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Double‐Exchange‐Induced in situ Conductivity in Nickel‐Based Oxyhydroxides: An Effective Descriptor for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
Author(s) -
Tian Bailin,
Shin Hyeyoung,
Liu Shengtang,
Fei Muchun,
Mu Zhangyan,
Liu Cheng,
Pan Yanghang,
Sun Yamei,
Goddard William A.,
Ding Mengning
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202101906
Subject(s) - oxygen evolution , conductivity , nickel , metal , density functional theory , dopant , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , in situ , catalysis , materials science , doping , electrode , computational chemistry , electrochemistry , metallurgy , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Motivated by in silico predictions that Co, Rh, and Ir dopants would lead to low overpotentials to improve OER activity of Ni‐based hydroxides, we report here an experimental confirmation on the altered OER activities for a series of metals (Mo, W, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir) doped into γ‐NiOOH. The in situ electrical conductivity for metal doped γ‐NiOOH correlates well with the trend in enhanced OER activities. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to rationalize the in situ conductivity of the key intermediate states of metal doped γ‐NiOOH during OER. The simultaneous increase of OER activity with intermediate conductivity was later rationalized by their intrinsic connections to the double exchange (DE) interaction between adjacent metal ions with various d orbital occupancies, serving as an indicator for the key metal‐oxo radical character, and an effective descriptor for the mechanistic evaluation and theoretical guidance in design and screening of efficient OER catalysts.