Asymmetric Bond Delta-Polarization at the Interfacial Se―Ru―O Bridge for Efficient pH-Robust Water Electrolysis
- Authors
- Chen, Ya; Liu, Yaoda; Li, Lei; Sakthive, Thangavel; Guo, Zhixin; Dai, Zhengfei
- Issue Date
- Jun-2024
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Keywords
- asymmetric bond-delta polarization; interfacial Se & horbar; Ru & horbar; O bridge; overall water splitting; pH-robust electrocatalysis; ruthenium oxide
- Citation
- ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
- Journal Title
- ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kumoh/handle/2020.sw.kumoh/28810
- DOI
- 10.1002/adfm.202406587
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
1616-3028
- Abstract
- The rationalization of pH-robust catalysis is highly desired but challengeable for overall water electrolysis (WE). It requests a metal active site that can make an efficient adaption with both cathodic hydrogen and anodic oxygen evolution reactions (HER/OER). Herein, a RuO2-x/RuSe2 heterostructure electrocatalyst is profiled with interfacial Se & horbar;Ru & horbar;O bridge for the pH-robust water splitting studies. An asymmetric bond delta-polarization (Delta p) is found at the interfacial Se & horbar;Ru & horbar;O bridge, including the Delta p > 0 at the Ru & horbar;O part and Delta p < 0 at the Ru & horbar;Se side by both experiment and calculation results. The enlarged Ru & horbar;O bond polarizability (Delta p > 0) can in principle trigger the lattice oxygen mediated (LOM) pathway for OER; meanwhile, the reduced Ru & horbar;Se bond polarizability can benefit the HER due to the strengthened d-p band hybridization. Resultantly, the heterostructure can deliver ultralow overpotentials of 25/10 mV for Pt-beyond HER and 210/255 mV for OER at 10 mA cm(-2) in acidic/alkaline media, respectively. In especial, the acidic overall WE can be stably operated for 200 h with a low cell voltage of 1.478 V at 10 mA cm(-2). This research clarifies the asymmetric bond polarization as the criterion for the rational design of efficient WE catalysts.
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