Oxygen evolution on well-characterized mass-selected Ru and RuO2 nanoparticles

被引:331
作者
Paoli, Elisa A. [1 ]
Masini, Federico [1 ]
Frydendal, Rasmus [1 ]
Deiana, Davide [2 ]
Schlaup, Christian [1 ]
Malizia, Mauro [1 ]
Hansen, Thomas W. [2 ]
Horch, Sebastian [1 ]
Stephens, Ifan E. L. [1 ]
Chorkendorff, Ib [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Individual Nanoparticle Funct, Dept Phys, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[2] Ctr Electron Nanoscopy, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
RUTHENIUM DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; REDUCTION REACTION; PEM ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDE SURFACES; ACIDIC MEDIA; WATER; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ENERGY; ELECTRODES;
D O I
10.1039/c4sc02685c
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Oxygen evolution was investigated on model, mass-selected RuO2 nanoparticles in acid, prepared by magnetron sputtering. Our investigations include electrochemical measurements, electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. We show that the stability and activity of nanoparticulate RuO2 is highly sensitive to its surface pretreatment. At 0.25 V overpotential, the catalysts show a mass activity of up to 0.6 A mg(-1) and a turnover frequency of 0.65 s(-1), one order of magnitude higher than the current state-of-the-art.
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页码:190 / 196
页数:7
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