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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 431, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.134072
Keywords
Defective RuO2; TiO2; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Oxygen evolution reaction; DFT calculation
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [21671114, 22075223, U1804131]
- Tackle Key Problem of Science and Technology Project of Henan Province, China [202102210245]
- Program for Science & Technology Innova-tion Talents in Universities of Henan Province [21IRTSTHN004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province [202300410288]
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The study reveals that defect-rich RuO2 and TiO2 nano-heterostructures can enhance the efficiency of electrocatalysis in water splitting, with the formed D-RuO2/TiO2/TM nano-heterostructure showing good activity in hydrogen evolution reactions and oxygen evolution reactions in alkaline media.
Exploring highly active and stable catalysts toward hydrogen evolution reactions and oxygen evolution reactions (HER/OER) is the key for electrochemical water splitting. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculation results forecast that the defect-rich RuO2 and TiO2 nano-heterostructures can effectively adjust the electron structure of RuO2, and accelerate the water electrocatalysis, consequently reinforcing the intrinsic activity of the catalyst. Experimentally, to form an integrated nano-heterostructure, a facile approach is designed for in situ fabrication of TiO2 on Ti mesh (TM), simultaneously combined with defective RuO2 (D-RuO2) nanoparticles. Benefiting from the rich active sites, the D-RuO2/TiO2/TM nano-heterostructure formed provides current den -sities of 50 mA/cm2 at 71 mV for HER and 10 mA/cm(2) at 296 mV for OER in alkaline media. For overall water splitting, the electrolyzer assembled with D-RuO2/TiO2/TM electrode can reach 10 mA/cm(2) with a voltage of only 1.59 V. Moreover, under a fixed current density, such an electrolyzer also achieves an outstanding stability.
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