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Summary: The sulfate-functionalized RuFeOx catalyst, with both sulfate anion and Fe cation doping, shows remarkable OER performance with low overpotential and enhanced stability. The sulfate dopants weaken the adsorption of *OO-H intermediate, while Fe dopants promote the deprotonation of water molecules for *OOH formation, contributing to the excellent OER activity and stability of S-RuFeOx.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Progress of Nonprecious-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media

Jiajian Gao et al.

Summary: Water oxidation, or the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is crucial for providing protons and electrons needed for hydrogen generation, electrochemical CO2 reduction, and nitrogen fixation. Developing highly active, stable, and precious-metal-free electrocatalysts for acidic OER is important for large-scale PEM electrolyzer applications. Various precious-metal-free catalysts have shown promising activity and stability for acidic OER, offering alternatives to the limited iridium and ruthenium oxides currently used in PEM electrolyzers.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Sodium-Decorated Amorphous/Crystalline RuO2 with Rich Oxygen Vacancies: A Robust pH-Universal Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst

Lijie Zhang et al.

Summary: The study developed sodium-decorated amorphous/crystalline RuO2 with rich oxygen vacancies as a pH-universal OER electrocatalyst, showing remarkable acid resistance and high catalytic stability. The introduction of Na dopant and oxygen vacancy in RuO2 was found to lower the energy barrier for OER by weakening the adsorption strength of the OER intermediates.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Article Engineering, Environmental

Facile fabrication of exsolved nanoparticle-decorated hollow ferrite fibers as active electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Lei Fu et al.

Summary: A simple strategy was reported to enhance the OER activity by in-situ growth of Ru/RuO2 nanoparticles on LFRO nanofibrous architecture. The electrode exhibited high electrocatalytic OER activity and durability, and a low work function accelerated charge transfer.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Is iridium demand a potential bottleneck in the realization of large-scale PEM water electrolysis?

Christine Minke et al.

Summary: Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is a key technology for future sustainable energy systems, using iridium as catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction. To meet the immense future iridium demand, it is essential to reduce iridium catalyst loading in PEM electrolysis cells and develop a recycling infrastructure.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A chemical etching strategy to improve and stabilize RuO2-based nanoassemblies for acidic oxygen evolution

Qing Yao et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates a chemical etching strategy to fabricate a Ru/Fe oxide catalyst for OER, where etching of Fe species leads to the generation of abundant vacancies and enhances activity and stability.

NANO ENERGY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Increasing the performance of an anion-exchange membrane electrolyzer operating in pure water with a nickel-based microporous layer

Fatemeh Razmjooei et al.

Summary: In order to enhance the performance of AEMWE, a well-designed liquid/gas diffusion layer (LGDL) termed NiMPL-PTL was developed, which reduced transport polarization and increased contact area, leading to measurable performance improvements in AEMWE.

JOULE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Confined Ir single sites with triggered lattice oxygen redox: Toward boosted and sustained water oxidation catalysis

Zhaoping Shi et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates that a single-site Ir doping strategy can enhance the activity and stability of oxygen evolution reaction by increasing Ir-O covalency and locally triggered LOM mechanism, achieving structural stability of the catalyst during OER.

JOULE (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation

Ning Zhang et al.

Summary: The lattice oxygen-mediated mechanism (LOM) derived from lattice oxygen redox chemistry is playing a significant role in solid-state OER electrocatalysts, providing insights into intrinsic activity and surface reconstruction issues, guiding the exploration of efficient electrocatalysts. Strategies for triggering lattice oxygen redox chemistry to promote intrinsic OER activity, along with theoretical calculations and experimental measurements, are crucial in this research area.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Interfacing RuO2 with Pt to induce efficient charge transfer from Pt to RuO2 for highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution in acidic media

Taehyun Kwon et al.

Summary: The transfer of charge from Pt to conjoined RuO2 significantly stabilizes the RuO2 phase against overoxidation, improving the OER performance. The study compared the OER performance of three different types of Au@Pt@RuOx nanowires, with the hetero-interfaced type showing the highest OER mass activity.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Layered double hydroxide-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: identification and tailoring of active sites, and superaerophobic nanoarray electrode assembly

Daojin Zhou et al.

Summary: Understanding the structure and active sites of LDHs is crucial for designing and regulating high-performance electrocatalysts. Recent advancements and strategies for enhancing OER activity in LDHs, such as doping, intercalation, and defect-making, are discussed in this review. The concept of superaerophobicity and certain operating standards for OER measurements are also highlighted to improve the performance of LDHs in large scale water splitting applications.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Engineering electrocatalyst nanosurfaces to enrich the activity by inducing lattice strain

Sandip Maiti et al.

Summary: Electrocatalysis plays a crucial role in future energy conversion and storage technologies such as fuel cells, water electrolyzers, and metal-air batteries. By tuning atomic surface structure, optimization of catalyst activity and stability can be achieved. Experimental studies reveal the impact of lattice strain on catalytic activity tuning and establishing reactivity-strain relationships informs the tuning and enhancement of electrocatalytic activity and stability.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-performance diluted nickel nanoclusters decorating ruthenium nanowires for pH-universal overall water splitting

Ting Zhu et al.

Summary: The study develops a versatile electrocatalyst with remarkable performance for pH-universal overall water splitting, by introducing diluted metal nanoclusters. The optimized catalyst delivers record activity in a wide pH range, outperforming the Pt/C-Ir/C integrated couple and demonstrating enhanced stability after long-term tests. The diluted metal nanocluster-enhanced strategy offers a general pathway for the rational design of catalysts with unprecedented performance for electrocatalysis and beyond.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Mn promotion of rutile TiO2-RuO2 anodes for water oxidation in acidic media

Marco Etzi Coller Pascuzzi et al.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Robust Interface Ru Centers for High-Performance Acidic Oxygen Evolution

Xiaoju Cui et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Tailoring Lattice Oxygen Binding in Ruthenium Pyrochlores to Enhance Oxygen Evolution Activity

Denis A. Kuznetsov et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Boosting Neutral Water Oxidation through Surface Oxygen Modulation

Longsheng Zhang et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Spin-Related Electron Transfer and Orbital Interactions in Oxygen Electrocatalysis

Yuanmiao Sun et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Optimization of Active Sites via Crystal Phase, Composition, and Morphology for Efficient Low-Iridium Oxygen Evolution Catalysts

Hui Chen et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Heterostructured Inter-Doped Ruthenium-Cobalt Oxide Hollow Nanosheet Arrays for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting

Cheng Wang et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Parametric optimization and control for a smart Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (PEMWE) system

Gerald S. Ogumerem et al.

JOURNAL OF PROCESS CONTROL (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation

Ning Zhang et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Dopants fixation of Ruthenium for boosting acidic oxygen evolution stability and activity

Shaoyun Hao et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity-Stability Relationships in Ru-Based Pyrochlores

McKenzie A. Hubert et al.

ACS CATALYSIS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Boosting the oxygen evolution reaction using defect-rich ultra-thin ruthenium oxide nanosheets in acidic media

Zhi Liang Zhao et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Electrodeposition of (hydro)oxides for an oxygen evolution electrode

Zhenhua Yan et al.

CHEMICAL SCIENCE (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Ultrathin RuRh@(RuRh)O2core@shell nanosheets as stable oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

Kai Wang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

Jiajia Song et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Mg-Doping improves the performance of Ru-based electrocatalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction

Zheng Li et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Direct Electrolytic Splitting of Seawater: Opportunities and Challenges

Soeren Dresp et al.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2019)

Editorial Material Energy & Fuels

Considerations for the scaling-up of water splitting catalysts

Jakob Kibsgaard et al.

NATURE ENERGY (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Intercalated Iridium Diselenide Electrocatalysts for Efficient pH-Universal Water Splitting

Tingting Zheng et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Robust noble metal-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction

Qiurong Shi et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Low-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction

Damien Voiry et al.

NATURE REVIEWS CHEMISTRY (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Identification of Facet-Governing Reactivity in Hematite for Oxygen Evolution

Hao Wu et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Editorial Material Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Simple Doping, Great Deal: Regulation of Lattice Oxygen for Water Splitting

Peng Zhang et al.

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-Performance Pyrochlore-Type Yttrium Ruthenate Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media

Jaemin Kim et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Activating lattice oxygen redox reactions in metal oxides to catalyse oxygen evolution

Alexis Grimaud et al.

NATURE CHEMISTRY (2017)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Materials for solar fuels and chemicals

Joseph H. Montoya et al.

NATURE MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Nanosized IrOx-Ir Catalyst with Relevant Activity for Anodes of Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolysis Produced by a Cost-Effective Procedure

Philipp Lettenmeier et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Oxide Defect Engineering Enables to Couple Solar Energy into Oxygen Activation

Ning Zhang et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Water electrolysis on La1-xSrxCoO3-δ perovskite electrocatalysts

J. Tyler Mefford et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2016)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Improving Oxygen Electrochemistry through Nanoscopic Confinement

Andrew D. Doyle et al.

CHEMCATCHEM (2015)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen- and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions

Yan Jiao et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2015)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Highly Active, Nonprecious Metal Perovskite Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Metal-Air Battery Electrodes

William G. Hardin et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS (2013)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

Steven Chu et al.

NATURE (2012)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Universality in Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis on Oxide Surfaces

Isabela C. Man et al.

CHEMCATCHEM (2011)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Sustainable hydrogen production

JA Turner

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