New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid
Abstract
Abstract The optimization of traditional electrocatalysts has reached a point where progress is impeded by fundamental physical factors including inherent scaling relations among thermokinetic characteristics of different elementary reaction steps, non‐Nernstian behavior, and electronic structure of the catalyst. This indicates that the currently utilized classes of electrocatalysts may not be adequate for future needs. This study reports on synthesis and characterization of a new class of materials based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides including sulfides, selenides, and tellurides of group V and VI transition metals that exhibit excellent catalytic performance for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in an aprotic medium with Li salts. The reaction rates are much higher for these materials than previously reported catalysts for these reactions. The reasons for the high activity are found to be the metal edges with adiabatic electron transfer capability and a cocatalyst effect involving an ionic‐liquid electrolyte. These new materials are expected to have high activity for other core electrocatalytic reactions and open the way for advances in energy storage and catalysis.
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- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1493708
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1484053
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; SC0014664; DEAC02‐ 06CH11357; DE‐AC02‐06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ionic liquids; electrocatalysis; oxygen evolution reaction; oxygen reduction reaction; transition metal dichalcogenides
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Majidi, Leily, Yasaei, Poya, Warburton, Robert E., Fuladi, Shadi, Cavin, John, Hu, Xuan, Hemmat, Zahra, Cho, Sung Beom, Abbasi, Pedram, Vörös, Márton, Cheng, Lei, Sayahpour, Baharak, Bolotin, Igor L., Zapol, Peter, Greeley, Jeffrey, Klie, Robert F., Mishra, Rohan, Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh, Curtiss, Larry A., and Salehi-Khojin, Amin. New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201804453.
Majidi, Leily, Yasaei, Poya, Warburton, Robert E., Fuladi, Shadi, Cavin, John, Hu, Xuan, Hemmat, Zahra, Cho, Sung Beom, Abbasi, Pedram, Vörös, Márton, Cheng, Lei, Sayahpour, Baharak, Bolotin, Igor L., Zapol, Peter, Greeley, Jeffrey, Klie, Robert F., Mishra, Rohan, Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh, Curtiss, Larry A., & Salehi-Khojin, Amin. New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804453
Majidi, Leily, Yasaei, Poya, Warburton, Robert E., Fuladi, Shadi, Cavin, John, Hu, Xuan, Hemmat, Zahra, Cho, Sung Beom, Abbasi, Pedram, Vörös, Márton, Cheng, Lei, Sayahpour, Baharak, Bolotin, Igor L., Zapol, Peter, Greeley, Jeffrey, Klie, Robert F., Mishra, Rohan, Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh, Curtiss, Larry A., and Salehi-Khojin, Amin. Fri .
"New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201804453. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1493708.
@article{osti_1493708,
title = {New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid},
author = {Majidi, Leily and Yasaei, Poya and Warburton, Robert E. and Fuladi, Shadi and Cavin, John and Hu, Xuan and Hemmat, Zahra and Cho, Sung Beom and Abbasi, Pedram and Vörös, Márton and Cheng, Lei and Sayahpour, Baharak and Bolotin, Igor L. and Zapol, Peter and Greeley, Jeffrey and Klie, Robert F. and Mishra, Rohan and Khalili-Araghi, Fatemeh and Curtiss, Larry A. and Salehi-Khojin, Amin},
abstractNote = {Abstract The optimization of traditional electrocatalysts has reached a point where progress is impeded by fundamental physical factors including inherent scaling relations among thermokinetic characteristics of different elementary reaction steps, non‐Nernstian behavior, and electronic structure of the catalyst. This indicates that the currently utilized classes of electrocatalysts may not be adequate for future needs. This study reports on synthesis and characterization of a new class of materials based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides including sulfides, selenides, and tellurides of group V and VI transition metals that exhibit excellent catalytic performance for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in an aprotic medium with Li salts. The reaction rates are much higher for these materials than previously reported catalysts for these reactions. The reasons for the high activity are found to be the metal edges with adiabatic electron transfer capability and a cocatalyst effect involving an ionic‐liquid electrolyte. These new materials are expected to have high activity for other core electrocatalytic reactions and open the way for advances in energy storage and catalysis.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201804453},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 4,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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