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Phosphorus oxoanion-intercalated layered double hydroxides for high-performance oxygen evolution

Show Author's Information Ma Luo1,§,  Zhao Cai1,2,§,  Cheng Wang3,  Yongmin Bi1,  Li Qian1,  Yongchao Hao1,  Li Li1,  Yun Kuang1,  Yaping Li1,  Xiaodong Lei1,  Ziyang Huo4,  Wen Liu2( ),  Hailiang Wang2,  Xiaoming Sun1( ),  Xue Duan1
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing 100029 China
Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute Yale University810 West Campus DriveWest Haven, CT 06516 USA
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing 100012 China
Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre Griffith UniversityBrisbane QLD4109 Australia

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

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phosphate, oxygen evolution reaction, layered double hydroxide, phosphite, hypophosphite
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Luo M, Cai Z, Wang C, et al. Phosphorus oxoanion-intercalated layered double hydroxides for high-performance oxygen evolution. Nano Research, 2017, 10(5): 1732-1739. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1437-2
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Rational design and controlled fabrication of efficient and cost-effective electrodes for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are critical for addressing the unprecedented energy crisis. Nickel–iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe-LDHs) with specific interlayer anions (i.e. phosphate, phosphite, and hypophosphite) were fabricated by a co-precipitation method and investigated as oxygen evolution electrocatalysts. Intercalation of the phosphorus oxoanion enhanced the OER activity in an alkaline solution; the optimal performance (i.e., a low onset potential of 215 mV, a small Tafel slope of 37.7 mV/dec, and stable electrochemical behavior) was achieved with the hypophosphite-intercalated NiFe-LDH catalyst, demonstrating dramatic enhancement over the traditional carbonate-intercalated NiFe-LDH in terms of activity and durability. This enhanced performance is attributed to the interaction between the intercalated phosphorous oxoanions and the edge-sharing MO6 (M = Ni, Fe) layers, which modifies the surface electronic structure of the Ni sites. This concept should be inspiring for the design of more effective LDH-based oxygen evolution electrocatalysts.


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Phosphorus oxoanion-intercalated layered double hydroxides for high-performance oxygen evolution

Show Author's information Ma Luo1,§, Zhao Cai1,2,§, Cheng Wang3, Yongmin Bi1, Li Qian1, Yongchao Hao1, Li Li1, Yun Kuang1, Yaping Li1, Xiaodong Lei1, Ziyang Huo4, Wen Liu2( ), Hailiang Wang2, Xiaoming Sun1( ), Xue Duan1
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Energy Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing 100029 China
Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute Yale University810 West Campus DriveWest Haven, CT 06516 USA
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing 100012 China
Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre Griffith UniversityBrisbane QLD4109 Australia

§ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Rational design and controlled fabrication of efficient and cost-effective electrodes for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are critical for addressing the unprecedented energy crisis. Nickel–iron layered double hydroxides (NiFe-LDHs) with specific interlayer anions (i.e. phosphate, phosphite, and hypophosphite) were fabricated by a co-precipitation method and investigated as oxygen evolution electrocatalysts. Intercalation of the phosphorus oxoanion enhanced the OER activity in an alkaline solution; the optimal performance (i.e., a low onset potential of 215 mV, a small Tafel slope of 37.7 mV/dec, and stable electrochemical behavior) was achieved with the hypophosphite-intercalated NiFe-LDH catalyst, demonstrating dramatic enhancement over the traditional carbonate-intercalated NiFe-LDH in terms of activity and durability. This enhanced performance is attributed to the interaction between the intercalated phosphorous oxoanions and the edge-sharing MO6 (M = Ni, Fe) layers, which modifies the surface electronic structure of the Ni sites. This concept should be inspiring for the design of more effective LDH-based oxygen evolution electrocatalysts.

Keywords: phosphate, oxygen evolution reaction, layered double hydroxide, phosphite, hypophosphite

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Received: 09 October 2016
Revised: 23 December 2016
Accepted: 26 December 2016
Published: 22 February 2017
Issue date: May 2017

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFC0801302 and 2016YFF0204402), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in the University, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the longterm subsidy mechanism from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education of PRC.

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