Introducing Brønsted acid sites to accelerate the bridging-oxygen-assisted deprotonation in acidic water oxidation

Yunzhou Wen; Cheng Liu; Rui Huang; Hui Zhang; Xiaobao Li; F. Pelayo García de Arquer; Zhi Liu; Youyong Li; Bo Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32581-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Introducing Brønsted acid sites to accelerate the bridging-oxygen-assisted deprotonation in acidic water oxidation

Yunzhou Wen,
Cheng Liu,
Rui Huang,
Hui Zhang,
Xiaobao Li,
F. Pelayo García de Arquer,
Zhi Liu,
Youyong Li,
Bo Zhang

Affiliations

Yunzhou Wen: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University
Cheng Liu: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
Rui Huang: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University
Hui Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaobao Li: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
F. Pelayo García de Arquer: ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Zhi Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youyong Li: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
Bo Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32581-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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While water electrolysis devices represent a technology for renewable energy, there are few stable catalysts that survive the acidic conditions. Here, authors enhance acidic oxygen evolution by introducing strong Brønsted acid sites into RuO2 to accelerate bridging-oxygen-assisted deprotonation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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