Citation: Qing Li, Yumei Feng, Yingjie Yu, Yazhou Chen, Yuhua Xie, Fang Luo, Zehui Yang. Engineering e_g filling of RuO₂ enables a robust and stable acidic water oxidation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(3): 110612. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110612 shu

Engineering e_g filling of RuO₂ enables a robust and stable acidic water oxidation

Qing Li ^{a, b} ,
Yumei Feng ^b ,
Yingjie Yu ^a ,
Yazhou Chen ^{a, *,} ,
Yuhua Xie ^b ,
Fang Luo ^{a, *,} ,
Zehui Yang ^{b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials & Advanced Processing Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
b.
Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan 430074, China

yzchen@wtu.edu.cn

luofang04@gmail.com

yeungzehui@gmail.com

Received Date: 28 August 2024
Revised Date: 31 October 2024
Accepted Date: 4 November 2024
Available Online: 5 November 2024

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Efficient and stable electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic environment is vital for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE). In this work, we have devised the formation of heterostructured RuO₂/MnO₂ with nanoflower structure for acidic OER catalysis. Compared to commercial RuO₂, the overpotential at 50 mA/cm² is decreased by 36 mV, corresponding to a 3.7-fold better mass activity. The boosted acidic OER performance is attributed to the heterostructure inducing more electrons are filled in e_g orbital of Ru atom triggering a better deprotonation of bridge oxygen atom in Ru-O_bri-Mn structure evidenced by pH-independent cyclic voltammetry test. Moreover, RuO₂/MnO₂ sustains its acidic OER activity within 20 h, longer than commercial RuO₂. The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) test suggests than only 2.18 V is required to achieve a current density of 5 A/cm². The theoretical calculation reveals that the e_g filling of Ru atom is increased from 2.18 to 2.39 after MnO₂ incorporation, reducing the energy for the formation of *OOH moiety.
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis,
- Deprotonation,
- e_g filling,
- Heterostructure
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