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 el...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).展开更多
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)。
文摘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).
