N,P-co-Doped Graphdiyne as Efficient Metal-free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

The carbon-based metal-free catalyst is one of the ideal alternatives to Pt as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction,which can reduce the cost of fuel cells and zinc-air batteries.Here,graphdiyne(GDY),a carbon material with uneven charge distribution,was used as substrate.By doping nitrogen and phosphorus,a N-P-GDY catalyst was prepared,which further regulated the electron structure of GDY.The sheet-like morphology of GDY was preserved in N-P-GDY.The N and P were distributed uniformly in the catalyst,whereas defects and active sites were created by doping N and P,as demonstrated by the element mapping images and Raman spectra.X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated N and P existed in many forms in N-P-GDY.The N-P-GDY exhibited higher activity for ORR than only N or P doped GDY,due to the synergistic effect of N and P in N-P-GDY.Moreover,the activity of N-P-GDY changed little after a long time cyclic voltammetry test or injecting methanol in the electrolyte.Besides,the four electrons transfer reaction to produce water was the main process for ORR on N-P-GDY catalysts.     

原位合成氧化镍硼/石墨炔杂化材料用于提高光/电催化产氢性能

当今世界面临严峻的能源紧缺和环境污染问题,发展高效无污染的清洁能源替代传统化石能源成为近几十年科研工作者的研究热点.其中,氢能由于具有高燃烧值和产物无污染等优点成为理想的替代能源.光/电催化水分解产生氢气是最有效的制氢方法之一.目前,高活性的产氢催化剂仍以贵金属为主,但贵金属价格高昂和稀缺性等限制了其大规模应用,因此,...     

NiFe_2O_4/NiO纳米复合材料的制备及电催化水氧化性能

以镍铁水滑石为单一前驱体,通过高温焙烧制备了NiFe_2O_4/NiO纳米复合材料,对该纳米复合材料在碱性介质中电催化水的氧化性能进行了研究.结果表明,相比于化学共沉淀法制备的单独NiFe_2O_4、NiO及其物理混合物NiFe_2O_4+NiO,NiFe_2O_4/NiO纳米复合材料具有更高的电催化水氧化活性和更好的循环稳定性.电流密度为10 m A/cm2时过电位仅为364 m V.     

First Principle Studies to Tailor Graphene Through Synergistic Effect as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

The Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) is one of the major roadblocks for electrocatalytic oxidation of water (water splitting) and for designing efficient metal-air batteries. Herein, we present a comprehensive study to design graphene based efficient electrocatalyst, modified by doping with main group elements Al, Si, P, S and co-doping with B and N, for OER using DFT computations. Four elementary steps in the OER reaction have been traced, free energy change for each elementary step was calculated considering thermodynamic corrections. Out of all the doped models, S doped graphene shows maximum efficiency that was further enhanced by adjusting the concentration of codopants B and N around the active dopant site. Our results show that synergy between codopants B and N and dopant S atom leads to high electrocatalytic efficiency of modified graphene towards OER and brings down the overpotential to as low as 0.44 V.     

基于四硫富瓦烯的无金属共价有机框架材料用于高效电催化析氧反应

共价有机框架(COFs)在电催化析氧反应(OER)中的应用得到了广泛的关注。然而,大多数无金属共价有机框架(COFs)的导电性较差,不利于OER反应。四硫富瓦烯(TTF)是一种良好的电子供体,具有快速的电子转移能力,将TTF整合到共价有机框架骨架中将有助于电子的转移。在此,我们报道了一种基于四硫富瓦烯的二维无金属共价有机框架材料,JUC-630。与不含四硫富瓦烯的同类材料(Etta-Td COF)相比,JUC-630具有较低的过电位(400 mV)和塔菲尔斜率(104 mV∙dec⁻¹)。本研究提出了合理设计功能基元的策略,这有助于大大提高COF材料的OER催化活性。     

Electrosynthesis of CuO Nanocrystal Array as a Highly Efficient and Stable Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Electrodeposition of active catalysts on electrodes appears as a convenient approach to prepare non-noble-metal based electrocatalysts with defined micro- and nano-structures. Herein we report a new strategy of fabricating a 3-D hierarchical CuO nanocrystal array (CuO NCA) on Cu foam through a two-step sacrifice-template method. This CuO NCA possesses high conductivity, great stability, and impressive catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline electrolytes. The CuO NCA can achieve a high current density of 100 mA/cm\begin{document}$^2$\end{document} at a relatively low overpotential of 400 mV for OER, which shows a better performance than other Cu-based OER catalysts and IrO\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}. The high activity of CuO NCA is well retained during a 10-h OER test at a high current density around 270 mA/cm\begin{document}$^2$\end{document}, which is about 10 times higher than the current density achieved by IrO\begin{document}$_2$\end{document} (around 25 mA/cm\begin{document}$^2$\end{document}) with the same applied overpotential. According to our best knowledge, CuO NCA is currently the most efficient and stable Cu-based electrocatalyst for water oxidation in alkaline electrolytes.     

铁镍合金催化剂的结构调控及对电化学析氧反应的催化性能

以碳纤维纸(CFP)为基底材料,通过水热生长铁镍前驱体、多巴胺包覆和焙烧转化的方法制备出FeNi合金纳米颗粒@氮掺杂碳(FeNi alloy@NC)复合催化剂.通过改变反应体系中Fe/Ni前驱体的摩尔比可改变合金组成为Fe_0.64Ni_0.36和FeNi)3,同时催化剂微观结构也由纳米管状变为花状团簇以及片层结构.在碱性介质中进行电化学析氧反应测试,发现FeNi₃@NC(1∶3)催化剂表现出了最优的催化活性和稳定性,合金颗粒与NC层的协同相互作用、NC保护层的构建以及催化剂的三维微观立体结构是催化剂性能优异的主要原因.     

水电解制氢非贵金属催化剂的研究进展

氢能作为零碳排放能源是被公认的最清洁能源之一,如何有效可持续地产氢是未来人类步入氢能经济首先要解决的问题。电解水技术基于电化学分解水的原理,利用可再生电能或太阳能驱动水分解为氢气和氧气,被认为是最有前途和可持续性的产氢途径。然而,无论是光解水还是电解水,均需要高活性、高稳定性的非贵金属氢析出和氧析出催化剂以使水电解反应经济节能。本文介绍了我们研究所近三年在水电解方面的研究进展,其中着重介绍了：（ⅰ）氢析出催化剂,包括利用低温磷化过渡金属（氢）氧化物的方法制备过渡金属磷化物,同时过渡金属硫化物、硒化物以及碳化物等均被成功合成并被应用为有效的阴极析氢催化剂;（ⅱ）氧析出催化剂,主要包括金属磷化物、硫化物、氧化物/氢氧化物等;（ⅲ）双功能催化剂,主要包括过渡金属磷化物、硒化物、硫化物等。最后,总结展望了发展水电解非贵金属催化剂所面临的挑战与未来发展方向。     

Cobalt(III) corrole-tethered semiconducting graphdiyne film for efficient electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction

Inspired from nature, transition metal porphyrins and corroles have been designed and synthesized for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the efficiency is limited by their low conductivity and thus carbonization is usually required. Herein, we report a new strategy by covalently linking cobalt(III) corrole and cobalt(II) porphyrin onto a semiconducting fluoro-graphdiyne (F-GDY) film through nucleophilic substitution reaction. The crystalline F-GDY film was prepared by Glaser-Hay coupling at the water/dichloromethane interface, followed by ultrasonic-assisted exfoliation in liquid. The Co(III) corrole-tethered F-GDY material exhibited excellent four-electron ORR activity, with a half-wave potential of 0.875 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode). It also displayed high discharge performance and capacity in a zinc-air battery device, superior to the commercial Pt/C. Our study provides a pyrolysis-free approach toward biomimetic catalysts for efficient small molecule activation.     

高效的尖晶石铁钴氧/氮掺杂有序介孔碳催化剂应用于可充电锌-空气电池

以电催化为核心的新能源储存和转换技术为缓解能源与环境问题提供了有效手段.可充电锌空气电池因其理论能量密度(1086 Wh·kg–1)高、成本效益显著、安全系数高、环境友好及放电平稳等优点被认为是一种具有前景的能源存储/转换装置,有望在新能源汽车、便携式电源等领域广泛应用.氧还原反应(ORR)和氧析出反应(OER)是锌-空气电池中的核心反应,目前,虽然贵金属催化剂对上述反应表现出一定的电催化活性,但由于其稀缺性、高昂价格和低稳定性因素严重阻碍了它们在锌-空气电池中的广泛应用.而非贵金属催化剂所面临的瓶颈在于ORR/OER反应动力学缓慢,导致其在实际应用过程中存在电压效率低和催化剂腐蚀等问题.因此,为了推进锌-空气电池商业化进程,研制低成本、高效、稳定的非贵金属催化剂迫在眉睫.本文通过一步法将双金属前驱体嵌入氮掺杂有序介孔碳(NOMC)中,合成了具有尖晶石型铁钴氧化物的高性能非贵金属电催化剂(FexCo/NOMC,x代表铁钴的摩尔比).实验结果表明,在x=0.5时,所制备的催化剂具有最佳的催化活性,与商业贵金属催化剂相比,该催化剂展现更优的电催化活性和稳定性.电化学测试结果表明,其ORR的半波电位为0.89 V(vs.RHE),当OER电流密度为10 mA·cm–1时,过电势仅为0.31 V,且电流-时间曲线测试结果表明催化剂表现出较好的稳定性.通过X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、穆斯堡尔谱(M?ssbauer)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和拉曼光谱(Raman)等表征手段对电催化剂的物化性质进行表征,结果表明该材料优异的氧电催化性能归因于双金属氧化物的电子调控作用、NOMC的介孔结构、高导电性和高比表面积,其ORR与OER的催化活性位点分别是氮活化的碳(N-C)和双金属氧化物.以优化的Fe0.5Co/NOMC为正极组装可充电锌-空气电池,该电池在空气环境下展现出优良的充放电性能,其在电流密度为100 mA·cm–2条件下操作时能量密度达到820 Wh·kg–1,在1.0 V时功率密度达到153 mW·cm–2,它还表现出较好的稳定性,经过144 h的循环实验,活性没有明显下降.本文不仅制备了一种有前景的尖晶石型氧化物碳基氧电催化材料,还为高效氧电催化剂的合理开发与构筑提供了一条新的思路.     

Fabricating Dual-Atom Iron Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Heteroatom Modulator Approach

Understanding the thermal aggregation behavior of metal atoms is important for the synthesis of supported metal clusters. Here, derived from a metal–organic framework encapsulating a trinuclear Fe^III₂Fe^II complex (denoted as Fe₃) within the channels, a well-defined nitrogen-doped carbon layer is fabricated as an ideal support for stabilizing the generated iron nanoclusters. Atomic replacement of Fe^II by other metal(II) ions (e.g., Zn^II/Co^II) via synthesizing isostructural trinuclear-complex precursors (Fe₂Zn/Fe₂Co), namely the “heteroatom modulator approach”, is inhibiting the aggregation of Fe atoms toward nanoclusters with formation of a stable iron dimer in an optimal metal–nitrogen moiety, clearly identified by direct transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure analysis. The supported iron dimer, serving as cooperative metal–metal site, acts as efficient oxygen evolution catalyst. Our findings offer an atomic insight to guide the future design of ultrasmall metal clusters bearing outstanding catalytic capabilities.     

钴原子团簇用于高效氧还原反应

探索非贵金属材料作为高效氧还原反应催化剂是迫切需要的,但具有一定的挑战性。本文采用等离子体轰击和酸洗相结合的策略合成了Co原子团簇修饰的多孔碳载体催化剂(Co_AC/NC)。通过多种表征手段证实了的原子团簇特征。所得到的Co_AC/NC催化剂在三电极体系和锌-空电池方面都表现出优异的氧还原反应活性。该催化剂的氧还原反应半波电位为0.887 V,显著优于商业Pt/C催化剂,且表现出优异的稳定性。此外,该催化剂组装的锌-空电池的峰值功率密度为181.5 mW∙cm⁻²,同样远高于Pt/C催化剂。这项工作不仅合成了一种高效的氧还原反应催化剂,而且为原子团簇催化剂的理性设计和实际应用提供了新的见解。     

“绿氢”工业化碱性催化剂研究现状及未来展望

电解水制氢技术的发展对于加快实现全球碳中和目标具有重要意义。然而,碱性介质中缓慢的析氢/析氧反应动力学过程目前是阻碍该技术发展的瓶颈问题。基于此,本文首先综述了碱性环境下析氢反应与析氧反应不同的动力学理论机制,总结了针对改善动力学反应过程的理论设计策略。随后,介绍了目前电解水催化剂的设计理念及方向。对新兴的“绿氢”技术而言,探索在高电流密度下高性能电催化剂对这项技术在工业化应用推广中起着核心作用。同时,大规模合成策略是辅助合成工业电极的关键技术。进一步,我们在推进“绿氢”工业化应用的基础上总结了目前常用三种电解槽,介绍了目前电解槽设计的局限性及对应解决方案。总之,深入研究适用于碱性环境中的工业电催化剂、商业膜或电解槽的设计,提高对工业设计原则的理解,对于获得效率更高、安全性更高、实用性更强的工业电解槽具有重要意义。     

Bifunctional Catalysts for Reversible Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Metal-air batteries (MABs) and reversible fuel cells (RFCs) rely on the bifunctional oxygen catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Finding efficient bifunctional oxygen catalysts is the ultimate goal and it has attracted a great deal of attention. The dilemma is that a good ORR catalyst is not necessarily efficient for OER, and vice versa. Thus, the development of a new type of bifunctional oxygen catalysts should ensure that the catalysts exhibit high activity for both OER and ORR. Composites with multicomponents for active centers supported on highly conductive matrices could be able to meet the challenges and offering new opportunities. In this Review, the evolution of bifunctional catalysts is summarized and discussed aiming to deliver high-performance bifunctional catalysts with low overpotentials.     

Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Ag-CoSO4 Nanohybrids as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Cobalt-based nanomaterials have been intensively explored as one of the most promising noble-metal-free oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts. However, most of their performances are still inferior to state-of-the-art precious metals especially for Ru and Ir. Herein, we apply a continuous ion exchange method and further hydrothermal treatment to synthesize the flake-like Ag-CoSObegin{document}$_4$end{document} nanohybrids beginning from Co-BTC (BTC: benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxylic acid) metal-organic frameworks precursor. The catalyst exhibits superior OER performance under the alkaline electrolyte solution (a low overpotential of 282 mV at 10 mA/cmbegin{document}$^{2}$end{document} in 1 mol/L KOH), which is even better than RuObegin{document}$_2$end{document} due to the improved conductivity and rapid electrons transfer process via introducing small amount of Ag. The existence of Ag in the hybrids is beneficial for increasing the Co(Ⅳ) concentration, thus promoting the begin{document}$^*$end{document}OOH intermediate formation process. Besides, due to the very low requirement of Ag content (lower than 1 atom%), the cost of the catalyst is also limited. This work provides a new insight for designing of inexpensive OER catalysts with high performance and low cost.     

Regulating the Oxygen Affinity of Single Atom Catalysts by Dual-atom Design for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity

This work chooses Cu/Fe single-atom catalysts(SACs) with weak/strong oxygen affinity to clarify the effect of dual-atom configuration on oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) performance based on density functional theory(DFT) calculations. The stability and ORR activity of single or dual Cu/Fe atomic sites anchored on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets(Cu-N₄-C, Cu₂-N₆-C, Fe-N₄-C, and Fe₂-N₆-C) are investigated, and the results indicate the dual-atom catalysts(Cu₂-N₆-C and Fe₂-N₆-C) are thermodynamically stable enough to avoid sintering and aggregation. Compared with single-atom active sites of Cu-N₄-C, which show weak oxygen affinity and poor ORR performance with a limiting potential of 0.58 V, the dual-Cu active sites of Cu₂-N₆-C exhibit enhanced ORR activity with a limiting potential up to 0.87 V due to strengthened oxygen affinity. Interestingly, for Fe SACs with strong oxygen affinity, the DFT results show that the dual-Fe sites stabilize the two OH^* ligands structure[Fe₂(OH)₂-N₆-C], which act as the active sites during ORR process, resulting in greatly improved ORR performance with a limiting potential of 0.90 V. This study suggests that the dual-atom design is a potential strategy to improve the ORR performance of SACs, in which the activity of the single atom active sites is limited with weak or strong oxygen affinity.     

Improving Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution through Local Field Distortion in Mg/Fe Dual-site Catalysts

Transition metal single atom electrocatalysts (SACs) with metal-nitrogen-carbon (M−N−C) configuration show great potential in oxygen evolution reaction (OER), whereby the spin-dependent electrons must be allowed to transfer along reactants (OH⁻/H₂O, singlet spin state) and products (O₂, triplet spin state). Therefore, it is imperative to modulate the spin configuration in M−N−C to enhance the spin-sensitive OER energetics, which however remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report a local field distortion induced intermediate to low spin transition by introducing a main-group element (Mg) into the Fe−N−C architecture, and decode the underlying origin of the enhanced OER activity. We unveil that, the large ionic radii mismatch between Mg²⁺ and Fe²⁺ can cause a FeN₄ in-plane square local field deformation, which triggers a favorable spin transition of Fe²⁺ from intermediate (d_xy²d_xz²d_yz¹d_z2¹, 2.96 μ_B) to low spin (d_xy²d_xz²d_yz², 0.95 μ_B), and consequently regulate the thermodyna-mics of the elementary step with desired Gibbs free energies. The as-obtained Mg/Fe dual-site catalyst demonstrates a superior OER activity with an overpotential of 224 mV at 10 mA cm⁻² and an electrolysis voltage of only 1.542 V at 10 mA cm⁻² in the overall water splitting, which outperforms those of the state-of-the-art transition metal SACs.     

非贵金属氧还原催化剂的研究进展

开发可替代铂的非贵金属催化剂是今后燃料电池催化剂的重要发展方向,本文结合课题组研究的工作,总结了近年来非贵金属在氧还原催化方面的研究进展。并着重从材料合成和机理两个方面分析了目前在开发过渡金属氧化物、含过渡金属的氮掺杂碳材料和杂原子掺碳材料中存在的问题,提出了这些非金属催化剂今后的研究重点和努力方向。     

Fabricating Dual‐Atom Iron Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Heteroatom Modulator Approach

Understanding the thermal aggregation behavior of metal atoms is important for the synthesis of supported metal clusters. Here, derived from a metal–organic framework encapsulating a trinuclear Fe^III₂Fe^II complex (denoted as Fe₃) within the channels, a well‐defined nitrogen‐doped carbon layer is fabricated as an ideal support for stabilizing the generated iron nanoclusters. Atomic replacement of Fe^II by other metal(II) ions (e.g., Zn^II/Co^II) via synthesizing isostructural trinuclear‐complex precursors (Fe₂Zn/Fe₂Co), namely the “heteroatom modulator approach”, is inhibiting the aggregation of Fe atoms toward nanoclusters with formation of a stable iron dimer in an optimal metal–nitrogen moiety, clearly identified by direct transmission electron microscopy and X‐ray absorption fine structure analysis. The supported iron dimer, serving as cooperative metal–metal site, acts as efficient oxygen evolution catalyst. Our findings offer an atomic insight to guide the future design of ultrasmall metal clusters bearing outstanding catalytic capabilities.