近日，苏徽教授以共同通讯作者身份在《德国应用化学》发表学术论文，“光能转换材料湖南省高校重点实验室”为其第二署名单位。论文标题：Fast Modulation of d-Band Holes Quantity in the Early Reaction Stages for Boosting Acidic Oxygen Evolution（在早期反应阶段快速调制d-带空隙以促进酸性氧的演变）

Synthesis of highly active and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts applied in acidic water electrolysis remains a grand challenge. Here, we construct a type of high-loading iridium single atom catalysts with tunable d-band holes character (h-HL−Ir SACs, ∼17.2 wt % Ir) realized in the early OER operation stages. The in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals that the quantity of the d-band holes of Ir active sites can be fast increased by 0.56 unit from the open circuit to a low working potential of 1.35 V. More remarkably, in situ synchrotron infrared and Raman spectroscopies demonstrate the quick accumulation of *OOH and *OH intermediates over holes-modulated Ir sites in the early reaction voltages, achieving a rapid OER kinetics. As a result, this well-designed h-HL−Ir SACs exhibits superior performance for acidic OER with overpotentials of 216 mV @10 mA cm−2 and 259 mV @100 mA cm−2, corresponding to a small Tafel slope of 43 mV dec−1. The activity of catalyst shows no evident attenuation after 60 h operation in acidic environment. This work provides some useful hints for the design of superior acidic OER catalysts.

第一作者：Xiuxiu Zhang, Chengyu Yang

通讯作者：Hui Su, Qinghua Liu, Shiqiang Wei

发表期刊：Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

在线发表时间：2023-06-26

文章链接：https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202308082