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Title: Highly Active Rhenium-, Ruthenium-, and Iridium-Based Dichalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Aprotic Media

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have garnered much attention recently due to their remarkable performance for different electrochemical systems. In this study, we report on the synthesis and catalysis of less studied TMDC nanoflakes (NFs) with a design space comprised of three transition metals (rhenium, ruthenium, and iridium) and three chalcogens (sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) for the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER) in an aprotic hybrid electrolyte containing 0.1 M lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonypimide salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid and dimethyl sulfoxide. Our results indicate that among the tested catalysts, ReS2 exhibits the highest current density for both ORR and OER, beyond those of the state-of-the-art catalysts used in aprotic media with Li salts. We performed density functional calculations to provide a mechanistic understanding of the reactions in the ReS2 NFs/ionic liquid system. These novel bifunctional catalyst results could open a way for exploiting the unique properties of these materials in Li-O-2 batteries as well as other important electrochemical systems.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1633309
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 32, Issue 7; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 16 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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