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Jones TE, Teschner D, Piccinin S. Toward Realistic Models of the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chem Rev 2024; 124:9136-9223. [PMID: 39038270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) supplies the protons and electrons needed to transform renewable electricity into chemicals and fuels. However, the OER is kinetically sluggish; it operates at significant rates only when the applied potential far exceeds the reversible voltage. The origin of this overpotential is hidden in a complex mechanism involving multiple electron transfers and chemical bond making/breaking steps. Our desire to improve catalytic performance has then made mechanistic studies of the OER an area of major scientific inquiry, though the complexity of the reaction has made understanding difficult. While historically, mechanistic studies have relied solely on experiment and phenomenological models, over the past twenty years ab initio simulation has been playing an increasingly important role in developing our understanding of the electrocatalytic OER and its reaction mechanisms. In this Review we cover advances in our mechanistic understanding of the OER, organized by increasing complexity in the way through which the OER is modeled. We begin with phenomenological models built using experimental data before reviewing early efforts to incorporate ab initio methods into mechanistic studies. We go on to cover how the assumptions in these early ab initio simulations─no electric field, electrolyte, or explicit kinetics─have been relaxed. Through comparison with experimental literature, we explore the veracity of these different assumptions. We summarize by discussing the most critical open challenges in developing models to understand the mechanisms of the OER.
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- Travis E Jones
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin 14195, Germany
- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste 34136, Italy
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Wu F, Wu B, Chen L, Wang Y, Li J, Zhang Q. Dual-site OER mechanism exploration through regulating asymmetric multi-site NiOOH. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:13694-13702. [PMID: 38967458 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01869a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Asymmetric nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOOH) possesses multi-OH and O active sites on different surfaces, (001) and (001̄), which possibly causes a complicated catalytic process. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the unconventional dual-site mechanism (UDSM) of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on NiOOH (001) and (001̄) exhibits significantly lower overpotentials of 0.80 and 0.77 V, compared to 1.24 and 1.62 V for the single-site mechanism (SSM), respectively. Through chemical doping or heterojunction modifications, the constructed NiOOH@FeOOH (001̄) heterojunction reduces the thermodynamic overpotential to 0.49 V from original 0.77 V undergoing the UDSM. Although Fe/Co-doping or physical compression yield similar or slightly higher overpotentials and are not conductive to facilitating the OER process by the UDSM, all dual-site paths exhibit obviously lower overpotentials than the SSM for pristine and regulated NiOOH (001) and (001̄) from the whole viewpoint. This work identifies a more reasonable and efficient dual-site OER mechanism, which is expected to help the rational design of highly-efficient electrocatalysts.
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- Fei Wu
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, 1219 Zhongguan Road, Ningbo 315201, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Govind Rajan A, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Strongly facet-dependent activity of iron-doped β-nickel oxyhydroxide for the oxygen evolution reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14721-14733. [PMID: 38716632 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00315b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Iron (Fe)-doped β-nickel oxyhydroxide (β-NiOOH) is a highly active, noble-metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with the latter being the bottleneck in electrochemical water splitting for sustainable hydrogen production. The mechanisms underlying how the Fe dopant modulates this host material's water electro-oxidation activity are still not entirely clear. Here, we combine hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and Hubbard-corrected DFT to investigate the OER activity of the most thermodynamically favorable (and therefore, expected to be the majority) crystallographic facets of β-NiOOH, namely (0001) and (101̄0). By considering active sites involving both oxidation and reduction of the transition-metal active center during the redox cycle on these two different facets, we show that six-fold-lattice-coordinated Fe in β-NiOOH is redox inactive towards both oxidation and reduction while five-fold-lattice-coordinated Fe in β-NiOOH does exhibit redox activity. However, the determined redox activity of Fe (or lack of it) is not indicative of good (or bad) performance as a dopant on these two facets. Three of the four active sites investigated (oxo and hydroxo sites on (0001) and a hydrated site on (101̄0)) exhibit only a marginal (<0.1 V) decrease or increase in the thermodynamic overpotential upon doping with Fe. Only one of the redox-active sites investigated, the hydroxo site on (101̄0), exhibits a large attenuation in the thermodynamic overpotential upon doping (to ∼0.52 V from 0.86 V), although the doped overpotential is larger than that observed experimentally for Fe-doped NiOOH. Thus, although pure β-NiOOH facets containing four-, five-, or six-fold lattice-coordinated Ni sites have roughly equal OER activities, yielding similar OER onset potentials (shown in A. Govind Rajan, J. M. P. Martirez and E. A. Carter, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 3600-3612), only those facets containing four-fold lattice-coordinated Fe (e.g., as shown in J. M. P. Martirez and E. A. Carter, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 693-705) would be active under analogous conditions for the Fe-doped material. It follows that, while undoped β-NiOOH demonstrates a roughly facet-independent oxygen evolution activity, the activity of Fe-doped β-NiOOH strongly depends on the crystallographic facet. Our study further motivates the investigation of strategies for the selective growth of facets with low iron coordination number to enhance the water splitting activity of Fe-doped β-NiOOH.
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- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India.
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, USA
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6655, USA
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, USA.
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Xie G, Liu X, Guo B, Tan T, Gong JR. Porous 2D Catalyst Covers Improve Photoelectrochemical Water-Oxidation Performance. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2211008. [PMID: 37120723 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Confined catalysis under the cover of 2D materials has emerged as a promising approach for achieving highly effective catalysts in various essential reactions. In this work, a porous cover structure is designed to boost the interfacial charge and mass transfer kinetics of 2D-covered catalysts. The improvement in catalytic performance is confirmed by the photoelectrochemical oxidation evolution reaction (OER) on a photoanode based on an n-Si substrate modified with a NiOx thin-film model electrocatalyst covered with a porous graphene (pGr) monolayer. Experimental results demonstrate that the pGr cover enhances the OER kinetics by balancing the charge and mass transfer at the photoanode and electrolyte interface compared to the intrinsic graphene cover and cover-free control samples. Theoretical investigations further corroborate that the pore edges of the pGr cover boost the intrinsic catalytic activity of active sites on NiOx by reducing the reaction overpotential. Furthermore, the optimized pores, which can be easily controlled by plasma bombardment, allow oxygen molecules produced in the OER to pass through without peeling off the pGr cover, thus ensuring the structural stability of the catalyst. This study highlights the significant role of the porous cover structure in 2D-covered catalysts and provides new insight into the design of high-performance catalysts.
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- Guancai Xie
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of CAS, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory for Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of CAS, Beijing, 100049, China
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Li S, Liu T, Zhang W, Wang M, Zhang H, Qin C, Zhang L, Chen Y, Jiang S, Liu D, Liu X, Wang H, Luo Q, Ding T, Yao T. Highly efficient anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers via chromium-doped amorphous electrocatalysts. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3416. [PMID: 38649713 PMCID: PMC11035637 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47736-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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In-depth comprehension and modulation of the electronic structure of the active metal sites is crucial to enhance their intrinsic activity of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) toward anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs). Here, we elaborate a series of amorphous metal oxide catalysts (FeCrOx, CoCrOx and NiCrOx) with high performance AEMWEs by high-valent chromium dopant. We discover that the positive effect of the transition from low to high valence of the Co site on the adsorption energy of the intermediate and the lower oxidation barrier is the key factor for its increased activity by synchrotron radiation in-situ techniques. Particularly, the CoCrOx anode catalyst achieves the high current density of 1.5 A cm-2 at 2.1 V and maintains for over 120 h with attenuation less than 4.9 mV h-1 in AEMWE testing. Such exceptional performance demonstrates a promising prospect for industrial application and providing general guidelines for the design of high-efficiency AEMWEs systems.
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- Sicheng Li
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China.
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- Zhongke Enthalpy (Anhui) New Energy Technology Co. Ltd, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- Experimental Center of Engineering and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. China.
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Ye Y, Xu J, Li X, Jian Y, Xie F, Chen J, Jin Y, Yu X, Lee MH, Wang N, Sun S, Meng H. Orbital Occupancy Modulation to Optimize Intermediate Absorption for Efficient Electrocatalysts in Water Electrolysis and Zinc-Ethanol-Air Battery. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2312618. [PMID: 38439598 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Spin engineering is a promising way to modulate the interaction between the metal d-orbital and the intermediates and thus enhance the catalytic kinetics. Herein, an innovative strategy is reported to modulate the spin state of Co by regulating its coordinating environment. o-c-CoSe2 -Ni is prepared as pre-catalyst, then in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and in situ Raman spectroscopy are employed to prove phase transition, and CoOOH/Co3 O4 is formed on the surface as active sites. In hybrid water electrolysis, the voltage has a negative shift, and in zinc-ethanol-air battery, the charging voltage is lowered and the cycling stability is greatly increased. Coordinated atom substitution and crystalline symmetry change are combined to regulate the absorption ability of reaction intermediates with balanced optimal adsorption. Coordinated atom substitution weakens the adsorption while the crystalline symmetry change strengthens the adsorption. Importantly, the tetrahedral sites are introduced by Ni doping which enables the co-existence of four-coordinated sites and six-coordination sites in o-c-CoSe2 -Ni. The dz2 + dx2 -y2 orbital occupancy decreases after the atomic substitution, while increases after replacing the CoSe6 -Oh field with CoSe6 -Oh /CoSe4 -Td . This work explores a new direction for the preparation of efficient catalysts for water electrolysis and innovative zinc-ethanol-air battery.
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- Yanting Ye
- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China
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- Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei, 25137, Taiwan
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Center Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1P7, Canada
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- Siyuan Laboratory, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Manipulation, Instrumental Analysis & Research Center, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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Da Silva ES, Macili A, Bofill R, García-Antón J, Sala X, Francàs L. Boosting the Oxygen Evolution Activity of FeNi Oxides/Hydroxides by Molecular and Atomic Engineering. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302251. [PMID: 37702295 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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FeNi oxides/hydroxides are the best performing catalysts for oxidizing water at basic pH. Consequently, their improvement is the cornerstone to develop more efficient artificial photosynthetic systems. During the last 5 years different reports have demonstrated an enhancement of their activity by engineering their structures via: (1) modulation of the number of oxygen, iron and nickel vacancies; (2) single atoms (SAs) doping with metals such as Au, Ir, Ru and Pt; and (3) modification of their surface using organic ligands. All these strategies have led to more active and stable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution rection (OER). In this Concept, we critically analyze these strategies using the most relevant examples.
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- Eliana S Da Silva
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Duan T, Wang L, Ma Z, Pei Y. Theoretical Insights into Single-Atom Catalysts Supported on N-Doped Defective Graphene for Fast Reaction Redox Kinetics in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2303760. [PMID: 37340573 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts are proven to be an effective strategy for suppressing shuttle effect at the source by accelerating the redox kinetics of intermediate polysulfides in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. However, only a few 3d transition metal single-atom catalysts (Ti, Fe, Co, Ni) are currently applied for sulfur reduction/oxidation reactions (SRR/SOR), which remains challenging for screening new efficient catalysts and understanding the relationship between structure-activity of catalysts. Herein, N-doped defective graphene (NG) supported 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals are used as single-atom catalyst models to explore electrocatalytic SRR/SOR in Li-S batteries by using density functional theory calculations. The results show that M1 /NG (M1 = Ru, Rh, Ir, Os) exhibits lower free energy change of rate-determining step( Δ G Li 2 S ∗ ) $( {\Delta {G}_{{\mathrm{Li}}_{\mathrm{2}}{{\mathrm{S}}}^{\mathrm{*}}\ }} )$ and Li2 S decomposition energy barrier, which significantly enhance the SRR and SOR activity compared to other single-atom catalysts. Furthermore, the study accurately predicts theΔ G Li 2 S ∗ $\Delta {G}_{{\mathrm{Li}}_{\mathrm{2}}{{\mathrm{S}}}^{\mathrm{*}}\ }$ by machine learning based on various descriptors and reveals the origin of the catalyst activity by analyzing the importance of the descriptors. This work provides great significance for understanding the relationships between the structure-activity of catalysts, and manifests that the employed machine learning approach is instructive for theoretical studies of single-atom catalytic reactions.
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- Tengfei Duan
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applicationics of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applicationics of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applicationics of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applicationics of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105, China
- The National Center for Applied Mathematics in Hunan, Xiangtan, 411105, China
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming, 650093, China
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Xing Z, Huang M, Yao Q, Feng G, Zhu J, Zhu QL, Lu ZH. Engineering Electronic and Morphological Structure of Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Iron-Doped Ni 2P/NC Hollow Polyhedrons for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37471103 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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The rational design of an oxygen electrocatalyst with low cost and high activity is greatly desired for realization of the practical water-splitting industry. Herein, we put forward a rational method to construct nonprecious-metal catalysts with high activity by designing the microstructure and modulating the electronic state. Iron (Fe)-doped Ni2P hollow polyhedrons decorated with nitrogen-doped carbon (Fe-Ni2P/NC HPs) are prepared by a sequential metal-organic-framework-templated strategy. Benefiting from the strong electronic coupling, rapid charge-transfer capability, and abundant catalytic active sites, the obtained Fe-Ni2P/NC HPs exhibit an impressive electrocatalytic performance toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with an ultralow overpotential of 228 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a small Tafel slope of 33.4 mV dec-1, superior to the commercial RuO2 and most reported electrocatalysts. Notably, this catalyst also shows long durability with an almost negligible activity decay over 210 h for the OER. Combining density functional theory calculations with experiments demonstrates that the doped Fe and the incorporated carbon effectively modulate the electronic structure, enhance the conductivity, and greatly reduce the energy barrier of the rate-determining step in the process of OER. Thus, fast OER kinetics is realized. Moreover, this synthetic strategy can be extended to the synthesis of Fe-NiS2/NC HPs and Fe-NiSe2/NC HPs with excellent OER performance and long-term durability. This work furnishes an instructive idea in pursuit of nonprecious-metal materials with robust electrocatalytic activity and long durability.
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- Zhiyuan Xing
- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environment and Energy Catalysis of Jiangxi Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Energy Catalysis and Conversion of Nanchang, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
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Bianchetti E, Perilli D, Di Valentin C. Improving the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Fe 3O 4(001) with Single-Atom Catalysts. ACS Catal 2023; 13:4811-4823. [PMID: 37066046 PMCID: PMC10088028 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
Abstract
Doping magnetite surfaces with transition-metal atoms is a promising strategy to improve the catalytic performance toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which governs the overall efficiency of water electrolysis and hydrogen production. In this work, we investigated the Fe3O4(001) surface as a support material for single-atom catalysts of the OER. First, we prepared and optimized models of inexpensive and abundant transition-metal atoms, such as Ti, Co, Ni, and Cu, trapped in various configurations on the Fe3O4(001) surface. Then, we studied their structural, electronic, and magnetic properties through HSE06 hybrid functional calculations. As a further step, we investigated the performance of these model electrocatalysts toward the OER, considering different possible mechanisms, in comparison with the pristine magnetite surface, on the basis of the computational hydrogen electrode model developed by Nørskov and co-workers. Cobalt-doped systems were found to be the most promising electrocatalytic systems among those considered in this work. Overpotential values (∼0.35 V) were in the range of those experimentally reported for mixed Co/Fe oxide (0.2-0.5 V).
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- Enrico Bianchetti
- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
di Milano Bicocca, Via Roberto Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
di Milano Bicocca, Via Roberto Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienza dei Materiali, Università
di Milano Bicocca, Via Roberto Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
- BioNanoMedicine
Center NANOMIB, Università di Milano
Bicocca, Via Raoul Follereau
3, 20900 Monza, Italy
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Kante M, Weber ML, Ni S, van den Bosch ICG, van der Minne E, Heymann L, Falling LJ, Gauquelin N, Tsvetanova M, Cunha DM, Koster G, Gunkel F, Nemšák S, Hahn H, Velasco Estrada L, Baeumer C. A High-Entropy Oxide as High-Activity Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation. ACS NANO 2023; 17:5329-5339. [PMID: 36913300 PMCID: PMC10061923 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
High-entropy materials are an emerging pathway in the development of high-activity (electro)catalysts because of the inherent tunability and coexistence of multiple potential active sites, which may lead to earth-abundant catalyst materials for energy-efficient electrochemical energy storage. In this report, we identify how the multication composition in high-entropy perovskite oxides (HEO) contributes to high catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), i.e., the key kinetically limiting half-reaction in several electrochemical energy conversion technologies, including green hydrogen generation. We compare the activity of the (001) facet of LaCr0.2Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2O3-δ with the parent compounds (single B-site in the ABO3 perovskite). While the single B-site perovskites roughly follow the expected volcano-type activity trends, the HEO clearly outperforms all of its parent compounds with 17 to 680 times higher currents at a fixed overpotential. As all samples were grown as an epitaxial layer, our results indicate an intrinsic composition-function relationship, avoiding the effects of complex geometries or unknown surface composition. In-depth X-ray photoemission studies reveal a synergistic effect of simultaneous oxidation and reduction of different transition metal cations during the adsorption of reaction intermediates. The surprisingly high OER activity demonstrates that HEOs are a highly attractive, earth-abundant material class for high-activity OER electrocatalysts, possibly allowing the activity to be fine-tuned beyond the scaling limits of mono- or bimetallic oxides.
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- Mohana
V. Kante
- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen BE-2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center
of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen BE-2020, Belgium
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Department
of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany
- Department
of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
- Universidad
Nacional de Colombia sede de La Paz, La Paz, Cesar 202010, Colombia
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- Peter
Gruenberg Institute and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425, Germany
- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, Netherlands
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Huang Z, Liao X, Zhang W, Hu J, Gao Q. Ceria-Promoted Reconstruction of Ni-Based Electrocatalysts toward Efficient Oxygen Evolution. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03912] [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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- Zinan Huang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Superiorly-hydrophilic chrysalis-like carbon-shell supported metallic Ni nanoparticles toward efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysis. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhou B, Gao R, Zou JJ, Yang H. Surface Design Strategy of Catalysts for Water Electrolysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2202336. [PMID: 35665595 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogen, a new energy carrier that can replace traditional fossil fuels, is seen as one of the most promising clean energy sources. The use of renewable electricity to drive hydrogen production has very broad prospects for addressing energy and environmental problems. Therefore, many researchers favor electrolytic water due to its green and low-cost advantages. The electrolytic water reaction comprises the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Understanding the OER and HER mechanisms in acidic and alkaline processes contributes to further studying the design of surface regulation of electrolytic water catalysts. The OER and HER catalysts are mainly reviewed for defects, doping, alloying, surface reconstruction, crystal surface structure, and heterostructures. Besides, recent catalysts for overall water splitting are also reviewed. Finally, this review paves the way to the rational design and synthesis of new materials for highly efficient electrocatalysis.
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- Binghui Zhou
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 200237, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 200237, China
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
- Hunan Key Lab of Mineral Materials and Application, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
- State Key Lab of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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Chatenet M, Pollet BG, Dekel DR, Dionigi F, Deseure J, Millet P, Braatz RD, Bazant MZ, Eikerling M, Staffell I, Balcombe P, Shao-Horn Y, Schäfer H. Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4583-4762. [PMID: 35575644 PMCID: PMC9332215 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01079k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 98.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Replacing fossil fuels with energy sources and carriers that are sustainable, environmentally benign, and affordable is amongst the most pressing challenges for future socio-economic development. To that goal, hydrogen is presumed to be the most promising energy carrier. Electrocatalytic water splitting, if driven by green electricity, would provide hydrogen with minimal CO2 footprint. The viability of water electrolysis still hinges on the availability of durable earth-abundant electrocatalyst materials and the overall process efficiency. This review spans from the fundamentals of electrocatalytically initiated water splitting to the very latest scientific findings from university and institutional research, also covering specifications and special features of the current industrial processes and those processes currently being tested in large-scale applications. Recently developed strategies are described for the optimisation and discovery of active and durable materials for electrodes that ever-increasingly harness first-principles calculations and machine learning. In addition, a technoeconomic analysis of water electrolysis is included that allows an assessment of the extent to which a large-scale implementation of water splitting can help to combat climate change. This review article is intended to cross-pollinate and strengthen efforts from fundamental understanding to technical implementation and to improve the 'junctions' between the field's physical chemists, materials scientists and engineers, as well as stimulate much-needed exchange among these groups on challenges encountered in the different domains.
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- Marian Chatenet
- University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management University Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry Research group, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
- Green Hydrogen Lab, Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351 Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
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- The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
- The Nancy & Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering and Management University Grenoble Alpes), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Paris-Saclay University, ICMMO (UMR 8182), 91400 Orsay, France
- Elogen, 8 avenue du Parana, 91940 Les Ulis, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Chair of Theory and Computation of Energy Materials, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 5, 52072 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-13: Modelling and Simulation of Materials in Energy Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy, School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, The Electrochemical Energy and Catalysis Group, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Venugopal A, Egberts LHT, Meeprasert J, Pidko EA, Dam B, Burdyny T, Sinha V, Smith WA. Polymer Modification of Surface Electronic Properties of Electrocatalysts. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2022; 7:1586-1593. [PMID: 35601628 PMCID: PMC9112331 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Finding alternative ways to tailor the electronic properties of a catalyst to actively and selectively drive reactions of interest has been a growing research topic in the field of electrochemistry. In this Letter, we investigate the tuning of the surface electronic properties of electrocatalysts via polymer modification. We show that when a nickel oxide water oxidation catalyst is coated with polytetrafluoroethylene, stable Ni-CF x bonds are introduced at the nickel oxide/polymer interface, resulting in shifting of the reaction selectivity away from the oxygen evolution reaction and toward hydrogen peroxide formation. It is shown that the electron-withdrawing character of the surface fluorocarbon molecule leaves a slight positive charge on the water oxidation intermediates at the adjacent active nickel sites, making their bonds weaker. The concept of modifying the surface electronic properties of an electrocatalyst via stable polymer modification offers an additional route to tune multipathway reactions in polymer/electrocatalyst environments, like with ionomer-modified catalysts or with membrane electrode assemblies.
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- Anirudh Venugopal
- Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS), Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University
of Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS), Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University
of Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Systems Engineering (ISE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Delft University of
Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Systems Engineering (ISE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Delft University of
Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS), Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University
of Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS), Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University
of Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Systems Engineering (ISE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Delft University of
Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
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- Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS), Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University
of Technology, Delft 2629HZ, The Netherlands
- Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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Kumar M, Piccinin S, Srinivasan V. Direct and indirect role of Fe doping in NiOOH monolayer for water oxidation catalysis. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200085. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Manish Kumar
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Physics INDIA
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto Officina dei Materiali ITALY
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Chemistry AB-2 225, IISER BhopalBhopal By-pass RoadBhauri 462066 Bhopal INDIA
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Ghosh S, Kadam SR, Kolatkar S, Neyman A, Singh C, Enyashin AN, Bar-Ziv R, Bar-Sadan M. W Doping in Ni 12P 5 as a Platform to Enhance Overall Electrochemical Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:581-589. [PMID: 34963045 PMCID: PMC8762645 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Bifunctional electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen generation from water splitting must overcome both the sluggish water dissociation step of the alkaline hydrogen evolution half-reaction (HER) and the kinetic barrier of the anodic oxygen evolution half-reaction (OER). Nickel phosphides are a promising catalysts family and are known to develop a thin active layer of oxidized Ni in an alkaline medium. Here, Ni12P5 was recognized as a suitable platform for the electrochemical production of γ-NiOOH─a particularly active phase─because of its matching crystallographic structure. The incorporation of tungsten by doping produces additional surface roughness, increases the electrochemical surface area (ESCA), and reduces the energy barrier for electron-coupled water dissociation (the Volmer step for the formation of Hads). When serving as both the anode and cathode, the 15% W-Ni12P5 catalyst provides an overall water splitting current density of 10 mA cm-2 at a cell voltage of only 1.73 V with good durability, making it a promising bifunctional catalyst for practical water electrolysis.
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- Sirshendu Ghosh
- Department
of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Institute
of Solid-State Chemistry UB RAS, 620990 Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
- Institute
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural
Federal University, 620075 Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
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- Chemistry
Department, Nuclear Research Centre-Negev, P.O. Box 9001, Beer-Sheva 84190, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Wang S, Xu J, Li W, Sun S, Gao S, Hou Y. Magnetic Nanostructures: Rational Design and Fabrication Strategies toward Diverse Applications. Chem Rev 2022; 122:5411-5475. [PMID: 35014799 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In recent years, the continuous development of magnetic nanostructures (MNSs) has tremendously promoted both fundamental scientific research and technological applications. Different from the bulk magnet, the systematic engineering on MNSs has brought a great breakthrough in some emerging fields such as the construction of MNSs, the magnetism exploration of multidimensional MNSs, and their potential translational applications. In this review, we give a detailed description of the synthetic strategies of MNSs based on the fundamental features and application potential of MNSs and discuss the recent progress of MNSs in the fields of nanomedicines, advanced nanobiotechnology, catalysis, and electromagnetic wave adsorption (EMWA), aiming to provide guidance for fabrication strategies of MNSs toward diverse applications.
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- Shuren Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,Institute of Spin-X Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 511442, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Hu Q, Xue Y, Kang J, Scivetti I, Teobaldi G, Selloni A, Guo L, Liu LM. Structure and Oxygen Evolution Activity of β-NiOOH: Where Are the Protons? ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Qi Hu
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, 100193 Beijing, China
- School of Physics, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- Scientific Computing Department, Daresbury Laboratory, STFC UKRI, WA4 4FS Warrington, U.K
- Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX Liverpool, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, SO17 1BJ Southampton, U.K
- Scientific Computing Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC UKRI, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX Didcot, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, 08544 New Jersey, United States
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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Kang J, Qiu X, Hu Q, Zhong J, Gao X, Huang R, Wan C, Liu LM, Duan X, Guo L. Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation. Nat Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00715-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eslamibidgoli MJ, Huang J, Kowalski PM, Eikerling MH, Groß A. Deprotonation and cation adsorption on the NiOOH/water interface: A grand-canonical first-principles investigation. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cheng W, Xi S, Wu ZP, Luan D, Lou XW(D. In situ activation of Br-confined Ni-based metal-organic framework hollow prisms toward efficient electrochemical oxygen evolution. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabk0919. [PMID: 34757786 PMCID: PMC8580302 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abk0919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fundamental insights into the structural evolution of oxygen electrocatalysts under operating conditions are of substantial importance for designing efficient catalysts. Here, on the basis of operando x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, we probe the in situ activation of Br-confined conductive Ni-based metal-organic framework (Br-Ni-MOF) hollow prisms toward an active oxygen electrocatalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process. The successive structural transformations from pristine Br-Ni-MOF to a β-Ni(OH)2 analog then subsequently to a γ-NiOOH phase during OER are observed. This post-formed γ-NiOOH analog manifests high OER performance with a superior overpotential of 306 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and a high turnover frequency value of 0.051 s−1 at an overpotential of 300 mV, making Br-Ni-MOF one of the most active oxygen electrocatalysts reported. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the strong electronic coupling between Br and Ni atoms accelerates the generation of the key *O intermediate toward fast OER kinetics.
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- Weiren Cheng
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island 627833, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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Ni 2P nanocrystals embedded Ni-MOF nanosheets supported on nickel foam as bifunctional electrocatalyst for urea electrolysis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21414. [PMID: 34725381 PMCID: PMC8560839 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00776-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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It’s highly desired but challenging to synthesize self-supporting nanohybrid made of conductive nanoparticles with metal organic framework (MOF) materials for the application in the electrochemical field. In this work, we report the preparation of Ni2P embedded Ni-MOF nanosheets supported on nickel foam through partial phosphidation (Ni2P@Ni-MOF/NF). The self-supporting Ni2P@Ni-MOF/NF was directly tested as electrode for urea electrolysis. When served as anode for urea oxidation reaction (UOR), it only demands 1.41 V (vs RHE) to deliver a current of 100 mA cm−2. And the overpotential of Ni2P@Ni-MOF/NF to reach 10 mA cm−2 for hydrogen evolution reaction HER was only 66 mV, remarkably lower than Ni2P/NF (133 mV). The exceptional electrochemical performance was attributed to the unique structure of Ni2P@Ni-MOF and the well exposed surface of Ni2P. Furthermore, the Ni2P@Ni-MOF/NF demonstrated outstanding longevity for both HER and UOR. The electrolyzer constructed with Ni2P@Ni-MOF/NF as bifunctional electrode can attain a current density of 100 mA cm−2 at a cell voltage as low as 1.65 V. Our work provides new insights for prepare MOF based nanohydrid for electrochemical application.
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Wang M, Feng Z. Interfacial processes in electrochemical energy systems. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:10453-10468. [PMID: 34494049 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01703a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Electrochemical energy systems such as batteries, water electrolyzers, and fuel cells are considered as promising and sustainable energy storage and conversion devices due to their high energy densities and zero or negative carbon dioxide emission. However, their widespread applications are hindered by many technical challenges, such as the low efficiency and poor long-term cyclability, which are mostly affected by the changes at the reactant/electrode/electrolyte interfaces. These interfacial processes involve ion/electron transfer, molecular/ion adsorption/desorption, and complex interface restructuring, which lead to irreversible modifications to the electrodes and the electrolyte. The understanding of these interfacial processes is thus crucial to provide strategies for solving those problems. In this review, we will discuss different interfacial processes at three representative interfaces, namely, solid-gas, solid-liquid, and solid-solid, in various electrochemical energy systems, and how they could influence the performance of electrochemical systems.
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- Maoyu Wang
- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
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Karthick K, Sam Sankar S, Kumaravel S, Karmakar A, Madhu R, Bera K, Kundu S. Advancing the extended roles of 3D transition metal based heterostructures with copious active sites for electrocatalytic water splitting. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:13176-13200. [PMID: 34617532 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01645h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The replacement of noble metals with alternative electrocatalysts is highly demanded for water splitting. From the exploration of 3D -transition metal based heterostructures, engineering at the nano-level brought more enhancements in active sites with reduced overpotentials for both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, recent developments in 3D transition metal based heterostructures like direct growth on external substrates (Ni foam, Cu foam) gave highly impressive activities and stabilities. Research needs to be focused on how the active sites can be enhanced further with 3D heterostructures of transition metals by studying them with various counterparts like hydroxides, layered double hydroxides and phosphides for empowering both OER and HER applications. This perspective covers the way to enlarge the utilization of 3D heterostructures successfully in terms of reduced overpotentials, highly exposed active sites, increased electrical conductivity, porosity and high-rate activity. From the various approaches of growth of transition metal based 3D heterostructures, it is easy to fine tune the active sites to have a viable production of hydrogen with less applied energy input. Overall, this perspective outlines a direction to increase the number of active sites on 3D transition metal based heterostructures by growing on 3D foams for enhanced water splitting applications.
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- Kannimuthu Karthick
- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Electrochemical Process Engineering (EPE) division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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Zhang YC, Han C, Gao J, Pan L, Wu J, Zhu XD, Zou JJ. NiCo-Based Electrocatalysts for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Review. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yong-Chao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Govind Rajan A, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Coupled Effects of Temperature, Pressure, and pH on Water Oxidation Thermodynamics and Kinetics. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States
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Kou Z, Li X, Zhang L, Zang W, Gao X, Wang J. Dynamic Surface Chemistry of Catalysts in Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Zongkui Kou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials School of Electronic and Information Engineering Changshu Institute of Technology Changshu 215500 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore 117574 Singapore Singapore
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Peng Y, Hajiyani H, Pentcheva R. Influence of Fe and Ni Doping on the OER Performance at the Co 3O 4(001) Surface: Insights from DFT+ U Calculations. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Yuman Peng
- Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics and Center of Nanointegration (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics and Center of Nanointegration (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics and Center of Nanointegration (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
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Liu J, Xiao J, Wang Z, Yuan H, Lu Z, Luo B, Tian E, Waterhouse GIN. Structural and Electronic Engineering of Ir-Doped Ni-(Oxy)hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Activity. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Jinlong Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- State Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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Cheng F, Li Z, Wang L, Yang B, Lu J, Lei L, Ma T, Hou Y. In situ identification of the electrocatalytic water oxidation behavior of a nickel-based metal-organic framework nanoarray. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2021; 8:556-564. [PMID: 34821271 DOI: 10.1039/d0mh01757d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been identified as one of the promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, direct observation of the electrocatalytic behavior of MOF-based electrocatalysts remains extremely challenging, which is of great significance to understand their electrocatalytic mechanism. Herein, we developed a vertically oriented Ni-based MOF nanosheet array doped with 2.09 wt% Ce (denoted as Ce-NiBDC/OG). Ce-NiBDC/OG displayed a low overpotential of 265 mV to deliver a 10 mA cm-2 current density for the OER. In situ spectroscopy and operando microscopy visualized the phase transformation behavior of Ce-NiBDC/OG to Ce-doped NiOOH induced by electrochemical activation, which was regarded as the real active site. Mechanistic studies revealed that, for the Ce-NiBDC/OG-derived catalyst, the doping of Ce species in NiOOH significantly increased the adsorption of *OH, and further reduced the energy barriers of the rate-determining step (*OH→*O).
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- Fanpeng Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Exner KS. A Universal Descriptor for the Screening of Electrode Materials for Multiple-Electron Processes: Beyond the Thermodynamic Overpotential. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Kai S. Exner
- University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
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Yuan Y, Adimi S, Guo X, Thomas T, Zhu Y, Guo H, Priyanga GS, Yoo P, Wang J, Chen J, Liao P, Attfield JP, Yang M. A Surface-Oxide-Rich Activation Layer (SOAL) on Ni 2 Mo 3 N for a Rapid and Durable Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:18036-18041. [PMID: 32608085 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is key to renewable energy technologies such as water electrolysis and metal-air batteries. However, the multiple steps associated with proton-coupled electron transfer result in sluggish OER kinetics and catalysts are required. Here we demonstrate that a novel nitride, Ni2 Mo3 N, is a highly active OER catalyst that outperforms the benchmark material RuO2 . Ni2 Mo3 N exhibits a current density of 10 mA cm-2 at a nominal overpotential of 270 mV in 0.1 m KOH with outstanding catalytic cyclability and durability. Structural characterization and computational studies reveal that the excellent activity stems from the formation of a surface-oxide-rich activation layer (SOAL). Secondary Mo atoms on the surface act as electron pumps that stabilize oxygen-containing species and facilitate the continuity of the reactions. This discovery will stimulate the further development of ternary nitrides with oxide surface layers as efficient OER catalysts for electrochemical energy devices.
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- Yao Yuan
- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, 315201, China.,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Adyar, Chennai, 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Adyar, Chennai, 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- State key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, 315201, China
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Sun Y, Sun S, Yang H, Xi S, Gracia J, Xu ZJ. Spin-Related Electron Transfer and Orbital Interactions in Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2003297. [PMID: 32776367 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202003297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Oxygen evolution and reduction reactions play a critical role in determining the efficiency of the water cycling (H2 O ⇔ H2 + 1 2 O2 ), in which the hydrogen serves as the energy carrier. That calls for a comprehensive understanding of oxygen electrocatalysis for efficient catalyst design. Current opinions on oxygen electrocatalysis have been focused on the thermodynamics of the reactant/intermediate adsorption on the catalysts. Because the oxygen molecule is paramagnetic, its production from or its reduction to diamagnetic hydroxide/water involves spin-related electron transfer. Both electron transfer and orbital interactions between the catalyst and the reactant/intermediate show spin-dependent character, making the reaction kinetics and thermodynamics sensitive to the spin configurations. Herein, a brief introduction on the spintronic explanation of the catalytic phenomena on oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is given. The local spin configurations and orbital interactions in the benchmark transition-metal-based catalysts for OER and ORR are analyzed as examples. To further understand the spintronic oxygen electrocatalysis and to develop more efficient spintronic catalysts, the challenges are summarized and future opportunities proposed. Spin electrocatalysis may emerge as an important topic in the near future and help integrate a comprehensive understanding of oxygen electrocatalysis.
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- Yuanmiao Sun
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices (BKLMMD), Beijing Innovation Center of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science A*Star, 1 Pesek Road, Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- MagnetoCat SL, General Polavieja 9 3I, Alicante, 03012, Spain
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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Zeng K, Yu H, Sun Z, Yan J, Zheng X, Jiang Y, Hu W, Tian JH, Yang R. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Murdochite-Type Ni 6MnO 8 for Water Oxidation via Surface Reconstruction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39205-39214. [PMID: 32805897 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ni-Mn-based binary oxides are deemed as prospective electrocatalysts for water oxidation. Here, a murdochite-type Ni6MnO8 electrocatalyst for water oxidation is reported. Murdochite-type Ni6MnO8 with hollow sphere (NMO-HS) and microflower (NMO-MF) structures has been controllably synthesized. After an in-situ activation process, the NMO-MF affords a superior activity for oxygen evolution reaction in 0.1 M KOH. A low overpotential of 370 mV at 10 mA cm-2 is obtained, and the mass activity of activated NMO-MF is 1.96 times that of commercial IrO2/C. As revealed by in-situ Raman spectra, Ni species in activated NMO-MF act as intrinsic active sites, and the in-situ formed NiOOH on the surface during the activation process is identified to contribute to the significantly enhanced catalytic activity. The Zn-air battery assembled with a NMO-MF cathode showed an exceptional power density (0.228 W cm-2) and long-term cycling stability (148 h).
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- Kai Zeng
- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Zhang F, Wang W, Li Z, Kang Y, Wang L, Gao Y, Chen L, Zhang X, Song W, Liu J, Tang H. The surface structure of β-NiOOH (001) under reaction conditions and its effect on OER activity: An ab initio study. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Yao Yuan
- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences 1219 Zhongguan West Road Ningbo 315201 China
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences 1219 Zhongguan West Road Ningbo 315201 China
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- Department of Applied Physics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Adyar Chennai 600036 Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Applied Physics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences 1219 Zhongguan West Road Ningbo 315201 China
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- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Adyar Chennai 600036 Tamil Nadu India
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- School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- State key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences 1295 Dingxi Road Shanghai 200050 China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Mayfield Road Edinburgh EH9 3JZ UK
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- Solid State functional Materials Research Laboratory Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences 1219 Zhongguan West Road Ningbo 315201 China
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Govind Rajan A, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Why Do We Use the Materials and Operating Conditions We Use for Heterogeneous (Photo)Electrochemical Water Splitting? ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States
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Han M, Wang N, Zhang B, Xia Y, Li J, Han J, Yao K, Gao C, He C, Liu Y, Wang Z, Seifitokaldani A, Sun X, Liang H. High-Valent Nickel Promoted by Atomically Embedded Copper for Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Mei Han
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal H3A 0C5, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China
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Lin C, Xia N, Zhou S, Tian J, Li H. Surfactant-Free Approach for Engineering an Ultrathin Ti-Doped Ni(OH) 2 Nanosheet on Carbon Cloth: Experimental and Theoretical Insight into Boosted Alkaline Water Oxidation Activity. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:10253-10261. [PMID: 32603102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ti-based layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have enormous potential in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photoelectrocatalysis. However, Ti-based LDHs are rarely reported because of the difficulties of the preparation process, in which the Ti precursors are more prone to hydrolysis into titanium hydroxide. In this work, toward robust, efficient, and earth-abundant electrocatalysts for water oxidation in alkaline environments, we have engineered Ti-doped Ni(OH)2 nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth [Ti-Ni(OH)2/CC] with a facile solvothermal and surfactant-free method. The experimental tests show that the activity of Ti-Ni(OH)2-1/CC (∼12.5 atom % Ti substitution) is optimal among these materials. In addition, the activity is correlated with the Ti substitution ratio and reversed with higher Ti doping level (≥25 atom % Ti substitution). Therein, η10 of Ti-Ni(OH)2-1/CC is as low as 196 mV, and it is still maintained at 210 mV after a long-term chronopotentiometry (CP) test at a constant current density of 10 mA cm-2 for 32 h, demonstrating superior activity and long-term durability. Density functional theory calculations further reveal that dilute Ti substitution produces extra active sites and promotes more optimal OH* adsorption to the surface of the electrocatalyst.
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- Chong Lin
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Education Ministry Key Lab of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721013, P. R. China
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First-principles study of oxygen evolution reaction on Ni3Fe-layered double hydroxides surface with different oxygen coverage. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.110957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Yecheng Zhou
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Curutchet A, Colinet P, Michel C, Steinmann SN, Le Bahers T. Two-sites are better than one: revisiting the OER mechanism on CoOOH by DFT with electrode polarization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:7031-7038. [PMID: 32195492 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00281j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We uncover the existence of several competitive mechanisms of water oxidation on the β-CoOOH (10-14) surface by going beyond the classical 4-step mechanism frequently used to study this reaction at the DFT level. Our results demonstrate the importance of two-site reactivity and of purely chemical steps with the associated activation energies. Taking the electrochemical potential explicitly into account leads to modifications of the reaction energy profiles finally leading to the proposition of a new family of mechanisms involving tetraoxidane intermediates. The two-site mechanisms revealed in this work are of key importance to rationalize and predict the impact of dopants in the design of future catalysts.
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- Antton Curutchet
- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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Duan Y, Dubouis N, Huang J, Dalla Corte DA, Pimenta V, Xu ZJ, Grimaud A. Revealing the Impact of Electrolyte Composition for Co-Based Water Oxidation Catalysts by the Study of Reaction Kinetics Parameters. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yan Duan
- Chimie du Solide et de l’Energie, Collège de France, UMR 8260, 75231 Cedex 05 Paris, France
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @NTU, ERI@N, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Chimie du Solide et de l’Energie, Collège de France, UMR 8260, 75231 Cedex 05 Paris, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l‘Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039 Cedex Amiens, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l’Energie, Collège de France, UMR 8260, 75231 Cedex 05 Paris, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l‘Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039 Cedex Amiens, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l’Energie, Collège de France, UMR 8260, 75231 Cedex 05 Paris, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l‘Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039 Cedex Amiens, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, UMR 8004 CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ecole Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique Industrielle de Paris, PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Energy Research Institute @NTU, ERI@N, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Chimie du Solide et de l’Energie, Collège de France, UMR 8260, 75231 Cedex 05 Paris, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l‘Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR3459, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039 Cedex Amiens, France
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Divanis S, Kutlusoy T, Ingmer Boye IM, Man IC, Rossmeisl J. Oxygen evolution reaction: a perspective on a decade of atomic scale simulations. Chem Sci 2020; 11:2943-2950. [PMID: 34122795 PMCID: PMC8157516 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05897d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multiple strategies to overcome the intrinsic limitations of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) have been proposed by numerous research groups. Despite the substantial efforts, the driving force required for water oxidation is largely making the reaction inefficient. In the present work, we collected published studies involving DFT calculations for the OER, with the purpose to understand why the progress made so far, for lowering the overpotential of the reaction, is relatively small. The data revealed that the universal scaling relationship between HO* and HOO* intermediates is still present and robust, despite the variety in methods and structures used for calculating the binding energies of the intermediates. On the other hand, the data did not show a clear trend line regarding the O* binding. Our analysis suggested that trends in doped semiconducting oxides behave very differently from those in other oxides. This points towards a computational challenge in describing doped oxides in a realistic manner. We propose a way to overcome these computational challenges, which can be applied to simulations corresponding to doped semiconductors in general.
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- Spyridon Divanis
- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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- C. D. Nenitzescu, Center for Organic Chemistry, Romanian Academy Spl. Independetei 202b Bucharest Romania
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- Center of Excellence (CoE), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 København Ø, Copenhagen Denmark
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Li LF, Li YF, Liu ZP. Oxygen Evolution Activity on NiOOH Catalysts: Four-Coordinated Ni Cation as the Active Site and the Hydroperoxide Mechanism. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Li-Fen Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Noninnocent Influence of Host β-NiOOH Redox Activity on Transition-Metal Dopants’ Efficacy as Active Sites in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b05092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- John Mark P. Martirez
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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Govind Rajan A, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Facet-Independent Oxygen Evolution Activity of Pure β-NiOOH: Different Chemistries Leading to Similar Overpotentials. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3600-3612. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States
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Jeong S, Hu K, Ohto T, Nagata Y, Masuda H, Fujita JI, Ito Y. Effect of Graphene Encapsulation of NiMo Alloys on Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Samuel Jeong
- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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