Redirecting dynamic structural evolution of nickel-contained RuO2 catalyst during electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2022.01.030

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Abstract: Electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a main efficiency bottleneck of water electrolysis. Commercial ruthenium oxide (RuO₂) catalyst displays remarkable activities but poor stability for OER. The instability stems from lattice oxygen oxidation, resulting in the oxidation of Ru⁴⁺ to soluble Ru^x⁺ (x > 4) species. Herein, we redirect dynamic structural evolution of Ru-based catalysts through introduc-ing oxidized nickel (Ni) components. By virtue of comprehensive structural characterizations, such as high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS), operando Raman and so forth, it is demonstrated that when the atomic con-tent of Ni exceeds that of ruthenium (Ru), the Ni components can efficiently inhibit the Ru⁴⁺ oxidation and structural collapse. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the introduction of Ni component hinders the formation of oxygen vacancies, and makes lattice oxygen mediated mecha-nism turn to adsorbate evolution mechanism, which eventually improves the stability. The optimized nickel-contained RuO₂ catalyst delivers an effective reactivity with an overpotential of less than 215 mV to attain 10 mA cm^-2 and remarkable stability with only 5 mV increment after 5000 potential cycles. This work provides insights into the origin of dynamic structural evolution of transition-metal-modified RuO₂ electrocatalysts.

Key words: Oxygen evolution reaction, Ruthenium, Structure evolution, Electrocatalysis, Operando Raman

Yuhan Zhao, Menghua Xi, Yanbin Qi, Xuedi Sheng, Pengfei Tian, Yihua Zhu, Xiaoling Yang, Chunzhong Li, Hongliang Jiang. Redirecting dynamic structural evolution of nickel-contained RuO₂ catalyst during electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 69(6): 330-337.

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