IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v12y2021i1d10.1038_s41467-021-24828-9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Engineering single-atomic ruthenium catalytic sites on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide for overall water splitting

Author

Listed:
  • Panlong Zhai

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Mingyue Xia

    (Ministry of Education)

  • Yunzhen Wu

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Guanghui Zhang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Junfeng Gao

    (Ministry of Education)

  • Bo Zhang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Shuyan Cao

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Yanting Zhang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Zhuwei Li

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Zhaozhong Fan

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Chen Wang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Xiaomeng Zhang

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Jeffrey T. Miller

    (Purdue University)

  • Licheng Sun

    (Dalian University of Technology
    Westlake University
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Jungang Hou

    (Dalian University of Technology)

Abstract

Rational design of single atom catalyst is critical for efficient sustainable energy conversion. However, the atomic-level control of active sites is essential for electrocatalytic materials in alkaline electrolyte. Moreover, well-defined surface structures lead to in-depth understanding of catalytic mechanisms. Herein, we report a single-atomic-site ruthenium stabilized on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide nanosheets (Ru1/D-NiFe LDH). Under precise regulation of local coordination environments of catalytically active sites and the existence of the defects, Ru1/D-NiFe LDH delivers an ultralow overpotential of 18 mV at 10 mA cm−2 for hydrogen evolution reaction, surpassing the commercial Pt/C catalyst. Density functional theory calculations reveal that Ru1/D-NiFe LDH optimizes the adsorption energies of intermediates for hydrogen evolution reaction and promotes the O–O coupling at a Ru–O active site for oxygen evolution reaction. The Ru1/D-NiFe LDH as an ideal model reveals superior water splitting performance with potential for the development of promising water-alkali electrocatalysts.

Suggested Citation

  • Panlong Zhai & Mingyue Xia & Yunzhen Wu & Guanghui Zhang & Junfeng Gao & Bo Zhang & Shuyan Cao & Yanting Zhang & Zhuwei Li & Zhaozhong Fan & Chen Wang & Xiaomeng Zhang & Jeffrey T. Miller & Licheng Su, 2021. "Engineering single-atomic ruthenium catalytic sites on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide for overall water splitting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-24828-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24828-9
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24828-9
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-021-24828-9?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Panlong Zhai & Chen Wang & Yuanyuan Zhao & Yanxue Zhang & Junfeng Gao & Licheng Sun & Jungang Hou, 2023. "Regulating electronic states of nitride/hydroxide to accelerate kinetics for oxygen evolution at large current density," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Yong Zuo & Sebastiano Bellani & Michele Ferri & Gabriele Saleh & Dipak V. Shinde & Marilena Isabella Zappia & Rosaria Brescia & Mirko Prato & Luca Trizio & Ivan Infante & Francesco Bonaccorso & Libera, 2023. "High-performance alkaline water electrolyzers based on Ru-perturbed Cu nanoplatelets cathode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Xinzhe Tian & Yinggang Guo & Wankai An & Yun-Lai Ren & Yuchen Qin & Caoyuan Niu & Xin Zheng, 2022. "Coupling photocatalytic water oxidation with reductive transformations of organic molecules," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Ying Zang & Di-Qiu Lu & Kun Wang & Bo Li & Peng Peng & Ya-Qian Lan & Shuang-Quan Zang, 2023. "A pyrolysis-free Ni/Fe bimetallic electrocatalyst for overall water splitting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    5. Yang Gao & Yurui Xue & Lu Qi & Chengyu Xing & Xuchen Zheng & Feng He & Yuliang Li, 2022. "Rhodium nanocrystals on porous graphdiyne for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from saline water," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    6. Zhaoyu Zhou & Yongsheng Jia & Qiang Wang & Zhongyu Jiang & Junwu Xiao & Limin Guo, 2023. "Recent Progress on Molybdenum Carbide-Based Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-20, October.
    7. Siliu Lyu & Chenxi Guo & Jianing Wang & Zhongjian Li & Bin Yang & Lecheng Lei & Liping Wang & Jianping Xiao & Tao Zhang & Yang Hou, 2022. "Exceptional catalytic activity of oxygen evolution reaction via two-dimensional graphene multilayer confined metal-organic frameworks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    8. Pengcheng Ye & Keqing Fang & Haiyan Wang & Yahao Wang & Hao Huang & Chenbin Mo & Jiqiang Ning & Yong Hu, 2024. "Lattice oxygen activation and local electric field enhancement by co-doping Fe and F in CoO nanoneedle arrays for industrial electrocatalytic water oxidation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    9. Wei Guo & Chaochao Dun & Chang Yu & Xuedan Song & Feipeng Yang & Wenzheng Kuang & Yuanyang Xie & Shaofeng Li & Zhao Wang & Jinhe Yu & Guosheng Fu & Jinghua Guo & Matthew A. Marcus & Jeffrey J. Urban &, 2022. "Mismatching integration-enabled strains and defects engineering in LDH microstructure for high-rate and long-life charge storage," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    10. Yanghang Pan & Xinzhu Wang & Weiyang Zhang & Lingyu Tang & Zhangyan Mu & Cheng Liu & Bailin Tian & Muchun Fei & Yamei Sun & Huanhuan Su & Libo Gao & Peng Wang & Xiangfeng Duan & Jing Ma & Mengning Din, 2022. "Boosting the performance of single-atom catalysts via external electric field polarization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-24828-9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.