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Antimony oxides-protected ultrathin Ir-Sb nanowires as bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysts

Bingyan Xu1,§, Xuan Huang1,§, Shangheng Liu1, Zhiwei Hu2, Cheng-Wei Kao3, Ting-Shan Chan3, Hongbo Geng4, Ying Zhang5( ), Xiaoqing Huang1( )
Country State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden 01187, Germany
“National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center”, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan, China
School of Materials Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China

§ Bingyan Xu and Xuan Huang contributed equally to this work.

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Benefiting from the introduction of oxyphilic SbOx, the ultrafine Ir-Sb nanowires have been applied as an efficient bifunctional hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR)/hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst.

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Developing electrocatalysts with fast kinetics and long-term stability for alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of considerable importance for the industrial production of green and sustainable energy. Here, an ultrathin Ir-Sb nanowires ( Ir-Sb NWs) protected by antimony oxides (SbOx) was synthesized as an efficient bifunctional catalyst for both HOR and HER under alkaline media. Except from the much higher mass activities of Ir-Sb nanowires than those of Ir nanowires (Ir NWs) and commercial Pt/C, the SbOx protective layer also contributes to the maintenance of morphology and anti-CO poisoning ability, leading to the long-term cycling performance in the presence of CO. Specifically, the Ir-Sb NW/SbOx exhibits the highest catalytic activities, which are about 3.5 and 4.8 times to those of Ir NW/C and commercial Pt/C toward HOR, respectively. This work provides that the ultrathin morphology and H2O-occupied Sb sites can exert the intrinsic high activity of Ir and effectively optimize the absorption of OH* both in alkaline HER/HOR electrolysis.

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hydrogen evolution reactionhydrogen oxidation reactionIr nanowireamorphous antimony oxidesbifunctional mechanism

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 3,
March 2024
Pages 1042-1049
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5996-0
Cite this article:
Xu B, Huang X, Liu S, et al. Antimony oxides-protected ultrathin Ir-Sb nanowires as bifunctional hydrogen electrocatalysts. Nano Research, 2024, 17(3): 1042-1049. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5996-0
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Received: 10 May 2023
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Published: 30 August 2023
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