Citation: Zhihao Gu, Jiabo Le, Hehe Wei, Zehui Sun, Mahmoud Elsayed Hafez, Wei Ma. Unveiling the intrinsic properties of single NiZnFeO_x entity for promoting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(4): 108849. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108849 shu

Unveiling the intrinsic properties of single NiZnFeO_x entity for promoting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

Zhihao Gu ^a ,
Jiabo Le ^b ,
Hehe Wei ^a ,
Zehui Sun ^a ,
Mahmoud Elsayed Hafez ^c ,
Wei Ma ^{a, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
b.
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
c.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt

weima@ecust.edu.cn

Received Date: 24 April 2023
Revised Date: 28 June 2023
Accepted Date: 24 July 2023
Available Online: 26 July 2023

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Although considerable research efforts have been devoted to the design and development of non-noble electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), substantial enhancement of OER performance with commercial-scale water electrolysis remains a big challenge. This could result from the difficulties in detecting the intrinsic properties and overlooking the assembly process for electrochemical OER process. Here, we employ a microjet collision method to investigate the intrinsic OER activities of individual NiZnFeO_x entities with and without a moderate magnetic field. Our results demonstrate that single NiZnFeO_x nanoparticles (NPs) show the excellent OER performance with a lowest onset potential (~1.35 V vs. RHE) and a greatest magnetic enhancement (~118%) among bulk materials, single agglomerations and NPs. Furthermore, we explore the utility of theoretical investigation by density functional theory (DFT) calculations for studying OER process on NiZnFeO_x surfaces without and with spin alignment, indicating monodispersed NiZnFeO_x NPs with totally spin alignment facilitates the OER process under the external magnetic field. It is found that the well-dispersion of NiZnFeO_x NPs would increase the electrical conductivity and the surface spin state, resulting in promoting their OER activities. This work provides a test for uncovering the essential roles of NPs assembly to a significant promotion of their magnet-assisted OER.
- Single entity,
- OER,
- Magnetic enhancement,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Well-dispersion
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