The poor oxygen evolution reaction(OER)activity of two-dimensional(2 D)transition metal carbides(MXenes)is a major obstacle to their application in highperformance water splitting and fuel cells due to the high energy...The poor oxygen evolution reaction(OER)activity of two-dimensional(2 D)transition metal carbides(MXenes)is a major obstacle to their application in highperformance water splitting and fuel cells due to the high energy barriers for the absorption of intermediates.Here,we demonstrate that the lattice oxygen of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)MXenes can be activated by 0 D graphene quantum dots(GQDs),thereby activating the OER via the lattice-oxygen oxidation mechanism(LOM)instead of the conventional adsorbate evolving mechanism.The pH-dependent OER activity of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)@GQDs and ^(18)O isotope-labelling experiments with time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry(TOF-SIMS)provide the direct evidence of LOM.Interestingly,the activated lattice oxygen amount can be controlled by the GQDs.The as-prepared 0 D/2 D Ti_(3)C_(2)O_(2)@GQDs heterostructure delivers a highly reduced overpotential of 390 mV(bare Ti_(3)C_(2)O_(2):530 mV)at a benchmark current density of 10 mA cm^(-2).Through optimizing the thickness and the additional conductive substrate,the overpotential at 10 mA cm^(-2)decreases to 250 mV,while the Tafel slope is reduced to 39 mV dec^(-1);these values indicate the as-prepared heterostructure is superior to the state-of-the-art MXene-based OER catalysts.This work provides a new strategy to enhance the OER activity of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)and extends the application of LOM from perovskite to MXenes.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21901151 and 22071140)the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2020JQ-405 and 2021JLM-20)the Fundamental Research Funds from SNNU(1110011267 and 1112010334)。
文摘The poor oxygen evolution reaction(OER)activity of two-dimensional(2 D)transition metal carbides(MXenes)is a major obstacle to their application in highperformance water splitting and fuel cells due to the high energy barriers for the absorption of intermediates.Here,we demonstrate that the lattice oxygen of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)MXenes can be activated by 0 D graphene quantum dots(GQDs),thereby activating the OER via the lattice-oxygen oxidation mechanism(LOM)instead of the conventional adsorbate evolving mechanism.The pH-dependent OER activity of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)@GQDs and ^(18)O isotope-labelling experiments with time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry(TOF-SIMS)provide the direct evidence of LOM.Interestingly,the activated lattice oxygen amount can be controlled by the GQDs.The as-prepared 0 D/2 D Ti_(3)C_(2)O_(2)@GQDs heterostructure delivers a highly reduced overpotential of 390 mV(bare Ti_(3)C_(2)O_(2):530 mV)at a benchmark current density of 10 mA cm^(-2).Through optimizing the thickness and the additional conductive substrate,the overpotential at 10 mA cm^(-2)decreases to 250 mV,while the Tafel slope is reduced to 39 mV dec^(-1);these values indicate the as-prepared heterostructure is superior to the state-of-the-art MXene-based OER catalysts.This work provides a new strategy to enhance the OER activity of M_(n)X_(n-1)O_(2)and extends the application of LOM from perovskite to MXenes.
