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Heterointerface Created on Au-Cluster-Loaded Unilamellar Hydroxide Electrocatalysts as a Highly Active Site for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Title: | Heterointerface Created on Au-Cluster-Loaded Unilamellar Hydroxide Electrocatalysts as a Highly Active Site for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction |
Authors: | Kitano, Sho Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Noguchi, Tomohiro G. Browse this author | Nishihara, Masamichi Browse this author | Kamitani, Kazutaka Browse this author | Sugiyama, Takeharu Browse this author | Yoshioka, Satoru Browse this author | Miwa, Tetsuya Browse this author | Yoshizawa, Kazunari Browse this author | Staykov, Aleksandar Browse this author | Yamauchi, Miho Browse this author |
Keywords: | Au clusters | electrochemistry | layered double hydroxides | oxygen evolution reaction |
Issue Date: | 21-Apr-2022 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Journal Title: | Advanced Materials |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 16 |
Start Page: | 2110552 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202110552 |
Abstract: | The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a critical element for all sorts of reactions that use water as a hydrogen source, such as hydrogen evolution and electrochemical CO2 reduction, and novel design principles that provide highly active sites on OER electrocatalysts push the limits of their practical applications. Herein, Au-cluster loading on unilamellar exfoliated layered double hydroxide (ULDH) electrocatalysts for the OER is demonstrated to fabricate a heterointerface between Au clusters and ULDHs as an active site, which is accompanied by the oxidation state modulation of the active site and interfacial direct O-O coupling ("interfacial DOOC"). The Au-cluster-loaded ULDHs exhibit excellent activities for the OER with an overpotential of 189 mV at 10 mA cm(-2). X-ray absorption fine structure measurements reveal that charge transfer from the Au clusters to ULDHs modifies the oxidation states of trivalent metal ions, which can be active sites on the ULDHs. The present study, supported by highly sensitive spectroscopy combining reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy and modulation-excitation spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, indicates that active sites at the interface between the Au clusters and ULDHs promote a novel OER mechanism through interfacial DOOC, thereby achieving outstanding catalytic performance. |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/85091 |
Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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