Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202209753
Keywords
defect engineering; electrochemical lithiation tuning; oxygen defects; oxygen evolution reactions; transition metal oxides
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This study introduces oxygen defects into NiCo2O4 nanorods through an electrochemical lithiation strategy and successfully controls the concentration of defects and catalytic activity. The defective CoO@NiO-based catalyst exhibits exceptional OER activity.
Exploring efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is an urgent need to advance the development of sustainable energy conversion. Though defect engineering is considered an effective strategy to regulate catalyst activity for enhanced OER performance, the controllable synthesis of defective oxides electrocatalysts remains challenging. Here, oxygen defects are introduced into NiCo2O4 nanorods by an electrochemical lithiation strategy. By tuning in situ lithiation potentials, the concentration of oxygen defects and the corresponding catalytic activity can be feasibly regulated. In addition, the relationship between the changes in the defect density and electronic structure and the lithiation cut-off voltages is revealed. The results show that NiCo2O4 nanorods undertook intercalation and two-step conversion reaction, in which the lithiation-induced conversion reaction gives rise to a CoO@NiO-based structure with higher defect density and lower oxidation states. As a result, the defective CoO@NiO-based catalyst exhibits exceptional OER activity with an overpotential of 270 mV at 10 mA cm(-2), which is about 74 mV below the pristine nanomaterials. This research proposes a novel strategy to explore high-performance catalysts with structural stability and defect control.
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