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Confinement synergy at the heterointerface for enhanced oxygen evolution

Dongdi Wang1,§, Shanshan Ruan1,§, Peiyu Ma1, Ruyang Wang1, Xilan Ding1, Ming Zuo2, Lidong Zhang1, Zhirong Zhang2( ), Jie Zeng2( ), Jun Bao1( )
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

§ Dongdi Wang and Shanshan Ruan contributed equally to this work.

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Herein, we constructed a Fe-O-Co heterointerface without electronic effect by depositing FeOx clusters on the oxygen vacancies of CoOOH surface. In-situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculation demonstrated that the synergistic effect between Fe sites and Co sites confined at the Fe-O-Co heterointerface optimized the adsorption of oxygen intermediates, consequently enhancing oxygen evolution reaction (OER).

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Two-dimensional transition metal hydroxides with abundant reserves and low prices have played an indispensable role in energy catalytic applications. Recent reports indicated that the incorporation of Fe species into Co-based catalysts can synergistically enhance oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. Constructing a heterointerface on the surface of Co-based catalysts can provide a platform to investigate the role of heterointerface in reaction kinetics. Herein, we constructed a Fe-O-Co heterointerface without electronic effect by depositing FeOx clusters on the oxygen vacancies of CoOOH surface. FeOx/CoOOH exhibited excellent OER intrinsic activity, which can deliver the turnover frequency (TOF) of 4.56 s−1 at the overpotentials of 300 mV and the Tafel slope of 33 mV·dec−1. In-situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated that the synergistic effect between Fe sites and Co sites confined at the Fe-O-Co heterointerface accelerated the charge transfer during OER and optimized the adsorption of oxygen intermediates, consequently enhancing OER.

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clustersheterointerfaceconfinement synergyoxygen evolution reaction

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 7,
July 2023
Pages 8793-8799
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5514-4
Cite this article:
Wang D, Ruan S, Ma P, et al. Confinement synergy at the heterointerface for enhanced oxygen evolution. Nano Research, 2023, 16(7): 8793-8799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5514-4
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Received: 27 October 2022
Revised: 24 December 2022
Accepted: 18 January 2023
Published: 30 March 2023
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