Locking the lattice oxygen in RuO to stabilize highly active Ru sites in acidic water oxidation.

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources (SKL-ACPS), Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.

Published: March 2024


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Ruthenium dioxide is presently the most active catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media but suffers from severe Ru dissolution resulting from the high covalency of Ru-O bonds triggering lattice oxygen oxidation. Here, we report an interstitial silicon-doping strategy to stabilize the highly active Ru sites of RuO while suppressing lattice oxygen oxidation. The representative Si-RuO-0.1 catalyst exhibits high activity and stability in acid with a negligible degradation rate of ~52 μV h in an 800 h test and an overpotential of 226 mV at 10 mA cm. Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) results demonstrate that the lattice oxygen oxidation pathway of the Si-RuO-0.1 was suppressed by ∼95% compared to that of commercial RuO, which is highly responsible for the extraordinary stability. This work supplied a unique mentality to guide future developments on Ru-based oxide catalysts' stability in an acidic environment.

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