New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid

Majidi, Leily; Yasaei, Poya; Warburton, Robert E.; Fuladi, Shadi; Cavin, John; Hu, Xuan; Hemmat, Zahra; Cho, Sung Beom; Abbasi, Pedram; Vörös, Márton; Cheng, Lei; Sayahpour, Baharak; Bolotin, Igor L.; Zapol, Peter; Greeley, Jeffrey; Klie, Robert F.; Mishra, Rohan; Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh; Curtiss, Larry A.; Salehi-Khojin, Amin

doi:10.1002/adma.201804453

New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid

Journal Article · Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804453· OSTI ID:1493708

^[1]; Yasaei, Poya ^[1]; Warburton, Robert E. ^[2]; Fuladi, Shadi ^[1]; Cavin, John ^[3]; Hu, Xuan ^[1]; Hemmat, Zahra ^[1]; Cho, Sung Beom ^[3]; Abbasi, Pedram ^[1]; Vörös, Márton ^[4]; Cheng, Lei ^[4]; Sayahpour, Baharak ^[1]; Bolotin, Igor L. ^[1]; Zapol, Peter ^[4]; Greeley, Jeffrey ^[2]; Klie, Robert F. ^[1]; Mishra, Rohan ^[3]; Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh ^[1]; ^[4]; Salehi-Khojin, Amin ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The optimization of traditional electrocatalysts has reached a point where progress is impeded by fundamental physical factors including inherent scaling relations among thermokinetic characteristics of different elementary reaction steps, non-Nernstian behavior, and electronic structure of the catalyst. This suggests that the currently utilized classes of electrocatalysts may not be adequate for future needs. Our work reports on synthesis and characterization of a new class of materials based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides including sulfides, selenides, and tellurides of group V and VI transition metals that exhibit excellent catalytic performance for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in an aprotic medium with Li salts. The reaction rates are much higher for these materials than previously reported catalysts for these reactions. The reasons for the high activity are found to be the metal edges with adiabatic electron transfer capability and a cocatalyst effect involving an ionic-liquid electrolyte. These new materials are expected to have high activity for other core electrocatalytic reactions and open the way for advances in energy storage and catalysis.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0014664

OSTI ID:: 1493708

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1484053

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 31; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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