Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 039(2024)

Internal Polarization Field Induced Hydroxyl Spillover Effect for Industrial Water Splitting Electrolyzers

Jingyi Xie... Fuli Wang, Yanan Zhou, Yiwen Dong, Yongming Chai* and Bin Dong** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People’s Republic of China
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    The formation of multiple oxygen intermediates supporting efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are affinitive with hydroxyl adsorption. However, ability of the catalyst to capture hydroxyl and maintain the continuous supply at active sits remains a tremendous challenge. Herein, an affordable Ni2P/FeP2 heterostructure is presented to form the internal polarization field (IPF), arising hydroxyl spillover (HOSo) during OER. Facilitated by IPF, the oriented HOSo from FeP2 to Ni2P can activate the Ni site with a new hydroxyl transmission channel and build the optimized reaction path of oxygen intermediates for lower adsorption energy, boosting the OER activity (242 mV vs. RHE at 100 mA cm–2) for least 100 h. More interestingly, for the anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer (AEMWE) with low concentration electrolyte, the advantage of HOSo effect is significantly amplified, delivering 1 A cm–2 at a low cell voltage of 1.88 V with excellent stability for over 50 h.

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    Jingyi Xie, Fuli Wang, Yanan Zhou, Yiwen Dong, Yongming Chai, Bin Dong. Internal Polarization Field Induced Hydroxyl Spillover Effect for Industrial Water Splitting Electrolyzers[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 039

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 24, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Chai Yongming (ymchai@upc.edu.cn), Dong Bin (dongbin@upc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01253-9

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