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Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation

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  • Ning Zhang

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute)

  • Xiaobin Feng

    (City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon
    Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong)

  • Dewei Rao

    (Jiangsu University)

  • Xi Deng

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Lejuan Cai

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute)

  • Bocheng Qiu

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute)

  • Ran Long

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yujie Xiong

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yang Lu

    (City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon
    Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong)

  • Yang Chai

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute)

Abstract

Anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is recognized as kinetic bottleneck in water electrolysis. Transition metal sites with high valence states can accelerate the reaction kinetics to offer highly intrinsic activity, but suffer from thermodynamic formation barrier. Here, we show subtle engineering of highly oxidized Ni4+ species in surface reconstructed (oxy)hydroxides on multicomponent FeCoCrNi alloy film through interatomically electronic interplay. Our spectroscopic investigations with theoretical studies uncover that Fe component enables the formation of Ni4+ species, which is energetically favored by the multistep evolution of Ni2+→Ni3+→Ni4+. The dynamically constructed Ni4+ species drives holes into oxygen ligands to facilitate intramolecular oxygen coupling, triggering lattice oxygen activation to form Fe-Ni dual-sites as ultimate catalytic center with highly intrinsic activity. As a result, the surface reconstructed FeCoCrNi OER catalyst delivers outstanding mass activity and turnover frequency of 3601 A gmetal−1 and 0.483 s−1 at an overpotential of 300 mV in alkaline electrolyte, respectively.

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  • Ning Zhang & Xiaobin Feng & Dewei Rao & Xi Deng & Lejuan Cai & Bocheng Qiu & Ran Long & Yujie Xiong & Yang Lu & Yang Chai, 2020. "Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17934-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17934-7
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