A potential-driven switch of activity promotion mode for the oxygen evolution reaction at Co3O4/NiOxHy interface

Wang Wang; Wang Zixu; Hu Youcheng; Liu Yucheng; Chen Shengli

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Wang Wang, Wang Zixu, Hu Youcheng, Liu Yucheng, Chen Shengli. A potential-driven switch of activity promotion mode for the oxygen evolution reaction at Co3O4/NiOxHy interface[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(4): 438-444. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.004

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Wang Wang, Wang Zixu, Hu Youcheng, Liu Yucheng, Chen Shengli. A potential-driven switch of activity promotion mode for the oxygen evolution reaction at Co₃O₄/NiO_xH_y interface[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(4): 438-444. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.004

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A potential-driven switch of activity promotion mode for the oxygen evolution reaction at Co₃O₄/NiO_xH_y interface

doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.004

Wang Wang^{a, 1},
Wang Zixu^{a, 1},
Hu Youcheng^{a, 1},
Liu Yucheng^b,
Chen Shengli^{a
,
,}

a.
Electrochemical Power Sources Key Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
b.
Wuhan University Testing Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: slchen@whu.edu.cn (S. Chen)
Received Date: 2022-01-05
Revised Date: 2022-03-01
Accepted Date: 2022-04-17

Available Online: 2022-04-20

Abstract

Abstract

Co₃O₄ spinel oxides have manifested promising activity toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) through effective modifications. For them to become top electrocatalysts, however, accurate accounts of the catalytic kinetics are essential to gain a deep understanding of the activity promotion mechanisms. Herein, we use a newly proposed kinetic model based on energetic span as the rate-determining term for the electrocatalytic reaction to throw light on the promotion mechanism of Co₃O₄ interfaced with nickel hydroxides (NiO_xH_y) for the OER. We find that depending on the electrode potential, the OER kinetics at the designed interface between Co₃O₄ and NiO_xH_y are boosted in entirely different ways. As a result, the OER can occur at a lower onset potential as well as a low Tafel slope. This work emphasizes the benefit of using rational theoretical models for electrocatalyst design.
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Interface engineering,
- Double exchange interaction,
- Potential-driven switch of mechanism,
- Energetic span

● Proposed a newly energetic span-based kinetic model instead of the commonly used ΔG_max -based model.
● The catalyst eludes the thermodynamic limitation caused by the linear scaling relation.
● A potential-driven switch in the promotion mode for the OER at the interface was elucidated.
¹ These authors contribute equally to this work.

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