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Tang H, Kojima T, Kazumi K, Fukami K, Sakaguchi H. Platinum Nanoparticles Bonded with Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Ampere-Level All-Water Splitting. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:21378-21387. [PMID: 38764639 PMCID: PMC11097151 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c01662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
Abstract
Platinum nanoparticles loaded on a nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes exhibit a brilliant hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in an alkaline solution, but their bifunctional hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has not been reported due to the lack of a strong Pt-C bond. In this work, platinum nanoparticles bonded in carbon nanotubes (Pt-NPs-bonded@CNT) with strong Pt-C bonds are designed toward ultralow overpotential water splitting ability in alkaline solution. Benefit from the strong interaction between platinum and high conductivity carbon nanotube substrates through the Pt-C bond also the platinum nanoparticles bonded in carbon nanotube can provide more stable active sites, as a result, the Pt-NPs-bonded@CNT exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution in acid and alkaline solution with ultralow overpotential of 0.19 and 0.23 V to reach 1000 mA cm-2, respectively. Besides, it shows superior oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in alkaline solution with a low overpotential of 1.69 V at 1000 mA cm-2. Furthermore, it also exhibits high stability over 110 h against the evolution of oxygen and hydrogen at 1000 mA cm-2. This strategy paves the way to the high performance of bifunctional electrocatalytic reaction with extraordinary stability originating from optimized electron density of metal active sites due to strong metal-substrate interaction.
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- Hong Tang
- Institute
of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute
of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto
University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto
University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto
University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Niu HJ, Huang C, Sun T, Fang Z, Ke X, Zhang R, Ran N, Wu J, Liu J, Zhou W. Enhancing Ni/Co Activity by Neighboring Pt Atoms in NiCoP/MXene Electrocatalyst for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401819. [PMID: 38409658 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate neighboring Pt atoms can enhance the metal activity of NiCoP for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, it remains a great challenge to link Pt and NiCoP. Herein, we introduced curvature of bowl-like structure to construct Pt/NiCoP interface by adding a minimal 1 ‰-molar-ratio Pt. The as-prepared sample only requires an overpotential of 26.5 and 181.6 mV to accordingly achieve the current density of 10 and 500 mA cm-2 in 1 M KOH. The water dissociation energy barrier (Ea) has a ~43 % decrease compared with NiCoP counterpart. It also shows an ultrahigh stability with a small degradation rate of 10.6 μV h-1 at harsh conditions (500 mA cm-2 and 50 °C) after 3000 hrs. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (sXAS), and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) verify the interface electron transfer lowers the valence state of Co/Ni and activates them. DFT calculations also confirm the catalytic transition step of NiCoP can change from Heyrovsky (2.71 eV) to Tafel step (0.51 eV) in the neighborhood of Pt, in accord with the result of the improved Hads at the interface disclosed by in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) tests.
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- Hua-Jie Niu
- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Instrumental Analysis Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Center of Hydrogen Science, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Center of Hydrogen Science, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Chen W, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Han C, Wu J, Gao J, Zhu XD, Zhang YC. Construction of amorphous/crystalline Fe doped CoSe for effective electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:4930-4933. [PMID: 38629222 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00866a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Herein, amorphous/crystalline Fe-doped CoSe was synthesized (Fe-CoSe/NF), and it exhibited high oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance. The synergistic effect of the Fe dopant and the amorphous/crystalline structure is conducive to the formation of high valence Co3+ and Fe3+ active sites. Fe-CoSe/NF shows low overpotentials of 269 mV@50 mA cm-2 and 280 mV@100 mA cm-2.
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- Wenjuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China.
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Guo P, Cao S, Huang W, Lu X, Chen W, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Xin X, Zou R, Liu S, Li X. Heterojunction-Induced Rapid Transformation of Ni 3+/Ni 2+ Sites which Mediates Urea Oxidation for Energy-Efficient Hydrogen Production. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311766. [PMID: 38227289 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Water electrolysis is an environmentally-friendly strategy for hydrogen production but suffers from significant energy consumption. Substituting urea oxidation reaction (UOR) with lower theoretical voltage for water oxidation reaction adopting nickel-based electrocatalysts engenders reduced energy consumption for hydrogen production. The main obstacle remains strong interaction between accumulated Ni3+ and *COO in the conventional Ni3+-catalyzing pathway. Herein, a novel Ni3+/Ni2+ mediated pathway for UOR via constructing a heterojunction of nickel metaphosphate and nickel telluride (Ni2P4O12/NiTe), which efficiently lowers the energy barrier of UOR and avoids the accumulation of Ni3+ and excessive adsorption of *COO on the electrocatalysts, is developed. As a result, Ni2P4O12/NiTe demonstrates an exceptionally low potential of 1.313 V to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm-2 toward efficient urea oxidation reaction while simultaneously showcases an overpotential of merely 24 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for hydrogen evolution reaction. Constructing urea electrolysis electrolyzer using Ni2P4O12/NiTe at both sides attains 100 mA cm-2 at a low cell voltage of 1.475 V along with excellent stability over 500 h accompanied with nearly 100% Faradic efficiency.
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- Peng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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Xu T, Tian F, Jiao D, Fan J, Jin Z, Zhang L, Zhang W, Zheng L, Singh DJ, Zhang L, Zheng W, Cui X. In Situ Construction of Built-In Opposite Electric Field Balanced Surface Adsorption for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309249. [PMID: 38152975 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Achieving a balance between H-atom adsorption and binding with H2 desorption is crucial for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this study, the feasibility of designing and implementing built-in opposite electric fields (OEF) is demonstrated to enable optimal H atom adsorption and H2 desorption using the Ni3(BO3)2/Ni5P4 heterostructure as an example. Through density functional theory calculations of planar averaged potentials, it shows that opposite combinations of inward and outward electric fields can be achieved at the interface of Ni3(BO3)2/Ni5P4, leading to the optimization of the H adsorption free energy (ΔGH*) near electric neutrality (0.05 eV). Based on this OEF concept, the study experimentally validated the Ni3(BO3)2/Ni5P4 system electrochemically forming Ni3(BO3)2 through cyclic voltammetry scanning of B-doped Ni5P4. The surface of Ni3(BO3)2 undergoes reconstruction, as characterized by Grazing Incidence Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (GIWAXS) and in situ Raman spectroscopy. The resulting catalyst exhibits excellent HER activity in alkaline media, with a low overpotential of 33 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and stability maintained for over 360 h. Therefore, the design strategy of build-in opposite electric field enables the development of high-performance HER catalysts and presents a promising approach for electrocatalyst advancement.
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- Tianyi Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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Wang K, Liu X, Yu Q, Wang X, Zhu J, Li Y, Chi J, Lin H, Wang L. Mn Doping and P Vacancy Induced Fast Phase Reconstruction of FeP for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Seawater. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308613. [PMID: 38072783 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Due to the shortage of pure water resources, seawater electrolysis is a promising strategy to produce green hydrogen energy. To avoid chlorine oxidation reactions (ClOR) and the production of more corrosive hypochlorite, enhancing OER electrocatalyst activity is the key to solving the above problem. Considering that transition metal phosphides (TMPs) are promising OER eletrocatalysts for seawater splitting, a method to regulate the electronic structure of FeP by introducing Mn heteroatoms and phosphorus vacancy on it (Mn-FePV) is developed. As an OER electrocatalyst in seawater solution, the synthesized Mn-FePV achieves extremely low overpotentials (η500 = 376, η1000 = 395 mV). In addition, the Pt/C||Mn-FePV couple only requires the voltage of 1.81 V to drive the current density of 1000 mA cm-2 for overall seawater splitting. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation shows that Mn-FePV (0.21 e-) has more charge transfer number compared with FeP (0.17 e-). In-situ Raman analysis shows that phosphorus vacancy and Mn doping can synergistically regulate the electronic structure of FeP to induce rapid phase reconstruction, further improving the OER performance of Mn-FePV. The new phase species of FeOOH is confirmed to can enhance the adsorption kinetics of OER intermediates.
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- Ketao Wang
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Sun B, Lv H, Xu Q, Tong P, Qiao P, Tian H, Xia H. Island-in-Sea Structured Pt 3Fe Nanoparticles-in-Fe Single Atoms Loaded in Carbon Materials as Superior Electrocatalysts toward Alkaline HER and Acidic ORR. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2400240. [PMID: 38593333 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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In this work, Pt3Fe nanoparticles (Pt3Fe NPs) with the ordered internal structure and Pt-rich shells surrounded by plenty of Fe single atoms (Fe SAs) as active species (Pt3Fe NP-in-Fe SA) loaded in the carbon materials are successfully fabricated, which are abbreviated as island-in-sea structured (IISS) Pt3Fe NP-in-Fe SA catalysts. Moreover, the synergistic effect of O-bridging between Pt3Fe NPs and Fe SAs, and the ordered internal structured Pt3Fe NPs with Pt-rich shells of an optimal thickness contributes to the achievement of the local acidic environments on the surfaces of Pt3Fe NPs in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the enhancement of the desorption rate of *OH intermediate in the acidic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In addition, the electronic interactions between Pt3Fe NPs and dispersed Fe SAs cannot only provide efficient electrons transfer, but also prevent the aggregation and dissolution of Pt3Fe NPs. Furthermore, the overpotential and the half wave potential of the as-prepared IISS Pt3Fe NP-in-Fe SA catalysts toward the alkaline HER and toward the acidic ORR are 8 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and 0.933 V, respectively, which is 29 lower and 86 mV higher than those (37 mV and 0.847 V) of commercial Pt/C catalysts.
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- Benteng Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- Center of Electron Microscope, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Li L, Wang L, Li N, Zhao X, Chen Y, Sakthivel T, Dai Z. Janus electronic state of supported iridium nanoclusters for sustainable alkaline water electrolysis. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2851. [PMID: 38565546 PMCID: PMC10987502 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47045-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Metal-support electronic interactions play crucial roles in triggering the hydrogen spillover (HSo) to boost hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). It requires the supported metal of electron-rich state to facilitate the proton adsorption/spillover. However, this electron-rich metal state contradicts the traditional metal→support electron transfer protocol and is not compatible with the electron-donating oxygen evolution reaction (OER), especially in proton-poor alkaline conditions. Here we profile an Ir/NiPS3 support structure to study the Ir electronic states and performances in HSo/OER-integrated alkaline water electrolysis. The supported Ir is evidenced with Janus electron-rich and electron-poor states at the tip and interface regions to respectively facilitate the HSo and OER processes. Resultantly, the water electrolysis (WE) is efficiently implemented with 1.51 V at 10 mA cm-2 for 1000 h in 1 M KOH and 1.44 V in urea-KOH electrolyte. This research clarifies the Janus electronic state as fundamental in rationalizing efficient metal-support WE catalysts.
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- Yaoda Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gyeongbuk, 39177, South Korea
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
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Zhao S, Hung SF, Deng L, Zeng WJ, Xiao T, Li S, Kuo CH, Chen HY, Hu F, Peng S. Constructing regulable supports via non-stoichiometric engineering to stabilize ruthenium nanoparticles for enhanced pH-universal water splitting. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2728. [PMID: 38553434 PMCID: PMC10980754 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46750-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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Establishing appropriate metal-support interactions is imperative for acquiring efficient and corrosion-resistant catalysts for water splitting. Herein, the interaction mechanism between Ru nanoparticles and a series of titanium oxides, including TiO, Ti4O7 and TiO2, designed via facile non-stoichiometric engineering is systematically studied. Ti4O7, with the unique band structure, high conductivity and chemical stability, endows with ingenious metal-support interaction through interfacial Ti-O-Ru units, which stabilizes Ru species during OER and triggers hydrogen spillover to accelerate HER kinetics. As expected, Ru/Ti4O7 displays ultralow overpotentials of 8 mV and 150 mV for HER and OER with a long operation of 500 h at 10 mA cm-2 in acidic media, which is expanded in pH-universal environments. Benefitting from the excellent bifunctional performance, the proton exchange membrane and anion exchange membrane electrolyzer assembled with Ru/Ti4O7 achieves superior performance and robust operation. The work paves the way for efficient energy conversion devices.
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- Sheng Zhao
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China.
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Zhang X, Cheng S, Chen C, Wen X, Miao J, Zhou B, Long M, Zhang L. Keto-anthraquinone covalent organic framework for H 2O 2 photosynthesis with oxygen and alkaline water. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2649. [PMID: 38531862 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47023-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis suffers from insufficient catalytic activity due to the high energy barrier of hydrogen extraction from H2O. Herein, we report that mechanochemically synthesized keto-form anthraquinone covalent organic framework which is able to directly synthesize H2O2 (4784 μmol h-1 g-1 at λ > 400 nm) from oxygen and alkaline water (pH = 13) in the absence of any sacrificial reagents. The strong alkalinity resulted in the formation of OH-(H2O)n clusters in water, which were adsorbed on keto moieties within the framework and then dissociated into O2 and active hydrogen, because the energy barrier of hydrogen extraction was largely lowered. The produced hydrogen reacted with anthraquinone to generate anthrahydroquinone, which was subsequently oxidized by O2 to produce H2O2. This study ultimately sheds light on the importance of hydrogen extraction from H2O for H2O2 photosynthesis and demonstrates that H2O2 synthesis is achievable under alkaline conditions.
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- Xiangcheng Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Sun P, Zheng X, Chen A, Zheng G, Wu Y, Long M, Zhang Q, Chen Y. Constructing Amorphous-Crystalline Interfacial Bifunctional Site Island-Sea Synergy by Morphology Engineering Boosts Alkaline Seawater Hydrogen Evolution. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2309927. [PMID: 38498774 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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The development of efficient and durable non-precious hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts for scaling up alkaline water/seawater electrolysis is highly desirable but challenging. Amorphous-crystalline (A-C) heterostructures have garnered attention due to their unusual atomic arrangements at hetero-interfaces, highly exposed active sites, and excellent stability. Here, a heterogeneous synthesis strategy for constructing A-C non-homogeneous interfacial centers of electrocatalysts on nanocages is presented. Isolated PdCo clusters on nanoscale islands in conjunction with Co3 S4 A-C, functioning as a bifunctional site "island-sea" synergy, enable the dynamic confinement design of metal active atoms, resulting in excellent HER catalytic activity and durability. The hierarchical structure of hollow porous nanocages and nanoclusters, along with their large surface area and multi-dimensional A-C boundaries and defects, provides the catalyst with abundant active centers. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the combination of PdCo and Co3 S4 regulates the redistribution of interface electrons effectively, promoting the sluggish water-dissociation kinetics at the cluster Co sites. Additionally, PdCo-Co3 S4 heterostructure nanocages exhibit outstanding HER activity in alkaline seawater and long-term stability for 100 h, which can be powered by commercial silicon solar cells. This finding significantly advances the development of alkaline seawater electrolysis for large-scale hydrogen production.
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- Pengliang Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
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Yang M, Bao W, Zhang J, Ai T, Han J, Li Y, Liu J, Zhang P, Feng L. Molybdenum/selenium based heterostructure catalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution: Effects of ionic dissolution and repolymerization on catalytic performance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 658:32-42. [PMID: 38091796 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) are recognized as highly efficient electrocatalysts and have wide applications in the field of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water, but the real catalytic substances and catalytic processes of these catalysts are not clear. The species evolution of Mo and Se during alkaline hydrogen evolution was investigated by constructing MoSe2@CoSe2 heterostructure. The real-time evolution of Mo and Se in MoSe2@CoSe2 was monitored using in situ Raman spectroscopy to determine the origin of the activity. Mo and Se in MoSe2@CoSe2 were dissolved in the form of MoO42- and SeO32-, respectively, and subsequently re-adsorbed and polymerized on the electrode surface to form new species Mo2O72- and SeO42-. Theoretical calculations show that adsorption of Mo2O72- and SeO42- can significantly enhance the HER catalytic activity of Co(OH)2. The addition of additional MoO42- and SeO32- to the electrolyte with Co(OH)2 electrodes both enhances its HER activity and promotes its durability. This study helps to deepen our insight into mechanisms involved in the structural changes of catalyst surfaces and offers a logical basis for revealing the mechanism of the influence of species evolution on catalytic performance.
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- Mameng Yang
- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, PR China.
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723000, Shaanxi, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, PR China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Li P, Zhu Q, Liu J, Wu T, Song X, Meng Q, Kang X, Sun X, Han B. Efficient C-N coupling for urea electrosynthesis on defective Co 3O 4 with dual-functional sites. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3233-3239. [PMID: 38425518 PMCID: PMC10901497 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06579k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Urea electrosynthesis under ambient conditions is emerging as a promising alternative to conventional synthetic protocols. However, the weak binding of reactants/intermediates on the catalyst surface induces multiple competing pathways, hindering efficient urea production. Herein, we report the synthesis of defective Co3O4 catalysts that integrate dual-functional sites for urea production from CO2 and nitrite. Regulating the reactant adsorption capacity on defective Co3O4 catalysts can efficiently control the competing reaction pathways. The urea yield rate of 3361 mg h-1 gcat-1 was achieved with a corresponding faradaic efficiency (FE) of 26.3% and 100% carbon selectivity at a potential of -0.7 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode. Both experimental and theoretical investigations reveal that the introduction of oxygen vacancies efficiently triggers the formation of well-matched adsorption/activation sites, optimizing the adsorption of reactants/intermediates while decreasing the C-N coupling reaction energy. This work offers new insights into the development of dual-functional catalysts based on non-noble transition metal oxides with oxygen vacancies, enabling the efficient electrosynthesis of essential C-N fine chemicals.
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- Pengsong Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 China
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Chen W, Niu M, Zhang Z, Chen L, Li X, Zhang J, Sun R, Cao H, Wang X. Phase-Transition of Mo 2 C Induced by Tungsten Doping as Heterointerface-Rich Electrocatalyst for Optimizing Hydrogen Evolution Activity. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311026. [PMID: 38377298 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from water splitting driven by renewable energy is considered a promising method for large-scale hydrogen production, and as an alternative to noble-metal electrocatalysts, molybdenum carbide (Mo2 C) has exhibited effective HER performance. However, the strong bonding strength of intermediate adsorbed H (Hads ) with Mo active site slows down the HER kinetics of Mo2 C. Herein, using phase-transition strategy, hexagonal β-Mo2 C could be easily transferred to cubic δ-Mo2 C through electron injection triggered by tungsten (W) doping, and heterointerface-rich Mo2 C-based composites, including β-Mo2 C, δ-Mo2 C, and MoO2 , are presented. Experimental results and density functional theory calculations reveal that W doping mainly contributes to the phase-transition process, and the generated heterointerfaces are the dominant factor in inducing remarkable electron accumulation around Mo active sites, thus weakening the Mo─H coupling. Wherein, the β-Mo2 C/MoO2 interface plays an important role in optimizing the electronic structure of Mo 3d orbital and hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy (ΔGH* ), enabling these Mo2 C-based composites to have excellent intrinsic catalytic activity like low overpotential (η10 = 99.8 mV), small Tafel slope (60.16 dec-1 ), and good stability in 1 m KOH. This work sheds light on phase-transition engineering and offers a convenient route to construct heterointerfaces for large-scale HER production.
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- Wansong Chen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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Hou L, Li Z, Jang H, Kim MG, Cho J, Liu S, Liu X. Grain Boundary Tailors the Local Chemical Environment on Iridium Surface for Alkaline Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315633. [PMID: 38151468 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Even though grain boundaries (GBs) have been previously employed to increase the number of active catalytic sites or tune the binding energies of reaction intermediates for promoting electrocatalytic reactions, the effect of GBs on the tailoring of the local chemical environment on the catalyst surface has not been clarified thus far. In this study, a GBs-enriched iridium (GB-Ir) was synthesized and examined for the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Operando Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that a local acid-like environment with H3 O+ intermediates was created in the GBs region owing to the electron-enriched surface Ir atoms at the GBs. The H3 O+ intermediates lowered the energy barrier for water dissociation and provided enough hydrogen proton to promote the generation of hydrogen spillover from the sites at the GBs to the sites away from the GBs, thus synergistically enhancing the hydrogen evolution activity. Notably, the GB-Ir catalyst exhibited a high alkaline HER activity (10 mV @ 10 mA cm-2 , 20 mV dec-1 ). We believe that our findings will promote further research on GBs and the surface science of electrochemical reactions.
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- Liqiang Hou
- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea
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- Beamline Research Division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL), Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, South Korea
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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Wang L, Ma M, Zhang C, Chang HH, Zhang Y, Li L, Chen HY, Peng S. Manipulating the Microenvironment of Single Atoms by Switching Support Crystallinity for Industrial Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317220. [PMID: 38153674 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Modulating the microenvironment of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is critical to optimizing catalytic activity. Herein, we innovatively propose a strategy to improve the local reaction environment of Ru single atoms by precisely switching the crystallinity of the support from high crystalline and low crystalline, which significantly improves the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. The Ru single-atom catalyst anchored on low-crystalline nickel hydroxide (Ru-LC-Ni(OH)2 ) reconstructs the distribution balance of the interfacial ions due to the activation effect of metal dangling bonds on the support. Single-site Ru with a low oxidation state induces the aggregation of hydronium ions (H3 O+ ), leading to the formation of a local acidic microenvironment in alkaline media, breaking the pH-dependent HER activity. As a comparison, the Ru single-atom catalyst anchored on high-crystalline nickel hydroxide (Ru-HC-Ni(OH)2 ) exhibits a sluggish Volmer step and a conventional local reaction environment. As expected, Ru-LC-Ni(OH)2 requires low overpotentials of 9 and 136 mV at 10 and 1000 mA cm-2 in alkaline conditions and operates stably at 500 mA cm-2 for 500 h in an alkaline seawater anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer. This study provides a new perspective for constructing highly active single-atom electrocatalysts.
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- Luqi Wang
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 30013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China
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Liao W, Wang J, Ni G, Liu K, Liu C, Chen S, Wang Q, Chen Y, Luo T, Wang X, Wang Y, Li W, Chan TS, Ma C, Li H, Liang Y, Liu W, Fu J, Xi B, Liu M. Sustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm -2. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1264. [PMID: 38341446 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Nitrate (NO3‒) pollution poses significant threats to water quality and global nitrogen cycles. Alkaline electrocatalytic NO3‒ reduction reaction (NO3RR) emerges as an attractive route for enabling NO3‒ removal and sustainable ammonia (NH3) synthesis. However, it suffers from insufficient proton (H+) supply in high pH conditions, restricting NO3‒-to-NH3 activity. Herein, we propose a halogen-mediated H+ feeding strategy to enhance the alkaline NO3RR performance. Our platform achieves near-100% NH3 Faradaic efficiency (pH = 14) with a current density of 2 A cm-2 and enables an over 99% NO3--to-NH3 conversion efficiency. We also convert NO3‒ to high-purity NH4Cl with near-unity efficiency, suggesting a practical approach to valorizing pollutants into valuable ammonia products. Theoretical simulations and in situ experiments reveal that Cl-coordination endows a shifted d-band center of Pd atoms to construct local H+-abundant environments, through arousing dangling O-H water dissociation and fast *H desorption, for *NO intermediate hydrogenation and finally effective NO3‒-to-NH3 conversion.
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- Wanru Liao
- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Centre for Metamaterial Research & Innovation, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, PR China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012, Beijing, PR China.
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- Hunan Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, PR China.
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Zhao Q, Zhao B, Long X, Feng R, Shakouri M, Paterson A, Xiao Q, Zhang Y, Fu XZ, Luo JL. Interfacial Electronic Modulation of Dual-Monodispersed Pt-Ni 3S 2 as Efficacious Bi-Functional Electrocatalysts for Concurrent H 2 Evolution and Methanol Selective Oxidation. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:80. [PMID: 38206434 PMCID: PMC10784266 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01282-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Constructing the efficacious and applicable bi-functional electrocatalysts and establishing out the mechanisms of organic electro-oxidation by replacing anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are critical to the development of electrochemically-driven technologies for efficient hydrogen production and avoid CO2 emission. Herein, the hetero-nanocrystals between monodispersed Pt (~ 2 nm) and Ni3S2 (~ 9.6 nm) are constructed as active electrocatalysts through interfacial electronic modulation, which exhibit superior bi-functional activities for methanol selective oxidation and H2 generation. The experimental and theoretical studies reveal that the asymmetrical charge distribution at Pt-Ni3S2 could be modulated by the electronic interaction at the interface of dual-monodispersed heterojunctions, which thus promote the adsorption/desorption of the chemical intermediates at the interface. As a result, the selective conversion from CH3OH to formate is accomplished at very low potentials (1.45 V) to attain 100 mA cm-2 with high electronic utilization rate (~ 98%) and without CO2 emission. Meanwhile, the Pt-Ni3S2 can simultaneously exhibit a broad potential window with outstanding stability and large current densities for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at the cathode. Further, the excellent bi-functional performance is also indicated in the coupled methanol oxidation reaction (MOR)//HER reactor by only requiring a cell voltage of 1.60 V to achieve a current density of 50 mA cm-2 with good reusability.
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- Qianqian Zhao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Electrocatalytic Materials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Electrocatalytic Materials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Electrocatalytic Materials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Instrumental Analysis Center of Shenzhen University (Lihu Campus), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Electrocatalytic Materials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Energy Electrocatalytic Materials, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People's Republic of China.
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Liu Y, Yang Z, Zou Y, Wang S, He J. Interfacial Micro-Environment of Electrocatalysis and Its Applications for Organic Electro-Oxidation Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306488. [PMID: 37712127 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Conventional designing principal of electrocatalyst is focused on the electronic structure tuning, on which effectively promotes the electrocatalysis. However, as a typical kind of electrode-electrolyte interface reaction, the electrocatalysis performance is also closely dependent on the electrocatalyst interfacial micro-environment (IME), including pH, reactant concentration, electric field, surface geometry structure, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, etc. Recently, organic electro-oxidation reaction (OEOR), which simultaneously reduces the anodic polarization potential and produces value-added chemicals, has emerged as a competitive alternative to oxygen evolution reaction, and the role IME played in OEOR is receiving great interest. Thus, this article provides a timely review on IME and its applications toward OEOR. In this review, the IME for conventional gas-involving reactions, as a contrast, is first presented, and then the recent progresses of IME toward diverse typical OEOR are summarized; especially, some representative works are thoroughly discussed. Additionally, cutting-edge analytical methods and characterization techniques are introduced to comprehensively understand the role IME played in OEOR. In the last section, perspectives and challenges of IME regulation for OEOR are shared.
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- Yi Liu
- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China
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Liu X, Yu Q, Qu X, Wang X, Chi J, Wang L. Manipulating Electron Redistribution in Ni 2 P for Enhanced Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307395. [PMID: 37740701 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Developing bifunctional electrocatalyst for seawater splitting remains a persistent challenge. Herein, an approach is proposed through density functional theory (DFT) preanalysis to manipulate electron redistribution in Ni2 P addressed by cation doping and vacancy engineering. The needle-like Fe-doped Ni2 P with P vacancy (Fe-Ni2 Pv) is successfully synthesized on nickel foam, exhibiting a superior bifunctional hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activity for seawater electrolysis in alkaline condition. As a result, bifunctional Fe-Ni2 Pv achieves the industrially required current densities of 1.0 and 3.0 A cm-2 at low voltages of 1.68 and 1.73 V, respectively, for seawater splitting at 60 °C in 6.0 m KOH circumstances. The theoretical calculation and the experimental results collectively reveal the reasons for the enhancement of catalyst activity. Specifically, Fe doping and P vacancies can accelerate the reconstruction of OER active species and optimize the hydrogen adsorption free energy (ΔGH* ) for HER. In addition, the active sites of Fe-Ni2 Pv are identified, where P vacancies greatly improve the electrical conductivity and Ni sites are the dominant OER active centers, meanwhile Fe atoms as active centers for the HER. The study provides a deep insight into the exploration for the enhancement of activity of nickel-based phosphide catalysts and the identification of their real active centers.
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- Xiaobin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Yu H, Hu M, Chen C, Hu C, Li Q, Hu F, Peng S, Ma J. Ambient γ-Rays-Mediated Noble-Metal Deposition on Defect-Rich Manganese Oxide for Glycerol-Assisted H 2 Evolution at Industrial-Level Current Density. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202314569. [PMID: 37942995 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Developing novel synthesis technologies is crucial to expanding bifunctional electrocatalysts for energy-saving hydrogen production. Herein, we report an ambient and controllable γ-ray radiation reduction to synthesize a series of noble metal nanoparticles anchored on defect-rich manganese oxides (M@MnO2-x , M=Ru, Pt, Pd, Ir) for glycerol-assisted H2 evolution. Benefiting from the strong penetrability of γ-rays, nanoparticles and defect supports are formed simultaneously and bridged by metal-oxygen bonds, guaranteeing structural stability and active site exposure. The special Ru-O-Mn bonds activate the Ru and Mn sites in Ru@MnO2-x through strong interfacial coordination, driving glycerol electrolysis at low overpotential. Furthermore, only a low cell voltage of 1.68 V is required to achieve 0.5 A cm-2 in a continuous-flow electrolyzer system along with excellent stability. In situ spectroscopic analysis reveals that the strong interfacial coordination in Ru@MnO2-x balances the competitive adsorption of glycerol and OH* on the catalyst surface. Theoretical calculations further demonstrate that the defect-rich MnO2 support promotes the dissociation of H2 O, while the defect-regulated Ru sites promote deprotonation and hydrogen desorption, synergistically enhancing glycerol-assisted hydrogen production.
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- Hanzhi Yu
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, P. R. China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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Gao G, Zhu G, Chen X, Sun Z, Cabot A. Optimizing Pt-Based Alloy Electrocatalysts for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Alkaline Electrolytes: A Comprehensive Review. ACS NANO 2023; 17:20804-20824. [PMID: 37922197 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2023]
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The splitting of water through electrocatalysis offers a sustainable method for the production of hydrogen. In alkaline electrolytes, the lack of protons forces water dissociation to occur before the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). While pure Pt is the gold standard electrocatalyst in acidic electrolytes, since the 5d orbital in Pt is nearly fully occupied, when it overlaps with the molecular orbital of water, it generates a Pauli repulsion. As a result, the formation of a Pt-H* bond in an alkaline environment is difficult, which slows the HER and negates the benefits of using a pure Pt catalyst. To overcome this limitation, Pt can be alloyed with transition metals, such as Fe, Co, and Ni. This approach has the potential not only to enhance the performance but also to increase the Pt dispersion and decrease its usage, thus overall improving the catalyst's cost-effectiveness. The excellent water adsorption and dissociation ability of transition metals contributes to the generation of a proton-rich local environment near the Pt-based alloy that promotes HER. Significant progress has been achieved in comprehending the alkaline HER mechanism through the manipulation of the structure and composition of electrocatalysts based on the Pt alloy. The objective of this review is to analyze and condense the latest developments in the production of Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts for alkaline HER. It focuses on the modified performance of Pt-based alloys and clarifies the design principles and catalytic mechanism of the catalysts from both an experimental and theoretical perspective. This review also highlights some of the difficulties encountered during the HER and the opportunities for increasing the HER performance. Finally, guidance for the development of more efficient Pt-based alloy electrocatalysts is provided.
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- Guoliang Gao
- Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China
- i-lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China
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- Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for High Efficiency Display and Lighting Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Nano Functional Materials and Applications, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies - ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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Yang Y, Liu L, Chen S, Yan W, Zhou H, Zhang XM, Fan X. Tuning Binding Strength of Multiple Intermediates towards Efficient pH-universal Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Mo 8 O 26 -NbN x O y Heterocatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306896. [PMID: 37747767 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Developing efficient and robust hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts for scalable and sustainable hydrogen production through electrochemical water splitting is strategic and challenging. Herein, heterogeneous Mo8 O26 -NbNx Oy supported on N-doped graphene (defined as Mo8 O26 -NbNx Oy /NG) is synthesized by controllable hydrothermal reaction and nitridation process. The O-exposed Mo8 O26 clusters covalently confined on NbNx Oy nanodomains provide a distinctive interface configuration and appropriate electronic structure, where fully exposed multiple active sites give excellent HER performance beyond commercial Pt/C catalyst in pH-universal electrolytes. Theoretical studies reveal that the Mo8 O26 -NbNx Oy interface with electronic reconstruction affords near-optimal hydrogen adsorption energy and enhanced initial H2 O adsorption. Furthermore, the terminal O atoms in Mo8 O26 clusters cooperate with Nb atoms to promote the initial H2 O adsorption, and subsequently reduce the H2 O dissociation energy, accelerating the entire HER kinetics.
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- Yang Yang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Key Laboratary of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, China
- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6 A 5B7, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Department of Physics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Key Laboratary of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, China
- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, China
- Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi An Shi, Xi'an, 710049, China
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He Q, Sheng B, Zhu K, Zhou Y, Qiao S, Wang Z, Song L. Phase Engineering and Synchrotron-Based Study on Two-Dimensional Energy Nanomaterials. Chem Rev 2023; 123:10750-10807. [PMID: 37581572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with unique physicochemical properties for various energy applications. These properties are often derived from the phase structures established through a range of physical and chemical design strategies. A concrete analysis of the phase structures and real reaction mechanisms of 2D energy nanomaterials requires advanced characterization methods that offer valuable information as much as possible. Here, we present a comprehensive review on the phase engineering of typical 2D nanomaterials with the focus of synchrotron radiation characterizations. In particular, the intrinsic defects, atomic doping, intercalation, and heterogeneous interfaces on 2D nanomaterials are introduced, together with their applications in energy-related fields. Among them, synchrotron-based multiple spectroscopic techniques are emphasized to reveal their intrinsic phases and structures. More importantly, various in situ methods are employed to provide deep insights into their structural evolutions under working conditions or reaction processes of 2D energy nanomaterials. Finally, conclusions and research perspectives on the future outlook for the further development of 2D energy nanomaterials and synchrotron radiation light sources and integrated techniques are discussed.
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- Qun He
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
- Zhejiang Institute of Photonelectronics, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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Zhang W, Du M, Xi W, Zhang H, Liu SF, Yan J. Platinum Species on Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Titania for Efficient Basic Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:12715-12724. [PMID: 37646100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Oxygen vacancy-rich titania is a promising support for enhancing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). This work innovatively loaded Pt nanoparticles on oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 (Pt/Vo-TiO2) in situ by using a photocatalytic device. The synthesis conditions are mild, do not require high temperatures and strong reducing agents, and can avoid the accumulation of platinum species. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectrometry (XAS) verified the synergistic effect of Pt species and oxygen vacancies on the progress of the reaction kinetics, where the Pt particles exposed by the in situ synthesis functioned as reaction sites in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Based on this, Pt/Vo-TiO2 exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance with an overpotential of only 56 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of only 73.5 mV dec-1. This work provides a new strategy for designing highly efficient HER catalysts.
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- Weikai Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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Chen Z, Gong W, Wang J, Hou S, Yang G, Zhu C, Fan X, Li Y, Gao R, Cui Y. Metallic W/WO 2 solid-acid catalyst boosts hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolyte. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5363. [PMID: 37660156 PMCID: PMC10475068 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41097-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023] Open
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The lack of available protons severely lowers the activity of alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction process than that in acids, which can be efficiently accelerated by tuning the coverage and chemical environment of protons on catalyst surface. However, the cycling of active sites by proton transfer is largely dependent on the utilization of noble metal catalysts because of the appealing electronic interaction between noble metal atoms and protons. Herein, an all-non-noble W/WO2 metallic heterostructure serving as an efficient solid-acid catalyst exhibits remarkable hydrogen evolution reaction performance with an ultra-low overpotential of -35 mV at -10 mA/cm2 and a small Tafel slope (-34 mV/dec), as well as long-term durability of hydrogen production (>50 h) at current densities of -10 and -50 mA/cm2 in alkaline electrolyte. Multiple in situ and ex situ spectroscopy characterizations combining with first-principle density functional theory calculations discover that a dynamic proton-concentrated surface can be constructed on W/WO2 solid-acid catalyst under ultra-low overpotentials, which enables W/WO2 catalyzing alkaline hydrogen production to follow a kinetically fast Volmer-Tafel pathway with two neighboring protons recombining into a hydrogen molecule. Our strategy of solid-acid catalyst and utilization of multiple spectroscopy characterizations may provide an interesting route for designing advanced all-non-noble catalytic system towards boosting hydrogen evolution reaction performance in alkaline electrolyte.
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- Zhigang Chen
- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China
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- School of Physics and Energy, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, China
- Division of Nanomaterials and Jiangxi Key Lab of Carbonene Materials, Jiangxi Institute of Nanotechnology, Nanchang, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- i-lab, Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation (Nano-X), Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China.
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Zheng X, Shi X, Ning H, Yang R, Lu B, Luo Q, Mao S, Xi L, Wang Y. Tailoring a local acid-like microenvironment for efficient neutral hydrogen evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4209. [PMID: 37452036 PMCID: PMC10349089 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39963-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral media is listed as the most difficult challenges of energy catalysis due to the sluggish kinetics. Herein, the Ir-HxWO3 catalyst is readily synthesized and exhibits enhanced performance for neutral hydrogen evolution reaction. HxWO3 support is functioned as proton sponge to create a local acid-like microenvironment around Ir metal sites by spontaneous injection of protons to WO3, as evidenced by spectroscopy and electrochemical analysis. Rationalize revitalized lattice-hydrogen species located in the interface are coupled with Had atoms on metallic Ir surfaces via thermodynamically favorable Volmer-Tafel steps, and thereby a fast kinetics. Elaborated Ir-HxWO3 demonstrates acid-like activity with a low overpotential of 20 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and low Tafel slope of 28 mV dec-1, which are even comparable to those in acidic environment. The concept exemplified in this work offer the possibilities for tailoring local reaction microenvironment to regulate catalytic activity and pathway.
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- Xiaozhong Zheng
- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials and Catalysis Group, Center of Chemistry for Frontier Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute of Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 310028, Hangzhou, P. R. China.
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China.
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Hu X, Tao W, Shi W, Zhong D, Lu TB. A cobalt metalized polymer modulates the electronic structure of Pt nanoparticles to accelerate water dissociation kinetics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37326482 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02082g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Herein, we construct a composite material of Pt-NPs@NPCNs-Co by anchoring Pt nanoparticles (Pt NPs) and Co-salen covalent organic polymer (Co-COP) onto N, P co-doped carbon nanotubes (NPCNs), thereby offering an integrated approach to enhance H2O dissociation. The bimetallic catalyst Pt-NPs@NPCNs-Co demonstrates exceptional HER performance, and the overpotential at 40 mA cm-2 is lower than that of 20% Pt/C. When the overpotential is 50 mV, the mass activity of Pt-NPs@NPCNs-Co is 2.8 times that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst. Experimental results reveal that the synergistic interplay between Pt NPs and Co contributes to the excellent electrocatalytic performance observed. Density function theory calculations found that Co effectively modulates the electronic structure of Pt NPs and lowers the activation energy of the Volmer step, thereby accelerating the water dissociation kinetics of Pt NPs. This research contributes to the advancement of knowledge regarding the development of more efficient bimetallic co-catalytic electrocatalysts in alkaline media.
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- Xiaomei Hu
- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology, Guangdong, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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Jin D, Qiao F, Chu H, Xie Y. Progress in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution of transition metal alloys: synthesis, structure, and mechanism analysis. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:7202-7226. [PMID: 37038769 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00514c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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At present, the problems of high energy consumption and low efficiency in electrocatalytic hydrogen production have limited the large-scale industrial application of this technology. Constructing effective catalysts has become the way to solve these problems. Transition metal alloys have been proved to be very promising materials in hydrogen evaluation reaction (HER). In this study, the related theories and characterization methods of electrocatalysis are summarized, and the latest progress in the application of binary, ternary, and high entropy alloys to HER in recent years is analyzed and studied. The synthesis methods and optimization strategies of transition metal alloys, including composition regulation, hybrid engineering, phase engineering, and morphological engineering were emphatically discussed, and the principles and performance mechanism analysis of these strategies were discussed in detail. Although great progress has been made in alloy catalysts, there is still considerable room for applications. Finally, the challenges, prospects, and research directions of transition metal alloys in the future were predicted.
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- Dunyuan Jin
- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
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- School of Energy & Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
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- School of Energy and Environment, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, Anhui, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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Hu Y, Huang Z, Zhang Q, Taylor Isimjan T, Chu Y, Mu Y, Wu B, Huang Z, Yang X, Zeng L. Interfacial engineering of Co 5.47N/Mo 5N 6 nanosheets with rich active sites synergistically accelerates water dissociation kinetics for Pt-like hydrogen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 643:455-464. [PMID: 37088049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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The development of highly efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts with platinum-like activity requires precise control of active sites through interface engineering strategies. In this study, a heterostructured Co5.47N/Mo5N6 catalyst (CoMoNx) on carbon cloth (CC) was synthesized using a combination of dip-etching and vapor nitridation methods. The rough nanosheet surface of the catalyst with uniformly distributed elements exposes a large active surface area and provides abundant interface sites that serve as additional active sites. The CoMoNx was found to exhibit exceptional hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity with a low overpotential of 44 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and exceptional stability of 100 h in 1.0 M KOH. The CoMoNx(-)||RuO2(+) system requires only 1.81 V cell voltage to reach a current density of 200 mA cm-2, surpassing the majority of previously reported electrolyzers. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the strong synergy between Co5.47N and Mo5N6 at the interface can significantly reduce the water dissociation energy barrier, thereby improving the kinetics of hydrogen evolution. Furthermore, the rough nanosheet architecture of the CoMoNx catalyst with abundant interstitial spaces and multi-channels enhances charge transport and reaction intermediate transportation, synergistically improving the performance of the HER for water splitting.
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- Yan Hu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China; Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Yang X, Wu Z, Xing Z, Yang C, Wang W, Yan R, Cheng C, Ma T, Zeng Z, Li S, Zhao C. IrPd Nanoalloy-Structured Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Efficient and pH-Universal Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2208261. [PMID: 37012603 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The lack of high efficiency and pH-universal bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting to hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) hinders the large-scale production of green hydrogen. Here, an IrPd electrocatalyst supported on ketjenblack that exhibits outstanding bifunctional performance for both HER and OER at wide pH conditions is presented. The optimized IrPd catalyst exhibits a specific activity of 4.46 and 3.98 A mgIr -1 in the overpotential of 100 and 370 mV for HER and OER, respectively, in alkaline conditions. When applied to the anion exchange membrane electrolyzer, the Ir44 Pd56 /KB catalyst shows a stability of >20 h at a current of 250 mA cm-2 for water decomposition, indicating promising prospects for practical applications. Beyond offering an advanced electrocatalyst, this work also guides the rational design of desirable bifunctional electrocatalysts for HER and OER by regulating the microenvironments and electronic structures of metal catalytic sites for diverse catalysis.
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- Xing Yang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, 999077, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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Zhao J, Tan H, Zi Z, Song L, Hu H, Zhang H, Wu M. Synchronous coupling of defects and a heteroatom-doped carbon constraint layer on cobalt sulfides toward boosted oxide electrolysis activities for highly energy-efficient micro-zinc-air batteries. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:5927-5937. [PMID: 36877572 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00082f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The sluggish kinetics of oxygen electrocatalysis reactions on cathodes significantly suppresses the energy efficiency of zinc-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, by coupling in situ generated CoS nanoparticles rich in cobalt vacancies (VCo) with a dual-heteroatom-doped layered carbon framework, a hybrid Co-based catalyst (Co1-xS@N/S-C) is designed and synthesized from Co-MOF precursor. Experimental analyses, together with density functional theory (DFT)-based calculations, demonstrate that the facilitated ion diffusion enabled by the introduced VCo, together with the enhanced electron transport benefiting from the well-designed dual-heteroatom-doped laminated carbon framework, synergistically boost the bifunctional electrocatalytic activity of Co1-xS@N/S-C (ΔE = 0.76 V), which is much superior to that of CoS@N/S-C without VCo (ΔE = 0.89 V), CoS without VCo (ΔE = 1.23 V), and the dual-heteroatom-doped laminated carbon framework. As expected, the further assembled ZAB employing Co1-xS@N/S-C as the cathode electrocatalyst exhibits enhanced energy efficiency in terms of better cycling stability (510 cycles/170 hours) and a higher specific capacity (807 mA h g-1). Finally, a flexible/stretched solid state micro-ZAB (F/SmZAB) with Co1-xS@N/S-C as the cathode electrocatalyst and a wave-shaped GaIn-Ni-based liquid metal as the electronic circuit is further designed, which can display excellent electrical properties and long elongation. This work provides a new defect and structure coupling strategy for boosting the oxide electrolysis activities of Co-based catalysts. Furthermore, F/SmZAB represents a promising solution for a compatible micropower source in wearable microelectronics.
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- Juanjuan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China.
- School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China.
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- School of Safety Science and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, 300300, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China.
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Kim HJ, Hong E, Hong Y, Kim J, Kabiraz MK, Kim YM, Lee H, Seo WS, Choi SI. Surface distortion of FeRu nanoparticles improves the hydrogen evolution reaction performance in alkaline media. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:5816-5824. [PMID: 36857715 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05881b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Rational design of electrocatalysts, including an increased catalytic surface area, a unique surface structure, and improved conductivity, for facilitating the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is emerging as an important issue. In this work, we consider the engineering of catalyst surfaces as an effective and feasible way to accelerate the HER kinetics. By etching the surface Fe of FeRu alloy nanoparticles (NPs) using hydrofluoric acid (HF), a distorted catalytic surface of FeRu NPs was formed. The distorted surface of the HF-treated FeRu NPs was successfully analyzed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy, high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy, and electrochemical absorption/desorption experiments. The electrocatalytic HER activity of the HF-treated FeRu NPs demonstrated that surface distortion enhances the water dissociation reaction and the electron transfer rate. As a result, the surface-distorted FeRu NPs improved HER performances in alkaline media compared to the pristine FeRu alloy NP/C, commercial Ru/C, and the state-of-the-art Pt/C catalysts.
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- Hee Jin Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul 04310, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.
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Wu J, Gao Y, Pan N, Lu L, Wang X. An isolated single-particle-based SECM tip interface for single-cell NO sensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 223:115048. [PMID: 36587444 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.115048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As a key factor in cellular metabolic processes, nitric oxide (NO) is a challenging target for in situ real-time monitoring due to its transient property and short diffusion distance. Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) has unique advantages in single-cell analysis, which can obtain the electrochemical current by scanning the cell surface with a tip microelectrode. In particular, it can further improved the electrochemical response by enhancing the interface properties of its tip. Here, an interface design strategy based on platinum single nanoparticle (Pt NP) was developed, and fluorinated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were used to further improve its performance. This modified tip was used as an SECM probe for NO concentration monitoring and morphological imaging of single MCF-7 cells. It has the high sensitivity (164.7 μA/μM·cm2) and good selectivity for NO detection, which benefits from the efficient catalytic properties of Pt NPs and high mass transport and hydrophobic antifouling properties of the interface. Notably, it shows a superior performance in detecting the fluctuation of NO released by a single MCF-7-cell under the stimulation of cadmium (Cd), which demonstrates a promising method for using a single-particle-based tip in SECM applications.
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- Jiening Wu
- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China; Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China.
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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Jiang Y, Shan J, Wang P, Huang L, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. Stabilizing Oxidation State of SnO 2 for Highly Selective CO 2 Electroreduction to Formate at Large Current Densities. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- Yunling Jiang
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia
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Wu Z, Liu L, Zhao Z, Yang C, Mu S, Zhou H, Luo X, Ma T, Li S, Zhao C. Modulating Electronic Environment of Ru Nanoclusters via Local Charge Transfer for Accelerating Alkaline Water Electrolysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2204738. [PMID: 36403218 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Compared to platinum catalysts, ruthenium (Ru) is disclosed as a promising alternative for alkaline water electrolysis due to its similar hydrogen adsorption energy and relatively lower water dissociation barrier. However, in the challenging alkaline media, the dissatisfied Volmer step during water dissociation of Ru metal prohibits its practical applications. Here, a new pathway to modulate the electronic environment of Ru catalysts via a local charge transfer strategy for tuning the water dissociation kinetics and accelerating the alkaline water electrolysis is proposed. The obtained catalysts are engineered by assembling and subsequently pyrolyzing the layer-stacked and 2D porphyrin-based Ru-N coordination polymers on nanocarbon supports. Benefiting from the well-defined Ru nanocluster-Nx -coordination bonds (Runc -Nx ), unique electronic environments, and local charge transfer properties, the catalysts exhibit the exceptional activity of 17 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm-2 and robust stability in water, which is more efficient than state-of-the-art Ru catalysts. The theoretical calculation suggests that the Runc -Nx sites enhance the nucleophilic attack of water and weaken the HOH bond. This study manifests that tailoring the bond environments of Ru clusters can significantly modulate their intrinsic catalytic activities and stabilities, which may open new avenues for developing high-active and durable catalysts for water electrolysis.
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- Zihe Wu
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Nephrology, Department of Ultrasound, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Nephrology, Department of Ultrasound, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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Stabilization of unprecedented crystal phases of metal nanomaterials. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zhang C, Zhuang Q, Wang H, Ying X, Ji R, Sheng D, Dong W, Xie A. Constructing an acidic microenvironment by sulfonated polymers for photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent chromium under neutral conditions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:235-248. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hua D, Huang J, Fabbri E, Rafique M, Song B. Development of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis and the Associated Challenges: A Review. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Daxing Hua
- Department of Physics Institution Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 P.R. China
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- Paul Scherrer Institute Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 P.R. China
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Yang Y, Cao D. Observation of the topological phase transition from the spatial correlation of a biphoton in a one-dimensional topological photonic waveguide array. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:37899-37909. [PMID: 36258369 DOI: 10.1364/oe.471703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We propose a simple method, using the first singular value (FSV) of the spatial correlation of biphotons, to characterize topological phase transitions (TPTs) in one-dimensional (1D) topological photonic waveguide arrays (PWAs). After analyzing the spatial correlation of biphotons using the singular value decomposition, we found that the FSV of the spatial correlation of biphotons in real space can characterize TPTs and distinguish between the topological trivial and nontrivial phases in PWAs based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. The analytical simulation results were demonstrated by applying the coupled-mode theory to biphotons and were found to be in good agreement with those of the numerical simulation. Moreover, the numerical simulation of the FSV (of the spatial correlation of biphotons) successfully characterized the TPT in a PWA based on the Aubry-André-Harper and Rice-Mele models, demonstrating the universality of this method for 1D topological PWAs. Our method provides biphotons with the possibility of acquiring information regarding TPTs directly from the spatial correlation in real space, and their potential applications in quantum topological photonics and topological quantum computing as quantum simulators and information carriers.
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Guo Z, Zhao X, Chen G, Zhao W, Liu T, Hu R, Jiang X. Controllable synthesis of magic cube-like Ce-MOF-derived Pt/CeO 2 catalysts for formaldehyde oxidation. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:12713-12721. [PMID: 35996893 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03050k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Controllable synthesis of MOFs with desired structures is of great significance to deepen the understanding of the crystal nucleation-growth mechanism and deliver unique structural features to their derived metal oxides with target catalytic applications. In this study, NH2-Ce-BDC with morphology similar to a second-order magic cube (mc) is facile synthesized via H+ mediation in nucleation and growth stages. The pertinent variables that can greatly influence the formation of magic cube-like structures (MCS) were investigated, in which the concentric diffusion field was found to be one of the key factors. Upon calcination, the derived CeO2 inherits unique gullies and grooves located on the pristine MOFs surface, which is quite useful for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles because of strong interaction with MOF-derived CeO2 (mc-CeO2). XPS, H2-TPR, Raman, and in situ DRIFTS characterization results show that there is a stronger interaction between Pt and mc-CeO2 in mc-Pt/CeO2 compared with c-Pt/CeO2 that is derived from the well-developed cubic Ce-MOFs. Furthermore, Pt2+ ions, hydroxyl oxygen, and oxygen defects in mc-Pt/CeO2 account highly for exemplary catalytic activity toward HCHO oxidation.
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- Zeyi Guo
- Institute for Smart Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
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- Institute for Smart Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Gold Mineralization Processes and Resource Utilization, MNR, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Geological Process and Resource Utilization, Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences, Jinan 250013, P.R. China
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- Institute for Smart Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
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- Institute for Smart Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
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- Institute for Smart Materials & Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, P.R. China.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, Jinan 250022, P.R. China
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Sun Z, Yang Y, Fang C, Yao Y, Qin F, Gu H, Liu Q, Xu W, Tang H, Jiang Z, Ge B, Chen W, Chen Z. Atomic-Level Pt Electrocatalyst Synthesized via Iced Photochemical Method for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with High Efficiency. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203422. [PMID: 35871552 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In heterogeneous catalysis, metal particle morphology and size can influence markedly the activity. It is of great significance to rationally design and control the synthesis of Pt at the atomic level to demonstrate the structure-activity relationship toward electrocatalysis. Herein, a powerful strategy is reported to synthesize graphene-supported platinum-based electrocatalyst, that is, nanocatalysts with controllable size can be prepared by iced photochemical method, including single atoms (Pt-SA@HG), nanoclusters (Pt-Clu@HG), and nanocrystalline (Pt-Nc@HG). The Pt-SA@HG exhibits unexpected electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performances with 13 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm-2 current densities which surpass Pt-Clu@HG and Pt-Nc@HG. The in situ X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations determine the Pt-C3 active site is linchpin to the excellent HER performance of Pt-SA@HG. Compared with the traditional Pt-Nx coordination structure, the pure carbon coordinated Pt-C3 site is more favorable for HER. This work opens up a new way to adjust the metal particle size and catalytic performance of graphene at a multiscale level.
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- Zhiyi Sun
- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- CNPC Research Institute of Petroleum, Exploration & Development, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Anhui, 230601, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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Zheng W, Zhu R, Wu H, Ma T, Zhou H, Zhou M, He C, Liu X, Li S, Cheng C. Tailoring Bond Microenvironments and Reaction Pathways of Single‐Atom Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202208667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Weiqiong Zheng
- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital Department of Ultrasound CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital Department of Nephrology CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Biomass Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University Department of polymer science No. 24, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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Zheng W, Zhu R, Wu H, Ma T, Zhou H, Zhou M, He C, Liu X, Li S, Cheng C. Tailoring Bond Microenvironments and Reaction Pathways of Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202208667. [PMID: 35876718 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Single-Atom Sites (SASs) are commonly stabilized and influenced by neighboring atoms in the host; disclosing the structure-reactivity relationships of SASs in water electrolysis are the grand challenges originating from the enormous support materials with complex structures. Through a multidisciplinary view of the design principles, synthesis strategies, characterization techniques, and theoretical analysis of structure-performance correlations, this timely review is dedicated to summarizing the most recent progress in tailoring bond microenvironments on different supports and discussing the reaction pathways and performance advantages of different SAS structures for water electrolysis . The essences and mechanisms of how SAS structures influence their electrocatalysis and the critical needs for their future developments are discussed. Finally, the challenges and perspectives are also provided to stimulate their practically widespread utilization in water-splitting electrolyzers.
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- Weiqiong Zheng
- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital, Department of Ultrasound, CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital, Department of Nephrology, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, Department of polymer science, No. 24, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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