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Title: Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity

Abstract

Abstract Exploring materials with regulated local structures and understanding how the atomic motifs govern the reactivity and durability of catalysts are a critical challenge for designing advanced catalysts. Herein we report the tuning of the local atomic structure of nickel–iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe‐LDHs) by partially substituting Ni 2+ with Fe 2+ to introduce Fe‐O‐Fe moieties. These Fe 2+ ‐containing NiFe‐LDHs exhibit enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity with an ultralow overpotential of 195 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm −2 , which is among the best OER catalytic performance to date. In‐situ X‐ray absorption, Raman, and electrochemical analysis jointly reveal that the Fe‐O‐Fe motifs could stabilize high‐valent metal sites at low overpotentials, thereby enhancing the OER activity. These results reveal the importance of tuning the local atomic structure for designing high efficiency electrocatalysts.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [5];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [6];  [2];  [4];  [7];  [3];  [5]; ORCiD logo [8]
  1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China, Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute Yale University West Haven CT 06516 USA
  2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
  3. School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
  4. Chemistry Division Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
  5. Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute Yale University West Haven CT 06516 USA
  6. SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94305 USA
  7. Chemistry Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3TA UK
  8. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China, College of Energy Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1457468
Grant/Contract Number:  
DESC0012704; No.DEAC02-06CH11357.
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 130 Journal Issue: 30; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Cai, Zhao, Zhou, Daojin, Wang, Maoyu, Bak, Seong‐Min, Wu, Yueshen, Wu, Zishan, Tian, Yang, Xiong, Xuya, Li, Yaping, Liu, Wen, Siahrostami, Samira, Kuang, Yun, Yang, Xiao‐Qing, Duan, Haohong, Feng, Zhenxing, Wang, Hailiang, and Sun, Xiaoming. Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/ange.201804881.
Cai, Zhao, Zhou, Daojin, Wang, Maoyu, Bak, Seong‐Min, Wu, Yueshen, Wu, Zishan, Tian, Yang, Xiong, Xuya, Li, Yaping, Liu, Wen, Siahrostami, Samira, Kuang, Yun, Yang, Xiao‐Qing, Duan, Haohong, Feng, Zhenxing, Wang, Hailiang, & Sun, Xiaoming. Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201804881
Cai, Zhao, Zhou, Daojin, Wang, Maoyu, Bak, Seong‐Min, Wu, Yueshen, Wu, Zishan, Tian, Yang, Xiong, Xuya, Li, Yaping, Liu, Wen, Siahrostami, Samira, Kuang, Yun, Yang, Xiao‐Qing, Duan, Haohong, Feng, Zhenxing, Wang, Hailiang, and Sun, Xiaoming. Wed . "Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201804881.
@article{osti_1457468,
title = {Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity},
author = {Cai, Zhao and Zhou, Daojin and Wang, Maoyu and Bak, Seong‐Min and Wu, Yueshen and Wu, Zishan and Tian, Yang and Xiong, Xuya and Li, Yaping and Liu, Wen and Siahrostami, Samira and Kuang, Yun and Yang, Xiao‐Qing and Duan, Haohong and Feng, Zhenxing and Wang, Hailiang and Sun, Xiaoming},
abstractNote = {Abstract Exploring materials with regulated local structures and understanding how the atomic motifs govern the reactivity and durability of catalysts are a critical challenge for designing advanced catalysts. Herein we report the tuning of the local atomic structure of nickel–iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe‐LDHs) by partially substituting Ni 2+ with Fe 2+ to introduce Fe‐O‐Fe moieties. These Fe 2+ ‐containing NiFe‐LDHs exhibit enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity with an ultralow overpotential of 195 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm −2 , which is among the best OER catalytic performance to date. In‐situ X‐ray absorption, Raman, and electrochemical analysis jointly reveal that the Fe‐O‐Fe motifs could stabilize high‐valent metal sites at low overpotentials, thereby enhancing the OER activity. These results reveal the importance of tuning the local atomic structure for designing high efficiency electrocatalysts.},
doi = {10.1002/ange.201804881},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie},
number = 30,
volume = 130,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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