1
|
Jones TE, Teschner D, Piccinin S. Toward Realistic Models of the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chem Rev 2024; 124:9136-9223. [PMID: 39038270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
Abstract
The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) supplies the protons and electrons needed to transform renewable electricity into chemicals and fuels. However, the OER is kinetically sluggish; it operates at significant rates only when the applied potential far exceeds the reversible voltage. The origin of this overpotential is hidden in a complex mechanism involving multiple electron transfers and chemical bond making/breaking steps. Our desire to improve catalytic performance has then made mechanistic studies of the OER an area of major scientific inquiry, though the complexity of the reaction has made understanding difficult. While historically, mechanistic studies have relied solely on experiment and phenomenological models, over the past twenty years ab initio simulation has been playing an increasingly important role in developing our understanding of the electrocatalytic OER and its reaction mechanisms. In this Review we cover advances in our mechanistic understanding of the OER, organized by increasing complexity in the way through which the OER is modeled. We begin with phenomenological models built using experimental data before reviewing early efforts to incorporate ab initio methods into mechanistic studies. We go on to cover how the assumptions in these early ab initio simulations─no electric field, electrolyte, or explicit kinetics─have been relaxed. Through comparison with experimental literature, we explore the veracity of these different assumptions. We summarize by discussing the most critical open challenges in developing models to understand the mechanisms of the OER.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Travis E Jones
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin 14195, Germany
| | - Detre Teschner
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin 14195, Germany
- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
| | - Simone Piccinin
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste 34136, Italy
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Zhang D, Wu Q, Wu L, Cheng L, Huang K, Chen J, Yao X. Optimal Electrocatalyst Design Strategies for Acidic Oxygen Evolution. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2401975. [PMID: 39120481 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202401975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
Hydrogen, a clean resource with high energy density, is one of the most promising alternatives to fossil. Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers are beneficial for hydrogen production because of their high current density, facile operation, and high gas purity. However, the large-scale application of electrochemical water splitting to acidic electrolytes is severely limited by the sluggish kinetics of the anodic reaction and the inadequate development of corrosion- and highly oxidation-resistant anode catalysts. Therefore, anode catalysts with excellent performance and long-term durability must be developed for anodic oxygen evolution reactions (OER) in acidic media. This review comprehensively outlines three commonly employed strategies, namely, defect, phase, and structure engineering, to address the challenges within the acidic OER, while also identifying their existing limitations. Accordingly, the correlation between material design strategies and catalytic performance is discussed in terms of their contribution to high activity and long-term stability. In addition, various nanostructures that can effectively enhance the catalyst performance at the mesoscale are summarized from the perspective of engineering technology, thus providing suitable strategies for catalyst design that satisfy industrial requirements. Finally, the challenges and future outlook in the area of acidic OER are presented.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Dongdong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
| | - Qilong Wu
- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
| | - Liyun Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
| | - Lina Cheng
- Institute for Green Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, P. R. China
| | - Keke Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
| | - Jun Chen
- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia
| | - Xiangdong Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
- School of Advanced Energy and IGCME, Shenzhen Campus, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518100, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Li W, Bu Y, Ge X, Li F, Han GF, Baek JB. Recent Advances in Iridium-based Electrocatalysts for Acidic Electrolyte Oxidation. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202400295. [PMID: 38362788 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Ongoing research to develop advanced electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is needed to address demand for efficient energy conversion and carbon-free energy sources. In the OER process, acidic electrolytes have higher proton concentration and faster response than alkaline ones, but their harsh strongly acidic environment requires catalysts with greater corrosion and oxidation resistance. At present, iridium oxide (IrO2) with its strong stability and excellent catalytic performance is the catalyst of choice for the anode side of commercial PEM electrolysis cells. However, the scarcity and high cost of iridium (Ir) and the unsatisfactory activity of IrO2 hinder industrial scale application and the sustainable development of acidic OER catalytic technology. This highlights the importance of further research on acidic Ir-based OER catalysts. In this review, recent advances in Ir-based acidic OER electrocatalysts are summarized, including fundamental understanding of the acidic OER mechanism, recent insights into the stability of acidic OER catalysts, highly efficient Ir-based electrocatalysts, and common strategies for optimizing Ir-based catalysts. The future challenges and prospects of developing highly effective Ir-based catalysts are also discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wanqing Li
- UNIST-NUIST Environment and Energy Jointed Lab, UNNU), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, 210044, P. R. China
| | - Yunfei Bu
- UNIST-NUIST Environment and Energy Jointed Lab, UNNU), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, 210044, P. R. China
| | - Xinlei Ge
- UNIST-NUIST Environment and Energy Jointed Lab, UNNU), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, 210044, P. R. China
| | - Feng Li
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, 220 Handan, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
| | - Gao-Feng Han
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
| | - Jong-Beom Baek
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering/Center for Dimension Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST, Ulsan, 44919, South Korea
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Hu Q, Li M, Zhu J, Zhang Z, He D, Zheng K, Wu Y, Fan M, Zhu S, Yan W, Hu J, Zhu J, Chen Q, Jiao X, Xie Y. Nitrogen Doping-Roused Synergistic Active Sites in Perovskite Enabling Highly Selective CO 2 Photoreduction into CH 4. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4610-4617. [PMID: 38564191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
The intricate protonation process in carbon dioxide reduction usually makes the product unpredictable. Thus, it is significant to control the reactive intermediates to manipulate the reaction steps. Here, we propose that the synergistic La-Ti active sites in the N-La2Ti2O7 nanosheets enable the highly selective carbon dioxide photoreduction into methane. In the photoreduction of CO2 over N-La2Ti2O7 nanosheets, in situ Fourier transform infrared spectra are utilized to monitor the *CH3O intermediate, pivotal for methane production, whereas such monitoring is not conducted for La2Ti2O7 nanosheets. Also, theoretical calculations testify to the increased charge densities on the Ti and La atoms and the regulated formation energy barrier of *CO and *CH3O intermediates by the constructed synergistic active sites. Accordingly, the methane formation rate of 7.97 μL h-1 exhibited by the N-La2Ti2O7 nanosheets, along with an electron selectivity of 96.6%, exceeds that of most previously reported catalysts under similar conditions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Qinyuan Hu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Mengqian Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Juncheng Zhu
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Zhixing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Dongpo He
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Kai Zheng
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Yang Wu
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Minghui Fan
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Shan Zhu
- State Grid Anhui Electric Power Research Institute, Hefei 230601, China
| | - Wensheng Yan
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Jun Hu
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Junfa Zhu
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| | - Qingxia Chen
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Xingchen Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
| | - Yi Xie
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Yang Y, Zhou T, Zeng Z, Hu Y, Yang F, Sun W, He L. Novel sulfate solid supported binary Ru-Ir oxides for superior electrocatalytic activity towards OER and CER. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 659:191-202. [PMID: 38176229 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.178] [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: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
Abstract
Electrolysis for producing hydrogen powered by renewable electricity can be dramatically expanded by adapting different electrolytes (brine, seawater or pure water), which means the anode materials must stand up to complex electrolyte conditions. Here, a novel catalyst/support hybrid of binary Ru3.5Ir1Ox supported by barium strontium sulfate (BaSrSO4) was synthesized (RuIrOx/BSS) by exchanging the anion ligands of support. The as-synthesized RuIrOx/BSS exhibits compelling oxygen evolution (OER) and chlorine evolution (CER) performances, which affords to 10 mA cm-2 with only overpotential of 244 mV and 38 mV, respectively. The performed X-ray adsorption spectra clearly indicate the presence of an interface charge transfer effect, which results in the assignment of more electrons to the d orbitals of the Ru and Ir sites. The theoretical calculations demonstrated that the electronic structures of the catalytic active sites were modulated to give a lower overpotential, confirming the intrinsically high OER and CER catalytic activity.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yifei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China
| | - Tingxi Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China
| | - Zhen Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China
| | - Yuling Hu
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China
| | - Fei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China
| | - Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Road, Haikou 570228, PR China.
| | - Leilei He
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Science and Technology, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314006, PR China.
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Tan HY, Lin SC, Wang J, Chen JH, Chang CJ, Hou CH, Shyue JJ, Kuo TR, Chen HM. Reversibly Adapting Configuration in Atomic Catalysts Enables Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 38040669 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) featuring M-N-C moieties have garnered significant attention as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the role of the dynamic M-N configuration of SACs induced by the derived frameworks under applied ORR potentials remains poorly understood. Herein, we conduct a comprehensive investigation using multiple operando techniques to assess the dynamic configurations of Cu SACs under various microstructural interface (MSI) regulations by anchoring atomic Cu on g-C3N4 and zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) substrates. Cu SACs supported on g-C3N4 exhibit symmetric Cu-N configurations characterized by a reversibly adaptive nature under operational conditions, which leads to their excellent ORR catalytic activity. In contrast, the Cu-N configuration in ZIF-derived Cu SACs undergoes irreversible structural changes during the ORR process, in which the elongated Cu-N pair is unstable and breaks during the ORR, acting as a competing reaction against the ORR and resulting in high overpotential requirements. Crucially, operando time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (TR-XAS) and Raman results unequivocally reveal the reversibly adapting properties of the local Cu-N configuration in atomic Cu-anchored g-C3N4, which have been overlooked in numerous literatures. All findings provide valuable insights into the potential-driven characteristics of atomic electrocatalysts during target reactions and offer a systematic approach to study atomic electrocatalysts and their corresponding catalytic behaviors.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hui-Ying Tan
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Sheng-Chih Lin
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Jui-Hsien Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Chia-Jui Chang
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Cheng-Hung Hou
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
| | - Jing-Jong Shyue
- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Tsung-Rong Kuo
- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
| | - Hao Ming Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Hou Z, Cui C, Li Y, Gao Y, Zhu D, Gu Y, Pan G, Zhu Y, Zhang T. Lattice-Strain Engineering for Heterogenous Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209876. [PMID: 36639855 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The energy efficiency of metal-air batteries and water-splitting techniques is severely constrained by multiple electronic transfers in the heterogenous oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the high overpotential induced by the sluggish kinetics has become an uppermost scientific challenge. Numerous attempts are devoted to enabling high activity, selectivity, and stability via tailoring the surface physicochemical properties of nanocatalysts. Lattice-strain engineering as a cutting-edge method for tuning the electronic and geometric configuration of metal sites plays a pivotal role in regulating the interaction of catalytic surfaces with adsorbate molecules. By defining the d-band center as a descriptor of the structure-activity relationship, the individual contribution of strain effects within state-of-the-art electrocatalysts can be systematically elucidated in the OER optimization mechanism. In this review, the fundamentals of the OER and the advancements of strain-catalysts are showcased and the innovative trigger strategies are enumerated, with particular emphasis on the feedback mechanism between the precise regulation of lattice-strain and optimal activity. Subsequently, the modulation of electrocatalysts with various attributes is categorized and the impediments encountered in the practicalization of strained effect are discussed, ending with an outlook on future research directions for this burgeoning field.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Zhiqian Hou
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Chenghao Cui
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Yanni Li
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Yingjie Gao
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Deming Zhu
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Yuanfan Gu
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Guoyu Pan
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Yaqiong Zhu
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Tao Zhang
- State Key Lab of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Yang J, Yang Y. Boosting the inherent activity of NiFe layered double hydroxide via erbium incorporation for water oxidation. Front Chem 2023; 11:1261332. [PMID: 37693173 PMCID: PMC10483838 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1261332] [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: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Enhancing the inherent activity of transition metal-based compounds involving Ni and Fe for the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of vital importance, especially NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH). Here, we doped erbium (Er) into NiFe LDH (Er-NiFe LDH) nanostructures using simple liquid-phase synthesis. The OER activity tests at the same mass loading demonstrated that Er-NiFe LDH has a smaller overpotential and lower Tafel slope than undoped NiFe LDH and commercial RuO2 powders, needing only a small overpotential of 243 mV to achieve a constant current at 10 mA cm-2. Additionally, Er-NiFe LDH was grown in situ on hydrophilic carbon paper substrates (Er-NiFe LDH@CP) to fabricate a three-dimensional (3D) electrode with large catalyst loading, which is favorable for analyzing the stability of morphology structure and elementary components after OER measurement. The galvanostatic measurement suggested that the Er-NiFe LDH@CP electrode possess higher electrochemical durability than a modified glassy carbon electrode due to the stronger mechanical binding between Er-NiFe LDH nanostructures and carbon paper substrate. More importantly, physical characterizations (e.g., SEM and XPS) revealed that Er-NiFe LDH has an excellent stability of morphology, and Ni, Fe, and Er still exist on the catalyst 24 h after the operation. This work provides an effective way for improving the inherent catalytic activity and stability of polymetallic OER catalysts in the future.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Yibin Yang
- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College, Chongqing, China
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Wang C, Yang F, Feng L. Recent advances in iridium-based catalysts with different dimensions for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2023; 8:1174-1193. [PMID: 37434582 DOI: 10.1039/d3nh00156c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
Abstract
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is considered a promising technology for green hydrogen production, and iridium (Ir)-based catalysts are the best materials for anodic oxygen evolution reactions (OER) owing to their high stability and anti-corrosion ability in a strong acid electrolyte. The properties of Ir-based nanocatalysts can be tuned by rational dimension engineering, which has received intensive attention recently for catalysis ability boosting. To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the structural and catalysis performance, herein, an overview of the recent progress was provided for Ir-based catalysts with different dimensions for the acidic OER. The promotional effect was first presented in terms of the nano-size effect, synergistic effect, and electronic effect based on the dimensional effect, then the latest progress of Ir-based catalysts classified into zero-dimensional (0D), one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) catalysts was introduced in detail; and the practical application of some typical examples in the real PEM water electrolyzers (PEMWE) was also presented. Finally, the problems and challenges faced by current dimensionally engineered Ir-based catalysts in acidic electrolytes were discussed. It is concluded that the increased surface area and catalytic active sites can be realized by dimensional engineering strategies, while the controllable synthesis of different dimensional structured catalysts is still a great challenge, and the correlation between structure and performance, especially for the structural evolution during the electrochemical operation process, should be probed in depth. Hopefully, this effort could help understand the progress of dimensional engineering of Ir-based catalysts in OER catalysis and contribute to the design and preparation of novel efficient Ir-based catalysts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chunyan Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, P. R. China.
| | - Fulin Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, P. R. China.
| | - Ligang Feng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002, P. R. China.
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Han N, Zhang W, Guo W, Pan H, Jiang B, Xing L, Tian H, Wang G, Zhang X, Fransaer J. Designing Oxide Catalysts for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Insights from Mechanism to Application. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:185. [PMID: 37515746 PMCID: PMC10387042 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01152-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
Abstract
The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are fundamental processes in a range of energy conversion devices such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. ORR and OER both have significant activation barriers, which severely limit the overall performance of energy conversion devices that utilize ORR/OER. Meanwhile, ORR is another very important electrochemical reaction involving oxygen that has been widely investigated. ORR occurs in aqueous solutions via two pathways: the direct 4-electron reduction or 2-electron reduction pathways from O2 to water (H2O) or from O2 to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Noble metal electrocatalysts are often used to catalyze OER and ORR, despite the fact that noble metal electrocatalysts have certain intrinsic limitations, such as low storage. Thus, it is urgent to develop more active and stable low-cost electrocatalysts, especially for severe environments (e.g., acidic media). Theoretically, an ideal oxygen electrocatalyst should provide adequate binding to oxygen species. Transition metals not belonging to the platinum group metal-based oxides are a low-cost substance that could give a d orbital for oxygen species binding. As a result, transition metal oxides are regarded as a substitute for typical precious metal oxygen electrocatalysts. However, the development of oxide catalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions still faces significant challenges, e.g., catalytic activity, stability, cost, and reaction mechanism. We discuss the fundamental principles underlying the design of oxide catalysts, including the influence of crystal structure, and electronic structure on their performance. We also discuss the challenges associated with developing oxide catalysts and the potential strategies to overcome these challenges.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ning Han
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Wei Zhang
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Wei Guo
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Hui Pan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Bo Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Ocean Energy Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China
| | - Lingbao Xing
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, 255000, People's Republic of China.
| | - Hao Tian
- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, PO Box 123, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.
| | - Guoxiu Wang
- Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, PO Box 123, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
| | - Xuan Zhang
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311200, People's Republic of China.
| | - Jan Fransaer
- Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Sarkar DK, Selvanathan V, Mottakin M, Hasan AKM, Islam MA, Almohamadi H, Alharthi NH, Akhtaruzzaman M. Phytochemical-assisted green synthesis of CuFeO x nano-rose electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media. RSC Adv 2023; 13:19130-19139. [PMID: 37362330 PMCID: PMC10288342 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02512h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Abstract
This study represents a green synthesis method for fabricating an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrode by depositing two-dimensional CuFeOx on nickel foam (NF). Two-dimensional CuFeOx was deposited on NF using in situ hydrothermal synthesis in the presence of Aloe vera extract. This phytochemical-assisted synthesis of CuFeOx resulted in a unique nano-rose-like morphology (petal diameter 30-70 nm), which significantly improved the electrochemical surface area of the electrode. The synthesized electrode was analyzed for its OER electrocatalytic activity and it was observed that using 75% Aloe vera extract in the phytochemical-assisted synthesis of CuFeOx resulted in improved OER electrocatalytic performance by attaining an overpotential of 310 mV for 50 mA cm-2 and 410 mV for 100 mA cm-2. The electrode also sustained robust stability throughout the 50 h of chronopotentiometry studies under alkaline electrolyte conditions, demonstrating its potential as an efficient OER electrode material. This study highlights the promising use of Aloe vera extract as a green and cost-effective way to synthesize efficient OER electrode materials.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- D K Sarkar
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan 43600 Malaysia
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Rajshahi University Rajshahi-6205 Bangladesh
| | - V Selvanathan
- Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (The Energy University) Jalan Ikram-Uniten Kajang 43000 Selangor Malaysia
| | - M Mottakin
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan 43600 Malaysia
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Gopalganj-8100 Bangladesh
| | - A K Mahmud Hasan
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan 43600 Malaysia
| | - Md Ariful Islam
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan 43600 Malaysia
| | - Hamad Almohamadi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah Madinah Saudi Arabia
| | - Nabeel H Alharthi
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah Madinah Saudi Arabia
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University Riyadh 11421 Saudi Arabia
| | - Md Akhtaruzzaman
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan 43600 Malaysia
- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8573 Japan
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Shang C, Xiao X, Xu Q. Coordination chemistry in modulating electronic structures of perovskite-type oxide nanocrystals for oxygen evolution catalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
|
13
|
Lin Y, Dong Y, Wang X, Chen L. Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2210565. [PMID: 36521026 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
The well-established proton exchange membrane (PEM)-based water electrolysis, which operates under acidic conditions, possesses many advantages compared to alkaline water electrolysis, such as compact design, higher voltage efficiency, and higher gas purity. However, PEM-based water electrolysis is hampered by the low efficiency, instability, and high cost of anodic electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In this review, the recently reported acidic OER electrocatalysts are comprehensively summarized, classified, and discussed. The related fundamental studies on OER mechanisms and the relationship between activity and stability are particularly highlighted in order to provide an atomistic-level understanding for OER catalysis. A stability test protocol is suggested to evaluate the intrinsic activity degradation. Some current challenges and unresolved questions, such as the usage of carbon-based materials and the differences between the electrocatalyst performances in acidic electrolytes and PEM-based electrolyzers are also discussed. Finally, suggestions for the most promising electrocatalysts and a perspective for future research are outlined. This review presents a fresh impetus and guideline to the rational design and synthesis of high-performance acidic OER electrocatalysts for PEM-based water electrolysis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yichao Lin
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Qianwan Institute of CNiTECH, Ningbo, 315000, China
| | - Yan Dong
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Qianwan Institute of CNiTECH, Ningbo, 315000, China
| | - Xuezhen Wang
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Qianwan Institute of CNiTECH, Ningbo, 315000, China
| | - Liang Chen
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, P. R. China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Qianwan Institute of CNiTECH, Ningbo, 315000, China
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Huo W, Zhou X, Jin Y, Xie C, Yang S, Qian J, Cai D, Ge Y, Qu Y, Nie H, Yang Z. Rhenium Suppresses Iridium (IV) Oxide Crystallization and Enables Efficient, Stable Electrochemical Water Oxidation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207847. [PMID: 36772894 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
IrO2 as benchmark electrocatalyst for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) suffers from its low activity and poor stability. Modulating the coordination environment of IrO2 by chemical doping is a methodology to suppress Ir dissolution and tailor adsorption behavior of active oxygen intermediates on interfacial Ir sites. Herein, the Re-doped IrO2 with low crystallinity is rationally designed as highly active and robust electrocatalysts for acidic OER. Theoretical calculations suggest that the similar ionic sizes of Ir and Re impart large spontaneous substitution energy and successfully incorporate Re into the IrO2 lattice. Re-doped IrO2 exhibits a much larger migration energy from IrO2 surface (0.96 eV) than other dopants (Ni, Cu, and Zn), indicating strong confinement of Re within the IrO2 lattice for suppressing Ir dissolution. The optimal catalysts (Re: 10 at%) exhibit a low overpotential of 255 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a high stability of 170 h for acidic OER. The comprehensive mechanism investigations demonstrate that the unique structural arrangement of the Ir active sites with Re-dopant imparts high performance of catalysts by minimizing Ir dissolution, facilitating *OH adsorption and *OOH deprotonation, and lowering kinetic barrier during OER. This study provides a methodology for designing highly-performed catalysts for energy conversion.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wenjing Huo
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Xuemei Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Yuwei Jin
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Canquan Xie
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Shuo Yang
- College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Jinjie Qian
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Dong Cai
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Yongjie Ge
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Yongquan Qu
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
| | - Huagui Nie
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| | - Zhi Yang
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Ahmad W, Hou Y, Khan R, Wang L, Zhou S, Wang K, Wan Z, Zhou S, Yan W, Ling M, Liang C. V-Integration Modulates t 2g -Electrons of a Single Crystal Ir 1- x (Ir 0.8 V 0.2 O 2 ) x -BHC for Boosted and Durable OER in Acidic Electrolyte. SMALL METHODS 2023:e2201247. [PMID: 37086116 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Realizing efficacious π-donation from the O 2p orbital to electron-deficient metal (t2g ) d-orbitals along with separately tuned adsorption of *O and *OOH, is an imperious pre-requisite for an electrocatalyst design to demonstrate boosted oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. To regulate the π-donation and the adsorption ability for *O and *OOH, herein, a facile strategy to modulate the electron transfer from electron-rich t2g -orbitals to electron-deficient t2g -orbitals, via strong π-donation from the π-symmetry lone pairs of the bridging O2- , and the d-band center of a biomimetic honeycomb (BHC)-like nanoarchitecture (Ir1- x (Ir0.8 V0.2 O2 )x -BHC) is introduced. The suitable integration of V heteroatoms in the single crystal system of IrO2 decreases the electron density on the neighboring Ir sites, and causes an upshift in the d-band center of Ir1- x (Ir0.8 V0.2 O2 )x -BHC, weakening the adsorption of *O while strengthening that of *OOH, lowers the energy barrier for OER. Therefore, BHC design demonstrates excellent OER performance (shows a small overpotential of 238 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 39.87 mV dec-1 ) with remarkable stability (130 h) in corrosive acidic electrolyte. This work opens a new corridor to design robust biomimetic nanoarchitectures of modulated π-symmetry (t2g ) d-orbitals and the band structure, to achieve excellent activity and durability in acidic environment.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Waqar Ahmad
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Yunpeng Hou
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Rashid Khan
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Liguang Wang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Shiyu Zhou
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Kun Wang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Zhengwei Wan
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Shaodong Zhou
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Wenjun Yan
- School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
| | - Min Ling
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| | - Chengdu Liang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jinhua Boulevard, Quzhou, 324000, China
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Yuan SY, Jiang LW, Hu JS, Liu H, Wang JJ. Fully Dispersed IrO x Atomic Clusters Enable Record Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of Hematite in Acidic Media. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:2354-2361. [PMID: 36853807 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Ir-based materials are still the benchmark catalysts for various reactions in acidic environment, but the high loading and low atom utilization limit their large-scale deployment. Herein, we report an effective strategy for implanting fully dispersed iridium-oxide atomic clusters onto hematite for boosting photoelectrochemical water oxidation in acidic solution. The resulting photoanode achieves a record-high photocurrent of 1.35 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V, corresponding to a mass activity of 172.70 A g-1 (3 times higher than electrodeposited control sample) and demonstrating the merits from the high atomic utilization of Ir. The systematically experimental and theoretical results reveal that the performance improvement correlates with the modulated electronic structure including the adjusted Fermi level and d-band center, which significantly enhances charge separation efficiency and promotes the conversion from intermediate *O into *OOH.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shao-Yu Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Material, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
| | - Li-Wen Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Material, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
| | - Jin-Song Hu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
| | - Hong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Material, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
- Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (IAIR), University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P. R. China
| | - Jian-Jun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Material, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Miao X, Peng Z, Shi L, Zhou S. Insulating High-Entropy Ruthenium Oxide as a Highly Efficient Oxygen-Evolving Electrocatalyst in Acid. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Xianbing Miao
- Hefei National Research Center for Physics Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
| | - Zhen Peng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P. R. China
| | - Lei Shi
- Hefei National Research Center for Physics Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
| | - Shiming Zhou
- Hefei National Research Center for Physics Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
18
|
Mao X, Wang L, Li Y. Machine-Learning-Assisted Discovery of High-Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:170-177. [PMID: 36579956 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Iridium oxide (IrO2) is the predominant electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), but its low efficiency and high cost limit its applications. In this work, we have developed a strategy by combination of high-throughput density functional theory (DFT) and machine learning (ML) techniques for material discovery on IrO2-based electrocatalysts with enhanced OER activity. A total of 36 kinds of metal dopants are considered to substitute for Ir to form binary and ternary metal oxides, and the most stable surface structures are selected from a total of 4648 structures for OER activity evaluation. Utilizing the neural network language model (NNLM), we associate the atomic environment with the formation energies of crystals and free energies of OER intermediates, and finally a series of potential candidates have been screened as the superior OER catalysts. Our strategy could efficiently explore promising electrocatalysts, especially for evaluating complex multi-metallic compounds.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xinnan Mao
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu215123, People's Republic of China
| | - Lu Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu215123, People's Republic of China
| | - Youyong Li
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu215123, People's Republic of China
- Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau999078, People's Republic of China
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Chen X, Song J, Xing Y, Qin Y, Lin J, Qu X, Sun B, Du S, Shi D, Chen C, Sun D. Nickel-decorated RuO2 nanocrystals with rich oxygen vacancies for high‐efficiency overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:940-950. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
|
20
|
A comparative study of interfacial thermal conductance between metal and semiconductor. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19907. [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24379-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
AbstractTo understand and control thermal conductance of interface between metal and semiconductor has now become a crucial task for the thermal design and management of nano-electronic and micro-electronic devices. The interfacial alignments and electronic characteristics of the interfaces between metal and semiconductor are studied using a first-principles calculation based on hybrid density functional theory. The thermal conductance of interfaces between metal and semiconductor were calculated and analyzed using diffuse mismatch model, acoustic mismatch model and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics methods. Especially, according to nonequilibrium molecular dynamics, the values of thermal conductance were obtained to be 32.55 MW m−2 K−1 and 341.87 MW m−2 K−1 at C–Cu and Si–Cu interfaces, respectively. These results of theoretical simulation calculations are basically consistent with the current experimental data, which indicates that phonon–phonon interaction play a more important role than electron–phonon interaction during heat transport. It may be effective way to improve the interfacial thermal conductance through enhancing the interface coupling strength at the metal–semiconductor interface because the strong interfacial scattering plays a role in suppressing in the weaker interface coupling heterostructure, leading to the lower thermal conductance of interfaces. This could provide a beneficial reference for the design of the Schottky diode and thermal management at the interfaces between metal and semiconductor.
Collapse
|
21
|
Sun J, Zhao R, Niu X, Xu M, Xu Z, Qin Y, Zhao W, Yang X, Han Y, Wang Q. In-situ reconstructed hollow iridium-cobalt oxide nanosphere for boosting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution in acid. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
|
22
|
Yang Y, Zhu B, Guo PF, Ding TY, Yang QN, Feng WX, Jia Y, Wang K, Wang WT, He ZH, Liu ZT. In Situ Anodic Oxidation Tuning of NiFeV Diselenide to the Core-Shell Heterojunction for Boosting Oxygen Evolution. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:16805-16813. [PMID: 36223409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Developing non-noble metal-based core-shell heterojunction electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity and long-lasting stability is crucial for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, we prepared novel core-shell Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x heterostructured nanoparticles on hydrophilic-treated carbon paper with high electronic transport and large surface area for accelerating the oxygen evolution rate via high-temperature selenization and electrochemical anodic oxidation procedures. Performance testing shows that Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x possesses the highest performance for OER compared to as-prepared diselenide core-derived heterojunctions, which only require an overpotential of 243 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a low Tafel slope of 91.6 mV decade-1 under basic conditions. Furthermore, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirm the morphology and elementary stabilities of Fe,V-NiSe2@NiFe(OH)x after long-term chronopotentiometric testing. These advantages are largely because of the strong synergistic effect between the Fe,V-NiSe2 core with high conductivity and the amorphous NiFe(OH)x shell with enriched defects and vacancies. This study also presents a general approach to designing and synthesizing more active core-shell heterojunction electrocatalysts for OER.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Bing Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Peng-Fei Guo
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Tian-Yi Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
| | - Qian-Nan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Wan-Xin Feng
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Yan Jia
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Kuan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Wei-Tao Wang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Zhen-Hong He
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
| | - Zhao-Tie Liu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for China National Light Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
| |
Collapse
|
23
|
Yu H, Qin G, Wang J, Zhao X, Li L, Yu X, Zhang X, Lu Z, Yang X. Improving Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance via Central Ions Enhanced Crystal-Field Splitting of MnO 6 Octahedron. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Haoran Yu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Guoqing Qin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Jianxiu Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Xinning Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Lanlan Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Xiaofei Yu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Xinghua Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Zunming Lu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| | - Xiaojing Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin300130, China
| |
Collapse
|
24
|
Shen J, Chen Q, Sheng X, Sun Y, Yu K, Cheng Y, Geng H, Zhang Q, Liu J. Low‐cost Trimetallic Ni‐Fe‐Mn Oxides/(Oxy)hydroxides Nanosheets Array for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Junyu Shen
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering Dalian University of Technology, No. 2, Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District 215500 Changshu CHINA
| | - Qi Chen
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Xiangxiang Sheng
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Yue Sun
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Kaishan Yu
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Yafei Cheng
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Hongbo Geng
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Qijian Zhang
- Changshu Institute of Technology School of Materials Engineering CHINA
| | - Jinxuan Liu
- Dalian University of Technology State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals CHINA
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Activated chemical bonds in nanoporous and amorphous iridium oxides favor low overpotential for oxygen evolution reaction. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3171. [PMID: 35676247 PMCID: PMC9177587 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30838-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
To date, the search for active, selective, and stable electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has not ceased and a detailed atomic-level design of the OER catalyst remains an outstanding (if not, compelling) problem. Considerable studies on different surfaces and polymorphs of iridium oxides (with varying stoichiometries and dopants) have emerged over the years, showing much higher OER activity than the conventionally reported rutile-type IrO2. Here, we have considered different metastable nanoporous and amorphous iridium oxides of different chemical stoichiometries. Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we investigate the (electro)chemical stability, intercalation properties, and electronic structure of these iridium oxides. Using an empirical regression model between the Ir-O bond characteristics and the measured OER overpotentials, we demonstrate how activated Ir-O bonds (and the presence of more electrophilic oxygens) in these less understood polymorphs of iridium oxides can explain their superior OER performance observed in experiments. Here the authors use density-functional theory calculations to examine structure-property relations of nanoporous and amorphous iridium oxides and reconcile the superior oxygen evolution reaction catalytic performance reported in previous experiments.
Collapse
|
26
|
A trace of Pt can significantly boost RuO2 for acidic water splitting. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)63952-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
|
27
|
Zheng X, Qin M, Ma S, Chen Y, Ning H, Yang R, Mao S, Wang Y. Strong Oxide-Support Interaction over IrO 2 /V 2 O 5 for Efficient pH-Universal Water Splitting. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104636. [PMID: 35152570 PMCID: PMC9008424 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
Constructing strong oxide-support interaction (SOSI) is compelling for modulating the atomic configurations and electronic structures of supported catalysts. Herein, ultrafine iridium oxide nanoclusters (≈1 nm) are anchored on vanadium oxide support (IrO2 /V2 O5 ) via SOSI. The as made catalyst, with a unique distorted IrO2 structure, is discovered to significantly boost the performance for pH-universal oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Based on experimental results and theoretical calculations, the distorted IrO2 active sites with flexible redox states in IrO2 /V2 O5 server as electrophilic centers balance the adsorption of oxo-intermediates and effectively facilitate the process of OO coupling, eventually propelling the fast turnover of water oxidation. As a result, IrO2 /V2 O5 demonstrates not only ultralow overpotentials at 10 mA cm-2 (266 mV, pH = 0; 329 mV, pH = 7; 283 mV, pH = 14) for OER, but also high-performance overall water electrolysis over a broad pH range, with a potential of mere 1.50 V (pH = 0), 1.65 V (pH = 7) or 1.49 V (pH = 14) at 10 mA cm-2 . In addition, SOSI can simultaneously secure the distorted active sites and thus remarkably improving the catalytic stability, making it a promising strategy to develop high-performance catalytic systems.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xiaozhong Zheng
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Minkai Qin
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Shuangxiu Ma
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Yuzhuo Chen
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Honghui Ning
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Rui Yang
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Shanjun Mao
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
| | - Yong Wang
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis GroupState Key Laboratory of Clean Energy UtilizationCenter of Chemistry for Frontier TechnologiesInstitute of CatalysisDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310028P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou450001China
| |
Collapse
|
28
|
Chen F, Ma C, Zou C, Cao L, Yang J. Highly efficient and robust iridium based anodes prepared via thermal decomposition for significant degradation of carbamazepine. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
|
29
|
Zhang W, Huang C, Zhu J, Zhou Q, Yu R, Wang Y, An P, Zhang J, Qiu M, Zhou L, Mai L, Yi Z, Yu Y. Dynamic Restructuring of Coordinatively Unsaturated Copper Paddle Wheel Clusters to Boost Electrochemical CO
2
Reduction to Hydrocarbons**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Zhang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Chuqiang Huang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Jiexin Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Qiancheng Zhou
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Ruohan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Yali Wang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Pengfei An
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science Beijing 100049 P. R. China
| | - Jing Zhang
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science Beijing 100049 P. R. China
| | - Ming Qiu
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Liang Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Liqiang Mai
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 Hubei P. R. China
| | - Zhiguo Yi
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China
| | - Ying Yu
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology College of Physical Science and Technology Central China Normal University Wuhan 430079 Hubei P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
30
|
Flexible photoelectrochemical sensor for highly sensitive chloramphenicol detection based on M-TiO2-CdTe QDs/CdS QDs composite. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:2065-2078. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03840-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
|
31
|
Zhang Z, Li Y, Zhang Z, Zheng H, Liu Y, Yan Y, Li C, Lu H, Shi Z, Feng S. An electrochemical modification strategy to fabricate NiFeCuPt polymetallic carbon matrices on nickel foam as stable electrocatalysts for water splitting. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8876-8884. [PMID: 35975144 PMCID: PMC9350615 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02845j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Electrochemical modification is a mild and economical way to prepare electrocatalytic materials with abundant active sites and high atom efficiency. In this work, a stable NiFeCuPt carbon matrix deposited on nickel foam (NFFeCuPt) was fabricated with an extremely low Pt load (∼28 μg cm−2) using one-step electrochemical co-deposition modification, and it serves as a bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting and achieves 100 mA cm−2 current density at a low cell voltage of 1.54 V in acidic solution and 1.63 V in alkaline solution, respectively. In addition, a novel electrolyte was developed to stabilize the catalyst under acidic conditions, which provides inspiration for the development of highly efficient, highly stable, and cost-effective ways to synthesize electrocatalysts. Multiple metal elements immobilized into a carbon matrix to fabricate an ultra-stable water splitting electrocatalyst by one-step electrochemical modification.![]()
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ziqi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Yiduo Li
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Zhe Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - He Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Yuxin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Yuxing Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Chunguang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Haiyan Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Zhan Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| | - Shouhua Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
32
|
Obodo KO, Ouma CNM, Bessarabov D. First principles evaluation of the OER properties of TM−X (TM = Cr, Mn, Fe, Mo, Ru, W and Os, and X = F and S) doped IrO2 (110) surface. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
|
33
|
Li L, Wang P, Shao Q, Huang X. Recent Progress in Advanced Electrocatalyst Design for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2004243. [PMID: 33749035 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers hold great significance for renewable energy storage and conversion. The acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is one of the main roadblocks that hinder the practical application of PEM water electrolyzers. Highly active, cost-effective, and durable electrocatalysts are indispensable for lowering the high kinetic barrier of OER to achieve boosted reaction kinetics. To date, a wide spectrum of advanced electrocatalysts has been designed and synthesized for enhanced acidic OER performance, though Ir and Ru based nanostructures still represent the state-of-the-art catalysts. In this Progress Report, recent research progress in advanced electrocatalysts for improved acidic OER performance is summarized. First, fundamental understanding about acidic OER including reaction mechanisms and atomic understanding to acidic OER for rational design of efficient electrocatalysts are discussed. Thereafter, an overview of the progress in the design and synthesis of advanced acidic OER electrocatalysts is provided in terms of catalyst category, i.e., metallic nanostructures (Ir and Ru based), precious metal oxides, nonprecious metal oxides, and carbon based nanomaterials. Finally, perspectives to the future development of acidic OER are provided from the aspects of reaction mechanism investigation and more efficient electrocatalyst design.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Leigang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China
| | - Pengtang Wang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China
| | - Qi Shao
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China
| | - Xiaoqing Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China
| |
Collapse
|
34
|
Hona RK, Karki SB, Cao T, Mishra R, Sterbinsky GE, Ramezanipour F. Sustainable Oxide Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen- and Oxygen-Evolution Reactions. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ram Krishna Hona
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
| | - Surendra B. Karki
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
| | - Tengfei Cao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
| | - Rohan Mishra
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
| | - George E. Sterbinsky
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
| | - Farshid Ramezanipour
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
| |
Collapse
|
35
|
Zhang W, Huang C, Zhu J, Zhou Q, Yu R, Wang Y, An P, Zhang J, Qiu M, Zhou L, Mai L, Yi Z, Yu Y. Dynamic Restructuring of Coordinatively Unsaturated Copper Paddle Wheel Clusters to Boost Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Hydrocarbons*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202112116. [PMID: 34704659 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons involves a multistep proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reaction. Second coordination sphere engineering is reported to be effective in the PCET process; however, little is known about the actual catalytic active sites under realistic operating conditions. We have designed a defect-containing metal-organic framework, HKUST-1, through a facile "atomized trimesic acid" strategy, in which Cu atoms are modified by unsaturated carboxylate ligands, producing coordinatively unsaturated Cu paddle wheel (CU-CPW) clusters. We investigate the dynamic behavior of the CU-CPW during electrochemical reconstruction through the comprehensive analysis of in situ characterization results. It is demonstrated that Cu2 (HCOO)3 is maintained after electrochemical reconstruction and that is behaves as an active site. Mechanistic studies reveal that CU-CPW accelerates the proton-coupled multi-electron transfer (PCMET) reaction, resulting in a deep CO2 reduction reaction.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Zhang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Chuqiang Huang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Jiexin Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Qiancheng Zhou
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Ruohan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Yali Wang
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Pengfei An
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Jing Zhang
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
| | - Ming Qiu
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Liang Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Liqiang Mai
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
| | - Zhiguo Yi
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
| | - Ying Yu
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
36
|
Lončar A, Escalera-López D, Ruiz-Zepeda F, Hrnjić A, Šala M, Jovanovič P, Bele M, Cherevko S, Hodnik N. Sacrificial Cu Layer Mediated the Formation of an Active and Stable Supported Iridium Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst. ACS Catal 2021; 11:12510-12519. [PMID: 34676130 PMCID: PMC8524421 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
![]()
The production of
hydrogen via a proton-exchange membrane water
electrolyzer (PEM-WE) is directly dependent on the rational design
of electrocatalysts for the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER),
which is the bottleneck of the process. Here, we present a smart design
strategy for enhancing Ir utilization and stabilization. We showcase
it on a catalyst, where Ir nanoparticles are efficiently anchored
on a conductive support titanium oxynitride (TiONx) dispersed over carbon-based Ketjen Black and covered by
a thin layer of copper (Ir/CuTiONx/C),
which gets removed in the preconditioning step. Electrochemical OER
activity, stability, and structural changes were compared to the Ir-based
catalyst, where Ir nanoparticles without Cu are deposited on the same
support (Ir/TiONx/C). To study the effect
of the sacrificial less-noble metal layer on the catalytic performance
of the synthesized material, characterization methods, namely X-ray
powder diffraction, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and identical
location transmission electron microscopy were employed and complemented
with scanning flow cell coupled to an inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometer, which allowed studying the online dissolution during
the catalytic reaction. Utilization of these advanced methods revealed
that the sacrificial Cu layer positively affects both Ir OER mass
activity and its durability, which was assessed via S-number, a recently
reported stability metric. Improved activity of Cu analogue was ascribed
to the higher surface area of smaller Ir nanoparticles, which are
better stabilized through a strong metal–support interaction
(SMSI) effect.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Anja Lončar
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - Daniel Escalera-López
- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen−Nürnberg for Renewable Energy, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - Francisco Ruiz-Zepeda
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Armin Hrnjić
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - Martin Šala
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Primož Jovanovič
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Marjan Bele
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Serhiy Cherevko
- Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen−Nürnberg for Renewable Energy, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - Nejc Hodnik
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| |
Collapse
|
37
|
Zhang K, Zou R. Advanced Transition Metal-Based OER Electrocatalysts: Current Status, Opportunities, and Challenges. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100129. [PMID: 34114334 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is an important half-reaction involved in many electrochemical applications, such as water splitting and rechargeable metal-air batteries. However, the sluggish kinetics of its four-electron transfer process becomes a bottleneck to the performance enhancement. Thus, rational design of electrocatalysts for OER based on thorough understanding of mechanisms and structure-activity relationship is of vital significance. This review begins with the introduction of OER mechanisms which include conventional adsorbate evolution mechanism and lattice-oxygen-mediated mechanism. The reaction pathways and related intermediates are discussed in detail, and several descriptors which greatly assist in catalyst screen and optimization are summarized. Some important parameters suggested as measurement criteria for OER are also mentioned and discussed. Then, recent developments and breakthroughs in experimental achievements on transition metal-based OER electrocatalysts are reviewed to reveal the novel design principles. Finally, some perspectives and future directions are proposed for further catalytic performance enhancement and deeper understanding of catalyst design. It is believed that iterative improvements based on the understanding of mechanisms and fundamental design principles are essential to realize the applications of efficient transition metal-based OER electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kexin Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Institute of Clean Energy, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
| | - Ruqiang Zou
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Institute of Clean Energy, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
| |
Collapse
|
38
|
Deng B, Long Y, Yang C, Du P, Wang R, Huang K, Wu H. Ultrafast heating to boost the electrocatalytic activity of iridium towards oxygen evolution reaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7830-7833. [PMID: 34278387 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01999f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Efficient electrocatalysts are in great demand for renewable energy storage systems. Herein, we propose an ultrafast heating strategy to fabricate an efficient Ir/CP-UH catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Experimental results demonstrated that the ultrasmall Ir nanoparticles (≈1-3 nm) and clusters (<1 nm) were highly dispersed on the carbon paper support after a short thermal shock (∼5 s). The catalyst showed a low overpotential of 260 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and remarkable mass activity of about 13.8 times higher than that of the current state-of-the-art commercial Ir/C catalyst. This ultrafast heating strategy can also be applied to other catalyst systems for OER and other electrochemical reactions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Bohan Deng
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
| | - Yuanzheng Long
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
| | - Cheng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
| | - Peng Du
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China. and State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications & School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, P. R. China
| | - Ruyue Wang
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China. and State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications & School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, P. R. China
| | - Kai Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications & School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, P. R. China
| | - Hui Wu
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
| |
Collapse
|
39
|
Ma CL, Wang ZQ, Sun W, Cao LM, Gong XQ, Yang J. Surface Reconstruction for Forming the [IrO 6]-[IrO 6] Framework: Key Structure for Stable and Activated OER Performance in Acidic Media. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:29654-29663. [PMID: 34148341 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The surface reconstruction of iridium-based derivatives (AxIryOz) was extensively demonstrated to have an excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance in an acidic medium. It is urgent to use various spectroscopy and computational methods to explore the electronic state changes in the surface reconstruction process. Herein, the underestimated Lu2Ir2O7 was synthesized and investigated. Four typical forms of electrochemistry impedance spectra involved in the reconstruction process revealed three dominating forms of reconstructed pyrochlore in the OER stage, including the inner intact pyrochlore, mid metastable [IrO6]-[IrO6] framework, and the outer collapse amorphous layer. The enhancing electron transport efficiency of the corner-shared [IrO6]-[IrO6] framework was revealed as a critical role in acidic systems. The density of state (DOS) for the constructed [IrO6]-[IrO6] framework corroborated the enhancement of Ir-O hybridization and the downshift of the d-band center. Additionally, we contrast the pristine and reconstruction properties of the Pr2Ir2O7, Eu2Ir2O7, and Lu2Ir2O7 in alkaline and acidic media. The DOS and the XANES results reveal the scale relationship between the O 2p band center and the intrinsic activity for bulk pyrochlore in alkaline media. The highest O 2p center and the highest Ir-O hybridization of Lu2Ir2O7 exhibited the best OER performance among the Ir-based pyrochlore, up to a ninefold improvement in Ir-mass activity compared to IrO2. Our findings emphasize the electrochemical behavior of the reconstruction process for activated water-splitting performance.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cheng-Long Ma
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Wei Sun
- College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
| | - Li-Mei Cao
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Xue-Qing Gong
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Ji Yang
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| |
Collapse
|
40
|
Ying Y, Godínez Salomón JF, Lartundo-Rojas L, Moreno A, Meyer R, Damin CA, Rhodes CP. Hydrous cobalt-iridium oxide two-dimensional nanoframes: insights into activity and stability of bimetallic acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysts. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1976-1996. [PMID: 36133093 PMCID: PMC9419543 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00912a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts that have high activity, extended durability, and lower costs are needed to further the development and wide-scale adoption of proton-exchange membrane electrolyzers. In this work, we report hydrous cobalt-iridium oxide two-dimensional (2D) nanoframes exhibit higher oxygen evolution activity and similar stability compared with commercial IrO2; however, the bimetallic Co-Ir catalyst undergoes a significantly different degradation process compared with the monometallic IrO2 catalyst. The bimetallic Co-Ir 2D nanoframes consist of interconnected Co-Ir alloy domains within an unsupported, carbon-free, porous nanostructure that allows three-dimensional molecular access to the catalytically active surface sites. After electrochemical conditioning within the OER potential range, the predominately bimetallic alloy surface transforms to an oxide/hydroxide surface. Oxygen evolution activities determined using a rotating disk electrode configuration show that the hydrous Co-Ir oxide nanoframes provide 17 times higher OER mass activity and 18 times higher specific activity compared to commercial IrO2. The higher OER activities of the hydrous Co-Ir nanoframes are attributed to the presence of highly active surface iridium hydroxide groups. The accelerated durability testing of IrO2 resulted in lowering of the specific activity and partial dissolution of Ir. In contrast, the durability testing of hydrous Co-Ir oxide nanoframes resulted in the combination of a higher Ir dissolution rate, an increase in the relative contribution of surface iridium hydroxide groups and an increase in specific activity. The understanding of the differences in degradation processes between bimetallic and monometallic catalysts furthers our ability to design high activity and stability acidic OER electrocatalysts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yuanfang Ying
- Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
| | | | - Luis Lartundo-Rojas
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Nanociencias y Micro y Nanotecnologías, UPALM Zacatenco CP 07738 Ciudad de México Mexico
| | - Ashley Moreno
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
| | - Robert Meyer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
| | - Craig A Damin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
| | - Christopher P Rhodes
- Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University San Marcos TX 78666 USA
| |
Collapse
|
41
|
Zhang H, Wang Z, Ma C, Zhou Z, Cao L, Gong X, Dong C, Yang J. Synthesis of Lattice-Contracted Cobalt Disulfide as an Outstanding Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst via Self-assembly Arrangement. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:1388-1395. [PMID: 33404193 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Identifying high-performance non-precious metal-based catalysts at the cathode is a major challenge for future practical applications. Herein, a soft-template route through a self-assembly arrangement of sulfur sources was successfully developed, facilitating the anion exchange. In addition, compared with pristine cobalt disulfide synthesized without templates, the cobalt disulfide prepared using the new method presented a lattice shrinking phenomenon due to the hindrance of cobalt hydroxide crystal cell. Based on X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculation, increased occupancy of eg orbitals was verified for the cobalt disulfide after shrinkage, which was the main factor for enhancing the intrinsic activity of the catalyst. Besides the microscopic morphologic structure, elementary composition, and the valence state of the elements, the possible growth process of the cobalt disulfide was also discussed in detail. As catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction, CoS2 showed a similar half-wave potential (0.81 vs. 0.84 V for Pt/C) and higher diffusion-limiting current density (reaching 5.33 vs. 5.19 mA cm-2 for Pt/C) than a commercial Pt/C catalyst. Hence, our results provide a rational design direction for this type of catalysts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hao Zhang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Zhiqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Chenglong Ma
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Zhenhua Zhou
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Limei Cao
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Xueqing Gong
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Chunxiao Dong
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Ji Yang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
42
|
|
43
|
Huang W, Zhang J, Liu D, Xu W, Wang Y, Yao J, Tan HT, Dinh KN, Wu C, Kuang M, Fang W, Dangol R, Song L, Zhou K, Liu C, Xu JW, Liu B, Yan Q. Tuning the Electronic Structures of Multimetal Oxide Nanoplates to Realize Favorable Adsorption Energies of Oxygenated Intermediates. ACS NANO 2020; 14:17640-17651. [PMID: 33316158 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Highly active oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are important to effectively transform renewable electricity to fuel and chemicals. In this work, we construct a series of multimetal oxide nanoplate OER electrocatalysts through successive cation exchange followed by electrochemical oxidation, whose electronic structure and diversified metal active sites can be engineered via the mutual synergy among multiple metal species. Among the examined multimetal oxide nanoplates, CoCeNiFeZnCuOx nanoplates exhibit the optimal adsorption energy of OER intermediates. Together with the high electrochemical active surface area, the CoCeNiFeZnCuOx nanoplates manage to deliver a small overpotential of 211 mV at an OER current density of 10 mA cm-2 (η10) with a Tafel slope as low as 21 mV dec-1 in 1 M KOH solution, superior to commercial IrO2 (339 mV at η10, Tafel slope of 55 mV dec-1), which can be stably operated at 10 mA cm-2 (at an overpotential of 211 mV) and 100 mA cm-2 (at an overpotential of 307 mV) for 100 h.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wenjing Huang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Junming Zhang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459
| | - Daobin Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Wenjie Xu
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
| | - Yu Wang
- Environmental Process Modelling Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 CleanTech Loop, Singapore 637141
| | - Jiandong Yao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Hui Teng Tan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Khang Ngoc Dinh
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Chen Wu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Min Kuang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Wei Fang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Raksha Dangol
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| | - Li Song
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
| | - Kun Zhou
- Environmental Process Modelling Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 CleanTech Loop, Singapore 637141
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
| | - Chuntai Liu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
| | - Jian Wei Xu
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis #08-03, Singapore 138634
| | - Bin Liu
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459
| | - Qingyu Yan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
| |
Collapse
|
44
|
Zhang H, Wang Z, Ma C, Zhou Z, Cao L, Yang J. Regulating the Coordination of Co sites in Co 3 O 4 /MnO 2 Compounding for Facilitated Oxygen Reduction Reaction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:6613-6620. [PMID: 33098252 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Binary transition metal oxides as a promising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst have received significant attention. However, their exact reaction mechanisms are often too complex to be discussed. Herein, novel Co-Mn composites with a well-defined nanostructure were developed for understanding the role of each component. The growth pattern of cobalt oxide and the effects of the coordination environment of Co sites during growth on the overall activity were investigated. Based on experimental and density functional theory studies, it was found that the decaying coordination number directly affected the expression of crystal planes of cobalt oxide, which further had a great influence upon limiting current density of Co-Mn catalysts. The cuboid-Co/Mn catalyst exhibited outstanding limiting current density and showed good stability, related to more highly active (110) planes exposed in Co3 O4 . These provided many references for the preparation of related nonprecious catalysts in various domains.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hao Zhang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Zhiqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Chenglong Ma
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Zhenhua Zhou
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Limei Cao
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| | - Ji Yang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
45
|
Lu Y, Dong C, Huang Y, Zou Y, Liu Z, Liu Y, Li Y, He N, Shi J, Wang S. Identifying the Geometric Site Dependence of Spinel Oxides for the Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuxuan Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Chung‐Li Dong
- Department of Physics Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan
| | - Yu‐Cheng Huang
- Department of Physics Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan
| | - Yuqin Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Zhijuan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Yanbo Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Yingying Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Nihan He
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Jianqiao Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Shuangyin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
46
|
Lu Y, Dong C, Huang Y, Zou Y, Liu Z, Liu Y, Li Y, He N, Shi J, Wang S. Identifying the Geometric Site Dependence of Spinel Oxides for the Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19215-19221. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuxuan Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Chung‐Li Dong
- Department of Physics Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan
| | - Yu‐Cheng Huang
- Department of Physics Tamkang University Tamsui 25137 Taiwan
| | - Yuqin Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Zhijuan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Yanbo Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Yingying Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Nihan He
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Jianqiao Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| | - Shuangyin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, the National Supercomputer Centers in Changsha Institution Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China
| |
Collapse
|
47
|
Wang Y, Hao S, Liu X, Wang Q, Su Z, Lei L, Zhang X. Ce-Doped IrO 2 Electrocatalysts with Enhanced Performance for Water Oxidation in Acidic Media. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:37006-37012. [PMID: 32709192 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Electrocatalytic water splitting in acidic media based on a proton-exchange membrane (PEM) is a promising technique for the large-scale production of hydrogen. However, developing electrocatalysts with high activity and excellent stability for an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media is still a big challenge. Herein, a Cex-IrO2 catalyst supported on N-doped porous carbon (NPC) was developed via doping Ce into IrO2 nanoparticles. The Cex-IrO2 nanoparticles were uniformly distributed on NPC due to the high surface area. The optimized Ce0.2-IrO2@NPC delivers a low overpotential of 224 mV and excellent stability of 100 h in 0.5 M H2SO4 at 10 mA cm-2. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicated that the introduction of Ce could modify the electronic structure of IrO2, decreasing the energy barrier of the rate-determining step for OER and enhancing the electrochemical OER performance. Our work opens up a new way of developing anodic electrocatalysts, which can be stably applied in acidic media.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yahui Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
| | - Shaoyun Hao
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
| | - Xiangnan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
| | - Qiqi Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
| | - Zhiwei Su
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
| | - Lecheng Lei
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China
| | - Xingwang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China
| |
Collapse
|
48
|
Khodabakhshi M, Chen S, Ye T, Wu H, Yang L, Zhang W, Chang H. Hierarchical Highly Wrinkled Trimetallic NiFeCu Phosphide Nanosheets on Nanodendrite Ni 3S 2/Ni Foam as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:36268-36276. [PMID: 32667189 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and costly noble-metal oxide catalysts hinder the vast usage of environmentally friendly water splitting for hydrogen production. Elemental doping by partial replacing of parent metal elements with elements of higher electronegativity is considered to be one of the most efficient strategies to promote the electrocatalytic OER performance. In this work, we synthesize an efficient hierarchical highly wrinkled NiFeCu phosphide nanosheet on nanodendrite Ni3S2/NiF substrates through partial replacement of Cu instead of Ni and Fe in NiFeP@Ni3S2/NiF by using a facile electrodeposition method. The NiFeCuP@Ni3S2/NiF electrocatalyst needs only 230, 282, and 351 mV to reach 10, 50, and 100 mA × cm-2, respectively. Notably, this electrocatalyst shows one of the lowest OER overpotentials at 10 mA/cm-2 for metal phosphides and endured the OER at 20 mA × cm-2 for 18 h with negligible voltage elevation. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), double-layer capacitance (Cdl) plots, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy show that the partial Cu doping in NiFeP@Ni3S2/NiF not only can change the electron density around Ni and Fe but also can increase the electrochemically active surface area and conductivity of electrocatalysts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Meysam Khodabakhshi
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Shumin Chen
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Tian Ye
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Hao Wu
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Li Yang
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Wenfeng Zhang
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| | - Haixin Chang
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die &Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
| |
Collapse
|
49
|
Ma C, Sun W, Qamar Zaman W, Zhou Z, Zhang H, Shen Q, Cao L, Yang J. Lanthanides Regulated the Amorphization-Crystallization of IrO 2 for Outstanding OER Performance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:34980-34989. [PMID: 32658446 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Research has been focused on regulating the amorphous surface of Ir-based materials to achieve a higher oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. The IrOx amorphous layer is generally considered to be substantial enough to break the limitation created by the conventional adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM) in acidic media. In this work, we used lanthanides to regulate IrOx amorphization-crystallization through inhibiting the crystallization of iridium atoms in the calcination process. The chosen route created abundant crystalline-amorphous (c-a) interfaces, which greatly enhanced the charge transfer kinetics and the stability of the materials. The mass activity of iridium in the synthesized IrO2@LuIr1-nOx(OH)y structure reached 128.3 A/gIr, which is 14.6-fold that of the benchmark IrO2. All the IrO2@LnIr1-nOx(OH)y (Ln = La-Lu) structures reflected 290-300 mV of overpotential at 10 mA/cmgeo2. We demonstrate that a highly active c-a interface possesses an efficient charge transfer capability and is conducive to the stability of the activated oxygen species. The surface-activated oxygen species and the tensile strain [IrO6] octahedron regulated by lanthanides are synergistically beneficial for increasing the intrinsic OER activity. Our research findings introduce c-a interface generation by the regulation of lanthanides as a new method for the rational design of robust OER catalysts.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Chenglong Ma
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Wei Sun
- College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
| | - Waqas Qamar Zaman
- Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
| | - Zhenhua Zhou
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Hao Zhang
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Qicheng Shen
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Limei Cao
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| | - Ji Yang
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei long Road, Shanghai 200237, China
| |
Collapse
|
50
|
Peng X, Zhao S, Mi Y, Han L, Liu X, Qi D, Sun J, Liu Y, Bao H, Zhuo L, Xin HL, Luo J, Sun X. Trifunctional Single-Atomic Ru Sites Enable Efficient Overall Water Splitting and Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2002888. [PMID: 32662944 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Development of cost-effective, active trifunctional catalysts for acidic oxygen reduction (ORR) as well as hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions (HER and OER, respectively) is highly desirable, albeit challenging. Herein, single-atomic Ru sites anchored onto Ti3 C2 Tx MXene nanosheets are first reported to serve as trifunctional electrocatalysts for simultaneously catalyzing acidic HER, OER, and ORR. A half-wave potential of 0.80 V for ORR and small overpotentials of 290 and 70 mV for OER and HER, respectively, at 10 mA cm-2 are achieved. Hence, a low cell voltage of 1.56 V is required for the acidic overall water splitting. The maximum power density of an H2 -O2 fuel cell using the as-prepared catalyst can reach as high as 941 mW cm-2 . Theoretical calculations reveal that isolated Ru-O2 sites can effectively optimize the adsorption of reactants/intermediates and lower the energy barriers for the potential-determining steps, thereby accelerating the HER, ORR, and OER kinetics.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xianyun Peng
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Shunzheng Zhao
- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
| | - Yuying Mi
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Lili Han
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
| | - Xijun Liu
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Defeng Qi
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Jiaqiang Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China
| | - Yifan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
| | - Haihong Bao
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Longchao Zhuo
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, China
| | - Huolin L Xin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
| | - Jun Luo
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
| | - Xiaoming Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
| |
Collapse
|