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A rational method to kinetically control the rate-determining step to explore efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
- Title
- A rational method to kinetically control the rate-determining step to explore efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
- Authors
- Kwon, Nam Hee; Kim, Minho; Jin, Xiaoyan; Lim, Joohyun; Kim, In Young; Lee, Nam-Suk; Kim, Hyungjun; Hwang, Seong-Ju
- Ewha Authors
- 황성주
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 황성주
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Journal Title
- NPG ASIA MATERIALS
- ISSN
- 1884-4049
1884-4057
- Citation
- NPG ASIA MATERIALS vol. 10, pp. 659 - 669
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- A novel, rational, and efficient way to explore high-performance electrocatalysts was developed by controlling the reaction kinetics of the rate-determining step (RDS). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the RDS for the oxygen evolution reaction driven by transition metal hydroxides/oxides, i.e., surface adsorption of (OH-/OOH center dot) species, can be significantly promoted by increasing the electrophilicity of electrocatalysts via hybridization with electron-withdrawing inorganic nanosheets. As predicted by DFT calculation, the hybridization of Ni-Fe-layered double hydroxide (LDH)/Ni-Co-LDH, with RuO2 nanosheets (1.0 wt%) leads to significant lowering of the overpotentials to 207/276 mV at 10 mA cm(-2), i.e., one of the smallest overpotentials for LDH-based materials, with the increase in the current density. The necessity of a very small amount of RuO2 nanosheets (1.0 wt%) to optimize the electrocatalyst activity highlights the remarkably high efficiency of the RuO2 addition. The present study underscores the importance of kinetic control of the RDS via hybridization with electron-withdrawing species for exploring novel efficient electrocatalysts.
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41427-018-0060-3
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- 자연과학대학 > 화학·나노과학전공 > Journal papers
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