Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation

Electrocatalytic water oxidation is facilitated by high valence states, but these are challenging to achieve at low applied potentials. Here, authors report a multicomponent FeCoCrNi alloy with dynamically formed Ni4+ species to offer high catalytic activity via lattice oxygen activation mechanism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ning Zhang, Xiaobin Feng, Dewei Rao, Xi Deng, Lejuan Cai, Bocheng Qiu, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong, Yang Lu, Yang Chai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17934-7