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Xu SH, Xu JZ, Tang YB, Liu WZ, Meng SG, Zhou DY, Liao LS. Interfacial Dipole Engineering for Energy Level Alignment in NiOx-Based Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403325. [PMID: 39314054 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Revised: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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The solution-derived non-stoichiometric nickel oxide (NiOx) is a promising hole-injecting material for stable quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). However, the carrier imbalance due to the misalignment of energy levels between the NiOx and polymeric hole-transporting layers (HTLs) curtails the device efficiency. In this study, the modification of the NiOx surface is investigated using either 3-cyanobenzoic acid (3-CN-BA) or 4-cyanobenzoic acid (4-CN-BA) in the QLED fabrication. Morphological and electrical analyses revealed that both 4-CN-BA and 3-CN-BA can enhance the work function of NiOx, reduce the oxygen vacancies on the NiOx surface, and facilitate a uniform morphology for subsequent HTL layers. Moreover, it is found that the binding configurations of dipole molecules as a function of the substitution position of the tail group significantly impact the work function of underlying layers. When integrated in QLEDs, the modification layers resulted in a significant improvement in the electroluminescent efficiency due to the enhancement of energy level alignment and charge balance within the devices. Specifically, QLEDs incorporating 4-CN-BA achieved a champion external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 20.34%, which is a 1.8X improvement in comparison with that of the devices utilizing unmodified NiOx (7.28%). Moreover, QLEDs with 4-CN-BA and 3-CN-BA modifications exhibited prolonged operational lifetimes, indicating potential for practical applications.
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- Shuai-Hao Xu
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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Butenko VR, Komova OV, Simagina VI, Lipatnikova IL, Ozerova AM, Danilova NA, Rogov VA, Odegova GV, Bulavchenko OA, Chesalov YA, Netskina OV. Co and Co 3O 4 in the Hydrolysis of Boron-Containing Hydrides: H 2O Activation on the Metal and Oxide Active Centers. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:1794. [PMID: 38673151 PMCID: PMC11050988 DOI: 10.3390/ma17081794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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This work focuses on the comparison of H2 evolution in the hydrolysis of boron-containing hydrides (NaBH4, NH3BH3, and (CH2NH2BH3)2) over the Co metal catalyst and the Co3O4-based catalysts. The Co3O4 catalysts were activated in the reaction medium, and a small amount of CuO was added to activate Co3O4 under the action of weaker reducers (NH3BH3, (CH2NH2BH3)2). The high activity of Co3O4 has been previously associated with its reduced states (nanosized CoBn). The performed DFT modeling shows that activating water on the metal-like surface requires overcoming a higher energy barrier compared to hydride activation. The novelty of this study lies in its focus on understanding the impact of the remaining cobalt oxide phase. The XRD, TPR H2, TEM, Raman, and ATR FTIR confirm the formation of oxygen vacancies in the Co3O4 structure in the reaction medium, which increases the amount of adsorbed water. The kinetic isotopic effect measurements in D2O, as well as DFT modeling, reveal differences in water activation between Co and Co3O4-based catalysts. It can be assumed that the oxide phase serves not only as a precursor and support for the reduced nanosized cobalt active component but also as a key catalyst component that improves water activation.
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- Vladislav R. Butenko
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; (V.R.B.); (V.I.S.); (I.L.L.); (A.M.O.); (N.A.D.); (V.A.R.); (G.V.O.); (O.A.B.); (Y.A.C.); (O.V.N.)
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Blume AR, Calvet W, Ghafari A, Mayer T, Knop-Gericke A, Schlögl R. Structural and chemical properties of NiO x thin films: the role of oxygen vacancies in NiOOH formation in a H 2O atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:25552-25565. [PMID: 37718648 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02047a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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NiOx films grown from 50 nm thick Ni on Si(111) were put in contact with oxygen and subsequently water vapor at elevated temperatures. Near ambient pressure (NAP)-XPS and -XAS reveal the formation of oxygen vacancies at elevated temperatures, followed by H2O dissociation and saturation of the oxygen vacancies with chemisorbing OH. Through repeated heating and cooling, OH-saturated oxygen vacancies act as precursors for the formation of thermally stable NiOOH on the sample surface. This is accompanied by a significant restructuring of the surface which increases the probability of NiOOH formation. Exposure of a thin NiOx film to H2O can lead to a partial reduction of NiOx to metallic Ni accompanied by a distinct shift of the NiOx spectra with respect to the Fermi edge. DFT calculations show that the formation of oxygen vacancies and subsequently Ni0 leads to a state within the band gap of NiO which pins the Fermi edge.
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- A Raoul Blume
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Postfach 101365, 45413 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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- Fachbereich 1, Umweltbundesamt, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlar, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Postfach 101365, 45413 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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- FG Oberflächenforschung, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Str. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Postfach 101365, 45413 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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- Abt. Anorganische Chemie, Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Zhu Y, Yao J, Lu T, Pan Y. In-situ constructing self-supported NiO/RuO 2 heterostructure for reinforced alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 633:32-42. [PMID: 36434933 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.11.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rationally designing a strongly coupled heterostructure with rich functional sites and high catalytic stability is essential for efficient energy conversion. This work synthesizes a self-supported NiO/RuO2 heterostructure for hydrogen production via facile dealloying following an in-situ electrochemical oxidation method. It only requires 88 ± 1 mV to drive a current density of -100 mA/cm2 in the alkaline electrolyte during hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), outperforming NiO, RuO2, and Pt foil. The higher anodic potential applied to the dealloyed ribbons results in lower overpotentials and faster reaction kinetics. Meanwhile, the catalytic activity and stability of the individual NiO can be significantly improved once coupled with a small amount of heterogeneous RuO2. The strong synergistic effect between NiO and RuO2 contributes to exposing abundant active sites, optimizing electronic structure, facilitating charge transfer at the interface, and most importantly, maintaining structural stability. These advantages make the self-supported NiO/RuO2 heterostructure a promising candidate for replacing the Pt-based catalysts.
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- Yin'an Zhu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
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Sugiarto, Imai Y, Hayashi Y. Synthesis of Water-Soluble Planar Cobalt(II), Nickel(II), and Copper(II) Hydroxo Clusters Using a (1,4,7-Triazacyclononane)cobalt(III) Complex as a Hydrolysis-Terminating Group. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:1845-1854. [PMID: 35749230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We report on a group of planar cobalt(II), nickel(II), and copper(II) hydroxo clusters that have a definite composition and are water-soluble: [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}6Co7(OH)12](NO3)2(CF3SO3)6·10H2O (1), [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}6Ni7(OH)12](NO3)2(CF3SO3)6·10H2O (2a), [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}6Ni7(OH)12](BNPP)8·6CH3NO2·8H2O [2b; BNPP = bis(p-nitrophenyl)phosphate], [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}12Ni16(OH)26(OH2)2](SO4)4(CF3SO3)10·30H2O (3a), [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}12Ni16(OH)26(OH2)2](SO4)8(CF3SO3)2·44H2O (3b), [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}2Co2(OH)2(OH2)4](SO4)(CF3SO3)2·4H2O (4), [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}2Ni2(OH)2(OH2)4](SO4)(CF3SO3)2·4H2O (5), and [{Co(tacn)(OH)2}4Cu4(OH)6](ClO4)6·5H2O (6), where tacn is 1,4,7-triazacyclononane. The peripheral of each metal hydroxo cluster plane is chemically protected by the coordination of {CoIII(tacn)(OH)2}+ groups to prevent further hydrolysis. These clusters were synthesized by the reaction of an equimolar amount of [Co(tacn)(OH2)3]3+ and cobalt, nickel, or copper salt at pH values in the range of 6.0-12.0. The structure of the cation in compounds 1, 2a or 2b, 4, and 5 is relevant to the surface structure of the cobalt phosphate and nickel borate oxygen-evolution catalysts; in particular, the Co7(OH)12 core in 1. Moreover, the arrangement of M7(OH)12 in 1 and 2a or 2b and Cu4(OH)6 in 6 represents the solid-state structures of the (111) face of the cubic CoO or NiO and the (002) plane of Cu(OH)2, respectively. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra of an aqueous solution of 1, 2a, 4, and 5 exhibit well-resolved peaks at the first and second coordination spheres due to the M-O and M···M distances, respectively; the solution-state bond distances were estimated, and they agreed well with the bond distances in the solid-state structures.
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- Sugiarto
- Department of Chemistry, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Ramírez O, Bonardd S, Saldías C, Kroff M, O'Shea JN, Díaz Díaz D, Leiva A. Bimetallic NiPt nanoparticles-enhanced catalyst supported on alginate-based biohydrogels for sustainable hydrogen production. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 225:494-502. [PMID: 36400214 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alginate hydrogel beads were loaded with bimetallic NiPt nanoparticles by in situ reduction of the respective polymer matrix containing precursor metallic ions using a NaBH4 aqueous solution. The alginate hydrogel beads loaded with NiPt nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, AAS, FT-IR, TGA, XPS, and oscillatory rheometry. The prepared hybrid hydrogels were proven to be effective as catalytic materials for the hydrolysis of ammonia borane (AB) for quantitative hydrogen generation using catalytic loadings of 0.1 mol%. In addition, the reaction mechanism of the hydrolytic reaction using NiPt loaded alginate hydrogel beads was determined by Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. The experimental results showed that the reaction mechanism consisted of an initial fast adsorption of reactants at the surface of the nanoparticles, followed by a rate-limiting surface reaction. The NiPt nanoalloys exhibited an enhanced behavior for hydrogen generation with a maximum TOF of 84.1 min-1, almost 71 % higher compared to monometallic platinum atoms, and likely related to a synergistic interaction between both metals. Finally, the hydrogel matrix enabled the material to be easily recovered from the reaction medium and reused in further catalytic cycles without desorption of active nanoparticles from the material.
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- Oscar Ramírez
- Departamento de Química Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Spain; Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitästr. 31, Regensburg 93053, Germany.
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- Departamento de Química Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Zhang T, Jin J, Chen J, Fang Y, Han X, Chen J, Li Y, Wang Y, Liu J, Wang L. Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6875. [PMID: 36371427 PMCID: PMC9653394 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34619-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Developing active single-atom-catalyst (SAC) for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a promising solution to lower the green hydrogen cost. However, the correlations are not clear between the chemical environments around the active-sites and their desired catalytic activity. Here we study a group of SACs prepared by anchoring platinum atoms on NiFe-layered-double-hydroxide. While maintaining the homogeneity of the Pt-SACs, various axial ligands (−F, −Cl, −Br, −I, −OH) are employed via a facile irradiation-impregnation procedure, enabling us to discover definite chemical-environments/performance correlations. Owing to its high first-electron-affinity, chloride chelated Pt-SAC exhibits optimized bindings with hydrogen and hydroxide, which favor the sluggish water dissociation and further promote the alkaline HER. Specifically, it shows high mass-activity of 30.6 A mgPt−1 and turnover frequency of 30.3 H2 s−1 at 100 mV overpotential, which are significantly higher than those of the state-of-the-art Pt-SACs and commercial Pt/C catalyst. Moreover, high energy efficiency of 80% is obtained for the alkaline water electrolyser assembled using the above catalyst under practical-relevant conditions. Establishing robust structure/performance correlations is critical for the development of single-atom-catalysts with improved activity. Here, the axial ligand on Pt single-atom-catalyst is precisely adjusted and studied, showing that the ligand’s first electron affinity is crucial for the catalysis.
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Recent Development of Nanostructured Nickel Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Review. Top Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-022-01706-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2022]
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Li H, Xia M, Chong B, Xiao H, Zhang B, Lin B, Yang B, Yang G. Boosting Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation via Constructing Low-Oxidation-State Active Sites in the Nanoconfined Spinel Iron Cobalt Oxide. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- He Li
- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- A XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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Zhu K, Frehan SK, Mul G, Huijser A. Dual Role of Surface Hydroxyl Groups in the Photodynamics and Performance of NiO-Based Photocathodes. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:11010-11018. [PMID: 35675488 PMCID: PMC9228059 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells containing photocathodes based on functionalized NiO show a promising solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency. Here, we present mechanistic understanding of the photoinduced charge transfer processes occurring at the photocathode/electrolyte interface. We demonstrate via advanced photophysical characterization that surface hydroxyl groups formed at the NiO/water interface not only promote photoinduced hole transfer from the dye into NiO, but also enhance the rate of charge recombination. Both processes are significantly slower when the photocathode is exposed to dry acetonitrile, while in air an intermediate behavior is observed. These data suggest that highly efficient devices can be developed by balancing the quantity of surface hydroxyl groups of NiO, and presumably of other p-type metal oxide semiconductors.
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- Kaijian Zhu
- PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, AE Enschede 7500, the Netherlands
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- PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, AE Enschede 7500, the Netherlands
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- PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, AE Enschede 7500, the Netherlands
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- PhotoCatalytic Synthesis Group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, AE Enschede 7500, the Netherlands
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Effects of Calcination Temperature on CO-Sensing Mechanism for NiO-Based Gas Sensors. CHEMOSENSORS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10050191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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NiO-sensitive materials have been synthesized via the hydrothermal synthesis route and calcined in air at 400 °C and, alternatively, at 500 °C. Structural, morphological, and spectroscopic investigations were involved. As such, the XRD patterns showed a higher crystallinity degree for the NiO calcined at 500 °C. Such an aspect is in line with the XPS data indicating a lower surface hydroxylation relative to NiO calcined at 400 °C. An HRTEM microstructural investigation revealed that the two samples differ essentially at the morphological level, having different sizes of the crystalline nanoparticles, different density of the surface defects, and preferential faceting according to the main crystallographic planes. In order to identify their specific gas-sensing mechanism towards CO exposure under the in-field atmosphere, the simultaneous evaluation of the electrical resistance and contact potential difference was carried out. The results allowed the decoupling of the water physisorption from the chemisorption of the ambient oxygen species. Thus, the specific CO interaction mechanism induced by the calcination temperature of NiO has been highlighted.
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TiO2 nanorod supported multi-metallic heterogeneous catalyst for conversion of CO2 to methanol under moderate operating conditions. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Water-Based Electrophoretic Deposition of Ternary Cobalt-Nickel-Iron Oxides on AISI304 Stainless Steel for Oxygen Evolution. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12050490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Coatings consisting of cobalt, nickel and iron (Co-Ni-Fe) oxides were electrophoretically deposited on AISI 304-type stainless steel using aqueous suspensions without any binder. The synthesis of Co-Ni-Fe oxides was carried out by the thermal decomposition of metal nitrates with various molar ratios at 673 K. Structural and morphological analysis confirmed that the deposited coatings were mainly composed of spinel-type oxides with predominantly round-shaped particles. The prepared electrodes were examined for their electrocatalytic performance in oxygen generation under alkaline conditions. Various electrochemical techniques indicated the influence of iron content on the electrochemical activity of Co-Ni-Fe oxides, with the calculated values of the Tafel constant being in the range of 52–59 mV dec−1. Long-term oxygen generation for 24 h at 1.0 V revealed very good mechanical and electrocatalytic stability of the prepared electrodes, since they were able to maintain up to 98% of their initial activity.
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Kitiphatpiboon N, Sirisomboonchai S, Chen M, Li S, Li X, Wang J, Hao X, Abudula A, Guan G. Facile fabrication of O vacancy rich CuVOx nanobelt@NiO nanosheet array for hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Maarisetty D, Baral SS. Effect of Defects on Optical, Electronic, and Interface Properties of NiO/SnO 2 Heterostructures: Dual-Functional Solar Photocatalytic H 2 Production and RhB Degradation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:60002-60017. [PMID: 34894647 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photocatalytic H2 evolution and organic pollutant oxidation have witnessed a radical surge in recent times. However, this integration demands spatial charge separation and unique interface properties for a trade-off between oxidation and reduction reactions. In the current work, defect engineering of NiO/SnO2 nanoparticles aided in altering the optoelectronics and interface properties and enhanced photocatalytic activity. After annealing the catalysts in a N2 atmosphere, the hydroxyl groups were replaced by water molecules through surface modification. The photoexcited holes accumulated on SnO2 break the water molecules and facilitate the reduction of protons on NiO; this is known as spatial separation. Meanwhile, direct hole oxidation, an oxygen reduction reaction, ensures the degradation activity in this 2-fold system. By defect engineering, the limitations of SnO2 such as higher H2O adsorption, wide bandgap (reduced from 3.02 to 1.88 eV), and electronic properties were addressed. The H2 production in the current work has attained a value of 3732 μmol/(g h), which is 2.9 times that of the previous best reported under sunlight. Recyclability tests confirmed the stability of vacancies by promoting the reoxidation of defect states during photocatalytic activity. Additionally, efforts were made to study the effect of defect density on the photocurrent, the electrical resistance, and the mechanism of photocatalytic reactions. Electrochemical characterizations, UPS, XPS, UV-DRS, and PL were employed to understand the influence of defects on the bandgap, charge recombination, charge transport, charge carrier lifetime, and the interface properties that are responsible for photocatalytic activity. In this regard, it was understood that maintaining the optimal defect concentration is important for higher photocatalytic efficiencies, as the defect optimality preserves key photocatalytic properties. Apart from characterizations, the photocatalytic results suggest that excess defect density triggers the undesired thermodynamically favored back reactions, which greatly hampered the H2 yield of the process.
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- Dileep Maarisetty
- Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403726, India
- Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, Maharastra, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403726, India
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Yi X, He X, Yin F, Li G, Li Z. Surface strain engineered Ni-NiO for boosting hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Segalina A, Lebègue S, Rocca D, Piccinin S, Pastore M. Structure and Energetics of Dye-Sensitized NiO Interfaces in Water from Ab Initio MD and Large-Scale GW Calculations. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:5225-5238. [PMID: 34324810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The energy-level alignment across solvated molecule/semiconductor interfaces is a crucial property for the correct functioning of dye-sensitized photoelectrodes, where, following the absorption of solar light, a cascade of interfacial hole/electron transfer processes has to efficiently take place. In light of the difficulty of performing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements at the molecule/solvent/metal-oxide interface, being able to accurately predict the level alignment by first-principles calculations on realistic structural models would represent an important step toward the optimization of the device. In this respect, dye/NiO surfaces, employed in p-type dye-sensitized solar cells, are undoubtedly challenging for ab initio methods and, also for this reason, much less investigated than the n-type dye/TiO2 counterpart. Here, we consider the C343-sensitized NiO surface in water and combine ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations with GW (G0W0) calculations, performed along the MD trajectory to reliably describe the structure and energetics of the interface when explicit solvation and finite temperature effects are accounted for. We show that the differential perturbative correction on the NiO and molecule states obtained at the GW level is mandatory to recover the correct (physical) interfacial energetics, allowing hole transfer from the semiconductor valence band to the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the dye. Moreover, the calculated average driving force quantitatively agrees with the experimental estimate.
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- Alekos Segalina
- Université de Lorraine & CNRS, LPCT, UMR 7019, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine & CNRS, LPCT, UMR 7019, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine & CNRS, LPCT, UMR 7019, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, 34136 Trieste, Italy
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Bhattacharjee H, Anesiadis N, Vlachos DG. Regularized machine learning on molecular graph model explains systematic error in DFT enthalpies. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14372. [PMID: 34257362 PMCID: PMC8277863 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93854-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A major goal of materials research is the discovery of novel and efficient heterogeneous catalysts for various chemical processes. In such studies, the candidate catalyst material is modeled using tens to thousands of chemical species and elementary reactions. Density Functional Theory (DFT) is widely used to calculate the thermochemistry of these species which might be surface species or gas-phase molecules. The use of an approximate exchange correlation functional in the DFT framework introduces an important source of error in such models. This is especially true in the calculation of gas phase molecules whose thermochemistry is calculated using the same planewave basis set as the rest of the surface mechanism. Unfortunately, the nature and magnitude of these errors is unknown for most practical molecules. Here, we investigate the error in the enthalpy of formation for 1676 gaseous species using two different DFT levels of theory and the ‘ground truth values’ obtained from the NIST database. We featurize molecules using graph theory. We use a regularized algorithm to discover a sparse model of the error and identify important molecular fragments that drive this error. The model is robust to rigorous statistical tests and is used to correct DFT thermochemistry, achieving more than an order of magnitude improvement.
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- Himaghna Bhattacharjee
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.,RAPID Manufacturing Institute and Delaware Energy Institute (DEI), 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE, 19716, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE, 19716, USA. .,RAPID Manufacturing Institute and Delaware Energy Institute (DEI), 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
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Theoretical Study on Improving the Catalytic Activity of a Tungsten Carbide Surface for Hydrogen Evolution by Nonmetallic Doping. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10111272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Tungsten carbide (WC) has received widespread attention as a new type of nonprecious metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, it is still a challenge to improve the surface HER catalytic activity. In this work, the effects of different nonmetallic dopants on the catalytic activity and stabilities of WC (0001) surface for HER were studied by first principles methods. The effects of different types of non-metal (NM = B; N; O; P and S) and doping concentrations (ni = 25–100%) on HER catalytic activity and stability were investigated by calculating the Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption (∆GH) and substitution energy. It was found that the catalytic performance can be improved by doping O and P non-metallic elements. Especially, the ∆GH with P doped is −0.04eV better than Pt (−0.085 eV), which is a potential ideal catalyst for HER. Furthermore, the electronic structure analysis was used to explore the origin of the regulation of doping on stability and catalytic activity. The results show that nonmetallic doping is an effective strategy to control the catalytic activity, which provides theoretical support for the future research of HER catalysts.
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Gerrard N, Mistry K, Darling GR, Hodgson A. Water Dissociation and Hydroxyl Formation on Ni(110). THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2020; 124:23815-23822. [PMID: 33154786 PMCID: PMC7604940 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nickel is an active catalyst for hydrogenation and re-forming reactions, with the reactions showing a strong dependence on the surface exposed. Here, we describe the mixed hydroxyl-water phases formed during water dissociation on Ni(110) using scanning tunneling microscopy and low-current low-energy electron diffraction. Water dissociation starts between 150 and 180 K as the H-bond structure evolves from linear one-dimensional (1D) chains of intact water into a two-dimensional (2D) network containing short rows of face-sharing hexagonal rings. As further water desorbs, the hexagonal rows adopt a local (2 × 3) arrangement, forming small, disordered domains separated by strain relief features. Decomposition of this phase occurs near 220 K to form linear 1D structures consisting of flat, zigzag water chains, with each water stabilized by donating one H to hydroxyl to form a branched chain structure. The OH-H2O chains repel each other, with the saturation layer ordering into a (2 0, 1 4) structure that decomposes to OH near 245 K as further water desorbs. The structure of the mixed OH/H2O phases is discussed and contrasted with those found on the related Cu(110) surface, with the differences attributed to strain in the 2D H-bond network caused by the short Ni lattice spacing and strong bond to OH/H2O.
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Sun X, Sun J, Guo L, Hou L, Yuan C. Understanding the crystal structure-dependent electrochemical capacitance of spinel and rock-salt Ni-Co oxides via density function theory calculations. RSC Adv 2020; 10:35611-35618. [PMID: 35517068 PMCID: PMC9056909 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05578f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The spinel NiCo2O4 and rock-salt NiCoO2 have been well established as attractive electrodes for supercapacitors. However, what is the intrinsic role of the congenital aspect, i.e., crystal structure and the surface and/or near-surface controlled electrochemical redox behaviors, if the acquired features (i.e., morphology, specific surface area, pore structure, and so on) are wholly ignored? Herein, we purposefully elucidated the underlying influences of unique crystal structures of NiCo2O4 and NiCoO2 on their pseudocapacitance from mechanism analysis through the density function theory based first-principles calculations, along with the experimental validation. Systematic theoretical calculation and analysis revealed that more charge carriers near the Fermi-level, stronger affinity with OH− in the electrolyte, easier deprotonation process, and the site-enriched characteristic for low-index surfaces of NiCoO2 enable its faster redox reaction kinetics and greater charge transfer, when compared to the spinel NiCo2O4. The in-depth understanding of crystal structure–property relationship here will guide rational optimization and selection of appropriate electrodes for advanced supercapacitors. The crystal structure dependent pseudocapacitance of binary spinel and rock-salt Ni–Co oxides is unveiled via the density function theory calculations, along with experimental evaluation.![]()
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- Xuan Sun
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Jinan Jinan 250022 P. R. China
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Oener SZ, Foster MJ, Boettcher SW. Accelerating water dissociation in bipolar membranes and for electrocatalysis. Science 2020; 369:1099-1103. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Catalyzing water dissociation (WD) into protons and hydroxide ions is important both for fabricating bipolar membranes (BPMs) that can couple different pH environments into a single electrochemical device and for accelerating electrocatalytic reactions that consume protons in neutral to alkaline media. We designed a BPM electrolyzer to quantitatively measure WD kinetics and show that, for metal nanoparticles, WD activity correlates with alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity. By combining metal-oxide WD catalysts that are efficient near the acidic proton-exchange layer with those efficient near the alkaline hydroxide-exchange layer, we demonstrate a BPM driving WD with overpotentials of <10 mV at 20 mA·cm−2 and pure water BPM electrolyzers that operate with an alkaline anode and acidic cathode at 500 mA·cm−2 with a total electrolysis voltage of ~2.2 V.
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- Sebastian Z. Oener
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Materials Science Institute, and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Materials Science Institute, and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Materials Science Institute, and the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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Wang Q, Huang X, Zhao ZL, Wang M, Xiang B, Li J, Feng Z, Xu H, Gu M. Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:7425-7433. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Qi Wang
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environment Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environment Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Carbon doping switching on the hydrogen adsorption activity of NiO for hydrogen evolution reaction. Nat Commun 2020; 11:590. [PMID: 32001713 PMCID: PMC6992690 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14462-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is more sluggish in alkaline than in acidic media because of the additional energy required for water dissociation. Numerous catalysts, including NiO, that offer active sites for water dissociation have been extensively investigated. Yet, the overall HER performance of NiO is still limited by lacking favorable H adsorption sites. Here we show a strategy to activate NiO through carbon doping, which creates under-coordinated Ni sites favorable for H adsorption. DFT calculations reveal that carbon dopant decreases the energy barrier of Heyrovsky step from 1.17 eV to 0.81 eV, suggesting the carbon also serves as a hot-spot for the dissociation of water molecules in water-alkali HER. As a result, the carbon doped NiO catalyst achieves an ultralow overpotential of 27 mV at 10 mA cm-2, and a low Tafel slope of 36 mV dec-1, representing the best performance among the state-of-the-art NiO catalysts.
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Hermawan A, Hanindriyo AT, Ramadhan ER, Asakura Y, Hasegawa T, Hongo K, Inada M, Maezono R, Yin S. Octahedral morphology of NiO with (111) facet synthesized from the transformation of NiOHCl for the NOx detection and degradation: experiment and DFT calculation. Inorg Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qi00682c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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NiO with polar (111) facets was successfully synthesized from the transformation of a layered NiOHCl, exhibiting excellent NOx detection and degradation activity.
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- Angga Hermawan
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)
- Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)
- Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)
- Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira
- Sendai
- Japan
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- School of Information Science
- JAIST
- Nomi
- Japan
- Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure
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- Center of Advanced Instrumental Analysis
- Kyushu University
- Kasuga-Shi
- Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)
- Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira
- Sendai
- Japan
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Qi L, Chamas A, Jones ZR, Walter ED, Hoyt DW, Washton NM, Scott SL. Unraveling the Dynamic Network in the Reactions of an Alkyl Aryl Ether Catalyzed by Ni/γ-Al2O3 in 2-Propanol. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:17370-17381. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Long Qi
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Zhao L, Zhang Y, Zhao Z, Zhang QH, Huang LB, Gu L, Lu G, Hu JS, Wan LJ. Steering elementary steps towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution via size-dependent Ni/NiO nanoscale heterosurfaces. Natl Sci Rev 2019; 7:27-36. [PMID: 34692014 PMCID: PMC8288842 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), consisting of Volmer and Heyrovsky/Tafel steps, requires extra energy for water dissociation, leading to more sluggish kinetics than acidic HER. Despite the advances in electrocatalysts, how to combine active sites to synergistically promote both steps and understand the underlying mechanism remain largely unexplored. Here, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations predict that NiO accelerates the Volmer step while metallic Ni facilitates the Heyrovsky/Tafel step. A facile strategy is thus developed to control Ni/NiO heterosurfaces in uniform and well-dispersed Ni-based nanocrystals, targeting both reaction steps synergistically. By systematically modulating the surface composition, we find that steering the elementary steps through tuning the Ni/NiO ratio can significantly enhance alkaline HER activity, and Ni/NiO nanocrystals with a Ni/NiO ratio of 23.7% deliver the best activity, outperforming other state-of-the-art analogues. The results suggest that integrating bicomponent active sites for elementary steps is effective for promoting alkaline HER, but they have to be balanced.
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- Lu Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
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- Beijing National Research Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Research Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Campbell CT. Energies of Adsorbed Catalytic Intermediates on Transition Metal Surfaces: Calorimetric Measurements and Benchmarks for Theory. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:984-993. [PMID: 30879291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Better catalysts and electrocatalysts are essential for the production and use of clean fuels with less pollution and improved energy efficiency, for making chemicals with less energy and environmental impact, for pollution abatement, and for many other future technologies needed to achieve environmentally friendlier energy supply and chemicals industry. Crucial for rational design of better catalyst and electrocatalyst materials is knowledge of the energies of elementary chemical reactions on late transition metal surfaces. This knowledge would also aid in designing more efficient and stable photocatalysts and batteries for harvesting and storing solar energy. These are all crucial for sustainable living with high quality. Herein, I review measurements of surface reaction energies involving many of the most common adsorbates formed as intermediates on late transition metal surfaces in catalytic and electrocatalytic reactions of interest for energy and environmental technologies. I focus on calorimetric measurements of the heat of molecular and dissociative adsorption of gases on single crystals (i.e., single crystal adsorption calorimetry, or SCAC) that allow the heats of formation of adsorbed intermediates in well-defined structures to be directly determined. Adsorption reactions are often irreversible, and in such cases SCAC is required to get these heats, since the other methods for measuring adsorption energies (equilibrium adsorption isotherms and temperature-programmed desorption) work only for reversible adsorption. Common examples of irreversible adsorption reactions are ones that produce adsorbed molecular fragments or adsorbed molecules such as olefins and aromatic molecules that bind very strongly to non-noble metals. When the heats of formation of different adsorbed molecular fragments are compared to each other, and to their values on different metal surfaces, they reveal which properties of the metal surface and the molecular fragments determine metal-adsorbate bond strengths, and clarify differences in catalytic reactivity between different metals. When combined with earlier adsorption energy measurements, these heats also provide a database of reliable energies of adsorbed catalytic intermediates that serve as crucial benchmarks to guide the development of improved computational methods for calculating the energetics of elementary steps on late transition metal surfaces (i.e., reaction energies and activation barriers), such as density functional theory. The energy accuracy of such computational estimates is crucial for the future of catalysis research and catalyst discovery.
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- Charles T. Campbell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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Wang F, Xu Y, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu J, Teng B. Pinpointing the active sites and reaction mechanism of CO oxidation on NiO. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:17852-17858. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03132d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CO oxidation on NiO by different oxygen species was investigated using a global pathway searching method.
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- Fang Wang
- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Key Lab of Advanced Catalytic Materials of Ministry of Education
- Jinhua
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Key Lab of Advanced Catalytic Materials of Ministry of Education
- Jinhua
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion
- Institute of Coal Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Taiyuan
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Key Lab of Advanced Catalytic Materials of Ministry of Education
- Jinhua
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Key Lab of Advanced Catalytic Materials of Ministry of Education
- Jinhua
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Key Lab of Advanced Catalytic Materials of Ministry of Education
- Jinhua
- China
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Zhang L, Liu PF, Li YH, Zu MY, Li X, Jiang Z, Wang Y, Zhao H, Yang HG. N-Modified NiO Surface for Superior Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:1020-1024. [PMID: 29345435 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201702371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Boosting the sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline environments is key for the large-scale application of water-alkali and chlor-alkali electrolysis. In this study, nitrogen atoms are used to precisely modulate electrochemical active sites on the surface of nickel oxide with low-coordinated oxygen atoms, to achieve enhanced kinetics in alkaline hydrogen evolution. Theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that surface charge redistribution after modulation facilitates both the initial water dissociation step and the subsequent recombination of Had from low-coordinated oxygen sites and desorption of OHad- from nickel sites, thus accelerating the overall hydrogen evolution process. The N-modulated nickel oxide enriched in low-coordinated oxygen atoms exhibits significantly enhanced activity with a small overpotential of -100 mV at the current density of -10 mA cm-2 and a robust stability over 90 h for hydrogen evolution in 1.0 m KOH.
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- Le Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, P.R. China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P.R. China
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Influence of nickel(II) oxide surface magnetism on molecule adsorption: A first-principles study. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(17)62883-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Doyle AD, Bajdich M, Vojvodic A. Theoretical Insights to Bulk Activity Towards Oxygen Evolution in Oxyhydroxides. Catal Letters 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-017-2010-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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He Y, Laursen S. Trends in the Surface and Catalytic Chemistry of Transition-Metal Ceramics in the Deoxygenation of a Woody Biomass Pyrolysis Model Compound. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yang He
- Department of Chemical and
Bimolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and
Bimolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Mu R, Zhao ZJ, Dohnálek Z, Gong J. Structural motifs of water on metal oxide surfaces. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:1785-1806. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00864j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review describes the state-of-the-art of the molecular-level understanding of water adsorption, dissociation and clustering on model surfaces of metal oxides.
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- Rentao Mu
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering
- Tianjin 300072
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering
- Tianjin 300072
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate and Institute for Integrated Catalysis
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Richland
- USA
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering
- Tianjin 300072
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