析氧
金红石
歧化过程
材料科学
过电位
歧化
亚稳态
分解水
化学物理
Crystal(编程语言)
催化作用
结晶学
电化学
化学工程
化学
物理化学
电极
光催化
工程类
计算机科学
有机化学
程序设计语言
生物化学
作者
Hirotaka Kakizaki,Hideshi Ooka,Toru Hayashi,Akira Yamaguchi,Nadège Bonnet‐Mercier,Kazuhito Hashimoto,Ryuhei Nakamura
标识
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201706319
摘要
Abstract Elucidating the mechanism that differentiates the oxygen‐evolving center of photosystem II with its inorganic counterpart is crucial to develop efficient catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Previous studies have suggested that the larger overpotential for MnO 2 catalysts under neutral conditions may result from the instability of the Mn 3+ intermediate to charge disproportionation. Here, by monitoring the surface intermediates of electrochemical OER on rutile MnO 2 with different facet orientations, a correlation between the stability of the intermediate species and crystal facets is confirmed explicitly for the first time. The coverage of the Mn 3+ intermediate is found to be 11‐fold higher on the metastable (101) surfaces compared to (110) surfaces, leading to the superior OER activity of (101) surfaces. The difference in OER activity may result from the difference in surface electronic states of Mn 3+ , where interlayer charge comproportionation of Mn 2+ and Mn 4+ to generate two Mn 3+ species is favored on (101) facets. Considering the fact that the OER enzyme accommodates Mn 3+ stably during the Kok cycle, the enhanced OER activity of the rutile MnO 2 catalyst with a metastable surface highlights the importance of mimicking not only the crystal structure but also the electronic structure of the targeted natural enzyme.
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