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Promotion of the oxygen evolution performance of Ni-Fe layered hydroxides via the introduction of a proton-transfer mediator anion

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Developing efficient catalysts with high durability and activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is imperative for sustainable energy conversion technologies, including hydrogen generation and CO2 reduction, as well as other electrochemical energy storage systems. To this end, a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism for the water oxidation reaction is vital. Herein, a surfactant, nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate (FBS), was introduced into Ni-Fe layered double hydroxide (NiFe-FBS/CFP) via electrochemical deposition on the surface of a carbon fiber paper (CFP) substrate. The as-prepared NiFe-FBS/CFP electrode exhibited excellent catalytic activities for OER compared to the Ni-Fe layered double hydroxide based electrode (NiFe-LDH/CFP), an excellent stability of 15 h, and an ultralow Tafel slope of 25.8 mV dec−1. Furthermore, by combining the results of pH-dependent kinetics investigations, chemical probing, proton inventory studies, and isotopic and atom-protontransfer measurements, it was observed that a proton-transfer process controls the reaction rates of both the NiFe-LDH and NiFe-FBS catalysts, and the residual sulfonate groups serve as proton transfer mediator to accelerate the proton transfer rate.

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This work was conducted in the Fundamental Research Center of Artificial Photosynthesis (FReCAP), and financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22172011 and 22088102), the K&A Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2016.0072), and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Chemicals of Liaoning Province of China.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Wenlong Li, Fusheng Li, Yilong Zhao, Chang Liu, Yingzheng Li, Ke Fan, Peili Zhang, Yu Shan & Licheng Sun

  2. Department of Chemistry, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 10044, Sweden

    Hao Yang & Licheng Sun

  3. Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China

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Li, W., Li, F., Zhao, Y. et al. Promotion of the oxygen evolution performance of Ni-Fe layered hydroxides via the introduction of a proton-transfer mediator anion. Sci. China Chem. 65, 382–390 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1178-y

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