Oxygen‐Bridged Cobalt–Chromium Atomic Pair in MOF‐Derived Cobalt Phosphide Networks as Efficient Active Sites Enabling Synergistic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting in Alkaline Media

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Title: Oxygen‐Bridged Cobalt–Chromium Atomic Pair in MOF‐Derived Cobalt Phosphide Networks as Efficient Active Sites Enabling Synergistic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting in Alkaline Media
Authors: Zepeng Lv, Huakui Zhang, Chenhui Liu, Shaolong Li, Jianxun Song, Jilin He
Source: Advanced Science, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Publisher Information: Wiley, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Science
Subject Terms: bifunctional electrocatalysts, electrocatalysis, metal‐organic frameworks, synthesis, water splitting, Science
More Details: Abstract Electrochemical water splitting offers a most promising pathway for “green hydrogen” generation. Even so, it remains a struggle to improve the electrocatalytic performance of non‐noble metal catalysts, especially bifunctional electrocatalysts. Herein, aiming to accelerate the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, an oxygen‐bridged cobalt–chromium (Co‐O‐Cr) dual‐sites catalyst anchored on cobalt phosphide synthesized through MOF‐mediation are proposed. By utilizing the filling characteristics of 3d orbitals and modulated local electronic structure of the catalytic active site, the well‐designed catalyst requires only an external voltage of 1.53 V to deliver the current density of 20 mA cm−2 during the process of water splitting apart from the superb HER and OER activity with a low overpotential of 87 and 203 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, respectively. Moreover, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are utilized to unravel mechanistic investigations, including the accelerated adsorption and dissociation process of H2O on the Co‐O‐Cr moiety surface, the down‐shifted d‐band center, a lowered energy barrier for the OER and so on. This work offers a design direction for optimizing catalytic activity toward energy conversion.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2198-3844
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306678
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/f9495b9f7b744dc3a17c8a455d0cdec7
Accession Number: edsdoj.f9495b9f7b744dc3a17c8a455d0cdec7
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:21983844
DOI:10.1002/advs.202306678
Published in:Advanced Science
Language:English