The design of highly active and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction(OER) in acidic media has become an attractive research area for the development of energy conversion and storage technologies. However...The design of highly active and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction(OER) in acidic media has become an attractive research area for the development of energy conversion and storage technologies. However, progress in this area has been limited by the poor understanding of the dynamic active structure of catalysts under realistic OER conditions. Here, an atomic Co-doped nanoporous Ru O_(2)electrocatalyst, which exhibited excellent OER activity and stability in acidic conditions, was synthesized through annealing and etching of a nanoporous Co-Ru alloy. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy results confirmed that the etching strategy produced abundant oxygen vacancies around the metal centers in the atomic Co-doped nanoporous Ru O_(2)electrocatalyst. These vacancies created contracted metaloxygen ligand bonds under realistic OER conditions. The dynamic structural evolution of the synthesized electrocatalyst allowed them to experience lower kinetic barriers during OER catalysis, resulting in enhanced catalytic activity and stability.This study also provided atomic details on the active structure of the electrocatalyst and the influence of their structural evolution on OER activity.展开更多
基金the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51771072)the Outstanding Youth Scientist Foundation of Hunan Province (2020JJ2006)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body Independent Research Project (71860007)。
文摘The design of highly active and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction(OER) in acidic media has become an attractive research area for the development of energy conversion and storage technologies. However, progress in this area has been limited by the poor understanding of the dynamic active structure of catalysts under realistic OER conditions. Here, an atomic Co-doped nanoporous Ru O_(2)electrocatalyst, which exhibited excellent OER activity and stability in acidic conditions, was synthesized through annealing and etching of a nanoporous Co-Ru alloy. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy results confirmed that the etching strategy produced abundant oxygen vacancies around the metal centers in the atomic Co-doped nanoporous Ru O_(2)electrocatalyst. These vacancies created contracted metaloxygen ligand bonds under realistic OER conditions. The dynamic structural evolution of the synthesized electrocatalyst allowed them to experience lower kinetic barriers during OER catalysis, resulting in enhanced catalytic activity and stability.This study also provided atomic details on the active structure of the electrocatalyst and the influence of their structural evolution on OER activity.
