Constructing an Adaptive Heterojunction as a Highly Active Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Ren, Xiao; Wei, Chao; Sun, Yuanmiao; Liu, Xiaozhi; Meng, Fanqi; Meng, Xiaoxia; Sun, Shengnan; Xi, Shibo; Du, Yonghua; Bi, Zhuanfang; Shang, Guangyi; Fisher, Adrian C.; Gu, Lin; Xu, Zhichuan J.

doi:10.1002/adma.202001292

Constructing an Adaptive Heterojunction as a Highly Active Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Journal Article · Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001292· OSTI ID:1807940

Ren, Xiao ^[1]; Wei, Chao ^[2]; Sun, Yuanmiao ^[1]; Liu, Xiaozhi ^[3]; Meng, Fanqi ^[3]; Meng, Xiaoxia ^[4]; Sun, Shengnan ^[1]; Xi, Shibo ^[5]; Du, Yonghua ^[5]; Bi, Zhuanfang ^[4]; Shang, Guangyi ^[4]; Fisher, Adrian C. ^[6]; Gu, Lin ^[3]; ^[1]

Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); The Cambridge Center for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (Singapore)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS)
Beihang University, Beijing (China)
Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (Singapore)
The Cambridge Center for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (Singapore); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Electrochemical water splitting is of prime importance to green energy technology. Particularly, the reaction at the anode side, namely the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), requires a high overpotential associated with O—O bond formation, which dominates the energy-efficiency of the whole process. Activating the anionic redox chemistry of oxygen in metal oxides, which involves the formation of superoxo/peroxo-like (O₂)ⁿ^–, commonly occurs in most highly active catalysts during the OER process. Here, a highly active catalyst is designed: electrochemically delithiated LiNiO₂, which facilitates the formation of superoxo/peroxo-like (O₂)ⁿ^– species, i.e., NiOO*, for enhancing OER activity. The OER-induced surface reconstruction builds an adaptive heterojunction, where NiOOH grows on delithiated LiNiO₂ (delithiated-LiNiO₂/NiOOH). At this junction, the lithium vacancies within the delithiated LiNiO₂ optimize the electronic structure of the surface NiOOH to form stable NiOO* species, which enables better OER activity. This finding provides new insight for designing highly active catalysts with stable superoxo-like/peroxo-like (O₂)ⁿ^– for water oxidation.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE); Singapore National Research Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1807940

Report Number(s):: BNL--221794-2021-JAAM

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 30 Vol. 32; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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