Spin regulation on (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH hollow nanocage accelerates water oxidation

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Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 839-850.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63922-0

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Spin regulation on (Co,Ni)Se₂/C@FeOOH hollow nanocage accelerates water oxidation

Yu Gu^a^,^b^,^†, Xiaolei Wang^c^,^†, Muhammad Humayun^a, Linfeng Li^a, Huachuan Sun^a, Xuefei Xu^a, Xinying Xue^d, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh^e, Kristiaan Temst^f, Chundong Wang^a^,^b^,^*()

^aSchool of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
^bState Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
^cCollege of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
^dDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, Xinjiang, China
^eDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran
^fQuantum Solid-State Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D-Box 2418, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

Received:2021-06-12 Revised:2021-06-12 Online:2022-03-18 Published:2022-02-18
Contact: Chundong Wang
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^† Contributed equally to this work.
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National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFE0120500);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51972129);South Xinjiang In-novation and Development Program of Key Industries of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (2020DB002)(2020DB002);Key Research and Development Program of Hubei(2020BAB079);Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Mi-crostructure(SKL202008SIC);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HUST 2018KFYYXJJ051);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2019KFYXMBZ076)

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Spin engineering is recognized as a promising strategy that modulates the association between d-orbital electrons and the oxygenated species, and enhances the catalytic kinetics. However, few efforts have been made to clarify whether spin engineering could make a considerable enhancement for electrocatalytic water oxidation. Herein, we report the spin engineering of a nanocage-structured (Co,Ni)Se₂/C@FeOOH, that showed significant oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. Magnetization measurement presented that the (Co,Ni)Se₂/C@FeOOH sample possesses higher polarization spin number (μ_b = 6.966 μB/f.u.) compared with that of the (Co,Ni)Se₂/C sample (μ_b = 6.398 μB/f.u.), for which the enlarged spin polarization number favors the adsorption and desorption energy of the intermediate oxygenated species, as confirmed by surface valance band spectra. Consequently, the (Co,Ni)Se₂/C@FeOOH affords remarkable OER product with a low overpotential of 241 mV at a current of 10 mA cm^-2 and small Tafel slope of 44 mV dec^-1 in 1.0 mol/L KOH alkaline solution, significantly surpassing the parent (Co,Ni)Se₂/C catalyst. This work will trigger a solid step for the design of highly-efficient OER electrocatalysts.

Key words: Spin engineering, d-Orbital electron, Hollow nanocage, FeOOH, Oxygen evolution reaction

Yu Gu, Xiaolei Wang, Muhammad Humayun, Linfeng Li, Huachuan Sun, Xuefei Xu, Xinying Xue, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Kristiaan Temst, Chundong Wang. Spin regulation on (Co,Ni)Se₂/C@FeOOH hollow nanocage accelerates water oxidation[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 43(3): 839-850.

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the synthesis process of (Co,Ni)Se2/ C@FeOOH.

Fig. 2. SEM micrographs of ZIF-67 nanocages (a), CoNi LDH/C (b), (Co,Ni)Se2/C (c) and (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH (d). The TEM micrographs of (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH at various resolutions (e,f); HR-TEM micrograph (g) and the corresponding SAED pattern (h) of (Co,Ni)Se2/ C@FeOOH. The HAADF-TEM micrograph of (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH and its EDS elemental mapping images showing the elements Co, Ni, Se, Fe and O (i), (Note: scale bars in the HAADF-TEM micrograph and the corresponding elements are 100 nm).

Fig. 3. XPS spectra of (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH. (a) Co 2p (and (Co,Ni)Se2/C); (b) Ni 2p (and (Co,Ni)Se2/C); (c) Fe 2p (and FeOOH); (d) C 1s; (e) O 1s; (f) Se 3d.

Fig. 4. (a) Magnetization hysteresis loops M(H), at room temperature, for (Co,Ni)Se2/C and (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH; (b) Close-up of the low-field region; (c) The surface valance band spectra of FeOOH, (Co,Ni)Se2/C and (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH collected by high-resolution XPS spectroscopy; (d) Schematic representations of the electronic coupling among involved transition metals in (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH; (e-g) 3d orbit splitting of Ni2+, Co2+ and Fe3+; (h) Molecular orbital diagram of OH-; (i,j) The orbital interactions between Ni2+(Co2+), Fe3+ and the OER intermediate *OH.

Fig. 5. (a) LSV curves of the ZIF-67, FeOOH, (Co,Ni)Se2/C, (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH and RuO2 samples; (b) The overpotentials at current of 10 mA cm-2 for ZIF-67, FeOOH, (Co,Ni)Se2/C, (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH and RuO2 samples; (c) The Tafel plots; (d) Current density plots vs. scan rate at 1.15 V; (e) Nyquist plots of the ZIF-67, FeOOH, (Co,Ni)Se2/C, and (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH samples; (f) Chronopotential method of the (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH sample at current of 10 mA cm-2 for 40 h; (g) The OER performance of the catalysts (including the as-prepared (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH) measured in alkaline solutions; (h) The adsorption features of the oxygenated species of (Co,Ni)Se2/C, FeOOH and (Co,Ni)Se2/C@FeOOH.

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