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A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions

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  • Chao Feng

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Faze Wang

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Technische Universität München)

  • Zhi Liu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Mamiko Nakabayashi

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Yequan Xiao

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Qiugui Zeng

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Jie Fu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Qianbao Wu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Chunhua Cui

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Yifan Han

    (Zhengzhou University)

  • Naoya Shibata

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Kazunari Domen

    (Office of University Professors, The University of Tokyo
    Shinshu University)

  • Ian D. Sharp

    (Technische Universität München)

  • Yanbo Li

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

While self-healing is considered a promising strategy to achieve long-term stability for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts, this strategy remains a challenge for OER catalysts working in highly alkaline conditions. The self-healing of the OER-active nickel iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe-LDH) has not been successful due to irreversible leaching of Fe catalytic centers. Here, we investigate the introduction of cobalt (Co) into the NiFe-LDH as a promoter for in situ Fe redeposition. An active borate-intercalated NiCoFe-LDH catalyst is synthesized using electrodeposition and shows no degradation after OER tests at 10 mA cm−2 at pH 14 for 1000 h, demonstrating its self-healing ability under harsh OER conditions. Importantly, the presence of both ferrous ions and borate ions in the electrolyte is found to be crucial to the catalyst’s self-healing. Furthermore, the implementation of this catalyst in photoelectrochemical devices is demonstrated with an integrated silicon photoanode. The self-healing mechanism leads to a self-limiting catalyst thickness, which is ideal for integration with photoelectrodes since redeposition is not accompanied by increased parasitic light absorption.

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  • Chao Feng & Faze Wang & Zhi Liu & Mamiko Nakabayashi & Yequan Xiao & Qiugui Zeng & Jie Fu & Qianbao Wu & Chunhua Cui & Yifan Han & Naoya Shibata & Kazunari Domen & Ian D. Sharp & Yanbo Li, 2021. "A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-26281-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26281-0
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