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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Nov 07, 2022;61 (45): e202212542.

Surface-Exposed Single-Ni Atoms with Potential-Driven Dynamic Behaviors for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution.

Yafei Zhao, Xue Feng Lu, Guilan Fan, Deyan Luan, Xiaojun Gu, Xiong Wen David Lou
Author Information
  1. Yafei Zhao: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  2. Xue Feng Lu: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore. ORCID
  3. Guilan Fan: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China.
  4. Deyan Luan: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore. ORCID
  5. Xiaojun Gu: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China. ORCID
  6. Xiong Wen David Lou: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore. ORCID
PMID: 36093883 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212542

Abstract

Trapping the active sites on the exterior surface of hollow supports can reduce mass transfer resistance and enhance atomic utilization. Herein, we report a facile chemical vapor deposition strategy to synthesize single-Ni atoms decorated hollow S/N-doped football-like carbon spheres (Ni SAs@S/N-FCS). Specifically, the CdS@3-aminophenol/formaldehyde is carbonized into S/N-FCS. The gas-migrated Ni species are anchored on the surface of S/N-FCS simultaneously, yielding Ni SAs@S/N-FCS. The obtained catalyst exhibits outstanding performance for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with an overpotential of 249 mV at 10 mA cm , a small Tafel slope of 56.5 mV dec , and ultra-long stability up to 166 hours without obvious fading. Moreover, the potential-driven dynamic behaviors of Ni-N sites and the contribution of the S dopant at different locations in the matrix to the OER activity are revealed by the operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and theoretical calculations, respectively.

Keywords

Electrocatalysis Hollow S/N-Doped Carbon Spheres Oxygen Evolution Reaction Single-Ni Atoms

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Grants

  1. MOE2019-T2-2-049/Ministry of Education of Singapore
  2. 22162019/National Natural Science Foundation of China
  3. 2021GG0195/Science and Technology Projects of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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