Citation: Yun Shan, Xiaoli Deng, Xiaoxi Lu, Cong Gao, Yingjian Li, Qianjin Chen. Surface facets dependent oxygen evolution reaction of single Cu₂O nanoparticles[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(12): 5158-5161. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.010 shu

Surface facets dependent oxygen evolution reaction of single Cu₂O nanoparticles

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China

qianjinchen@dhu.edu.cn

Received Date: 28 December 2021
Revised Date: 2 February 2022
Accepted Date: 3 March 2022
Available Online: 7 March 2022

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Understanding and establishing the structure-activity relation of nanoparticles is a prerequisite for rational design of high-performance electrocatalysts. Cu₂O nanoparticles enclosed with different crystal facets, namely, o-Cu₂O NPs with {111} facets, c-Cu₂O NPs with {100} facets are prepared and their electrocatalytic properties for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline condition are evaluated at single nanoparticle level with a combination of scanning electrochemical cell microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It is found that the o-Cu₂O NPs have significantly superior OER electrocatalytic activity compared to c-Cu₂O, which is almost inert. The estimated turnover frequency (TOF) at 1.97 V vs. RHE on {111} facet increases from 4 s⁻¹ to 115 s⁻¹ with the octahedron edge length decreasing from 1.3 µm to 100 nm. Deposition of carbon on c-Cu₂O surface barely promotes the activity, suggesting the inherent poor electric conductivity within the nanocrystal is most likely the reason for low activity. This work provides direct probing to single transition metal oxide crystals with dramatically different activity.
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Cu₂O nanoparticle,
- Facets,
- Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy,
- Single-particle analysis
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