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Amorphous hetero-structure iron/cobalt oxyhydroxide with atomic dispersed palladium for oxygen evolution reaction
The activity of iron oxyhydroxides (FeOOH) in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is limited by their poor conductivity and the high energy barrier in the rate-determining step. Herein, we report the immobilization of atomic dispersed Pd species on Co doped FeOOH, realizing the preparation of amorphous...
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Published in: | Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Environmental, 2024-10, Vol.355, p.124213, Article 124213 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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Summary: | The activity of iron oxyhydroxides (FeOOH) in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is limited by their poor conductivity and the high energy barrier in the rate-determining step. Herein, we report the immobilization of atomic dispersed Pd species on Co doped FeOOH, realizing the preparation of amorphous hetero-structure FeCoaOOH-Pdb. In the case of Co/Fe of 0.68 and Pd/Fe of 0.026, the coexisting structure of nanorods and nanospheres with appropriate oxygen vacancies and unsaturated active centers increases the number of active sites and enhances the intrinsic activity of the electrocatalyst. The density functional theory results uncover that the FeCo0.68OOH-Pd0.026 optimizes the binding energies of *O and *OOH, and accelerates the OER kinetics. The rationally designed FeCo0.68OOH-Pd0.026 exhibits excellent OER activity and reliability, manifesting a Tafel slope of 37.5 mV dec−1, a low overpotential of 265.1 mV at 10 mA cm−2, which has the potential to realize the large-scale implementation of water splitting.
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•Outstanding OER activity over hetero-structure FeCo0.68OOH-Pd0.026.•Co doping controls the formation of hetero-structure and oxygen vacancies.•Atomic dispersed Pd species form unsaturated coordination centers on the surface of amorphous supports.•Rationally designed FeCo0.68OOH-Pd0.026 overcomes the poor conductivity and the sluggish kinetics between *O and *OOH of FeOOH. |
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ISSN: | 0926-3373 1873-3883 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124213 |