Zhuang, Linzhou and Jia, Yi and Liu, Hongli and Wang, Xing and Hocking, Rosalie K. and Liu, Hongwei and Chen, Jun and Ge, Lei 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2989-0329 and Zhang, Longzhou and Li, Mengran and Dong, Chung-Li and Huang, Yu-cheng and Chen, Shaohua and Yang, Dongjiang and Zhu, Zhonghua and Yao, Xiangdong
(2019)
Defect-induced Pt-Co-Se coordinated sites with highly asymmetrical electronic distribution for boosting oxygen-involving electrocatalysis.
Advanced Materials, 31 (4 (1805581)).
pp. 1-10.
ISSN 0935-9648
Abstract
Rational design and synthesis of hetero-coordinated moieties at the atomic scale can significantly raise the performance of the catalyst and obtain mechanistic insight into the oxygen-involving electrocatalysis. Here, a facile plasma-photochemical strategy is applied to construct atomically coordinated Pt-Co-Se moieties in defective CoSe2 (CoSe2-x) through filling the plasma-created Se vacancies in CoSe2-x with single Pt atomic species (CoSe2-x-Pt) under ultraviolet irradiation. The filling of single Pt can remarkably enhance the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity of CoSe2. Optimal OER specific activity is achieved with a Pt content of 2.25 wt% in CoSe2-x-Pt, exceeding that of CoSe2-x by a factor of 9. CoSe2-x-Pt shows much better OER performance than CoSe2-x filled with single Ni and even Ru atomic species (CoSe2-x-Ni and CoSe2-x-Ru). Noticeably, it is general that Pt is not a good OER catalyst but Ru is; thus the design of active sites for electrocatalysis at an atomic level should follow a different intrinsic mechanism. Mechanism studies unravel that the single Pt can induce much higher electronic distribution asymmetry degree than both single Ni and Ru, and benefit the interaction between the Co sites and adsorbates (OH*, O*, and OOH*) during the OER process, leading to a better OER activity.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published version cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2019 01:16 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2019 05:13 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | asymmetrical electronic distribution; atomic metal species; oxygen evolution; selenium vacancies; synergetic interaction; nitrogen-doped graphene; single-atom; reduction reaction; water-oxidation; catalyst; nanosheets; hydrogen; transition; selenium; surface |
| Fields of Research : | 03 Chemical Sciences > 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry > 030301 Chemical Characterisation of Materials 03 Chemical Sciences > 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry > 030306 Synthesis of Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091205 Functional Materials |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1002/adma.201805581 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/35440 |
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