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Title: Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Abstract

Nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe LDH) is a promising oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst under alkaline conditions. Much research has been performed to understand the structure-activity relationship of NiFe LDH under OER conditions. However, the specific role of the Fe species remains unclear and under debate. Herein, based on DFT calculations, it was discovered that the edge Fe sites show higher activity towards OER than either the edge Ni sites or lattice sites. Therefore, a facile acid-etching method was proposed to controllably induce the formation of edge Fe sites in NiFe LDH, and the obtained sample exhibited higher OER activity. X-ray absorption near edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analyses further revealed that the interaction of the edge Fe species with Ni is believed to contribute to the enhancement of the OER performance. This work provides a new understanding of the structure-activity relationship in NiFe LDH and offers a facile method for the design of efficient electrocatalysts in an alkaline environment.

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Ceramics, State Key Lab. of High Perf. Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, and Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Ceramics, State Key Lab. of High Perf. Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  5. Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (Australia). Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Inst. for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1632119
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemSusChem
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher:
ChemPubSoc Europe
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electrocatalysis; layered double hydroxide; nanosheet; oxygen evolution reaction; water splitting

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Peng, Chunlei, Ran, Nian, Wan, Gang, Zhao, Wanpeng, Kuang, Zhaoyu, Lu, Zheng, Sun, Chengjun, Liu, Jianjun, Wang, Lianzhou, and Chen, Hangrong. Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902841.
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Peng, Chunlei, Ran, Nian, Wan, Gang, Zhao, Wanpeng, Kuang, Zhaoyu, Lu, Zheng, Sun, Chengjun, Liu, Jianjun, Wang, Lianzhou, & Chen, Hangrong. Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902841
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Peng, Chunlei, Ran, Nian, Wan, Gang, Zhao, Wanpeng, Kuang, Zhaoyu, Lu, Zheng, Sun, Chengjun, Liu, Jianjun, Wang, Lianzhou, and Chen, Hangrong. Tue . "Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902841. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632119.
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@article{osti_1632119,
title = {Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction},
author = {Peng, Chunlei and Ran, Nian and Wan, Gang and Zhao, Wanpeng and Kuang, Zhaoyu and Lu, Zheng and Sun, Chengjun and Liu, Jianjun and Wang, Lianzhou and Chen, Hangrong},
abstractNote = {Nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe LDH) is a promising oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst under alkaline conditions. Much research has been performed to understand the structure-activity relationship of NiFe LDH under OER conditions. However, the specific role of the Fe species remains unclear and under debate. Herein, based on DFT calculations, it was discovered that the edge Fe sites show higher activity towards OER than either the edge Ni sites or lattice sites. Therefore, a facile acid-etching method was proposed to controllably induce the formation of edge Fe sites in NiFe LDH, and the obtained sample exhibited higher OER activity. X-ray absorption near edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analyses further revealed that the interaction of the edge Fe species with Ni is believed to contribute to the enhancement of the OER performance. This work provides a new understanding of the structure-activity relationship in NiFe LDH and offers a facile method for the design of efficient electrocatalysts in an alkaline environment.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.201902841},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
number = 4,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {1}
}
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