Efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires the electrocatalyst to bear abundant active sites,optimized electronic structure as well as robust component and mechanical stability.Herein,a bimetallic la...Efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires the electrocatalyst to bear abundant active sites,optimized electronic structure as well as robust component and mechanical stability.Herein,a bimetallic lanthanum-nickel oxysulfide with rich oxygen vacancies based on the La_(2)O_(2)S prototype is fabricated as a binder-free precatalyst for alkaline OER.The combination of advanced in situ and ex situ characterizations with theoretical calculation uncovers the synergistic effect among La,Ni,O,and S species during OER,which assures the adsorption and stabilization of the oxyanion SO_(4)^(2-)onto the surface of the deeply reconstructed porous heterostructure composed of confining Ni OOH nanodomains by La(OH)_3 barrier.Such coupling,confinement,porosity and immobilization enable notable improvement in active site accessibility,phase stability,mass diffusion capability and the intrinsic Gibbs free energy of oxygen-containing intermediates.The optimized electrocatalyst delivers exceptional alkaline OER activity and durability,outperforming most of the Ni-based benchmark OER electrocatalysts.展开更多
基金supported by National MCF Energy R&D Program of China(2018YFE0306105)National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFA0406104,2020YFA0406101)+10 种基金Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51821002)National Natural Science Foundation of China(52201269,51725204,21771132,51972216,52041202)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20210735)Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province(21KJB430043)Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science&Technologythe 111 ProjectSuzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Nano&Soft MaterialsJiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologiesthe funding from Alexander von Humboldt(AvH)FoundationGusu leading talent plan for scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship(ZXL2022487)support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the framework of the project Catlab(03EW0015A/B)。
文摘Efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires the electrocatalyst to bear abundant active sites,optimized electronic structure as well as robust component and mechanical stability.Herein,a bimetallic lanthanum-nickel oxysulfide with rich oxygen vacancies based on the La_(2)O_(2)S prototype is fabricated as a binder-free precatalyst for alkaline OER.The combination of advanced in situ and ex situ characterizations with theoretical calculation uncovers the synergistic effect among La,Ni,O,and S species during OER,which assures the adsorption and stabilization of the oxyanion SO_(4)^(2-)onto the surface of the deeply reconstructed porous heterostructure composed of confining Ni OOH nanodomains by La(OH)_3 barrier.Such coupling,confinement,porosity and immobilization enable notable improvement in active site accessibility,phase stability,mass diffusion capability and the intrinsic Gibbs free energy of oxygen-containing intermediates.The optimized electrocatalyst delivers exceptional alkaline OER activity and durability,outperforming most of the Ni-based benchmark OER electrocatalysts.
