Modulating the electronic structure of ultrathin layered double hydroxide nanosheets with fluorine: an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

Liu, Zhijuan; Dong, Chung-Li; Huang, Yu-Cheng; Cen, Jiajie; Yang, Haotian; Chen, Xiaobo; Tong, Xiao; Su, Dong; Wang, Yanyong; Wang, Shuangyin

doi:10.1039/C9TA03882E

Title: Modulating the electronic structure of ultrathin layered double hydroxide nanosheets with fluorine: an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

Journal Article · Thu May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA03882E· OSTI ID:1547017

Liu, Zhijuan ^[1];

^[2]; Huang, Yu-Cheng ^[3]; Cen, Jiajie ^[4]; Yang, Haotian ^[4]; Chen, Xiaobo ^[5];

^[6]; Su, Dong ^[6];

^[7];

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Hunan Univ., Changsha (China); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Tamkang Univ. (Taiwan)
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
State Univ. of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, Plattsburgh, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Hunan Univ., Changsha (China)

In this work, we effectively modulate the electronic structure of Co₃Fe layered double hydroxides (LDHs) by F-doping using a CHF₃-plasma etching technique. CHF₃-plasma can selectively fill oxygen vacancies with F– ions that can drastically tune the electronic structure with the highest electronegativity and create metal vacancies at the same time. The as-obtained F-Co₃Fe LDH ultrathin nanosheets exhibit excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) properties. The outstanding electrochemical activity can be attributed to the incorporation of F– ions that strongly modulate the charge distribution of surrounding atoms to facilitate the adsorption of OER intermediates. This report reflects a simple way to create metal vacancies and selectively fill oxygen vacancies with fluorine at the same time, and brings about a deep understanding of the electronic environment-activity relationship of LDHs for the OER.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1547017

Report Number(s):: BNL-211951-2019-JAAM; JMCAET

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 7, Issue 24; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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