Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 31, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202002297
Keywords
electrocatalysis; kinetics; neutral electrolytes; oxygen evolution reaction
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Funding
- MOST [2016YFA0203302]
- NSFC [21875042, 21634003, 51573027]
- STCSM [16JC1400702, 18QA1400800]
- SHMEC [2017-01-07-00-07-E00062]
- Yanchang Petroleum Group
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
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Developing efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in pH-neutral electrolyte is crucial for microbial electrolysis cells and electrochemical CO(2)reduction. Unfortunately, the OER kinetics in neutral electrolyte is sluggish due to the low concentration of adsorbed reactants, with overpotentials of neutral OER at present much higher than that in acidic or alkaline electrolyte. Here, hydrated metal cations (Ca2+) are sought to be incorporated into the state-of-the-art Ru-Ir binary oxide to tailor the surface oxygen environments (lattice-oxygen and adsorbed oxygen species) for efficient neutral OER. Using a sol-gel method, ternary Ru-Ir-Ca oxides are synthesized in atomically homogenous manner, and the obtained catalyst on glassy carbon electrode achieves 10 mA cm(-2)at a low overpotential of 250 mV, with no degradation for 200 h of operation. In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy, in situ(18)O isotope-labeling differential electrochemical mass spectrometry, and(18)O isotope-labeling secondary ion mass spectroscopy studies are carried out. The results reveal that incorporation of Ca(2+)can enhance the covalency of metal-oxygen bonds and the electrophilic nature of surface metal-bonded oxygen sites; and simultaneously facilitate the adsorption of water molecules on catalyst surface, which accelerates the lattice-oxygen-involved reaction, thus improving the overall OER performance of RuIrCaO(x)catalyst.
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