Amorphization activated ruthenium-tellurium nanorods for efficient water splitting
Soochow University · University of California, Irvine · +1 more institution
Abstract
Abstract Pursuing active and durable water splitting electrocatalysts is of vital significance for solving the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process in energy supply. Herein, theoretical calculations identify that the local distortion-strain effect in amorphous RuTe 2 system abnormally sensitizes the Te-pπ coupling capability and enhances the electron-transfer of Ru-sites, in which the excellent inter-orbital p-d transfers determine strong electronic activities for boosting OER performance. Thus, a robust electrocatalyst based on amorphous RuTe 2 porous nanorods (PNRs) is successfully fabricated. In the acidic water splitting, a-RuTe 2 PNRs exhibit a superior performance, which only…
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- 100%
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Authors
6Topics & keywords
- Oxygen evolution
- Water splitting
- Electrocatalyst
- Materials science
- Amorphous solid
- Nanorod
- Ruthenium
- Chemical physics
Funding
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: 21571135, SZS201708, 2017YFA0208200, 2016YFA0204100
- HKHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAwards: 253026/16P, PolyU 253026/16P
- SUSoochow UniversityAwards: 2016YFA0204100, 21571135, 2017YFA0208200
- PAPriority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education InstitutionsAwards: 2017YFA0208200, SZS201708, 2016YFA0204100, 21571135