摘要
Developing highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalyst for the acidic corrosive operating conditions is a challenging task.Herein,we report the synthesis of uniform RuO_(2)clusters with~2 nm in size via electrochemical leaching of Sr from SrRuO_(3) ceramic in acid.The RuO_(2)clusters exhibit ultrahigh OER activity with overpotential of~160 mV at 10 mA·cm_(geo)^(−2) in 1.0 M HClO4 solution for 30-h testing.The extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurement reveals enlarged Jahn-Teller distortion of Ru-O octahedra in the RuO_(2)clusters compared to its bulk counterpart.Density function theory calculations show that the enhanced Jahn-Teller distortion can improve the intrinsic OER activity of RuO_(2).
基金
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22022508,51602143 and 11874036)
Guangdong Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.2016A030306020)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFB0701600)。
