Langmuir,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
40(43), P. 22549 - 22560
Published: Oct. 14, 2024
Evolving
highly
competent
and
economical
electrocatalysts
for
alkaline
water
electrolysis
is
crucial
in
renewable
hydrogen
energy
technologies.
The
slow
evolution
reaction
(HER)/oxygen
(OER)
kinetics
under
electrolytes,
still,
has
troubled
developments
high-performance
green
production
systems.
Herein,
we
demonstrate
the
tailoring
of
interface
earth-abundant
transition-metal
nanoclusters
(MNCs),
including
iron
(Fe),
cobalt
(Co),
nickel
(Ni),
copper
(Cu)
on
oxide
nanosheets
(M
NCs|NiO
NS)
through
metal-support
interaction
enriched
overall
splitting
an
electrolyte.
strong
metal-metal
allows
alteration
binding
capabilities
ions
(*H)
hydroxyl
(*OH)
Ni
electrodes.
Specifically,
robust
between
Fe
NiO
reveals
optimized
H*
OH*
energies,
facilitating
water-splitting
In
addition,
improved
HER/OER
catalytic
activity
attained
with
NS
small
overpotentials
∼62.0
∼380.0
mV
HER
OER,
respectively,
a
high
mass
∼90.0
A
g
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Abstract
Developing
overall
water
splitting
non‐noble
metal
electrocatalysts
achieving
long‐term
stability
with
high
activity
at
industrial‐grade
current
density
remains
challenging.
Herein,
a
self‐reconstruction
strategy
of
Co
9
S
8
‐Ni
3
2
/NCF
is
employed
to
fabricate
Ni
x
3‐x
O
4
‐Ov‐
in
which
partial
replaced
by
the
structure.
The
reconstructed
‐Ov
can
enhance
adsorbing
ability
leached
from
initial
phase
compared
spinel,
exceeding
1000‐h
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
and
600‐h
1000
mA
cm
−2
excellent
activity.
In
situ
Raman
X‐ray
photoelectron
spectroscopy
(XPS)
results
indicate
that
substitution
for
atoms
enhances
adsorption
capacity
on
‐Ov,
facilitating
formation
high‐density
3+
active
sites
(400)
expedited
interfacial
electron
transfer
densities.
Density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
reveal
stabilizes
surface
vacancies
optimizes
energy
intermediates,
thereby
improving
both
catalytic
performance.
findings
provide
new
insights
into
overcoming
activity‐stability
trade‐off
contribute
design
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 24, 2025
Abstract
The
capacity
of
C‒C
bond
cleavage
determines
the
pathway
selectivity
during
ethanol
oxidation
process.
Herein,
ultra‐thin
monodisperse
PdCo
nanosheets
with
an
average
diameter
33
nm
are
successfully
synthesized
and
interface
Pd‐O‐Co
is
further
constructed
due
to
introduction
lattice
oxygen.
Due
their
nanosheet
structure,
unique
surface
electronic
structures
driven
by
oxygen,
alloying
effect,
prepared
PdCo/Pd‐O‐Co
(PdCo/Pd‐O‐Co
NSs)
show
excellent
reaction
(EOR)
activity
stability.
mass
specific
NSs
12.43
A
mg
−1
22.01
mA
cm
−2
for
EOR,
which
exceeded
nanosheets,
Pd
commercial
black.
In
situ
FTIR
spectroscopy
theoretical
calculation
identified
that
oxygen
introduced
after
square‐wave
potential
treatment
can
promote
bond.
Through
combined
strain
engineering,
optimized
generation
strong
p‐d
orbital
hybridization,
led
upward
shift
d‐band
center
electron
delocalization
effectively
promoting
improving
anti‐poisoning
ability.
ACS Materials Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
6(9), P. 4142 - 4148
Published: Aug. 12, 2024
Developing
efficient
and
stable
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
electrocatalysts
is
essential
for
the
production
of
hydrogen
from
water
electrolysis.
Here,
we
successfully
synthesized
a
high-entropy
ruthenium-based
oxide
(RuMnFeCoNiO-HEO)
with
rich
grain
boundaries
using
fast
nonequilibrium
molten
salt
method.
The
RuMnFeCoNiO-HEO
significantly
reduced
ruthenium
dosage
could
exhibit
much
higher
OER
performance
low
overpotential
190
mV
at
10
mA/cm2
long-term
durability
100-h
continuous
operation
under
100
in
alkaline
solution.
mass
activity
turnover
frequency
RuFeCoNiMn-HEO
are
enhanced
by
nearly
1
order
magnitude
compared
to
those
commercial
RuO2.
Microstructural
characterizations
reveal
that
incorporation
four
extra
3d
transition
metals
into
oxides
results
formation
Ru-based
materials
boundary
structure
unsaturated
coordination
Ru
active
centers,
which
optimize
both
electrocatalytic
electrochemical
during
process.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
MIL-100(Fe)/TiO
2
/CoO
x
was
synthesized
through
a
facile
microwave-assisted
hydrothermal
method
followed
by
atomic
layer
deposition
and
exhibits
exceptional
photocatalytic
OER
performance.