Single atom tungsten doped ultrathin α-Ni(OH)2 for enhanced electrocatalytic water oxidation

Junqing Yan; Lingqiao Kong; Yujin Ji; Jai White; Youyong Li; Jing Zhang; Pengfei An; Shengzhong Liu; Shuit-Tong Lee; Tianyi Ma

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09845-z

Nature Communications (May 2019)

Single atom tungsten doped ultrathin α-Ni(OH)2 for enhanced electrocatalytic water oxidation

Junqing Yan,
Lingqiao Kong,
Yujin Ji,
Jai White,
Youyong Li,
Jing Zhang,
Pengfei An,
Shengzhong Liu,
Shuit-Tong Lee,
Tianyi Ma

Affiliations

Junqing Yan: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
Lingqiao Kong: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
Yujin Ji: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
Jai White: Discipline of Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
Youyong Li: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
Jing Zhang: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pengfei An: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shengzhong Liu: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University
Shuit-Tong Lee: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University
Tianyi Ma: Discipline of Chemistry, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09845-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Electrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen and oxygen generation provides an attractive path to obtain clean energy, but the half reaction of oxygen evolution remains the bottleneck for the progress. Here, the authors show single atom tungsten doped ultrathin α-Ni(OH)2 exhibits enhanced performance in electrocatalytic water oxidation.

Published in Nature Communications

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