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Li L, Liu Y, Chen Y, Zhai W, Dai Z. Research progress on layered metal oxide electrocatalysts for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:8872-8886. [PMID: 38738345 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00619d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Hydrogen, highly valued for its pristine cleanliness and remarkable efficiency as an emerging energy source, is anticipated to ascend to a preeminent status within the forthcoming energy landscape. Electrocatalytic water splitting is considered a pivotal, eco-friendly, and sustainable strategy for hydrogen production. The substantial energy consumption stemming from oxygen evolution side reactions significantly impedes the commercial viability of water electrolysis. Consequently, the pursuit of a cost-effective and efficacious oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst stands as an imperative strategy for realizing hydrogen production via water electrolysis. Layered metal oxides, owing to their robust anisotropic properties, versatile adjustability, and extensive surface area, have emerged as suitable candidates for OER catalysts. However, owing to the distinctive attributes of layered metal oxides, ongoing investigations into these materials are slightly fragmented, lacking universal consensus. This article comprehensively surveys the recent advancements in layered metal oxide-based OER catalysts, categorized into single metal oxides, alkali cobalt oxides, perovskites, and miscellaneous metal oxides. Initially, the main OER intermediate reaction steps of layered metal oxides are scrutinized. Subsequently, the design, mechanism, and application of several pivotal layered metal oxides in the OER are systematically delineated. Finally, a summary is provided, alongside the proposal of future research trajectories and challenges encountered by layered metal oxides, with the aspiration that this paper may serve as a valuable reference for scholars in the field.
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- Lei Li
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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Chen G, Yuan B, Dang J, Xia L, Zhang C, Wang Q, Miao H, Yuan J. Recycling the Spent LiNi 1- x - yMn xCo yO 2 Cathodes for High-Performance Electrocatalysts toward Both the Oxygen Catalytic and Methanol Oxidation Reactions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306967. [PMID: 37992250 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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The traditional recycling methods of the spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) involve the intricate and cumbersome steps. This work proposes a facile method of acid leaching followed by the sulfurization treatment to achieve the high Li leaching efficiency, and obtain high-performance multi-function electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction (ORR), oxygen evolution (OER), and methanol oxidation reactions (MOR) from the spent LIB ternary cathodes. By this method, the Li leaching efficiency from the spent LIB ternary cathode can reach 98.3%, and the transition metal sulfide heterostructures (LNMCO-H-450S) consisting MnS, NiS2, and NiCo2S4 phases can be obtained. LNMCO-H-450S shows the superior bifunctional oxygen catalytic activities with ORR half-wave potential of 0.763 V and OER potential at 10 mA cm-2 of 1.561 V, surpassing most of the state-of-the-art electrocatalysts. LNMCO-H-450S also demonstrates the superior MOR catalytic activity with the potential at 100 mA cm-2 being 1.37 V. Using LNMCO-H-450S as the oxygen catalyst, this work can construct the aqueous and solid-state zinc-air batteries with high power density of 309 and 257 mW cm-2, respectively. This work provides a promising strategy for the efficient recovery of Li, and reutilization of Ni, Co, and Mn from the spent LIB ternary cathodes.
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- Genman Chen
- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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Shen W, Zheng Y, Hu Y, Jin J, Hou Y, Zhang N, An L, Xi P, Yan CH. Rare-Earth-Modified NiS 2 Improves OH Coverage for an Industrial Alkaline Water Electrolyzer. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5324-5332. [PMID: 38355103 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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The low coverage rate of anode OH adsorption under high current density conditions has become an important factor restricting the development of an industrial alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE). Here, we present our rare earth modification promotion strategy on using the rare earth oxygen-friendly interface to increase the OH coverage of the NiS2 surface for efficient AWE anode catalysis. Density functional theory calculations predict that rare earths can enhance the coverage of surface OH, and the synthesis reaction mechanism is discussed in the synthesis process spectrum. Experimentally, by preparing a series of rare-earth-modified NiS2, the relationship between OH coverage, active site density, and catalytic activity was established by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, time-resolved absorption spectra, and so on. The unique oxygenophilic properties of rare earths enhance OH coverage, thereby increasing the density of active sites for efficient catalysis. Furthermore, Eu2O3/NiS2 was assembled into the AWE equipment and operated stably for over 240 h at a current density of 300 mA cm-2 under industrial conditions of 80 °C and 30% KOH. Rare-earth-modified NiS2 exhibits better catalytic activity than traditional non-noble metal anode catalysts Ni(OH)2 and NiS2, providing a new approach for rare earth promotion to solve the problem of low OH coverage in the AWE anode.
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- Wei Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Baryunobo Rare Earth Resource Researches and Comprehensive Utilization, Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths, Baotou 014030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Zhang B, He Z, Liu T, Li Z, Zhang S, Zhao W, Yin ZW, Zhuo Z, Zhang M, Pan F, Zhang S, Lin Z, Lu J. Reducing Gases Triggered Cathode Surface Reconstruction for Stable Cathode-Electrolyte Interface in Practical All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2305748. [PMID: 37849022 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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The interfacial compatibility between cathodes and sulfide solid-electrolytes (SEs) is a critical limiting factor of electrochemical performance in all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASSLBs). This work presents a gas-solid interface reduction reaction (GSIRR), aiming to mitigate the reactivity of surface oxygen by inducing a surface reconstruction layer (SRL) . The application of a SRL, CoO/Li2 CO3 , onto LiCoO2 (LCO) cathode results in impressive outcomes, including high capacity (149.7 mAh g-1 ), remarkable cyclability (retention of 84.63% over 400 cycles at 0.2 C), outstanding rate capability (86.1 mAh g-1 at 2 C), and exceptional stability in high-loading cathode (28.97 and 23.45 mg cm-2 ) within ASSLBs. Furthermore, the SRL CoO/Li2 CO3 enhances the interfacial stability between LCO and Li10 GeP2 S12 as well as Li3 PS4 SEs. Significantly, the experiments suggest that the GSIRR mechanism can be broadly applied, not only to LCO cathodes but also to LiNi0.8 Co0.1 Mn0.1 O2 cathodes and other reducing gases such as H2 S and CO, indicating its practical universality. This study highlights the significant influence of the surface chemistry of the oxide cathode on interfacial compatibility, and introduces a surface reconstruction strategy based on the GSIRR process as a promising avenue for designing enhanced ASSLBs.
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- Bingkai Zhang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, 515200, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Peking University, Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, 515200, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Biorefinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Jieyang, 515200, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Lan Y, Li X, Zhou G, Yao W, Cheng H, Tang Y. Direct Regenerating Cathode Materials from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2304425. [PMID: 37955914 PMCID: PMC10767406 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Recycling cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is critical to a sustainable society as it will relief valuable but scarce recourse crises and reduce environment burdens simultaneously. Different from conventional hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical recycling methods, direct regeneration relies on non-destructive cathode-to-cathode mode, and therefore, more time and energy-saving along with an increased economic return and reduced CO2 footprint. This review retrospects the history of direct regeneration and discusses state-of-the-art development. The reported methods, including high-temperature solid-state, hydrothermal/ionothermal, molten salt thermochemistry, and electrochemical method, are comparatively introduced, targeting at illustrating their underlying regeneration mechanism and applicability. Further, representative repairing and upcycling studies on wide-applied cathodes, including LiCoO2 (LCO), ternary oxides, LiFePO4 (LFP), and LiMn2 O4 (LMO), are presented, with an emphasis on milestone cases. Despite these achievements, there remain several critical issues that shall be addressed before the commercialization of the mentioned direct regeneration methods.
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- Yuanqi Lan
- Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research CenterShenzhen Institute of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
- Shenzhen College of Advanced TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
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- Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research CenterShenzhen Institute of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
- Nano Science and Technology InstituteUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaSuzhou215123China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene CenterTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate SchoolTsinghua UniversityShenzhen518055China
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- Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research CenterShenzhen Institute of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon NeutralityShenzhen518055China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Carbon NeutralityShenzhen518055China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Energy Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon NeutralityShenzhen Institute of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research CenterShenzhen Institute of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
- Shenzhen College of Advanced TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesShenzhen518055China
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Xiong B, Fu T, Huang Q, Wang J, Cui Z, Fu Z, Lu Y. Activating the Basal Planes and Oxidized Oxygens in Layer-Structured Na 0.6 CoO 2 for Boosted OER Activity. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305959. [PMID: 38037307 PMCID: PMC10811465 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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With the CoO2 slabs consisting of Co4 O4 cubane structure, layered Nax CoO2 are considered promising candidates for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media given their earth-abundant and structural advantages. However, due to the strong adsorption of intermediates on the large basal planes, Nax CoO2 cannot meet the activity demands. Here, a novel one-pot synthesis strategy is proposed to realize the high solubility of iron in Nax CoO2 in an air atmosphere. The optimist Na0.6 Co0.9 Fe0.1 O2 exhibits enhanced OER activity compared to their pristine and other reported Fe-doped Nax CoO2 counterparts. Such an enhancement is mainly ascribed to the abundant active sites on the activated basal planes and the participation of oxidized oxygen as active sites independently, which breaks the scaling relationship limit in the OER process. This work is expected to contribute to the understanding of the modification mechanism of Fe-doped cobalt-based oxides and the exploitation of layer-structured oxides for energy application.
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- Bing Xiong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy ConversionDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy ConversionDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy ConversionDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy ConversionDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the MicroscaleUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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Daniel M, Mathew G, De M, Bernaurdshaw N. 012 facets modulated LDH composite for neurotoxicity risk assessment through direct electrochemical profiling of dopamine. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 342:140177. [PMID: 37716554 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Rising concerns of pesticide-induced neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Multiple Sclerosis, are exacerbated by overexposure to contaminated waterbodies. Therefore, evaluating the risk accurately requires reliable monitoring of related biomarkers like dopamine (DA) through electrochemical detection. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have shown great potential in sensors. However, to meet the challenges of rapid detection of large patient cohorts in real-time biological media, they should be further tailored to display superior analytical readouts. Herein, a ternary LDH (Ni2CoMn0.5) was integrated with the sheets of thermally reduced graphene oxide (trGO), to expose more highly active edge planes of the LDH, as opposed to its generally observed inert basal planes. The improvement in detection performance through such a modulated structure-property is a prospect that hasn't been previously explored for any other LDH-based materials employed in sensing applications. The 2 folds superior electrochemical activity exhibited by the face-on oriented LDH with trGO as compared to the pristine LDH material was further employed for direct detection of DA in real blood plasma samples. Moreover, the designed sensor exhibited exceptional selectivity towards the detection of DA with a limit of detection of 34.6 nM for a wide dynamic range of 0.001-5 mM with exceptional stability retaining 88.56% of the initial current even after storage in ambient conditions for 30 days.
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- Miriam Daniel
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Kattankulathur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Kattankulathur, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Kattankulathur, India.
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Kim Y, Choi E, Kim S, Byon HR. Layered transition metal oxides (LTMO) for oxygen evolution reactions and aqueous Li-ion batteries. Chem Sci 2023; 14:10644-10663. [PMID: 37829040 PMCID: PMC10566458 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03220e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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This perspective paper comprehensively explores recent electrochemical studies on layered transition metal oxides (LTMO) in aqueous media and specifically encompasses two topics: catalysis of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and cathodes of aqueous lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). They involve conflicting requirements; OER catalysts aim to facilitate water dissociation, while for cathodes in aqueous LiBs it is essential to suppress water dissociation. The interfacial reactions taking place at the LTMO in these two distinct systems are of particular significance. We show various strategies for designing LTMO materials for each desired aim based on an in-depth understanding of electrochemical interfacial reactions. This paper sheds light on how regulating the LTMO interface can contribute to efficient water splitting and economical energy storage, all with a single material.
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- Yohan Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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Hou Z, Cui C, Li Y, Gao Y, Zhu D, Gu Y, Pan G, Zhu Y, Zhang T. Lattice-Strain Engineering for Heterogenous Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209876. [PMID: 36639855 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The energy efficiency of metal-air batteries and water-splitting techniques is severely constrained by multiple electronic transfers in the heterogenous oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the high overpotential induced by the sluggish kinetics has become an uppermost scientific challenge. Numerous attempts are devoted to enabling high activity, selectivity, and stability via tailoring the surface physicochemical properties of nanocatalysts. Lattice-strain engineering as a cutting-edge method for tuning the electronic and geometric configuration of metal sites plays a pivotal role in regulating the interaction of catalytic surfaces with adsorbate molecules. By defining the d-band center as a descriptor of the structure-activity relationship, the individual contribution of strain effects within state-of-the-art electrocatalysts can be systematically elucidated in the OER optimization mechanism. In this review, the fundamentals of the OER and the advancements of strain-catalysts are showcased and the innovative trigger strategies are enumerated, with particular emphasis on the feedback mechanism between the precise regulation of lattice-strain and optimal activity. Subsequently, the modulation of electrocatalysts with various attributes is categorized and the impediments encountered in the practicalization of strained effect are discussed, ending with an outlook on future research directions for this burgeoning field.
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- Zhiqian Hou
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Korotcenkov G, Tolstoy VP. Current Trends in Nanomaterials for Metal Oxide-Based Conductometric Gas Sensors: Advantages and Limitations-Part 2: Porous 2D Nanomaterials. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:237. [PMID: 36677992 PMCID: PMC9867534 DOI: 10.3390/nano13020237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This article discusses the features of the synthesis and application of porous two-dimensional nanomaterials in developing conductometric gas sensors based on metal oxides. It is concluded that using porous 2D nanomaterials and 3D structures based on them is a promising approach to improving the parameters of gas sensors, such as sensitivity and the rate of response. The limitations that may arise when using 2D structures in gas sensors intended for the sensor market are considered.
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- Ghenadii Korotcenkov
- Department of Physics and Engineering, Moldova State University, 2009 Chisinau, Moldova
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg 198504, Russia
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Investigation of degradation mechanism of LiCoO2/graphite batteries with multiscale characterization. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wang S, Jiang Q, Ju S, Hsu CS, Chen HM, Zhang D, Song F. Identifying the geometric catalytic active sites of crystalline cobalt oxyhydroxides for oxygen evolution reaction. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6650. [PMCID: PMC9636199 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34380-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Unraveling the precise location and nature of active sites is of paramount significance for the understanding of the catalytic mechanism and the rational design of efficient electrocatalysts. Here, we use well-defined crystalline cobalt oxyhydroxides CoOOH nanorods and nanosheets as model catalysts to investigate the geometric catalytic active sites. The morphology-dependent analysis reveals a ~50 times higher specific activity of CoOOH nanorods than that of CoOOH nanosheets. Furthermore, we disclose a linear correlation of catalytic activities with their lateral surface areas, suggesting that the active sites are exclusively located at lateral facets rather than basal facets. Theoretical calculations show that the coordinatively unsaturated cobalt sites of lateral facets upshift the O 2p-band center closer to the Fermi level, thereby enhancing the covalency of Co-O bonds to yield the reactivity. This work elucidates the geometrical catalytic active sites and enlightens the design strategy of surface engineering for efficient OER catalysts. While cobalt-based electrocatalysts demonstrate promising performances for oxygen evolution, active site identification is complicated by concurrent structural changes. Here, authors examine crystalline, well-defined cobalt oxyhydroxide nanomaterials and identify the geometric active sites.
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- Sihong Wang
- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201306 China
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- grid.19188.390000 0004 0546 0241Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan ,grid.410766.20000 0001 0749 1496National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076 Taiwan
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 China
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- grid.16821.3c0000 0004 0368 8293State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 China
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Fuller EJ, Ashby DS, Polop C, Salagre E, Bhargava B, Song Y, Vasco E, Sugar JD, Albertus P, Menteş TO, Locatelli A, Segovia P, Gonzalez-Barrio MÁ, Mascaraque A, Michel EG, Talin AA. Imaging Phase Segregation in Nanoscale Li xCoO 2 Single Particles. ACS NANO 2022; 16:16363-16371. [PMID: 36129847 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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LixCoO2 (LCO) is a common battery cathode material that has recently emerged as a promising material for other applications including electrocatalysis and as electrochemical random access memory (ECRAM). During charge-discharge cycling LCO exhibits phase transformations that are significantly complicated by electron correlation. While the bulk phase diagram for an ensemble of battery particles has been studied extensively, it remains unclear how these phases scale to nanometer dimensions and the effects of strain and diffusional anisotropy at the single-particle scale. Understanding these effects is critical to modeling battery performance and for predicting the scalability and performance of electrocatalysts and ECRAM. Here we investigate isolated, epitaxial LiCoO2 islands grown by pulsed laser deposition. After electrochemical cycling of the islands, conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM) is used to image the spatial distribution of conductive and insulating phases. Above 20 nm island thicknesses, we observe a kinetically arrested state in which the phase boundary is perpendicular to the Li-planes; we propose a model and present image analysis results that show smaller LCO islands have a higher conductive fraction than larger area islands, and the overall conductive fraction is consistent with the lithiation state. Thinner islands (14 nm), with a larger surface to volume ratio, are found to exhibit a striping pattern, which suggests surface energy can dominate below a critical dimension. When increasing force is applied through the AFM tip to strain the LCO islands, significant shifts in current flow are observed, and underlying mechanisms for this behavior are discussed. The c-AFM images are compared with photoemission electron microscopy images, which are used to acquire statistics across hundreds of particles. The results indicate that strain and morphology become more critical to electrochemical performance as particles approach nanometer dimensions.
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- Elliot J Fuller
- Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera (INC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- IFIMAC (Condensed Matter Physics Center), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera (INC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, United States
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, United States
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera (INC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- IFIMAC (Condensed Matter Physics Center), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales Nicolás Cabrera (INC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- IFIMAC (Condensed Matter Physics Center), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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Recycling spent LiNi 1-x-yMn xCo yO 2 cathodes to bifunctional NiMnCo catalysts for zinc-air batteries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2202202119. [PMID: 35533280 PMCID: PMC9171923 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202202119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SignificanceIn recent years, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely applied in electric vehicles as energy storage devices. However, it is a great challenge to deal with the large number of spent LIBs. In this work, we employ a rapid thermal radiation method to convert the spent LIBs into highly efficient bifunctional NiMnCo-activated carbon (NiMnCo-AC) catalysts for zinc-air batteries (ZABs). The obtained NiMnCo-AC catalyst shows excellent electrochemical performance in ZABs due to the unique core-shell structure, with face-centered cubic Ni in the core and spinel NiMnCoO4 in the shell. This work provides an economical and environment-friendly approach to recycling the spent LIBs and converting them into novel energy storage devices.
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Lee W, Kim J, Kim H, Back S. Catalytic Activity Trends of Pyrite Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19911-19918. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01518h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have been considered as promising materials for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysis. While there have been numerous studies focusing on layered...
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Wen X, Fan M, Zhao Q, Li J, Liu G. Boosting the Photoactivity of BiVO 4 Photoanodes by a ZnCoFe-LDH Thin Layer for Water Oxidation. Chem Asian J 2021; 16:4095-4102. [PMID: 34687500 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Monoclinic bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 ) has been used as an efficient photoanode material for photoelectrochemical water oxidation owing to its suitable band gap and nontoxicity. Nevertheless, the practical application of BiVO4 photoanode has been severely limited by the surface charge recombination and sluggish kinetic, which leads to the obtained photoactivity of BiVO4 is much lower than its theoretical value. In this case, ZnCoFe-LDH thin layer is conformally decorated on the porous BiVO4 photoanode through a simple electrodeposition process. The results show that a boosted photoactivity and a remarkably enhanced photocurrent density (3.43 mA cm-2 at 1.23 VRHE ) are attained for BiVO4 /ZnCoFe-LDH. In addition, the optimized BiVO4 /ZnCoFe-LDH photoanode exhibits significant negative shift in the onset potential (0.51 VRHE to 0.21 VRHE ), promotes charge separation efficiency (49.3% to 60.4% in the bulk, 29.6% to 61.9% on the surface at 1.23 VRHE ) and enhanced IPCE efficiency (25.5% to 54.7% at 425 nm) compared with that of bare BiVO4 photoanode. It is demonstrated that the boosted photoactivity of BiVO4 /ZnCoFe-LDH photoanode is mainly ascribed to the synergy effects of the formation of p-n heterojunction between ZnCoFe-LDH and BiVO4 to accelerate the photogenerated charge transfer and separation, broaden light absorption, as well as promote the surface water oxidation kinetics.
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- Xiaojiang Wen
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, P. R. China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, P. R. China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, P. R. China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, P. R. China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Gas Energy Efficient and Clean Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, P. R. China
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Intercalation-induced partial exfoliation of NiFe LDHs with abundant active edge sites for highly enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:1353-1361. [PMID: 34583040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Edge sites and interlayer space of NiFe layered double hydroxides (LDHs) play an important role in water oxidation. However, the combined effect of interlayer expansion and partial exfoliation on the catalytic activity is yet to be investigated. Herein, scalable synthesis of partially exfoliated citrate-intercalated NiFe LDHs with tunable interlayer space have been achieved. The effect of citrate concentration on the phase, morphology, surface elemental composition, electronic states of surface metals, and electrochemical properties are comprehensively studied. The unique structure results in improved intrinsic catalytic activity and abundant active edge sites for oxygen evolution reaction. The optimal NiFe LDHs show an overpotential of 225 mV at 10 mA cm-2, which is much smaller than that (∼305 mV) of the single-layer NiFe LDH nanosheets reported in the literature. The high catalytic activity can be mainly attributed to the combined effect between the enlarged interlayer space and the partial exfoliation/nanosheet thickness. That is, the interlayer space is related to the reaction kinetics/mechanism, while the degree of exfoliation affects the magnitude of the current density at a certain potential.
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Lithium-induced amorphization of Ni–Fe layered-double-hydroxide for highly efficient oxygen evolution. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yu Y, Gu J, Peng C, Xia Y, Tan L, Chen J, Jiang F, Chen H. CoO x @Co-NC Catalyst with Dual Active Centers for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution: Breaking Trade-Off of Particle Size and Metal Loading. Chemistry 2021; 27:10657-10665. [PMID: 33876453 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Increasing the metal loading and downsizing the metal particle size are two effective ways to boost the electrochemical performance of catalysts. However, it is difficult to simultaneously increase the metal loading and reduce the particle size since isolated individual atoms are easy to aggregate into nanoparticles when increasing the metal loading. To tackle this contradiction, we report a bottom-up ligand-mediated strategy to facilely prepare ultrafine CoOx nanoclusters anchored on a Co-N-containing carbon matrix (CoOx @Co-NC). The co-exist of N and O atoms prevent Co atoms agglomerating into large particles and allowing the formation of ultrafine dispersed Co species with large Co loading (up to 20 wt.%). Since the relationship between ultrasmall size and large metal loading is well balanced, the CoOx nanoclusters have no inhibitory effect, but facilitate the catalytic performance of Co-N4 sites during OER process. Consequently, due to the synergistic effect of ultrafine CoOx nanoclusters and Co-N4 macrocycles, the as-synthesized CoOx @Co-NC exhibit promising OER activity (η10 =370 mV, Tafel plot=40 mV/dec), bettering than that of benchmark RuO2 (η10 =411 mV, Tafel plot=72 mV/dec). This ligand-mediated strategy to synthesize carbonaceous materials containing dual active centers with large metal loading is promising for developing active and stable catalysts for electrocatalytic applications.
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- Yalin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Ecology College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province for Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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Aqueous electrolytes are the leading candidate to meet the surging demand for safe and low-cost storage batteries. Aqueous electrolytes facilitate more sustainable battery technologies due to the attributes of being nonflammable, environmentally benign, and cost effective. Yet, water's narrow electrochemical stability window remains the primary bottleneck for the development of high-energy aqueous batteries with long cycle life and infallible safety. Water's electrolysis leads to either hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) or oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which causes a series of dire consequences, including poor Coulombic efficiency, short device longevity, and safety issues. These are often showstoppers of a new aqueous battery technology besides the low energy density. Prolific progress has been made in the understanding of HER and OER from both catalysis and battery fields. Unfortunately, a systematic review on these advances from a battery chemistry standpoint is lacking. This review provides in-depth discussions on the mechanisms of water electrolysis on electrodes, where we summarize the critical influencing factors applicable for a broad spectrum of aqueous battery systems. Recent progress and existing challenges on suppressing water electrolysis are discussed, and our perspectives on the future development of this field are provided.
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- Yiming Sui
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4003, United States
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Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation. Nat Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00578-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Song Y, Xu B, Liao T, Guo J, Wu Y, Sun Z. Electronic Structure Tuning of 2D Metal (Hydr)oxides Nanosheets for Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2002240. [PMID: 32851763 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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2D metal (hydr)oxide nanosheets have captured increasing interest in electrocatalytic applications aroused by their high specific surface areas, enriched chemically active sites, tunable physiochemical properties, etc. In particular, the electrocatalytic reactivities of materials greatly rely on their surface electronic structures. Generally speaking, the electronic structures of catalysts can be well adjusted via controlling their morphologies, defects, and heterostructures. In this Review, the latest advances in 2D metal (hydr)oxide nanosheets are first reviewed, including the applications in electrocatalysis for the hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, and oxygen evolution reaction. Then, the electronic structure-property relationships of 2D metal (hydr)oxide nanosheets are discussed to draw a picture of enhancing the electrocatalysis performances through a series of electronic structure tuning strategies. Finally, perspectives on the current challenges and the trends for the future design of 2D metal (hydr)oxide electrocatalysts with prominent catalytic activity are outlined. It is expected that this Review can shed some light on the design of next generation electrocatalysts.
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- Yanhui Song
- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, P. R. China
- Materials Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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Fu G, Li W, Zhang JY, Li M, Li C, Li N, He Q, Xi S, Qi D, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Cheng J, Zhang KH. Facilitating the Deprotonation of OH to O through Fe 4+ -Induced States in Perovskite LaNiO 3 Enables a Fast Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2006930. [PMID: 33656259 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Aliovalent doping is widely adopted to tune the electronic structure of transition-metal oxides for design of low-cost, active electrocatalysts. Here, using single-crystalline thin films as model electrocatalysts, the structure-activity relationship of Fe states doping in perovskite LaNiO3 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is studied. Fe4+ state is found to be crucial for enhancing the OER activity of LaNiO3 , dramatically increasing the activity by six times, while Fe3+ has negligible effect. Spectroscopic studies and DFT calculations indicate Fe4+ states enhance the degree of Ni/Fe 3d and O 2p hybridization, and meanwhile produce down-shift of the unoccupied density of states towards lower energies. Such electronic features reduce the energy barrier for interfacial electron transfer for water oxidization by 0.2 eV. Further theoretical calculations and H/D isotope experiments reveal the electronic states associated with Fe4+ -O2- -Ni3+ configuration accelerate the deprotonation of *OH to *O (rate-determining step), and thus facilitate fast OER kinetics.
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- Gaoliang Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Block EA, #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Block EA, #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Block EA, #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Block EA, #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P.R. China
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Lin X, Wang Z, Liu R, Liu S, Leng K, Lou H, Du Y, Zheng B, Fu R, Wu D. A versatile sea anemone-inspired strategy toward 2D hybrid porous carbons from functional molecular brushes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:1446-1449. [PMID: 33443498 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07676g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A generalized and facile strategy toward 2D hybrid porous carbons (2DHPCs) with various highly active functional species (e.g. Co, B, and P) is developed via 2D molecular brushes as biomimetic building blocks. The resulting 2DHPCs present superior electrochemical energy conversion and storage properties.
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- Xidong Lin
- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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Zhang D, Yang Z, Yang Y, Li H, Wang X. Highly active hollow mesoporous NiFeCr hydroxide as an electrode material for the oxygen evolution reaction and a redox capacitor. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:15549-15552. [PMID: 33242046 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05421f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A hollow mesoporous trimetallic NiFeCr hydroxide electrode is prepared via a four-step procedure involving the fast electrodeposition of an Ni/Cr/Fe alloy onto a nickel foam substrate, followed by dealloying, oxidation, and activation. The title electrode shows an ultralow onset overpotential of 210 mV for the oxygen evolution reaction and a high specific capacity of 1768 F g-1 as a redox capacitor.
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- Ding Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China.
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Zhao JW, Shi ZX, Li CF, Gu LF, Li GR. Boosting the electrocatalytic performance of NiFe layered double hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction by exposing the highly active edge plane (012). Chem Sci 2020; 12:650-659. [PMID: 34163796 PMCID: PMC8179012 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04196c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The intrinsic activity of NiFe layer double hydroxides (LDHs) for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) suffers from its predominantly exposed (003) basal plane, which is thought to have poor activity. Herein, we construct a hierarchal structure of NiFe LDH nanosheet-arrays-on-microplates (NiFe NSAs-MPs) to elevate the electrocatalytic activity of NiFe LDHs for the OER by exposing a high-activity plane, such as the (012) edge plane. It is surprising that the NiFe NSAs-MPs show activity of 100 mA cm-2 at an overpotential (η) of 250 mV, which is five times higher than that of (003) plane-dominated NiFe LDH microsheet arrays (NiFe MSAs) at the same η, representing the excellent electrocatalytic activity for the OER in alkaline media. Besides, we analyzed the OER activities of the (003) basal plane and the (012) and (110) edge planes of NiFe LDHs by density functional theory with on-site Coulomb interactions (DFT+U), and the calculation results indicated that the (012) edge plane exhibits the best catalytic performance among the various crystal planes because of the oxygen coordination of the Fe site, which is responsible for the high catalytic activity of NiFe NSAs-MPs.
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- Jia-Wei Zhao
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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Rao Y, Wang S, Zhang R, Jiang S, Chen S, Yu Y, Bao S, Xu M, Yue Q, Xin H, Kang Y. Nanoporous V-Doped Ni 5P 4 Microsphere: A Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:37092-37099. [PMID: 32814405 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hydrogen economy is one of the most promising candidates to replace the current energy system on depleting fossil fuels. As a clean and sustainable way to produce hydrogen, electrocatalytic water splitting attracts ever-increasing interest from the research community. Although the wide application of platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts is limited because of the scarcity and high cost toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the non-PGM electrocatalysts usually suffer from unsatisfactory activity and poor durability. In this work, we report an active and durable V-doped Ni5P4 electrocatalyst that can be used for all-pH HER. Particularly, V-Ni5P4 has an HER activity that is comparable to that of Pt in preferred alkaline media, with overpotentials as low as 13 mV and 295 mV at current densities of 10 and 1000 mA cm-2, respectively. The low-cost V-Ni5P4 that enables ultrahigh current density (i.e., at the level of A cm-2) would be of great interest to the hydrogen production industry.
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- Yuan Rao
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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Liu Y, Gao W, Zhou H, Yi X, Bao Y. Highly reactive bulk lattice oxygen exposed by simple water treatment of LiCoO2 for catalytic oxidation of airborne benzene. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zheng X, Cui P, Qian Y, Zhao G, Zheng X, Xu X, Cheng Z, Liu Y, Dou SX, Sun W. Multifunctional Active‐Center‐Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14533-14540. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Xiaobo Zheng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 P. R. China
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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Zheng X, Cui P, Qian Y, Zhao G, Zheng X, Xu X, Cheng Z, Liu Y, Dou SX, Sun W. Multifunctional Active‐Center‐Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202005241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Xiaobo Zheng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing 210008 P. R. China
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230029 P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China
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Cai W, Chen R, Yang H, Tao HB, Wang HY, Gao J, Liu W, Liu S, Hung SF, Liu B. Amorphous versus Crystalline in Water Oxidation Catalysis: A Case Study of NiFe Alloy. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:4278-4285. [PMID: 32391698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Catalytic water splitting driven by renewable electricity offers a promising strategy to produce molecular hydrogen, but its efficiency is severely restricted by the sluggish kinetics of the anodic water oxidation reaction. Amorphous catalysts are reported to show better activities of water oxidation than their crystalline counterparts, but little is known about the underlying origin, which retards the development of high-performance amorphous oxygen evolution reaction catalysts. Herein, on the basis of cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, isotope labeling, and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies, we demonstrate that an amorphous catalyst can be electrochemically activated to expose active sites in the bulk thanks to the short-range order of the amorphous structure, which greatly increases the number of active sites and thus improves the electrocatalytic activity of the amorphous catalyst in water oxidation.
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- Weizheng Cai
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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Cherkashinin G, Schuch J, Kaiser B, Alff L, Jaegermann W. High Voltage Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries and Efficient Water Electrolysis: An Oxymoron? J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:3754-3760. [PMID: 32301321 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We demonstrate that key parameters for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of water are the energetics of the redox complexes associated with their ionization and electrochemical potentials coupled to the change of metal-oxygen band hybridization. We investigate the catalytic activity of the LiCoPO4-LiCo2P3O10 tailored compound, which is a 5 V cathode material for Li-ion batteries. The reason for the weak catalytic activity of the lithiated compound toward the oxygen evolution reaction is a large energy difference between the electronic states involved in the electrochemical reaction. A highly active catalyst is obtained by tuning the relative energetic position of the electronic levels involved in the charge transfer reaction, which in turn are governed by the lithium content. A significant lowering of the overpotential from >550 mV to ∼370 mV at 10 mA cm-2 is achieved via a decrease of the ionization potential and shifting the electrochemical potential near the electronic states of the molecule, thereby facilitating water oxidation.
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- Gennady Cherkashinin
- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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CoFeOx(OH)y/CoOx(OH)y core/shell structure with amorphous interface as an advanced catalyst for electrocatalytic water splitting. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lattice distortion induced internal electric field in TiO 2 photoelectrode for efficient charge separation and transfer. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2129. [PMID: 32358565 PMCID: PMC7195485 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15993-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Providing sufficient driving force for charge separation and transfer (CST) is a critical issue in photoelectrochemical (PEC) energy conversion. Normally, the driving force is derived mainly from band bending at the photoelectrode/electrolyte interface but negligible in the bulk. To boost the bulky driving force, we report a rational strategy to create effective electric field via controllable lattice distortion in the bulk of a semiconductor film. This concept is verified by the lithiation of a classic TiO2 (Li-TiO2) photoelectrode, which leads to significant distortion of the TiO6 unit cells in the bulk with well-aligned dipole moment. A remarkable internal built-in electric field of ~2.1 × 102 V m-1 throughout the Li-TiO2 film is created to provide strong driving force for bulky CST. The photoelectrode demonstrates an over 750% improvement of photocurrent density and 100 mV negative shift of onset potential upon the lithiation compared to that of pristine TiO2 film.
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Cation insertion to break the activity/stability relationship for highly active oxygen evolution reaction catalyst. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1378. [PMID: 32170137 PMCID: PMC7069983 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15231-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The production of hydrogen at a large scale by the environmentally-friendly electrolysis process is currently hampered by the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). We report a solid electrocatalyst α-Li2IrO3 which upon oxidation/delithiation chemically reacts with water to form a hydrated birnessite phase, the OER activity of which is five times greater than its non-reacted counterpart. This reaction enlists a bulk redox process during which hydrated potassium ions from the alkaline electrolyte are inserted into the structure while water is oxidized and oxygen evolved. This singular charge balance process for which the electrocatalyst is solid but the reaction is homogeneous in nature allows stabilizing the surface of the catalyst while ensuring stable OER performances, thus breaking the activity/stability tradeoff normally encountered for OER catalysts. Renewable hydrogen production from water will require understanding and improving the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on catalyst surfaces. Here, authors report α-Li2IrO3 to transform into a hydrated birnessite phase under OER conditions that exhibits enhanced OER performances and durabilities.
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Huang D, Yu J, Zhang Z, Engtrakul C, Burrell A, Zhou M, Luo H, Tenent RC. Enhancing the Electrocatalysis of LiNi 0.5Co 0.2Mn 0.3O 2 by Introducing Lithium Deficiency for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:10496-10502. [PMID: 32043855 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b22438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 (NCM523), as a cathode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, has attracted considerable attention and been successfully commercialized for decades. NCM is also a promising electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the catalytic activity is highly correlated to its structure. In this paper, we successfully obtain NCM523 with three different structures: spinel NCM synthesized at low temperature (LT-NCM), disordered NCM (DO-NCM) with lithium deficiency obtained at high temperature, and layered hexagonal NCM at high temperature (HT-NCM). By introducing lithium deficiency to tune the valence state of transition metals in NCM from Ni2+ to Ni3+, DO-NCM exhibits the best catalytic activity with the lowest onset potential (∼1.48 V) and Tafel slope (∼85.6 mV dec-1), whereas HT-NCM exhibits the worst catalytic activity with the highest onset potential (∼1.63 V) and Tafel slope (∼241.8 mV dec-1).
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- Di Huang
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Ultrathin cobalt pyrophosphate nanosheets with different thicknesses for Zn-air batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 563:328-335. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang J, Gao Y, Kong H, Kim J, Choi S, Ciucci F, Hao Y, Yang S, Shao Z, Lim J. Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:9154-9196. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00575d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Advances of non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis are reviewed, highlighting operando techniques and theoretical calculations in their development.
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- Jian Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing 100081
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Hong Kong
- China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Nano-Micro Material Research, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen 518055
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 210009
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- South Korea
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Zhang Z, Liu C, Feng C, Gao P, Liu Y, Ren F, Zhu Y, Cao C, Yan W, Si R, Zhou S, Zeng J. Breaking the Local Symmetry of LiCoO 2 via Atomic Doping for Efficient Oxygen Evolution. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:8774-8779. [PMID: 31675477 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The obstacle for efficient electrochemical water splitting lies in the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction. Despite the various efforts that have been made to understand and tune the active sites for oxygen evolution reaction, an insight into the configurations of active sites from the electronic perspective is still lacking. Here, we report an atomic doping strategy to break the Oh symmetry of the CoO6 octahedron in LiCoO2. The specific activity of the La-doped LiCoO2 was 3.14 mA cm-2 at the overpotential of 0.35 V, which was 8.3 times higher than that of pristine LiCoO2. The overpotential with a value of 330 mV at 10 mA cm-2 was the lowest among the LiCoO2-based OER electrocatalysts ever reported. Mechanistic studies revealed that the superior activity originated from the asymmetric octahedral coordination of Co, resulting in the enhanced electronic conductivity and Co-O hybridization for the accelerated oxygen evolution kinetics. This work opens a door to enhance the catalytic performance through the manipulation of local symmetry.
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- Zhirong Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility , Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201204 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , P. R. China
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Li MS, Lin ZY, Chen QW. Metal-organic frameworks derived Ag-CoSO4 nanohybrids as efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1805104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Meng-si Li
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Gui L, Huang Z, Ai D, He B, Zhou W, Sun J, Xu J, Wang Q, Zhao L. Integrated Ultrafine Co
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Se in Carbon Nanofibers: An Efficient and Robust Bifunctional Catalyst for Oxygen Electrocatalysis. Chemistry 2019; 26:4063-4069. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Liangqi Gui
- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
- Zhejiang InstituteChina University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Hangzhou 311305 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
- Zhejiang InstituteChina University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Hangzhou 311305 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
- Zhejiang InstituteChina University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Hangzhou 311305 P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringThe Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania 16802 USA
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- Faculty of Materials Science and ChemistryChina University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
- Zhejiang InstituteChina University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Hangzhou 311305 P. R. China
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Short O-O separation in layered oxide Na 0.67CoO 2 enables an ultrafast oxygen evolution reaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:23473-23479. [PMID: 31685612 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901046116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The layered oxide Na0.67CoO2 with Na+ occupying trigonal prismatic sites between CoO2 layers exhibits a remarkably high room temperature oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity in alkaline solution. The high activity is attributed to an unusually short O-O separation that favors formation of peroxide ions by O--O- interactions followed by O2 evolution in preference to the conventional route through surface O-OH- species. The dependence of the onset potential on the pH of the alkaline solution was found to be consistent with the loss of H+ ions from the surface oxygen to provide surface O- that may either be attacked by solution OH- or react with another O-; a short O-O separation favors the latter route. The role of a strong hybridization of the O-2p and low-spin CoIII/CoIV π-bonding d states is also important; the OER on other CoIII/CoIV oxides is compared with that on Na0.67CoO2 as well as that on IrO2.
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Zhang J, Zhu T, Wang Y, Cui J, Sun J, Yan J, Qin Y, Zhang Y, Wu J, Tiwary CS, Ajayan PM, Wu Y. 3D carbon coated NiCo2S4 nanowires doped with nitrogen for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 556:449-457. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Wu Y, Ringe S, Wu CL, Chen W, Yang A, Chen H, Tang M, Zhou G, Hwang HY, Chan K, Cui Y. A Two-Dimensional MoS 2 Catalysis Transistor by Solid-State Ion Gating Manipulation and Adjustment (SIGMA). NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7293-7300. [PMID: 31499003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A variety of methods including tuning chemical compositions, structures, crystallinity, defects and strain, and electrochemical intercalation have been demonstrated to enhance the catalytic activity. However, none of these tuning methods provide direct dynamical control during catalytic reactions. Here we propose a new method to tune the activity of catalysts through solid-state ion gating manipulation and adjustment (SIGMA) using a catalysis transistor. SIGMA can electrostatically dope the surface of catalysts with a high electron concentration over 5 × 1013 cm-2 and thus modulate both the chemical potential of the reaction intermediates and their electrical conductivity. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on both pristine and defective MoS2 were investigated as model reactions. Our theoretical and experimental results show that the overpotential at 10 mA/cm2 and Tafel slope can be in situ, continuously, dynamically, and reversibly tuned over 100 mV and around 100 mV/dec, respectively.
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- Yecun Wu
- Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 United States
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- CatTheory Center, Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby 2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 United States
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Strickler AL, Flores RA, King LA, Nørskov JK, Bajdich M, Jaramillo TF. Systematic Investigation of Iridium-Based Bimetallic Thin Film Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:34059-34066. [PMID: 31442022 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Multimetallic Ir-based systems offer significant opportunities for enhanced oxygen evolution electrocatalysis by modifying the electronic and geometric properties of the active catalyst. Herein, a systematic investigation of bimetallic Ir-based thin films was performed to identify activity and stability trends across material systems for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media. Electron beam evaporation was used to co-deposit metallic films of Ir, IrSn2, IrCr, IrTi, and IrNi. The electrocatalytic activity of the electrochemically oxidized alloys was found to increase in the following order: IrTi < IrSn2 < Ir ∼ IrNi < IrCr. The IrCr system demonstrates two times the catalytic activity of Ir at 1.65 V versus RHE. Density functional theory calculations suggest that this enhancement is due to Cr active sites that have improved oxygen binding energetics compared to those of pure Ir oxide. This work identifies IrCr as a promising new catalyst system that facilitates reduced precious metal loadings for acid-based OER catalysis.
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- Alaina L Strickler
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , 2800 Kongens Lyngby , Denmark
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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Dai J, Zhu Y, Yin Y, Tahini HA, Guan D, Dong F, Lu Q, Smith SC, Zhang X, Wang H, Zhou W, Shao Z. Super-Exchange Interaction Induced Overall Optimization in Ferromagnetic Perovskite Oxides Enables Ultrafast Water Oxidation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1903120. [PMID: 31402592 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201903120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial in many renewable electrochemical technologies including regenerative fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, and water splitting. It is found that abundant active sites with favorable electronic structure and high electrical conductivity play a dominant role in achieving high electrocatalytic efficiency of perovskites, thus efficient strategies need to be designed to generate multiple beneficial factors for OER. Here, highlighted is an unusual super-exchange effect in ferromagnetic perovskite oxide to optimize active sites and enhance electrical conductivity. A systematic exploration about the composition-dependent OER activity in SrCo1 x Rux O3- δ (denoted as SCRx) (x = 0.0-1.0) perovskite is displayed with special attention on the role of super-exchange interaction between high spin (HS) Co3+ and Ru5+ ions. Induced by the unique Co3+ -O-Ru5+ super-exchange interactions, the SCR0.1 is endowed with abundant OER active species including Co3+ /Co4+ , Ru5+ , and O2 2- /O- , high electrical conductivity, and metal-oxygen covalency. Benefiting from these advantageous factors for OER electrocatalysis, the optimized SCR0.1 catalyst exhibits a remarkable activity with a low overpotential of 360 mV at 10 mA cm-2 , which exceeds the benchmark RuO2 and most well-known perovskite oxides reported so far, while maintaining excellent durability. This work provides a new pathway in developing perovskite catalysts for efficient catalysis.
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- Jie Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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Incorporating iron in nickel cobalt layered double hydroxide nanosheet arrays as efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalyst. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Li X, Wang H, Cui Z, Li Y, Xin S, Zhou J, Long Y, Jin C, Goodenough JB. Exceptional oxygen evolution reactivities on CaCoO 3 and SrCoO 3. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaav6262. [PMID: 31448324 PMCID: PMC6688868 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We investigated the roles of covalent bonding, separation of surface oxygen, and electrolyte pH on the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on transition metal oxides by comparing catalytic onset potentials and activities of CaCoO3 and SrCoO3. Both cubic, metallic perovskites have similar CoIV intermediate spin states and onset potentials, but a substantially smaller lattice parameter and shorter surface oxygen separation make CaCoO3 a more stable catalyst with increased OER activity. The onset potentials are similar, occurring where H+ is removed from surface -OH-, but two competing surface reactions determine the catalytic activity. In one, the surface -O- is attacked by electrolyte OH- to form the surface -OOH-; in the other, two -O- form a surface peroxide ion and an oxygen vacancy with electrolyte OH- attacking the oxygen vacancy. The second pathway can be faster if the surface oxygen separation is smaller.
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- Xiang Li
- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement, Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Corresponding author. (Y.Li.); (J.B.G.)
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Corresponding author. (Y.Li.); (J.B.G.)
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