Dynamic chloride ion adsorption on single iridium atom boosts seawater oxidation catalysis

Xinxuan Duan; Qihao Sha; Pengsong Li; Tianshui Li; Guotao Yang; Wei Liu; Ende Yu; Daojin Zhou; Jinjie Fang; Wenxing Chen; Yizhen Chen; Lirong Zheng; Jiangwen Liao; Zeyu Wang; Yaping Li; Hongbin Yang; Guoxin Zhang; Zhongbin Zhuang; Sung Fu Hung; Changfei Jing; Jun Luo; Lu Bai; Juncai Dong; Hai Xiao; Wen Liu; Yun Kuang; Bin Liu; Xiaoming Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46140-y

Dynamic chloride ion adsorption on single iridium atom boosts seawater oxidation catalysis

Xinxuan Duan, Qihao Sha, Pengsong Li, Tianshui Li, Guotao Yang, Wei Liu, Ende Yu, Daojin Zhou, Jinjie Fang, Wenxing Chen, Yizhen Chen, Lirong Zheng, Jiangwen Liao, Zeyu Wang, Yaping Li, Hongbin Yang, Guoxin Zhang, Zhongbin Zhuang, Sung Fu Hung, Changfei JingJun Luo, Lu Bai, Juncai Dong, Hai Xiao, Wen Liu, Yun Kuang^*, Bin Liu^*, Xiaoming Sun^*

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Seawater electrolysis offers a renewable, scalable, and economic means for green hydrogen production. However, anode corrosion by Cl^- pose great challenges for its commercialization. Herein, different from conventional catalysts designed to repel Cl^- adsorption, we develop an atomic Ir catalyst on cobalt iron layered double hydroxide (Ir/CoFe-LDH) to tailor Cl^- adsorption and modulate the electronic structure of the Ir active center, thereby establishing a unique Ir-OH/Cl coordination for alkaline seawater electrolysis. Operando characterizations and theoretical calculations unveil the pivotal role of this coordination state to lower OER activation energy by a factor of 1.93. The Ir/CoFe-LDH exhibits a remarkable oxygen evolution reaction activity (202 mV overpotential and TOF = 7.46 O₂ s⁻¹) in 6 M NaOH+2.8 M NaCl, superior over Cl^--free 6 M NaOH electrolyte (236 mV overpotential and TOF = 1.05 O₂ s⁻¹), with 100% catalytic selectivity and stability at high current densities (400-800 mA cm⁻²) for more than 1,000 h.

Original language	English
Article number	1973
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46140-y
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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Duan, X., Sha, Q., Li, P., Li, T., Yang, G., Liu, W., Yu, E., Zhou, D., Fang, J., Chen, W., Chen, Y., Zheng, L., Liao, J., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Yang, H., Zhang, G., Zhuang, Z., Hung, S. F., ... Sun, X. (2024). Dynamic chloride ion adsorption on single iridium atom boosts seawater oxidation catalysis. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 1973. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46140-y

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