Superb water splitting activity of the electrocatalyst Fe3Co(PO4)4 designed with computation aid

Siraj Sultan; Miran Ha; Dong Yeon Kim; Jitendra N. Tiwari; Chang Woo Myung; Abhishek Meena; Tae Joo Shin; Keun Hwa Chae; Kwang S. Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13050-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Superb water splitting activity of the electrocatalyst Fe3Co(PO4)4 designed with computation aid

Siraj Sultan,
Miran Ha,
Dong Yeon Kim,
Jitendra N. Tiwari,
Chang Woo Myung,
Abhishek Meena,
Tae Joo Shin,
Keun Hwa Chae,
Kwang S. Kim

Affiliations

Siraj Sultan: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Miran Ha: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Dong Yeon Kim: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Jitendra N. Tiwari: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Chang Woo Myung: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Abhishek Meena: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Tae Joo Shin: UNIST Central Research Facilities, UNIST
Keun Hwa Chae: Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Kwang S. Kim: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13050-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the main obstacle in water splitting which is generally catalyzed by precious metals. Here, authors report a DFT predicted non-precious bimetallic phosphate electrocatalyst that displays high OER activity and stability.

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