of transition metal borides and silicides are intimately linked to the covalent character of the chemical bonds within their crystal structures. Bringing boron and silicon together within metal borosilicides can then engender different competing covalent networks and complex charge distributions. This situation results in unique structures and atomic environments, which can impact charge transport and catalytic properties. Metal borosilicides, however, hold the status of unusual exotic species, difficult to synthesize and with poor knowledge of their properties. Our strategy consists of developing a redox pathway to synthesize transition metal borosilicides in inorganic molten salts as high-temperature solvents. By studying the formation of Ni6Si2B, Co4.75Si2B, Fe5SiB2, and Mn5SiB2 with in situ X-ray diffraction, we highlight how new reaction routes, maintaining covalent structural building blocks, draw a general scheme of their formation. This pathway is driven by the covalence of the chemical bonds within the boron coordination framework. Next, we demonstrate high efficiency for water oxidation electrocatalysis, especially for Ni6Si2B. We ascribe the strongly increased resistance to corrosion, high stability, and electrocatalytic activity of the Ni6Si2B-derived material to three factors: (1) the two entangled boron and silicon covalent networks; (2) the ability to codope with boron and silicon an in situ generated catalytic layer; and (3) a rare electron enrichment of the transition metal by back-donation from boron atoms, previously unknown within this compound family. With this work, we then unveil a new chemical dimension for Earth-abundant water oxidation electrocatalysts by bringing to light a new family of materials.
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- Daniel Janisch
- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F- 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F- 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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Yang L, He R, Botifoll M, Zhang Y, Ding Y, Di C, He C, Xu Y, Balcells L, Arbiol J, Zhou Y, Cabot A. Enhanced Oxygen Evolution and Zinc-Air Battery Performance via Electronic Spin Modulation in Heterostructured Catalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400572. [PMID: 38794833 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
Abstract
Beyond optimizing electronic energy levels, the modulation of the electronic spin configuration is an effective strategy, often overlooked, to boost activity and selectivity in a range of catalytic reactions, including the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This electronic spin modulation is frequently accomplished using external magnetic fields, which makes it impractical for real applications. Herein, spin modulation is achieved by engineering Ni/MnFe2O4 heterojunctions, whose surface is reconstructed into NiOOH/MnFeOOH during the OER. NiOOH/MnFeOOH shows a high spin state of Ni, which regulates the OH- and O2 adsorption energy and enables spin alignment of oxygen intermediates. As a result, NiOOH/MnFeOOH electrocatalysts provide excellent OER performance with an overpotential of 261 mV at 10 mA cm-2. Besides, rechargeable zinc-air batteries based on Ni/MnFe2O4 show a high open circuit potential of 1.56 V and excellent stability for more than 1000 cycles. This outstanding performance is rationalized using density functional theory calculations, which show that the optimal spin state of both Ni active sites and oxygen intermediates facilitates spin-selected charge transport, optimizes the reaction kinetics, and decreases the energy barrier to the evolution of oxygen. This study provides valuable insight into spin polarization modulation by heterojunctions enabling the design of next-generation OER catalysts with boosted performance.
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- Linlin Yang
- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Hebei Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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- Hebei Key Lab of Optic-electronic Information and Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC, Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, A08193, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Environmental Pollution Control, National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, 316004, China
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- Catalonia Energy Research Institute - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08930, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain
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Wu J, Wang H, Liu N, Jia B, Zheng J. High-Entropy Materials in Electrocatalysis: Understanding, Design, and Development. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403162. [PMID: 38934346 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Electrocatalysis is a crucial method for achieving global carbon neutrality, serving as an essential means of energy conversion, and electrocatalyst is crucial in the process of electrocatalysis. Because of the abundant active sites, the multi-component synergistic effect of high-entropy materials has a wide application prospect in the field of electrocatalysis. Moreover, due to the special structure of high-entropy materials, it is possible to obtain almost continuous adsorption energy distribution by regulating the composition, which has attracted extensive attention of researchers. This paper reviews the properties and types of high-entropy materials, including alloys and compounds. The synthesis strategies of high-entropy materials are systematically introduced, and the solid phase synthesis, liquid-phase synthesis, and gas-phase synthesis are classified and summarized. The application of high-entropy materials in electrocatalysis is summarized, and the promotion effect of high-entropy strategy in various catalytic reaction processes is summarized. Finally, the current progress of high-entropy materials, the problems encountered, and the future development direction are reviewed. It is emphasized that the strategy of high flux density functional theory calculation guiding high-entropy catalyst design will be of great significance to electrocatalysis.
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- Jiwen Wu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foshan, 528399, China
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Sun N, Zheng Z, Lai Z, Wang J, Du P, Ying T, Wang H, Xu J, Yu R, Hu Z, Pao CW, Huang WH, Bi K, Lei M, Huang K. Augmented Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution by d-p Orbital Electron Coupling. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2404772. [PMID: 38822811 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202404772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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While high-entropy alloys, high-entropy oxides, and high-entropy hydroxides, are advanced as a novel frontier in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, their inherent activity deficiency poses a major challenge. To achieve the unlimited goal to tailor the structure-activity relationship in multicomponent systems, entropy-driven composition engineering presents substantial potential, by fabricating high-entropy anion-regulated transition metal compounds as sophisticated oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. Herein, a versatile 2D high-entropy metal phosphorus trisulfide is developed as a promising and adjustable platform. Leveraging the multiple electron couplings and d-p orbital hybridizations induced by the cocktail effect, the exceptional oxygen evolution catalytic activity is disclosed upon van der Waals material (MnFeCoNiZn)PS3, exhibiting an impressively low overpotential of 240 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2, a minimal Tafel slope of 32 mV dec-1, and negligible degradation under varying current densities for over 96 h. Density functional theory calculations further offer insights into the correlation between orbital hybridization and catalytic performance within high-entropy systems, underscoring the contribution of active phosphorus centers on the substrate to performance enhancements. Moreover, by achieving electron redistribution to optimize the electron coordination environment, this work presents an effective strategy for advanced catalysts in energy-related applications.
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- Ning Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100193, P. R. China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nothnitzer Strasse 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
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Wang X, Singh H, Nath M, Lagemann K, Page K. Excellent Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Electrocatalysts (5A 1/5)Co 2O 4 and Their Tunability. ACS MATERIALS AU 2024; 4:274-285. [PMID: 38737119 PMCID: PMC11083111 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Hastening the progress of rechargeable metal-air batteries and hydrogen fuel cells necessitates the advancement of economically feasible, earth-abundant, inexpensive, and efficient electrocatalysts facilitating both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a recently reported family of nano (5A1/5)Co2O4 (A = combinations of transition metals, Mg, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn) compositionally complex oxides (CCOs) [Wang et al., Chemistry of Materials, 2023,35 (17), 7283-7291.] are studied as bifunctional OER and ORR electrocatalysts. Among the different low-temperature soft-templating samples, those subjected to 600 °C postannealing heat treatment exhibit superior performance in alkaline media. One specific composition (Mn0.2Fe0.2Ni0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2)Co2O4 exhibited an exceptional overpotential (260 mV at 10 mA cm-2) for the OER, a favorable Tafel slope of 68 mV dec-1, excellent onset potential (0.9 V) for the ORR, and lower than 6% H2O2 yields over a potential range of 0.2 to 0.8 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode. Furthermore, this catalyst displayed stability over a 22 h chronoamperometry measurement, as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. Considering the outstanding performance, the low cost and scalability of the synthesis method, and the demonstrated tunability through chemical substitutions and processing variables, CCO ACo2O4 spinel oxides are highly promising candidates for future sustainable electrocatalytic applications.
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- Xin Wang
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials
and Manufacturing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science
and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science
and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science
and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials
and Manufacturing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Neutron
Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Zhou X, Zou L, Zhu H, Yan M, Wang J, Lan S, Chen S, Hahn H, Feng T. N-Doping Effects On Electrocatalytic Water Splitting of Non-Noble High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles Prepared by Inert Gas Condensation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2310327. [PMID: 38098433 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The unique catalytic activities of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) emerge from the complex interaction among different elements in a single-phase solid solution. As a "green" nanofabrication technique, inert gas condensation (IGC) combined with laser source opens up a highly efficient avenue to develop HEA nanoparticles (NPs) for catalysis and energy storage. In this work, the novel N-doped non-noble HEA NPs are designed and successfully prepared by IGC. The N-doping effects of HEA NPs on oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are systematically investigated. The results show that N-doping is conducive to improving the OER, but unfavorable for HER activity. The FeCoNiCrN NPs achieve an overpotential of 269.7 mV for OER at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in 1.0 M KOH solution, which is among the best reported values for non-noble HEA catalysts. The effects of the differences in electronegativity, ionization energy and electron affinity energy among mixed elements in N-doped HEAs are discussed as inducing electron transfer efficiency. Combined with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis, an element-design strategy in N-doped HEAs electrocatalysts is proposed to improve the intrinsic activity and ameliorate water splitting performance.
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- Xuechun Zhou
- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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Liu H, Zhang T, Cui D, Zheng Y, Cheng Y, Wang G, Chen L. Defective ferrocene-based metal-organic frameworks for efficient solar-powered water oxidation via the ligand competition and etching effect. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 657:664-671. [PMID: 38071815 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024]
Abstract
Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks are considered to be promising electrocatalytic materials due to their ultrathin lamellar structure, ultrahigh porosity and large surface area, but there are still many challenges such as the embedding of organic ligands leading to low density of active sites and poor conductivity. Herein, we synthesize two-dimensional ferrocene-based metal-organic frameworks nanosheet electrocatalysts via the one-step hydrothermal hydrogen peroxide etching method. The prepared FcNi-BDC-H2O2/NF exhibits excellent oxygen evolution reaction performance with a current density of 100 mA·cm-2 at only 258 mV and a small driving potential of 1.542 V (10 mA·cm-2) is required to achieve overall water splitting. Significantly, an overall water-cracked cell using a solar cell assembly achieves the solar hydrogen conversion efficiency of 19.5%. The introduction of high electronegativity ferrocene and the etching of H2O2 increase the Ni3+ content of FcNi-BDC-H2O2, and expose more unsaturated active sites, which improve the intrinsic activity of the catalysts and the mass transfer rate during the catalytic process. Moreover, the FcNi-BDC-H2O2/NF demonstrates significant urea oxidation reaction performance, achieving a potential of 1.35 V and producing 10 mA·cm-2. This study presents a viable approach to investigating highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction and urea oxidation reaction using MOF-based bifunctional catalysts.
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- Huan Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China.
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Kawashima K, Márquez RA, Smith LA, Vaidyula RR, Carrasco-Jaim OA, Wang Z, Son YJ, Cao CL, Mullins CB. A Review of Transition Metal Boride, Carbide, Pnictide, and Chalcogenide Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37967475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Transition metal borides, carbides, pnictides, and chalcogenides (X-ides) have emerged as a class of materials for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Because of their high earth abundance, electrical conductivity, and OER performance, these electrocatalysts have the potential to enable the practical application of green energy conversion and storage. Under OER potentials, X-ide electrocatalysts demonstrate various degrees of oxidation resistance due to their differences in chemical composition, crystal structure, and morphology. Depending on their resistance to oxidation, these catalysts will fall into one of three post-OER electrocatalyst categories: fully oxidized oxide/(oxy)hydroxide material, partially oxidized core@shell structure, and unoxidized material. In the past ten years (from 2013 to 2022), over 890 peer-reviewed research papers have focused on X-ide OER electrocatalysts. Previous review papers have provided limited conclusions and have omitted the significance of "catalytically active sites/species/phases" in X-ide OER electrocatalysts. In this review, a comprehensive summary of (i) experimental parameters (e.g., substrates, electrocatalyst loading amounts, geometric overpotentials, Tafel slopes, etc.) and (ii) electrochemical stability tests and post-analyses in X-ide OER electrocatalyst publications from 2013 to 2022 is provided. Both mono and polyanion X-ides are discussed and classified with respect to their material transformation during the OER. Special analytical techniques employed to study X-ide reconstruction are also evaluated. Additionally, future challenges and questions yet to be answered are provided in each section. This review aims to provide researchers with a toolkit to approach X-ide OER electrocatalyst research and to showcase necessary avenues for future investigation.
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- Kenta Kawashima
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Center for Electrochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- H2@UT, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Liu Q, Zhao P, Zhao F, Zhu J, Yang S, Chen L, Zhang Q. Bulk CrCoNiFe alloy with high conductivity and density of grain boundaries for oxygen evolution reaction and urea oxidation reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 644:1-9. [PMID: 37088012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Multiple-principal-element alloys (MPEAs) with maximized configurational entropy show high catalytic activities for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and urea oxidation reaction (UOR). However, the accurate relationship between their complex components (i.e., elements, phase structure, grain boundary density) and intrinsic catalytic activity is still unclear. Herein, a series of bulk MPEAs with face-centered cubic (FCC) phase structures were fabricated by the arc-melting method under an argon atmosphere. Compared to the CrCoNi and CrCoNiFeMn, the CrCoNiFe affords a higher UOR performance with the lowest overpotential of 331 mV at 10 mA·cm-2 in 1 M KOH with 0.33 M urea, due to excellent conductivity and high density of grain boundaries. The urea electrolyzer using CrCoNiFe as anode and Pt as cathode shows a low voltage of 1.622 V at 10 mA cm-2 and long-term stability of 60 h at 20 mA cm-2 (4.08% decrease). These findings offer a facile strategy for designing bulk MPEAs electrodes for energy conversion.
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- Qiancheng Liu
- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China; College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China; College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China; College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, No.2025, Chengluo 12 Avenue, Chengdu 610106, China.
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