Citation: Ziang Shang, Heyu Sui, Zeyi Huang, Xueting Feng, Guanzhen Chen, Jiena Weng, Yu Xiong, Yaqiong Su, Yunhu Han. Mo, B-induced local structure and electron redistribution of RuO₂ for efficient acidic oxygen evolution[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(6): 111016. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111016 shu

Mo, B-induced local structure and electron redistribution of RuO₂ for efficient acidic oxygen evolution

Ziang Shang ^{a, 1} ,
Heyu Sui ^{b, 1} ,
Zeyi Huang ^{a, 1} ,
Xueting Feng ^a ,
Guanzhen Chen ^a ,
Jiena Weng ^a ,
Yu Xiong ^c ,
Yaqiong Su ^{b, *,} ,
Yunhu Han ^{a, *,}

a.
Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
b.
School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
c.
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

yqsu1989@xjtu.edu.cn

iamyhhan@nwpu.edu.cn

Received Date: 18 December 2024
Revised Date: 19 February 2025
Accepted Date: 27 February 2025
Available Online: 27 February 2025

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Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key reaction in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs). Therefore, developing cost-effective acid-stable electrocatalysts to drive efficient OER is crucial. Here, we constructed a RuO₂ electrocatalyst (MoB-RuO₂) co-doped Mo and B atoms, which exhibits excellent OER performance in acidic media. In 0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄, MoB-RuO₂ exhibited a very low overpotential (166 mV) and could be operated stably for more than 550 h at 10 mA/cm² current density without significant loss of activity. More than 240 h of stable operation at 200 mA/cm² current density was achieved when using MoB-RuO₂ as a PEMWE anode. Experimental and theoretical results demonstrated that the excellent OER activity and stability of MoB-RuO₂ mainly originated from the incorporation of B atoms leading to the coordination unsaturation of the active centre Ru, and the simultaneous doping of Mo and B atoms modulated the electronic structure of Ru, which lowered the covalency of the Ru-O bond, thus making the catalyst exhibit excellent stability.
- RuO₂,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Electronic structure,
- Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers
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