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Shao W, Xing Z, Xu X, Ye D, Yan R, Ma T, Wang Y, Zeng Z, Yin B, Cheng C, Li S. Bioinspired Proton Pump on Ferroelectric HfO 2-Coupled Ir Catalysts with Bidirectional Hydrogen Spillover for pH-Universal and Superior Hydrogen Production. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39198263 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
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The improvement of hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics can be largely accelerated by introducing a well-designed hydrogen spillover pathway into the catalysts. However, the driving force and mechanism of hydrogen migration on the surface of catalysts are poorly understood and are rarely explored in depth. Here, inspired by the specific ferroelectric property of HfO2, Mn-O-Ca sites in Mn4CaO5, and Fe-Fe sites in hydrogenases, we constructed a bioinspired HfO2 coupled with Ir catalysts (Ir/HfO2@C) with an alkaline hydrogen reverse spillover effect from HfO2 to interface and acid hydrogen spillover effect from Ir to interface. Benefiting from the bidirectional hydrogen spillover pathways controlled by pH, Ir/HfO2@C displays a narrow overpotential difference between acidic and alkaline electrolytes. Remarkably, Ir/HfO2@C shows a remarkable mass current density and turnover frequency value, far exceeding the benchmark Ir/C by 20.6 times. More importantly, this Ir/HfO2@C achieves extraordinarily low overpotentials of 146 and 39 mV at 10 mV cm-2 in seawater and alkaline seawater, respectively. The anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzer equipped with Ir/HfO2@C as a cathode exhibits excellent and stable H2-evolution performance on 2.22 V at 1.0 A cm-2. We expect that the bioinspired strategy will provide a new concept for designing catalytic materials for efficient and pH-universal electrochemical hydrogen production.
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- Wenjie Shao
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Center for Microscopy and Analysis, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Rodriguez-Miguel S, Ma Y, Farid G, Amade R, Ospina R, Andujar JL, Bertran-Serra E, Chaitoglou S. Vertical graphene nanowalls supported hybrid W 2C/WO x composite material as an efficient non-noble metal electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31230. [PMID: 38813160 PMCID: PMC11133850 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Research for the development of noble metal-free electrodes for hydrogen evolution has blossomed in recent years. Transition metal carbides compounds, such as W2C, have been considered as a promising alternative to replace Pt-family metals as electrocatalysts towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Moreover, hybridization of TMCs with graphene nanostructures has emerged as a reliable strategy for the preparation of compounds with high surface to volume ratio and abundant active sites. The present study focuses in the preparation of tungsten carbide/oxide compounds deposited in a three-dimensional vertical graphene nanowalls (VGNW) substrate via chemical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering and thermal annealing processes. Structural and chemical characterization reveals the partial carburization and oxidation of the W film sputtered on the VGNWs, due to C and O migration from VGNWs towards W during the high temperature annealing process. Electrochemical characterization shows the enhanced performance of the nanostructured hybrid W2C/WOx on VGNW compound towards HER, when compared with planar W2C/WOx films. The W2C/WOx nanoparticles on VGNWs require an overpotential of -252 mV for the generation of 10 mA cm-2. Chronoamperometry tests in high overpotentials reveal the compounds stability while sustaining high currents, in the order of hundreds of mA. Post-chronoamperometry test XPS characterization unveils the formation of a W hydroxide layer which favours hydrogen evolution in acidic electrolytes. We aspire that the presented insights can be valuable for those working on the preparation of hybrid electrodes for electrochemical processes.
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- Shahadev Rodriguez-Miguel
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- Escuela de Física, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Carrera 27 calle 9 Ciudad Universitaria Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
- ENPHOCAMAT Group, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Liu X, Shan J, Cao T, Zhu L, Ma J, Wang G, Shi Z, Yang Q, Ma M, Liu Z, Yan S, Wang L, Dai Y, Xiong J, Chen F, Wang B, Pan C, Wang Z, Cheng B, He Y, Luo X, Lin J, Liang SJ, Miao F. On-device phase engineering. NATURE MATERIALS 2024:10.1038/s41563-024-01888-y. [PMID: 38664497 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01888-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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In situ tailoring of two-dimensional materials' phases under external stimulus facilitates the manipulation of their properties for electronic, quantum and energy applications. However, current methods are mainly limited to the transitions among phases with unchanged chemical stoichiometry. Here we propose on-device phase engineering that allows us to realize various lattice phases with distinct chemical stoichiometries. Using palladium and selenide as a model system, we show that a PdSe2 channel with prepatterned Pd electrodes can be transformed into Pd17Se15 and Pd4Se by thermally tailoring the chemical composition ratio of the channel. Different phase configurations can be obtained by precisely controlling the thickness and spacing of the electrodes. The device can be thus engineered to implement versatile functions in situ, such as exhibiting superconducting behaviour and achieving ultralow-contact resistance, as well as customizing the synthesis of electrocatalysts. The proposed on-device phase engineering approach exhibits a universal mechanism and can be expanded to 29 element combinations between a metal and chalcogen. Our work highlights on-device phase engineering as a promising research approach through which to exploit fundamental properties as well as their applications.
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- Xiaowei Liu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Centre for Physical Mechanics and Biophysics, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Physics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Physical Sciences, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Physical Sciences, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Centre for Physical Mechanics and Biophysics, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Physics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
- Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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Liang X, Liu P, Qiu Z, Shen S, Cao F, Zhang Y, Chen M, He X, Xia Y, Wang C, Wan W, Zhang J, Huang H, Gan Y, Xia X, Zhang W. Plasma Technology for Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304168. [PMID: 38264940 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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"Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality" is an important strategic goal for the sustainable development of human society. Typically, a key means to achieve these goals is through electrochemical energy storage technologies and materials. In this context, the rational synthesis and modification of battery materials through new technologies play critical roles. Plasma technology, based on the principles of free radical chemistry, is considered a promising alternative for the construction of advanced battery materials due to its inherent advantages such as superior versatility, high reactivity, excellent conformal properties, low consumption and environmental friendliness. In this perspective paper, we discuss the working principle of plasma and its applied research on battery materials based on plasma conversion, deposition, etching, doping, etc. Furthermore, the new application directions of multiphase plasma associated with solid, liquid and gas sources are proposed and their application examples for batteries (e. g. lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, zinc-air batteries) are given. Finally, the current challenges and future development trends of plasma technology are briefly summarized to provide guidance for the next generation of energy technologies.
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- Xinqi Liang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Engineering Technology, Huzhou College, Huzhou, 313000, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectric and Applications (Ministry of Education), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Science and Technology for Inspection & Quarantine, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 311215, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Science and Technology for Inspection & Quarantine, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 311215, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611371, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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Do VH, Lee JM. Surface engineering for stable electrocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:2693-2737. [PMID: 38318782 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00292f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in rational developments of electrocatalysts through constructing novel atomistic structures and modulating catalytic surface topography, realizing substantial enhancement in electrocatalytic activities. Numerous advanced catalysts were developed for electrochemical energy conversion, exhibiting low overpotential, high intrinsic activity, and selectivity. Yet, maintaining the high catalytic performance under working conditions with high polarization and vigorous microkinetics that induce intensive degradation of surface nanostructures presents a significant challenge for commercial applications. Recently, advanced operando and computational techniques have provided comprehensive mechanistic insights into the degradation of surficial functional structures. Additionally, various innovative strategies have been devised and proven effective in sustaining electrocatalytic activity under harsh operating conditions. This review aims to discuss the most recent understanding of the degradation microkinetics of catalysts across an entire range of anodic to cathodic polarizations, encompassing processes such as oxygen evolution and reduction, hydrogen reduction, and carbon dioxide reduction. Subsequently, innovative strategies adopted to stabilize the materials' structure and activity are highlighted with an in-depth discussion of the underlying rationale. Finally, we present conclusions and perspectives regarding future research and development. By identifying the research gaps, this review aims to inspire further exploration of surface degradation mechanisms and rational design of durable electrocatalysts, ultimately contributing to the large-scale utilization of electroconversion technologies.
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- Viet-Hung Do
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459.
- Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459.
- Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141
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Xiao Z, Huang H, Hu S, Weng Z, Huang Y, Du B, Zeng X, Meng Y, Huang C. Bifunctional Square-Planar NiO 4 Coordination of Topotactic LaNiO 2.0 Films for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300793. [PMID: 38009512 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The high-efficient and low-cost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is decisive for applications of oxide catalysts in metal-air batteries, electrolytic cells, and energy-storage technologies. Delicate regulations of active surface and catalytic reaction pathway of oxide materials principally determine thermodynamic energy barrier and kinetic rate during catalytic reactions, and thus have crucial impacts on OER performance. Herein, a synergistic modulation of catalytically active surface and reaction pathway through facile topotactic transformations switching from perovskite (PV) LaNiO3.0 film to infinite-layer (IL) LaNiO2.0 film is demonstrated, which absolutely contributes to improving OER performance. The square-planar NiO4 coordination of IL-LaNiO2.0 brings about more electrochemically active metal (Ni+ ) sites on the film surface. Meanwhile, the oxygen-deficient driven PV- IL topotactic transformations lead to a reaction pathway converted from absorbate evolution mechanism to lattice-oxygen-mediated mechanism (LOM). The non-concerted proton-electron transfer of LOM pathway, evidenced by the pH-dependent OER kinetics, further boosts the OER activity of IL-LaNiO2.0 films. These findings will advance the in-depth understanding of catalytic mechanisms and open new possibilities for developing highly active perovskite-derived oxide catalysts.
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- Zhifei Xiao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Sustech Core Research Facilities, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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Zhang D, Zhang K, Xie Z, Xu B, Hou M, Lei Y, Watanabe T, Yang B, Liang F. Intrinsic Properties Affecting the Catalytic Activity toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction of Nanostructured Transition Metal Nitrides as Catalysts for Hybrid Na-Air Batteries. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:7469. [PMID: 38068213 PMCID: PMC10707049 DOI: 10.3390/ma16237469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Nanostructured transition metal nitrides (TMNs) have been considered as a promising substitute for precious metal catalysts toward ORR due to their multi-electron orbitals, metallic properties, and low cost. To design TMN catalysts with high catalytic activity toward ORR, the intrinsic features of the influencing factor on the catalytic activity toward ORR of nanostructured TMNs need to be investigated. In this paper, titanium nitride (TiN), zirconium nitride (ZrN), and hafnium nitride (HfN) nanoparticles (NPs) are highly efficient and synthesized in one step by the direct current arc plasma. TiN, ZrN, and HfN NPs with an oxidation layer are applied as the catalysts of hybrid sodium-air batteries (HSABs). The effect of the composition and structural attributes of TMNs on ORR catalysis is defined as follows: (i) composition effect. With the increase in the oxygen content, the catalytic ORR capability of TMNs decreases progressively due to the reduction in oxygen adsorption capacity; (ii) structure effect. The redistribution of the density of states (DOS) of ZrN indicates higher ORR activity than TiN and HfN. HSABs with ZrN exhibit an excellent cyclic stability up to 137 cycles (about 140 h), an outstanding rate performance, and a specific capacity of 2817 mAh·g-1 at 1.0 mA·cm-2.
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- Da Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Institute of Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technical University of Ilmenau, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan;
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; (D.Z.); (K.Z.); (Z.X.); (B.X.); (M.H.); (B.Y.)
- National Engineering Research Center of Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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Chen TW, Chen SM, Anushya G, Kannan R, Veerakumar P, Alam MM, Alargarsamy S, Ramachandran R. Metal-Oxides- and Metal-Oxyhydroxides-Based Nanocomposites for Water Splitting: An Overview. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2012. [PMID: 37446527 DOI: 10.3390/nano13132012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Water electrolysis is an important alternative technology for large-scale hydrogen production to facilitate the development of green energy technology. As such, many efforts have been devoted over the past three decades to producing novel electrocatalysis with strong electrochemical (EC) performance using inexpensive electrocatalysts. Transition metal oxyhydroxide (OxH)-based electrocatalysts have received substantial interest, and prominent results have been achieved for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) under alkaline conditions. Herein, the extensive research focusing on the discussion of OxH-based electrocatalysts is comprehensively highlighted. The general forms of the water-splitting mechanism are described to provide a profound understanding of the mechanism, and their scaling relation activities for OxH electrode materials are given. This paper summarizes the current developments on the EC performance of transition metal OxHs, rare metal OxHs, polymers, and MXene-supported OxH-based electrocatalysts. Additionally, an outline of the suggested HER, OER, and water-splitting processes on transition metal OxH-based electrocatalysts, their primary applications, existing problems, and their EC performance prospects are discussed. Furthermore, this review article discusses the production of energy sources from the proton and electron transfer processes. The highlighted electrocatalysts have received substantial interest to boost the synergetic electrochemical effects to improve the economy of the use of hydrogen, which is one of best ways to fulfill the global energy requirements and address environmental crises. This article also provides useful information regarding the development of OxH electrodes with a hierarchical nanostructure for the water-splitting reaction. Finally, the challenges with the reaction and perspectives for the future development of OxH are elaborated.
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- Tse-Wei Chen
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, St. Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai 602117, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Sri Kumara Gurupara Swamigal Arts College, Thoothukudi 628619, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 600077, India
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, The Madura College, Vidya Nagar, Madurai 625011, India
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Pang B, Jia C, Wang S, Liu T, Ding T, Liu X, Liu D, Cao L, Zhu M, Liang C, Wu Y, Liao Z, Jiang J, Yao T. Self-Optimized Ligand Effect of Single-Atom Modifier in Ternary Pt-Based Alloy for Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:3826-3834. [PMID: 37115709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Modifying the atomic and electronic structure of platinum-based alloy to enhance its activity and anti-CO poisoning ability is a vital issue in hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR). However, the role of foreign modifier metal and the underlying ligand effect is not fully understood. Here, we propose that the ligand effect of single-atom Cu can dynamically modulate the d-band center of Pt-based alloy for boosting HOR performance. By in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy, our research has identified that the potential-driven structural rearrangement into high-coordination Cu-Pt/Pd intensifies the ligand effect in Pt-Cu-Pd, leading to enhanced HOR performance. Thereby, modulating the d-band structure leads to near-optimal hydrogen/hydroxyl binding energies and reduced CO adsorption energies for promoting the HOR kinetics and the CO-tolerant capability. Accordingly, PtPdCu1/C exhibits excellent CO tolerance even at 1,000 ppm impurity.
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- Beibei Pang
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Institute of Applied Physics, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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Zhu Z, Jiang T, Ali M, Meng Y, Jin Y, Cui Y, Chen W. Rechargeable Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage. Chem Rev 2022; 122:16610-16751. [PMID: 36150378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ever-increasing global energy consumption has driven the development of renewable energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) with high electrochemical performance are critical for enabling renewable yet intermittent sources of energy such as solar and wind. In recent years, numerous new battery technologies have been achieved and showed great potential for grid scale energy storage (GSES) applications. However, their practical applications have been greatly impeded due to the gap between the breakthroughs achieved in research laboratories and the industrial applications. In addition, various complex applications call for different battery performances. Matching of diverse batteries to various applications is required to promote practical energy storage research achievement. This review provides in-depth discussion and comprehensive consideration in the battery research field for GSES. The overall requirements of battery technologies for practical applications with key parameters are systematically analyzed by generating standards and measures for GSES. We also discuss recent progress and existing challenges for some representative battery technologies with great promise for GSES, including metal-ion batteries, lead-acid batteries, molten-salt batteries, alkaline batteries, redox-flow batteries, metal-air batteries, and hydrogen-gas batteries. Moreover, we emphasize the importance of bringing emerging battery technologies from academia to industry. Our perspectives on the future development of batteries for GSES applications are provided.
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- Zhengxin Zhu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Du H, Du Z, Wang T, Li B, He S, Wang K, Xie L, Ai W, Huang W. Unlocking Interfacial Electron Transfer of Ruthenium Phosphides by Homologous Core-Shell Design toward Efficient Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2204624. [PMID: 35866182 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Developing high-efficiency electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions (HER/HOR) in alkaline electrolytes is of critical importance for realizing renewable hydrogen technologies. Ruthenium phosphides (RuPx ) are promising candidates to substitute Pt-based electrodes; however, great challenges still remain in their electronic structure regulation for optimizing intermediate adsorption. Herein, it is reported that a homologous RuP@RuP2 core-shell architecture constructed by a phosphatization-controlled phase-transformation strategy enables strong electron coupling for optimal intermediate adsorption by virtue of the emergent interfacial functionality. Density functional theory calculations show that the RuP core and RuP2 shell present efficient electron transfer, leading to a close to thermoneutral hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy of 0.04 eV. Impressively, the resulting material exhibits superior HER/HOR activities in alkaline media, which outperform the benchmark Pt/C and are among the best reported bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysts. The present work not only provides an efficient and cost-effective bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalyst, but also offers a new synthetic protocol to rationally synthesize homologous core-shell nanostructures for widespread applications.
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- Hongfang Du
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Fujian Cross Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), SICAM, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE) & Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
- Fujian Cross Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), SICAM, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, China
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Kim HE, Kwon J, Lee H. Catalytic approaches towards highly durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells with minimized Pt use. Chem Sci 2022; 13:6782-6795. [PMID: 35774157 PMCID: PMC9200127 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00541g] [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: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) produce electricity from H2 without carbon emission, and they are considered as environmentally benign energy conversion devices. Although PEMFCs are mature enough to find themselves in a few commercial automobiles such as Hyundai Nexo and Toyota Mirai, their durability should be enhanced, especially under transient conditions, and Pt use should be reduced significantly to expand their market. Herein, we introduce examples of how catalysts can contribute to enhancing the durability of PEMFCs while minimizing Pt use. Numerous electrocatalysts have been reported claiming superior activity in a half-cell setup, but they often fail to show the same enhancement in a single cell setup due to various transfer problems, impurity poisoning, etc. This perspective focuses on catalysts tested in a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) setup. As examples to obtain durability under transient conditions, catalysts used in reversal-tolerant anodes (RTAs) and selective anodes are explained. RTAs can endure sudden H2 starvation, and selective anodes can operate properly when O2 is unexpectedly mixed with H2 in the anode. As examples with high durability in long-term operation, Pt-based nanoparticle catalysts encapsulated with carbon shells are explained. Interestingly, PtCo nanoparticles supported on Co-N-C or PtFe nanoparticles encapsulated with a carbon shell presented a superior cell performance in spite of <1/10 Pt use in an MEA setup. Non-Pt group metal (PGM) catalysts used in an MEA setup are also briefly explained. With these highly durable catalysts which can respond properly under transient conditions with minimum Pt use, PEMFC technology can bring about a more sustainable society.
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- Hee-Eun Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Daejeon 34141 South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Daejeon 34141 South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Daejeon 34141 South Korea
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Ma H, Chen W, Fan Q, Ye C, Zheng M, Wang J. Regulating Sn self-doping and boosting solar water splitting performance of hematite nanorod arrays grown on fluorine-doped tin oxide via low-level Hf doping. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 625:585-595. [PMID: 35751984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.055] [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: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanorod arrays grown on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate exhibit outstanding solar water splitting efficiency, benefiting from Sn self-doping induced by high-temperature annealing. However, this Sn self-doping couldn't be freely controlled without changing the optimized annealing conditions, which limits the further improvement of their photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties. Here, we report a facile hydrothermal synthesis with subsequent annealing approach to regulate the Sn diffusion via hafnium (Hf) doping as well as enhance the PEC performance of hematite photoanode. Upon increasing the Hf doping concentration, the Sn self-doping content was continuously suppressed. The very low doping-level of Hf (i.e., atomic Hf/Fe = 0.13 ∼ 1.54%) was sufficient for enhancing the electrical conductivity. The Hf-doped α-Fe2O3 with the optimized dopant concentration (Hf/Fe = 1.34%, denoted as 0.25-Hf-Fe2O3) showed a photocurrent density of 1.79 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE, 70% higher than that of the Sn self-doped one (Pristine-Fe2O3). The donor density of 0.25-Hf-Fe2O3 increased 2.5 times compared to Pristine-Fe2O3 while its space-charge resistance and charge transfer resistance declined by 40% and 22%, respectively, verifying Hf doping improves the charge carrier density and accelerates the charge transfer for solar water oxidation. We offered here a prospective dopant alternative for preparing superior hematite-based photoanode.
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- Haiqing Ma
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China; College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China.
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Guo D, Wan Z, Fang G, Zhu M, Xi B. A Tandem Interfaced (Ni 3 S 2 -MoS 2 )@TiO 2 Composite Fabricated by Atomic Layer Deposition as Efficient HER Electrocatalyst. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2201896. [PMID: 35560706 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Reported herein is a highly active and durable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst, which is constructed following a tandem interface strategy and functional in alkaline and even neutral medium (pH ≈ 7). The ternary composite material, consisting of conductive nickel foam (NF) substrate, Ni3 S2 -MoS2 heterostructure, and TiO2 coating, is synthesized by the hydrothermal method and atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. Representative results include: (1) versatile characterizations confirm the proposed composite structure and strong electronic interactions among comprised sulfide and oxide species; (2) the material outperforms commercial Pt/C by recording an overpotential of 115 mV and a Tafel slope of 67 mV dec-1 under neutral conditions. A long-term stability in alkaline electrolytes up to 200 h and impressive overall water splitting behavior (1.56 V @ 10 mA cm-2 ) are documented; (3) implementation of ALD oxide tandem layer is crucial to realize the design concept with superior HER performance by modulating a variety of heterointerface and intermediates electronic structure.
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- Daying Guo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, PFCM Lab, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, PFCM Lab, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, PFCM Lab, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices, PFCM Lab, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Production of a hybrid capacitive storage device via hydrogen gas and carbon electrodes coupling. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2805. [PMID: 35589703 PMCID: PMC9120448 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30450-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Conventional electric double-layer capacitors are energy storage devices with a high specific power and extended cycle life. However, the low energy content of this class of devices acts as a stumbling block to widespread adoption in the energy storage field. To circumvent the low-energy drawback of electric double-layer capacitors, here we report the assembly and testing of a hybrid device called electrocatalytic hydrogen gas capacitor containing a hydrogen gas negative electrode and a carbon-based positive electrode. This device operates using pH-universal aqueous electrolyte solutions (i.e., from 0 to 14) in a wide temperature range (i.e., from - 70 °C to 60 °C). In particular, we report specific energy and power of 45 Wh kg-1 and 458 W kg-1 (both values based on the electrodes' active materials mass), respectively, at 1 A g-1 and 25 °C with 9 M H3PO4 electrolyte solution. The device also enables capacitance retention of 85% (final capacitance of about 114 F g-1) after 100,000 cycles at 10 A g-1 and 25 °C with 1 M phosphate buffer electrolyte solution.
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Gao Y, Qi L, He F, Xue Y, Li Y. Selectively Growing a Highly Active Interface of Mixed Nb-Rh Oxide/2D Carbon for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104706. [PMID: 35104059 PMCID: PMC8981907 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Tailorable electron distribution of the active sites is widely regarded as the key issue to boost the catalytic activity and provide mechanistic insights into the structure-property-performance relationship. Here, a selective metal atom in situ growth strategy to construct highly active interface of mixed metal atom with different Nby RhOx species on sp-/sp2 -cohybridized graphdiyne (Nby RhOx /GDY) is reported. With this innovative idea implemented, experimental results show that the asymmetric electron distribution and the variation of coordination environment of bimetallic species significantly improve the electrocatalytic activity of Nby RhOx /GDY. Optimal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity is achieved at the Nb/Rh ratio of 0.23, exhibiting excellent HER activity with the small overpotentials of 14 and 10 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline and neutral electrolytes. The data show the strong potential for real-system application of such catalysts, which outperform commercial Pt/C (20 wt%). These results shown in this study represent a platform for designing novel catalytic materials by selectively introducing metal atoms on different supports, which can be used as a general method extended to other catalytic systems.
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- Yang Gao
- Institute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Science Center for Material Creation and Energy ConversionInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong UniversityJinan250100P. R. China
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- Institute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
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- Institute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- Science Center for Material Creation and Energy ConversionInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShandong UniversityJinan250100P. R. China
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- Institute of ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049P. R. China
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Yin H, Shen Y, Xi W, Liu X, Yin S, Jia J, Zhang J, Ding Y. Accelerated Hydrogen "Spill-Over" Enhances Anode Performance of Tensile Strained Pd-Based Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2101328. [PMID: 35038252 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101328] [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: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Development of efficient electrocatalysts usually relies on half-cell electrochemical tests for rapid material screening, which however are not always consistent with the associated full cell evaluation. This study designs a tensile-strained Pd anode and reveals that with a lower apparent activity toward the hydrogen oxidation reaction as compared to the unstrained one, it exhibits a surprisingly high activity in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). With an ultralow Pd loading of 4.5 µg cm-2 , the tensile-strained Pd achieves a maximum power density of 1048 mW cm-2 , indicating a 30-fold improvement in power efficiency than that of commercial Pd/C, nearly four times of that of the unstrained one. This discrepancy can be ascribed to the hydrogen-rich surface in the H2 atmosphere of PEMFCs owing to the accelerated hydrogen "spill-over" in the tensile-strained Pd with a standout hydrogen storage property.
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- Huiming Yin
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials and Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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Quan W, Ruan X, Lin Y, Luo J, Huang Y. In situ surface reduction for accessing atomically dispersed platinum on carbon sheets for acidic hydrogen evolution. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18677-18683. [PMID: 34734936 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05199g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Exploring the simple yet well-controlled synthesis of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts is a crucial endeavour for harvesting clean hydrogen via the kinetics-favoured acidic electrochemical water splitting technique. Here we employed the use of defective carbon sheets by KOH etching as a substrate for the in situ surface reduction of Pt(IV) ions to prepare atomically dispersed Pt. Physical and electrochemical characterizations reveal a strong interaction between the carbon substrate and Pt species, providing the basis for the in situ surface reduction. The atomically dispersed Pt electrocatalyst exhibited high HER performance in a sulfuric acid electrolyte, with an overpotential as low as 55 mV at a current density of 100 mA cm-a, and better catalytic durability compared to the commercial Pt/C. The mechanism study revealed that the full utilization of atomically dispersed Pt and the optimized catalyst surface may enhance the recombination of adsorbed *H via the Volmer-Tafel mechanism to produce H2 at a high efficiency. In the light of high activity, durability, and low cost, the atomically dispersed Pt material is promising for acidic HER application.
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- Weiwei Quan
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
- Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Solar Energy Conversion and Energy Storage, Fuzhou,350117, China
- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fuzhou, 350117, China
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- Department of Neurology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road Gulou District, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
- Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Solar Energy Conversion and Energy Storage, Fuzhou,350117, China
- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fuzhou, 350117, China
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- Department of Neurology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, 29 Xinquan Road Gulou District, Fuzhou 350001, China
- Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
- Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Solar Energy Conversion and Energy Storage, Fuzhou,350117, China
- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fuzhou, 350117, China
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TiO2-HfN Radial Nano-Heterojunction: A Hot Carrier Photoanode for Sunlight-Driven Water-Splitting. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11111374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The lack of active, stable, earth-abundant, and visible-light absorbing materials to replace plasmonic noble metals is a critical obstacle for researchers in developing highly efficient and cost-effective photocatalytic systems. Herein, a core–shell nanotube catalyst was fabricated consisting of atomic layer deposited HfN shell and anodic TiO2 support layer with full-visible regime photoactivity for photoelectrochemical water splitting. The HfN active layer has two unique characteristics: (1) A large bandgap between optical and acoustic phonon modes and (2) No electronic bandgap, which allows a large population of long life-time hot carriers, which are used to enhance the photoelectrochemical performance. The photocurrent density (≈2.5 mA·cm−2 at 1 V vs. Ag/AgCl) obtained in this study under AM 1.5G 1 Sun illumination is unprecedented, as it is superior to most existing plasmonic noble metal-decorated catalysts and surprisingly indicates a photocurrent response that extends to 730 nm. The result demonstrates the far-reaching application potential of replacing active HER/HOR noble metals such as Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, etc. with low-cost plasmonic ceramics.
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Chen G, Chen D, Huang J, Zhang C, Chen W, Li T, Huang B, Shao T, Li J, Ostrikov KK. Focused Plasma- and Pure Water-Enabled, Electrode-Emerged Nanointerfaced NiCo Hydroxide-Oxide for Robust Overall Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:45566-45577. [PMID: 34519473 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Bimetallic, bifunctional electrocatalysts capable of driving both oxygen (OER) and hydrogen (HER) evolution half-reactions on both electrodes in commercial water electrolysis cells are among the most promising materials systems for clean hydrogen energy generation. However, insufficient hydrogen and oxygen production activity at industry-relevant current densities and long-term catalyst stability on the electrode surface prevent this approach from industrial translation. This work resolves these challenges by advancing the promising, yet far-from-successful attempts to sprout bimetallic electrocatalytic nanostructures directly from electrode frames. For the first time, we utilize magnetic-field-focused, atmospheric-pressure plasma jets in oxygen-argon gas mixtures to successfully induce the nanointerfaced bimetallic NiCo hydroxide and oxide catalyst phases. After a simple hydrothermal treatment in pure water, NiCo bimetallic hydroxide nanosheets are densely covered with strongly bonded bimetallic NiCo oxide nanoparticles which ensure high catalytic activity evidenced by the low overpotentials for both HER and OER for delivering a current density of 100 mA cm-2 (j100) of only 306 and 484 mV, respectively. The electrode-emerged nanointerfaced NiCo hydroxide-oxide bimetallic system (NiCo2O4-NiCo(OH)x) shows an ultrastable electrocatalytic performance under a high current density of j200, which only decays 5.8% and 6.3% for HER and OER processes within 100 h. The competitive H2 and O2 production rates are about 1.27 and 0.69 mmol h-1 cm-2 (near to 2:1, under j10 conditions), meeting a nearly 100% Faradaic efficiency. Furthermore, the theory calculation indicates that the Ni and Co sites of NiCo2O4-NiCo(OH)x are the catalytic centers for the HER process. Our new plasma-enabled approach for the controlled production of bimetallic hydroxide-oxide active nanointerfaced systems is generic and is potentially suitable for diverse materials systems and applications well beyond electrocatalysis.
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- Guangliang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, P. R. China
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Information, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China
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Zeng G, Pham TA, Vanka S, Liu G, Song C, Cooper JK, Mi Z, Ogitsu T, Toma FM. Development of a photoelectrochemically self-improving Si/GaN photocathode for efficient and durable H 2 production. NATURE MATERIALS 2021; 20:1130-1135. [PMID: 33820963 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-00965-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Development of an efficient yet durable photoelectrode is of paramount importance for deployment of solar-fuel production. Here, we report the photoelectrochemically self-improving behaviour of a silicon/gallium nitride photocathode active for hydrogen production with a Faradaic efficiency approaching ~100%. By using a correlative approach based on different spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, as well as density functional theory calculations, we provide a mechanistic understanding of the chemical transformation that is the origin of the self-improving behaviour. A thin layer of gallium oxynitride forms on the side walls of the gallium nitride grains, via a partial oxygen substitution at nitrogen sites, and displays a higher density of catalytic sites for the hydrogen-evolving reaction. This work demonstrates that the chemical transformation of gallium nitride into gallium oxynitride leads to sustained operation and enhanced catalytic activity, thus showing promise for oxynitride layers as protective catalytic coatings for hydrogen evolution.
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- Guosong Zeng
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Sun K, Zhang T, Tan L, Zhou D, Qian Y, Gao X, Song F, Bian H, Lu Z, Dang J, Gao H, Shaw J, Chen S, Chen G, Rao Y. Interface Catalysts of Ni/Co 2N for Hydrogen Electrochemistry. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:29357-29364. [PMID: 32501672 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The development of active, durable, and nonprecious electrocatalysts for hydrogen electrochemistry is highly desirable but challenging. In this work, we design and fabricate a novel interface catalyst of Ni and Co2N (Ni/Co2N) for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR). The Ni/Co2N interfacial catalysts not only achieve a current density of -10.0 mA cm-2 with an overpotential of 16.2 mV for HER but also provide a HOR current density of 2.35 mA cm-2 at 0.1 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Furthermore, the electrode couple made of the Ni/Co2N interfacial catalysts requires only a cell voltage of 1.57 V to gain a current density of 10 mA cm-2 for overall water splitting. Hybridizations in the three elements of Ni-3d, N-2p, and Co-3d result in charge transfer in the interfacial junction of the Ni and Co2N materials. Our density functional theory calculations show that both the interfacial N and Co sites of Ni/Co2N prefer to hydrogen adsorption in the hydrogen catalytic activities. This study provides a new approach for the construction of multifunctional catalysts for hydrogen electrochemistry.
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- Kaixi Sun
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Material Science and Technology, School of Physics of Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
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- Honda Research Institute, USA, Inc., San Jose, California 95134, United States
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- Honda Research Institute, USA, Inc., San Jose, California 95134, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, United States
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Liu J, Li B, Jing H, Qin Y, Wu Y, Kong D, Leng X, Wang Z. Curcumin-crosslinked acellular bovine pericardium for the application of calcification inhibition heart valves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 15:045002. [PMID: 31972553 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ab6f46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Glutaraldehyde (GA) crosslinked bovine or porcine pericardium tissues exhibit high cell toxicity and calcification in the construction of bioprosthetic valves, which accelerate the failure of valve leaflets and motivate the exploration for alternatives. Polyphenols, including curcumin, procyanidin and quercetin, etc, have showed great calcification inhibition potential in crosslinking collagen and elastin scaffolds. Herein, we developed an innovative phenolic fixing technique by using curcumin as the crosslinking reagent for valvular materials. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry assessments confirmed the hydrogen bond between curcumin and acellular bovine pericardium. Importantly, the calcification inhibition capability of the curcumin-crosslinked bovine pericardium was proved by the dramatically reduced Ca2+ content in the curcumin-fixed group in in vitro assay, a juvenile rat subcutaneous implants model, as well as an osteogenic differentiation model. In addition, the results showed that the curcumin-fixed bovine pericardium exhibited better performance in the areas of mechanical performance, hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility, in comparison with the GA group and the commercialized product. In summary, we demonstrated that curcumin was a feasible crosslinking reagent to fix acellular bovine pericardium, which showed great potential for biomedical applications, particularly in cardiovascular biomaterials with calcification inhibition capacity.
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- Jing Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, People's Republic of China
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Chen J, Jin Q, Li Y, Li Y, Cui H, Wang C. Design Superior Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst by Engineering Dual Active Sites for Water Dissociation and Hydrogen Desorption. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:38771-38778. [PMID: 31566359 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In alkaline media, the water-dissociation-related Volmer process always suppresses the hydrogen formation/desorption process, which makes it challenging to develop non-noble-metal alkaline electrocatalysts with excellent catalytic activity. Here, we proposed a two-pronged strategy to simultaneously promote the kinetic process of both water dissociation and hydrogen desorption with the Co-doped WO2/amorphous CoxW hybrid electrocatalyst. Impressively, the optimized hybrid exhibits an outstanding hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with the quite small Tafel slope of 19.77 mV dec-1 and ultralow overpotential of just 25 mV to reach a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in alkaline media. Both experiments and density functional theory calculations reveal that the top-level HER performance can be attributed to the cooperation of two different active components, in which the water molecule can easily be activated on the amorphous CoxW with low energy barrier (ΔGw = 0.46 eV), while hydrogen atoms can rapidly desorb from the Co-doped WO2 with an optimal Gibbs free energy of hydrogen adsorption (ΔGH* = -0.06 eV). Also, the density functional theory calculation further confirms that the H* tends to combine with another H* via Tafel step rather than Heyrovsky step. The findings provide unique insights for the development of the state-of-the-art non-noble-metal HER electrocatalyst with a Pt-like kinetic behavior in alkaline media.
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- Jianpo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering , Jiangsu Normal University , Xuzhou 221116 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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Defilippi C, Shinde DV, Dang Z, Manna L, Hardacre C, Greer AJ, D'Agostino C, Giordano C. HfN Nanoparticles: An Unexplored Catalyst for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Chiara Defilippi
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Chemistry Department Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK
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- Nanochemistry Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Morego 30 16163 Genova Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester The Mill, Sackville Street Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester The Mill, Sackville Street Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester The Mill, Sackville Street Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Chemistry Department Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK
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Defilippi C, Shinde DV, Dang Z, Manna L, Hardacre C, Greer AJ, D'Agostino C, Giordano C. HfN Nanoparticles: An Unexplored Catalyst for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:15464-15470. [PMID: 31437350 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Water electrolysis is one of the most promising methods to produce H2 and O2 as high potential fuels. Comparing the two half-reactions, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the more difficult to be optimized and still relies on expensive noble metal-based catalysts such as Ru or Ir. In this paper, we prepared nanoparticles of HfN and Hf2 ON2 and tested them for the OER for the first time. The HfN sample, in particular, showed the highest activity, requiring an overpotential of only 358 mV at 10 mA cm-2 in Fe-free electrolyte and, above all, exhibiting long-term stability. This result places this system amongst one of the most promising catalysts for OER tested to date, in terms of sustainability, activity and stability. The prepared nanoparticles are small (less than 15 nm in diameter), well-defined in shape and crystalline, and were characterised before and after electrochemical testing also via electron microscopy (EM), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
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- Chiara Defilippi
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Chemistry Department, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, The Mill, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, The Mill, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, The Mill, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Chemistry Department, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
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Chen T, Liu Y, Lu J, Xing J, Li J, Liu T, Xue Q. Highly efficient detection of ciprofloxacin in water using a nitrogen-doped carbon electrode fabricated through plasma modification. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj03511g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We developed a novel electrochemical sensor based on nitrogen plasma modification to effectively detect ciprofloxacin in water.
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- Tao Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Water Resources and Environment
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Water Resources and Environment
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
- School of Science
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
- School of Science
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Water Resources and Environment
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Water Resources and Environment
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Water Resources and Environment
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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Jiang H, Cui Z, Xu C, Li W. Humid atmospheric pressure plasma jets exposed micro-defects on CoMoO4 nanosheets with enhanced OER performance. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:9432-9435. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04493k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel humid APPJs method was adopted to treat CoMoO4 nanosheet arrays resulting in micro-defects and more reaction intermediates that led to an enhanced OER property.
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- Haishun Jiang
- School of Materials Engineering
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science
- Shanghai 201620
- China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Donghua University
- Shanghai 201620
- China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Donghua University
- Shanghai 201620
- China
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- School of Materials Engineering
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science
- Shanghai 201620
- China
- The Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of the Ministry of Education
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