articleNature CommunicationsJul 21, 2025GOLD OA

Heteroatom dopants overcome the activity-stability trade-off in RuO2 for acidic oxygen evolution

Hunan University · Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory · +1 more institution

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Abstract

The pursuit of RuO2 as an alternative acidic oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalyst to IrO2 holds great promise, yet simultaneously achieving highly active and stable RuO2 remains an urgent challenge, as conventional strategies often boost one property at the expense of the other. Here, we successfully construct Ta and B co-doped nanoporous RuO2 with Ru-O-Ta frameworks and Ru-O-B active sites to overcome the activity-stability trade-off. The Ru-O-Ta frameworks stabilize the Ru sites by mediating bridging oxygen and preferentially replenishing oxygen vacancies, thereby facilitating the oxygen evolution reaction through the adsorbate evolution mechanism. Concurrently, the Ru-O-Ta/B sites not only switch the…

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Keywords
  • Heteroatom
  • Dopant
  • Oxygen
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical engineering
  • Materials science
  • Doping
  • Organic chemistry
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