Dynamic stability of active sites in hydr(oxy)oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction

Chung, Dong Young; Lopes, Pietro P.; Farinazzo Bergamo Dias Martins, Pedro; He, Haiying; Kawaguchi, Tomoya; Zapol, Peter; You, Hoydoo; Tripkovic, Dusan; Strmcnik, Dusan; Zhu, Yisi; Seifert, Soenke; Lee, Sungsik; Stamenkovic, Vojislav R.; Markovic, Nenad M.

doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0576-y

Dynamic stability of active sites in hydr(oxy)oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction

Journal Article · Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0576-y· OSTI ID:1632277

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Valparaiso Univ., IN (United States)
Univ. of Belgrade (Serbia)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

The poor activity and stability of electrode materials for the oxygen evolution reaction are the main bottlenecks in the water-splitting reaction for H₂ production. In this work, by studying the activity–stability trends for the oxygen evolution reaction on conductive M¹O_xH_y, Fe–M¹O_xH_y and Fe–M¹M²O_xH_y hydr(oxy)oxide clusters (M¹ = Ni, Co, Fe; M² = Mn, Co, Cu), we show that balancing the rates of Fe dissolution and redeposition over a MO_xH_y host establishes dynamically stable Fe active sites. Together with tuning the Fe content of the electrolyte, the strong interaction of Fe with the MO_xH_y host is the key to controlling the average number of Fe active sites present at the solid/liquid interface. We suggest that the Fe–M adsorption energy can therefore serve as a reaction descriptor that unifies oxygen evolution reaction catalysis on 3d transition-metal hydr(oxy)oxides in alkaline media. Thus, the introduction of dynamically stable active sites extends the design rules for creating active and stable interfaces.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS) and Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)

Sponsoring Organization:: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1632277

Journal Information:: Nature Energy, Journal Name: Nature Energy Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 5; ISSN 2058-7546

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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