articleACS CatalysisDec 13, 2019Closed access

Mn-Doped RuO 2 Nanocrystals as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media

University of Science and Technology of China · Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Currently, RuO2 is a benchmark acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst. Nevertheless, its wide applications are always restricted by slow dynamics and limited durability. This paper reports a type of Mn-doped RuO2 nanocrystals for boosting the OER catalytic performance in acidic media. The catalyst (named Mn-RuO2) is prepared through annealing of Ru-exchanged Mn-based derivative at 300 °C. Such Mn-RuO2 exhibits excellent acidic OER activity, with an overpotential of 158 mV at 10 mA cm–2 and a stability of 5000 cycles in the presence of sulfuric acid (0.5 mol/L). Both structural characterization and theoretical analysis show that the Mn doping in RuO2 can tune the d-band center of Ru active sites and…

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