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RuO2 clusters derived from bulk SrRuO3: Robust catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in acid

Muwei Ji1,2,§, Xin Yang3,§, Shengding Chang3,§, Wenxing Chen4,§, Jin Wang1,3,§( ), Dongsheng He5, Yao Hu3, Qian Deng3, You Sun3, Bo Li3, Jingyu Xi3, Tomoaki Yamada6, Jiatao Zhang4, Hai Xiao7, Caizhen Zhu2, Jia Li3( ), Yadong Li7( )
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Institute of Low-Dimensional Materials Genome Initiative, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Materials Characterization and Preparation Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Department of Energy Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

§ Muwei Ji, Xin Yang, Shengding Chang, Wenxing Chen, and Jin Wang contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Developing highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst for the acidic corrosive operating conditions is a challenging task. Herein, we report the synthesis of uniform RuO2 clusters with ~ 2 nm in size via electrochemical leaching of Sr from SrRuO3 ceramic in acid. The RuO2 clusters exhibit ultrahigh OER activity with overpotential of ~ 160 mV at 10 mA·cmgeo−2 in 1.0 M HClO4 solution for 30-h testing. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurement reveals enlarged Jahn-Teller distortion of Ru-O octahedra in the RuO2 clusters compared to its bulk counterpart. Density function theory calculations show that the enhanced Jahn-Teller distortion can improve the intrinsic OER activity of RuO2.

Keywords

oxygen evolution reactionRuO2 cluster electrochemical leachingacid solution

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 3,
March 2022
Pages 1959-1965
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3843-8
Cite this article:
Ji M, Yang X, Chang S, et al. RuO2 clusters derived from bulk SrRuO3: Robust catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction in acid. Nano Research, 2022, 15(3): 1959-1965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3843-8
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Received: 28 June 2021
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Accepted: 25 August 2021
Published: 20 September 2021
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