ACS Applied Nano Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2024
Owing
to
the
limited
supply
and
high
cost,
rational
design
of
precious
metal-based
catalysts
is
essential
importance
for
boosting
electrocatalytic
activity.
Herein,
variation
Au
species
from
single-atoms
ultrasmall
nanoparticles
(3–6
nm)
deposited
on
NiFe-layered
double
hydroxide
(NiFe-LDH)
was
investigated
as
a
bifunctional
electrocatalyst
oxygen
hydrogen
evolution
reactions.
The
brucite-like
layered
structure
NiFe-LDH
verified
by
X-ray
diffraction.
existence
single-atom
well
local
bonding
environment
were
evaluated
high-resolution
transmission
electron
microscopy
photoelectron
spectroscopy.
integration
into
single
atoms
metallic
shows
significant
improvement
in
activity
1
M
KOH.
Single-atom
Au/NiFe-LDH
(2Au/NiFe-LDH,
0.21
wt
%
Au)
delivers
lowest
overpotential
209
mV
catalyze
10
mA
cm–2
OER
current
density
with
Tafel
slope
46.5
dec–1.
On
other
hand,
nanoparticles/NiFe-LDH
(50Au/NiFe-LDH,
3.22
possesses
an
150
at
HER
134.5
For
overall
water
splitting,
under
optimum
conditions,
2Au/NiFe-LDH//50Au/NiFe-LDH
couple
requires
cell
potentials
1.62
1.78
V
deliver
100
These
findings
provide
insights
effect
decoration
catalyst
surface
efficient
performance
production
O2
H2
alkaline
electrolyte.
The
rational
design
of
robust
electrocatalysts
in
view
exceptional
stability
with
fast
kinetics
toward
the
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER)
using
a
sustainable
synthetic
strategy
is
still
underway.
A
simple
wet
chemical
method
established
to
report
Ag-
and
Co-based
oxalate
(Ag@CoC2O4)
for
catalyzing
OER,
which
demands
291/241
mV
(GC/NF)
reach
10
mA/cmgeo2,
reduction
50
compared
CoC2O4
Tafel
slope
68/60
dec-1,
chronopotentiometry
12/100
h,
Faradaic
efficiency
98%.
silverization
improved
charge
transport
by
reducing
resistance
increase
Cdl
from
1.02
mF
cm-2,
indicating
abundant
accessible
catalytic
sites.
Further,
was
manifested
calculating
intrinsic
geometric
activities.
mechanistic
route
analyzed
proton
order
(ρRHE),
suggesting
proton-decoupled
electron
transfer
(PDET)
process.
kinetic
study
via
operando
EIS
Ag@CoC2O4
reveals
enhanced
OER
kinetics,
less
resistance,
more
conductivity,
faster
kinetics.
activity
strengthened
Bode
at
various
potentials.
temperature-dependent
analysis
inferred
that
decreased
activation
energy
(5.39
kJ/mol)
related
(16.32
kJ/mol).
Besides,
alkaline
electrolyzers
solar
cell-driven
built
anode
achieve
total
water
splitting
(1.59
V
@
mA/cmgeo2),
establishing
suitability
practical
applications.
alternative
process
used
produce
zero-carbon
green
H2
further
value-added
electrocatalysis,
thereby
showing
economic
benefits
oxidation
exposing
surface
bulk
active
centers
rapid
electrolyte
diffusion.
ACS Applied Nano Materials,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 20, 2024
Owing
to
the
limited
supply
and
high
cost,
rational
design
of
precious
metal-based
catalysts
is
essential
importance
for
boosting
electrocatalytic
activity.
Herein,
variation
Au
species
from
single-atoms
ultrasmall
nanoparticles
(3–6
nm)
deposited
on
NiFe-layered
double
hydroxide
(NiFe-LDH)
was
investigated
as
a
bifunctional
electrocatalyst
oxygen
hydrogen
evolution
reactions.
The
brucite-like
layered
structure
NiFe-LDH
verified
by
X-ray
diffraction.
existence
single-atom
well
local
bonding
environment
were
evaluated
high-resolution
transmission
electron
microscopy
photoelectron
spectroscopy.
integration
into
single
atoms
metallic
shows
significant
improvement
in
activity
1
M
KOH.
Single-atom
Au/NiFe-LDH
(2Au/NiFe-LDH,
0.21
wt
%
Au)
delivers
lowest
overpotential
209
mV
catalyze
10
mA
cm–2
OER
current
density
with
Tafel
slope
46.5
dec–1.
On
other
hand,
nanoparticles/NiFe-LDH
(50Au/NiFe-LDH,
3.22
possesses
an
150
at
HER
134.5
For
overall
water
splitting,
under
optimum
conditions,
2Au/NiFe-LDH//50Au/NiFe-LDH
couple
requires
cell
potentials
1.62
1.78
V
deliver
100
These
findings
provide
insights
effect
decoration
catalyst
surface
efficient
performance
production
O2
H2
alkaline
electrolyte.