▌Crystal Phase-Dependent Performance of RuOx/MnO2 Nanorods for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction
RuOx/MnO2 奈米棒用於鹼性析氧反應之晶相依賴性能研究
Tingting Pan, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Hongyuan Jie, Min-Hsin Yeh, Kangshu Li, Meixin Chen, Xiaoyan Zhou, Jingjie Ge, Xuning Li, Xiaoxu Zhao, Zhiwei Hu, Yipu Liu,* Jiwei Ma,*and Hongfei Cheng*
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202517063
SEED Member: Min-Hsin Yeh, Wei-Hsiang Huang
RuOₓ clusters on 1D MnO₂ nanorods and phase-dependent OER activity; α-, β-, γ-MnO₂ structures
Major Contributions
1.Demonstration that γ-MnO2, when decorated with RuOx nanoclusters, exhibits superior OER activity and stability compared to α- and β-MnO2-based heterostructures, achieving an overpotential of 255 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and sustained performance in both half-cell and AEMWE full-cell tests.
2.Establishment of a mechanistic understanding showing that RuOx/γ-MnO2 enables the strongest electron transfer between Ru and Mn, weakens Mn–O bond strength, and lowers the energy barrier for the rate-determining step, optimizing intermediate adsorption.
3.Development of a crystal phase engineering strategy illustrating how the MnO2 polymorph controls RuOx cluster structure, electron transfer, and Mn–O covalency, providing a pathway to design high-performance heterostructured electrocatalysts.
主要貢獻
1.γ-MnO2 的優異性能驗證:研究證實,相較α- 和 β-MnO2-based基的異質結構,以 RuOx 奈米團簇修飾的 γ-MnO2 展現出更優越的析氧反應(OER)活性與穩定性。該材料在 10 mA cm-2 電流密度下的過電位為 255 mV,且在半電池與陰離子交換膜水電解槽(AEMWE)全電池測試中皆保持持續穩定的性能。
2.電子結構與反應機制解析:建立了明確的機制理解,RuOx/ γ-MnO2結構能促成 Ru 與 Mn 之間最強的電子轉移,進而減弱 Mn–O 鍵的強度。這降低了速率決定步驟(rate-determining step)的能壘,並優化了反應中間體的吸附行為。
3.晶相工程設計策略:提出了一種晶相工程策略,闡明了 MnO2 的晶型(polymorph)如何調控 RuOx 團簇的結構、電子轉移效率以及 Mn–O 的共價性(covalency),為設計高性能異質結構電催化劑提供了一條明確的路徑。


