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Title: Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts

Abstract

Earth-abundant first-row (3d) transition-metal-based catalysts have been developed for the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER); however, they operate at overpotentials significantly above thermodynamic requirements. Density functional theory suggested that non-3d high-valency metals such as tungsten can modulate 3d metal oxides, providing near-optimal adsorption energies for OER intermediates. We developed a room-temperature synthesis to produce gelled oxy-hydroxide materials with an atomically homogeneous metal distribution. These gelled FeCoW oxy-hydroxide exhibits the lowest overpotential (191 mV) reported at 10 mA per square centimeter in alkaline electrolyte. Here, the catalyst shows no evidence of degradation following more than 500 hours of operation. X-ray absorption and computational studies reveal a synergistic interplay between W, Fe and Co in producing a favorable local coordination environment and electronic structure that enhance the energetics for OER.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1355859
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OSTI ID: 1245398; OSTI ID: 1248381
Report Number(s):
BNL-111992-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; science.aaf1525
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SC0012704; AC02-76SF00515
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Science
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Journal Name: Science Journal Volume: 352 Journal Issue: 6283; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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United States
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English
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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Zhang, B., Zheng, X., Voznyy, O., Comin, R., Bajdich, M., Garcia-Melchor, M., Han, L., Xu, J., Liu, M., Zheng, L., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Dinh, C. T., Fan, F., Yuan, M., Yassitepe, E., Chen, N., Regier, T., Liu, P., Li, Y., De Luna, P., Janmohamed, A., Xin, H. L., Yang, H., Vojvodic, A., and Sargent, E. H. Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1126/science.aaf1525.
Zhang, B., Zheng, X., Voznyy, O., Comin, R., Bajdich, M., Garcia-Melchor, M., Han, L., Xu, J., Liu, M., Zheng, L., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Dinh, C. T., Fan, F., Yuan, M., Yassitepe, E., Chen, N., Regier, T., Liu, P., Li, Y., De Luna, P., Janmohamed, A., Xin, H. L., Yang, H., Vojvodic, A., & Sargent, E. H. Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf1525
Zhang, B., Zheng, X., Voznyy, O., Comin, R., Bajdich, M., Garcia-Melchor, M., Han, L., Xu, J., Liu, M., Zheng, L., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Dinh, C. T., Fan, F., Yuan, M., Yassitepe, E., Chen, N., Regier, T., Liu, P., Li, Y., De Luna, P., Janmohamed, A., Xin, H. L., Yang, H., Vojvodic, A., and Sargent, E. H. Thu . "Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf1525.
@article{osti_1355859,
title = {Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts},
author = {Zhang, B. and Zheng, X. and Voznyy, O. and Comin, R. and Bajdich, M. and Garcia-Melchor, M. and Han, L. and Xu, J. and Liu, M. and Zheng, L. and Garcia de Arquer, F. P. and Dinh, C. T. and Fan, F. and Yuan, M. and Yassitepe, E. and Chen, N. and Regier, T. and Liu, P. and Li, Y. and De Luna, P. and Janmohamed, A. and Xin, H. L. and Yang, H. and Vojvodic, A. and Sargent, E. H.},
abstractNote = {Earth-abundant first-row (3d) transition-metal-based catalysts have been developed for the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER); however, they operate at overpotentials significantly above thermodynamic requirements. Density functional theory suggested that non-3d high-valency metals such as tungsten can modulate 3d metal oxides, providing near-optimal adsorption energies for OER intermediates. We developed a room-temperature synthesis to produce gelled oxy-hydroxide materials with an atomically homogeneous metal distribution. These gelled FeCoW oxy-hydroxide exhibits the lowest overpotential (191 mV) reported at 10 mA per square centimeter in alkaline electrolyte. Here, the catalyst shows no evidence of degradation following more than 500 hours of operation. X-ray absorption and computational studies reveal a synergistic interplay between W, Fe and Co in producing a favorable local coordination environment and electronic structure that enhance the energetics for OER.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aaf1525},
journal = {Science},
number = 6283,
volume = 352,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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  • Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol. 6, Issue 20
  • DOI: 10.1002/admi.201900960

Recent Progress on Layered Double Hydroxides and Their Derivatives for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
journal, May 2018


Atomically Thin 2D Multinary Nanosheets for Energy-Related Photo, Electrocatalysis
journal, May 2018


Atomistic Investigation of Doping Effects on Electrocatalytic Properties of Cobalt Oxides for Water Oxidation
journal, October 2018


Rational Design of Nickel Hydroxide-Based Nanocrystals on Graphene for Ultrafast Energy Storage
journal, December 2017

  • Zhao, Bote; Zhang, Lei; Zhang, Qiaobao
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201702247

Sub-3 nm Ultrafine Monolayer Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Electrochemical Water Oxidation
journal, February 2018

  • Zhao, Yufei; Zhang, Xin; Jia, Xiaodan
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 18
  • DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201703585

Multifunctional Single-Crystallized Carbonate Hydroxides as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Full Water splitting
journal, April 2018


Intrinsic Effects of Ruddlesden‐Popper‐Based Bifunctional Catalysts for High‐Temperature Oxygen Reduction and Evolution
journal, June 2019


Anionic Dopant Delocalization through p‐Band Modulation to Endow Metal Oxides with Enhanced Visible‐Light Photoactivity
journal, October 2019


Active Salt/Silica-Templated 2D Mesoporous FeCo-N x -Carbon as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrodes for Zinc-Air Batteries
journal, January 2018

  • Li, Shuang; Cheng, Chong; Zhao, Xiaojia
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710852

Multi-Anion Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet-Assembled Hollow Nanoprisms with Improved Pseudocapacitive and Electrocatalytic Properties
journal, March 2018

  • Li, Zhengping; Han, Fangchun; Li, Cheng
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800092

Bimetallic Metal‐Organic Framework‐Derived Nanosheet‐Assembled Nanoflower Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction
journal, March 2019

  • Li, Yuwen; Lu, Mengting; He, Panpan
  • Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900328

Co‐Mo‐P Based Electrocatalyst for Superior Reactivity in the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, October 2018

  • Thenuwara, Akila C.; Dheer, Lakshay; Attanayake, Nuwan H.
  • ChemCatChem, Vol. 10, Issue 21
  • DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801389

2D/2D Heterojunction of Ni−Co−P/Graphdiyne for Optimized Electrocatalytic Overall Water Splitting
journal, October 2019


Current Status of Self‐Supported Catalysts for Robust and Efficient Water Splitting for Commercial Electrolyzer
journal, October 2019


Design of Noble Metal Electrocatalysts on an Atomic Level
journal, October 2018


Adjustable Ternary FeCoNi Nanohybrids for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction
journal, October 2019

  • Yang, Yang; Wei, Pengkun; Hao, Zewei
  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 67
  • DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903509

Size‐Dependent Activity of Iron‐Nickel Oxynitride towards Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
journal, April 2019


Synergistic Effect of Cobalt and Iron in Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
journal, December 2016


Edge/Defect Sites in α‐Co 1− m Fe m (OH) x Nanoplates Responsible for Water Oxidation Activity
journal, May 2019


Innovative multi‐processed N‐doped carbon and Fe 3 O 4 cathode for enhanced bioelectro‐Fenton microbial fuel cell performance
journal, July 2019

  • Wu, Jung‐Chen; Yan, Wei‐Mon; Chiang, Wei‐Hung
  • International Journal of Energy Research
  • DOI: 10.1002/er.4746

Low‐Crystalline NiS Hybridized with BiOCl Nanosheet as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
journal, November 2018


Fabrication of Amorphous BiOCl/TiO 2 ‐C 3 N 4 Heterostructure for Efficient Water Oxidation
journal, July 2019

  • Shakeel, Muhammad; Zhang, Xiaorong; Yasin, Ghulam
  • ChemistrySelect, Vol. 4, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1002/slct.201901703

Structural properties of tungsten-doped cobalt molybdate and its application in electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction
journal, June 2018

  • Tantraviwat, Doldet; Anuchai, Supanan; Ounnunkad, Kontad
  • Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 29, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-9432-2

Amorphous NiFeB nanoparticles realizing highly active and stable oxygen evolving reaction for water splitting
journal, February 2018


Molten-salt synthesis of porous La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O2.9 perovskite as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution
journal, April 2018


Dendritic core-shell nickel-iron-copper metal/metal oxide electrode for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation
journal, January 2018


Overall water splitting by graphdiyne-exfoliated and -sandwiched layered double-hydroxide nanosheet arrays
journal, December 2018


Single atom tungsten doped ultrathin α-Ni(OH)2 for enhanced electrocatalytic water oxidation
journal, May 2019


Earth-abundant catalysts for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting
journal, January 2017

  • Roger, Isolda; Shipman, Michael A.; Symes, Mark D.
  • Nature Reviews Chemistry, Vol. 1, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41570-016-0003

General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities
journal, January 2018


Impact of nanoparticle size and lattice oxygen on water oxidation on NiFeOxHy
journal, November 2018


Strategies to break linear scaling relationships
journal, October 2019


Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide
journal, January 2020


Cu nanowires shelled with NiFe layered double hydroxide nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting
journal, January 2017

  • Yu, Luo; Zhou, Haiqing; Sun, Jingying
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ee01571b

Extraction of nickel from NiFe-LDH into Ni 2 P@NiFe hydroxide as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting
journal, January 2018

  • Zhang, Fang-Shuai; Wang, Jia-Wei; Luo, Jun
  • Chemical Science, Vol. 9, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04569g

Mutually beneficial Co 3 O 4 @MoS 2 heterostructures as a highly efficient bifunctional catalyst for electrochemical overall water splitting
journal, January 2018

  • Liu, Jia; Wang, Jinsong; Zhang, Bao
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta10048e

Imidazolate-mediated assembled structures of Co-LDH sheets for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
journal, January 2018

  • Chen, Liyong; Guo, Yuting; Wang, Huifang
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta11078b

Hollow nanoparticles as emerging electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion reactions
journal, January 2018

  • Park, Jongsik; Kwon, Taehyun; Kim, Jun
  • Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 47, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00336j

Efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution derived from cobalt-based alloy nanochains
journal, January 2018

  • Yuan, Xiaotao; Wang, Xin; Riaz, Muhammad Sohail
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 8, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00226f

Water splitting by electrolysis at high current densities under 1.6 volts
journal, January 2018

  • Zhou, Haiqing; Yu, Fang; Zhu, Qing
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 11, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ee00927a

A sea-change: manganese doped nickel/nickel oxide electrocatalysts for hydrogen generation from seawater
journal, January 2018

  • Lu, Xunyu; Pan, Jian; Lovell, Emma
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 11, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ee00976g

Electrochemically accessing ultrathin Co (oxy)-hydroxide nanosheets and operando identifying their active phase for the oxygen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Zhou, Jing; Wang, Yu; Su, Xiaozhi
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 12, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ee03208d

Ni nanotube array-based electrodes by electrochemical alloying and de-alloying for efficient water splitting
journal, January 2018

  • Teng, Xue; Wang, Jianying; Ji, Lvlv
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 10, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02238k

A 2D metal–organic framework/Ni(OH) 2 heterostructure for an enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Zhu, Dongdong; Liu, Jinlong; Wang, Liang
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8nr09680e

The CoMo-LDH ultrathin nanosheet as a highly active and bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting
journal, January 2018

  • Bao, Jian; Wang, Zhaolong; Xie, Junfeng
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 5, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8qi00867a

Coupling confinement activating cobalt oxide ultra-small clusters for high-turnover oxygen evolution electrocatalysis
journal, January 2018

  • Cao, Linlin; Cao, Yuanjie; Liu, Xiaokang
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 32
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta05907a

Boosting electrochemical water splitting via ternary NiMoCo hybrid nanowire arrays
journal, January 2019

  • Hu, Kailong; Wu, Mingxing; Hinokuma, Satoshi
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta11250a

Amorphous nickel sulfide nanosheets with embedded vanadium oxide nanocrystals on nickel foam for efficient electrochemical water oxidation
journal, January 2019

  • Niu, Yanli; Li, Wei; Wu, Xiuju
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta12483c

Operando diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroelectrochemistry for investigating oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
journal, January 2020

  • Wahl, Sebastian; El-Refaei, Sayed M.; Amsalem, Patrick
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 10, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cy02329a

A manganese( ii ) phthalocyanine under water-oxidation reaction: new findings
journal, January 2019

  • Mousazade, Younes; Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi; Bagheri, Robabeh
  • Dalton Transactions, Vol. 48, Issue 32
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01790a

Exceptional performance of hierarchical Ni–Fe oxyhydroxide@NiFe alloy nanowire array electrocatalysts for large current density water splitting
journal, January 2020

  • Liang, Caiwu; Zou, Peichao; Nairan, Adeela
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 13, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ee02388g

Simple synthesis of a vacancy-rich NiO 2D/3D dendritic self-supported electrode for efficient overall water splitting
journal, January 2019

  • Ji, Renjie; Zhang, Fan; Liu, Yonghong
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 47
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9nr07829k

An Fe-doped NiV LDH ultrathin nanosheet as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for efficient water oxidation
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Zhaolong; Liu, Wenjun; Hu, Yiming
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 6, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00404a

A hierarchical oxygen vacancy-rich WO 3 with “nanowire-array-on-nanosheet-array” structure for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Diao, Jinxiang; Yuan, Wenyu; Qiu, Yu
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta01044k

A unique sandwich structure of a CoMnP/Ni 2 P/NiFe electrocatalyst for highly efficient overall water splitting
journal, January 2019

  • Bu, Xiuming; Wei, Renjie; Gao, Wei
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta02551k

NiFe (sulfur)oxyhydroxide porous nanoclusters/Ni foam composite electrode drives a large-current-density oxygen evolution reaction with an ultra-low overpotential
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Yanqing; Li, Yuemeng; Ding, Liping
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 32
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta04478g

Sulfurization-induced edge amorphization in copper–nickel–cobalt layered double hydroxide nanosheets promoting hydrazine electro-oxidation
journal, January 2019

  • Liu, Weiwei; Xie, Junfeng; Guo, Yanqing
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 42
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta07857f

Highly active catalyst derived from a 3D foam of Fe(PO 3 ) 2 /Ni 2 P for extremely efficient water oxidation
journal, May 2017

  • Zhou, Haiqing; Yu, Fang; Sun, Jingying
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 114, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701562114

Co–Fe Bimetal Phosphate Composite Loaded on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Oxygen Evolution
journal, January 2019