Interfacial water shuffling the intermediates of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions in aqueous media

The kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions (HOR/HER) of platinum in aqueous solutions remains elusive, partly because of the lack of means to explore the surface-electrolyte interface. Herein, we probe this interface by utilizing surface transition metals (TMs), carbon monoxide,...

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Published in:Energy & environmental science 2020-09, Vol.13 (9), p.364-374
Main Authors: Liu, Ershuai, Jiao, Li, Li, Jingkun, Stracensky, Thomas, Sun, Qiang, Mukerjee, Sanjeev, Jia, Qingying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption spectroscopy
Alkali metals
Aqueous solutions
Carbon monoxide
Cations
Evolution
Heavy metals
Heavy water
Hydrogen
Intermediates
Isotopes
Kinetics
Metal ions
Oxidation
Platinum
Reaction kinetics
Transition metals
X ray absorption
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
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Summary:The kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions (HOR/HER) of platinum in aqueous solutions remains elusive, partly because of the lack of means to explore the surface-electrolyte interface. Herein, we probe this interface by utilizing surface transition metals (TMs), carbon monoxide, alkali metal cations (AM + ), and heavy water in combination with in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. It was found that the surface TMs in the metallic phase may boost the HOR kinetics of Pt in alkali by hosting the interfacial water with the oxygen-down orientation that removes the adsorbed hydrogen on Pt neighbors. Furthermore, surface TMs in either metallic or hydroxide phases improve the HER kinetics of Pt by hosting the hydroxyl generated from water dissociation so it can be desorbed by the interfacial water coordinated to AM + . The roles of interfacial water in shuffling the HOR/HER intermediates throughout the interface are supported by kinetic isotope effects. The H 2 O ad ↓ and [AM(H 2 O) x ] + promote the HOR and HER of Pt by removing the H ad and OH ad , respectively.
ISSN:1754-5692
1754-5706
DOI:10.1039/d0ee01754j