题目： | The operation active sites of O2 reduction to H2O2 over ZnO |
作者： | Yunjie Zhou1, Liang Xu1, Jie Wu1, Wenxiang Zhu1, Tiwei He1, Hao Yang1, Hui Huang1, Tao Cheng1*, Yang Liu1* and Zhenhui Kang1,2 * |
单位： | 1Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China 2Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (MIMSE), MUST-SUDA Joint Research Center for Advanced Functional Materials, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macao, China |
摘要： | The two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e−ORR) in neutral media is a promising method to achieve hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from oxygen (O2) directly in a sustainable way. Here, we show an ideal ZnO@ZnO2 electrocatalyst for efficient O2 reduction to H2O2 in a neutral medium. The in situ growth of ZnO2 on ZnO forms the operation active sites, namely the heterogeneous interface between tetrahedral ZnO and octahedral ZnO2, weakening the binding energies of both OOH* and O*. In a 0.1 M K2SO4 electrolyte, ZnO@ZnO2 shows a H2O2 selectivity of nearly 100.0% via the ORR, while it can convert O2 to H2O2 with a production rate of 5.47 mol gcat−1 h−1 at 0.1 V vs. RHE and a Faraday efficiency (FE) of ∼95.5%, tested using a gas diffusion electrode device. The pulse voltage-induced current (PVC) was utilized in conjunction with a number of in situ characterization techniques and electrochemical studies to disclose the transformation of the ZnO surface and the production process of operational catalytic active sites on ZnO. |
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