催化作用
析氧
材料科学
氧化物
电催化剂
化学工程
氧气
过渡金属
纳米技术
化学
电化学
物理化学
电极
冶金
有机化学
工程类
生物化学
作者
Daire Tyndall,Lee Gannon,Lucia Hughes,Julian Carolan,Sergio Pinilla,Sonia Jaśkaniec,Dahnan Spurling,Oskar Ronan,Cormac McGuinness,Niall McEvoy,Valeria Nicolosi,Michelle P. Browne
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41699-023-00377-1
摘要
Abstract Very recently, it has been reported that mixed transition metal oxide (TMO)/MXene catalysts show improved performance over TMO only catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the reasoning behind this observation is unknown. In this work mixed Co(OH) 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x were prepared and characterized for the OER using ex situ and operando spectroscopy techniques in order to initiate the understanding of why mixed TMO/MXene materials show better performances compared to TMO only catalysts. This work shows that the improved electrocatalysis for the composite material compared to the TMO only catalyst is due to the presence of higher Co oxide oxidation states at lower OER overpotentials for the mixed TMO/MXene catalysts. Furthermore, the presence of the MXene allows for a more mechanically robust film during OER, making the film more stable. Finally, our results show that small amounts of MXene are more advantageous for the OER during long-term stability measurements, which is linked to the formation of TiO 2 . The sensitivity of MXene oxidation ultimately limits TMO/MXene composites under alkaline OER conditions, meaning mass fractions must be carefully considered when designing such a catalyst to minimize the residual TiO 2 formed during its lifetime.
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