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Guo B, Lin J, Mo F, Ding Y, Zeng T, Liang H, Wang L, Chen X, Mo J, Li DS, Yang HY, Bai J. Robust and Corrosion-Resistant Overall Water Splitting Electrode Enabled by Additive Manufacturing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2312216. [PMID: 38412417 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202312216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Electrolysis of water has emerged as a prominent area of research in recent years. As a promising catalyst support, copper foam is widely investigated for electrolytic water, yet the insufficient mechanical strength and corrosion resistance render it less suitable for harsh working conditions. To exploit high-performance catalyst supports, various metal supports are comprehensively evaluated, and Ti6 Al4 V (Ti64) support exhibited outstanding compression and corrosion resistance. With this in mind, a 3D porous Ti64 catalyst support is fabricated using the selective laser sintering (SLM) 3D printing technology, and a conductive layer of nickel (Ni) is coated to increase the electrical conductivity and facilitate the deposition of catalysts. Subsequently, Co0.8 Ni0.2 (CO3 )0.5 (OH)·0.11H2 O (CoNiCH) nanoneedles are deposited. The resulting porous Ti64/Ni/CoNiCH electrode displayed an impressive performance in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and reached 30 mA cm-2 at an overpotential of only 200 mV. Remarkably, even after being compressed at 15.04 MPa, no obvious structural deformation is observed, and the attenuation of its catalytic efficiency is negligible. Based on the computational analysis, the CoNiCH catalyst demonstrated superior catalytic activity at the Ni site in comparison to the Co site. Furthermore, the electrode reached 30 mA cm-2 at 1.75 V in full water splitting conditions and showed no significant performance degradation even after 60 h of continuous operation. This study presents an innovative approach to robust and corrosion-resistant catalyst design.
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- Binbin Guo
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Key Lab of Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion, Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Leather Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, P. R. China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372, Singapore
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing of High-performance Materials, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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Zoller F, Häringer S, Böhm D, Luxa J, Sofer Z, Fattakhova-Rohlfing D. Carbonaceous Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts: From Defect and Doping-Induced Activity over Hybrid Compounds to Ordered Framework Structures. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007484. [PMID: 33942507 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is expected to be of great importance for the future energy conversion and storage in form of hydrogen by water electrolysis. Besides the traditional noble-metal or transition metal oxide-based catalysts, carbonaceous electrocatalysts are of great interest due to their huge structural and compositional variety and unrestricted abundance. This review provides a summary of recent advances in the field of carbon-based OER catalysts ranging from "pure" or unintentionally doped carbon allotropes over heteroatom-doped carbonaceous materials and carbon/transition metal compounds to metal oxide composites where the role of carbon is mainly assigned to be a conductive support. Furthermore, the review discusses the recent developments in the field of ordered carbon framework structures (metal organic framework and covalent organic framework structures) that potentially allow a rational design of heteroatom-doped 3D porous structures with defined composition and spatial arrangement of doping atoms to deepen the understanding on the OER mechanism on carbonaceous structures in the future. Besides introducing the structural and compositional origin of electrochemical activity, the review discusses the mechanism of the catalytic activity of carbonaceous materials, their stability under OER conditions, and potential synergistic effects in combination with metal (or metal oxide) co-catalysts.
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- Florian Zoller
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-1): Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, 52425, Germany
- Faculty of Engineering and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, Duisburg, 47057, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Butenandtstrasse 5-13 (E), Munich, 81377, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-1): Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-1): Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, 52425, Germany
- Faculty of Engineering and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, Duisburg, 47057, Germany
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Ding H, Liu H, Chu W, Wu C, Xie Y. Structural Transformation of Heterogeneous Materials for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chem Rev 2021; 121:13174-13212. [PMID: 34523916 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation is a promising pathway for renewable energy conversion and storage. One of the most important issues for efficient water splitting is to develop cost-effective and highly efficient electrocatalysts to drive sluggish oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) at the anode side. Notably, structural transformation such as surface oxidation of metals or metal nonoxide compounds and surface amorphization of some metal oxides during OER have attracted growing attention in recent years. The investigation of structural transformation in OER will contribute to the in-depth understanding of accurate catalytic mechanisms and will finally benefit the rational design of catalytic materials with high activity. In this Review, we provide an overview of heterogeneous materials with obvious structural transformation during OER electrocatalysis. To gain insight into the essence of structural transformation, we summarize the driving forces and critical factors that affect the transformation process. In addition, advanced techniques that are used to probe chemical states and atomic structures of transformed surfaces are also introduced. We then discuss the structure of active species and the relationship between catalytic performance and structural properties of transformed materials. Finally, the challenges and prospects of heterogeneous OER electrocatalysis are presented.
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- Hui Ding
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.,Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) and CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.,Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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Bhuiyan MSA, Liu B, Manuel J, Zhao B, Lee BP. Effect of Conductivity on In Situ Deactivation of Catechol-Boronate Complexation-Based Reversible Smart Adhesive. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:4004-4015. [PMID: 34410693 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To reduce the need for elevated electrical potential to deactivate catechol-based smart adhesive and preserve its reversibility, conductive 1-pyrenemethyl methacrylate (PyMA) was incorporated into a catechol and phenylboronic acid-containing adhesive coating immobilized on aluminum (Al) discs. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicated that incorporation of 26 mol % of PyMA reduced ionic resistance (Rs) and charge-transfer resistance (Rc) of the coating from over 22 Ω/mm2 to 5.9 and 1.2 Ω/mm2, respectively. A custom-built Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) contact mechanics test setup was used to evaluate the adhesive property of the coating with in situ applied electricity using a titanium (Ti) sphere both as a test substrate as well as the cathode for application of electricity and the Al disc as the anode. The adhesive coating demonstrated over 95% reduction in the adhesive property when electricity (1-2 V) was applied while the adhesive was in direct contact with the Ti surface. The addition of PyMA enables the deactivation of the adhesive using a voltage as low as 1 V. Both cyclic voltammetry (CV) and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectra confirmed the formation of catechol-boronate complexation through electrochemical stimulation. Breaking the complex with an acidic buffer (pH 3) recovered the catechol for strong wet adhesion and the coating could be repeatedly deactivated and reactivated using low electrical potential for up to five cycles. Incorporation of both conductive PyMA and boronic acid as the temporary protecting group was required to achieve rapidly switchable adhesive that could be deactivated with low applied voltage.
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- Md Saleh Akram Bhuiyan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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Jang H, Lee JR, Kim SJ, Jeong H, Jung S, Lee JH, Park JC, Kim TW. Concerns and breakthroughs of combining ionic liquids with microwave irradiation for the synthesis of Ru nanoparticles via decarbonylation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 599:828-836. [PMID: 33989935 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Combination of microwave irradiation (MWI) and ionic liquids (IL) is widely used for the synthesis of nanoparticles (NP) via decarbonylation of zero-valent metal carbonyl precursors. However, we carefully raise a question as to whether this combination is always beneficial. Upon MWI, highly-absorbing materials such as ILs would be subject to local intense heating, likely resulting in the occurrence of localized chemical decomposition. The decomposition is expected to influence the growth mechanism of NPs due to changes in the electrostatic and steric effects. If the assumption is valid, it should be possible to decompose IL and destabilize the NPs by modifying the amplitude of the incident microwaves. In other words, it should also be possible to control the particle aggregation by circumventing the decomposition of the IL. EXPERIMENTS A series of comparative studies were conducted using a model system (i.e. [BMIm][BF4] and Ru3(CO)12). Variables were systematically controlled. After MWI, the decrease in colloidal stability of NPs was identified. FINDINGS In the formation of Ru NPs via decarbonylation, the association between incident microwave intensity, chemical decomposition of IL, and initiation of particle aggregation has been demonstrated. Conditions that can accelerate or alleviate the decomposition and the aggregation are also corroborated.
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- Hansaem Jang
- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea; Interdisciplinary Program for Photonic Engineering, Chonnam National University (CNU), Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea
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- Smart Energy and Nano Photonics R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Gwangju 61012, South Korea.
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