Volume 21, Issue 3 2409159
Research Article

Constructing Dense CoRu-CoMoO4 Heterointerfaces with Electron Redistribution for Synergistically Boosted Alkaline Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

Huamei Tong

Huamei Tong

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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Shengjie Xu

Shengjie Xu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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Xinyu Zheng

Xinyu Zheng

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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Mengyue Qi

Mengyue Qi

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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Jianjun Zhu

Jianjun Zhu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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Di Li

Corresponding Author

Di Li

Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Deli Jiang

Corresponding Author

Deli Jiang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China

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First published: 26 November 2024
Citations: 2

Abstract

Constructing metal alloys/metal oxides heterostructured electrocatalysts with abundant and strongly coupling interfaces is vital yet challenging for practical electrocatalytic water splitting. Herein, CoRu nanoalloys uniformly anchored on CoMoO4 nanosheet heterostructured electrocatalyst (CoRu-CoMoO4/NF) are synthesized via a self-templated strategy by simply annealing of Ru-etched CoMoO4/NF precursor in a reduction atmosphere. The dense and robustly coupled interface not only provides abundant active sites for water splitting but also strengthens the charge transfer efficiency. Furthermore, the theoretical calculations unveil that the strong electronic interaction at CoRu-CoMoO4 interface can induce an interfacial electron redistribution and reduce the energetic barriers for the hydrogen and oxygen intermediates, thereby accelerating the  hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and  oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics. The resultant catalyst only requires the overpotentials of 49 mV for HER and 209 mV for OER at 10 mA cm−2. Moreover, the constructed CoRu-CoMoO4||CoRu-CoMoO4 two-electrode cell achieves a cell voltage of 1.54 V at 10 mA cm−2, outperforming the benchmark Pt/C||IrO2. This work explores an avenue for the rational design of heterostructured electrocatalysts with abundant interfaces for practical water-splitting electrocatalysis.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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