Stoichiometry-Controlled Synthesis of Nanoparticulate Mixed-Metal Oxyhydroxide Oxygen Evolving Catalysts by Electrochemistry in Aqueous Nanodroplets

Young Eun Jeun; Joon Ho Park; Joo Yeon Kim; Hyun S. Ahn

doi:10.1002/chem.201904620

Stoichiometry-Controlled Synthesis of Nanoparticulate Mixed-Metal Oxyhydroxide Oxygen Evolving Catalysts by Electrochemistry in Aqueous Nanodroplets

Young Eun Jeun, Joon Ho Park, Joo Yeon Kim, Hyun S. Ahn

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Mixed-metal oxyhydroxides—especially those of Ni and Fe—are one of the most active classes of materials known for catalyzing the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, nanoparticulate mixed metal oxyhydroxides (of Ni, Fe, and Co) were prepared on an electrode surface by electrochemical reaction of a precursor solution encapsulated in aqueous nanodroplets (AnDs), with each of the droplets containing 10 s of attoliters of fluid. Electrode reactions and synthesis can be monitored in situ by electrochemistry as single AnD stochastically lands and interacts with the working electrode. Resultant metal oxyhydroxide nanoparticles can be size and composition controlled precisely by modulating the precursor solution stored in the AnD. Nanoparticulate metal oxyhydroxides were implemented as catalysts for the OER and exhibited superior catalysis compared to their thin-film counterparts, demonstrating a hundred-thousand-fold enhancement in atom efficiency at comparable turnover rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4039-4043
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume	26
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904620
Publication status	Published - 2020 Mar 26

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This work was supported by financially supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (NRF-2017R1C1B2011074) and Yonsei University Future-Leading Research Initiative of 2018 (22-0019).

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© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

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