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Tracking the Role of Defect Types in Co3O4 Structural Evolution and Active Motifs during Oxygen Evolution Reaction
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Dynamic reconstruction of catalyst active sites is particularly important for metal oxide-catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the mechanism of how vacancy-induced reconstruction aids OER remains ambiguous. Here, we use Co 3 O 4 with Co or O vacancies to uncover the effects of different defects in the reconstruction process and the active motifs relevant to alkaline OER. Combining in situ characterization and theoretical calculations, we found that cobalt oxides are converted to an amorphous [Co(OH) 6 ] intermediate state, and then the mismatched rates of *OH adsorption and deprotonation lead to irreversible catalyst reconstruction. The stronger *OH adsorption but weaker deprotonation induced by O defects provides the driving force for reconstruction, while Co defects favor dehydrogenation and reduce the reconstruction rate. Importantly, both O and Co defects trigger highly OER-active bridge Co sites in reconstructed catalysts, of which Co defects induce a short Co–Co distance (3.38 Å) under compressive lattice stress and show the best OER activity (η 10 of 262 mV), superior to reconstructed oxygen-defected Co 3 O 4 -V O (η 10 of 300 mV) and defect-free Co 3 O 4 (η 10 of 320 mV). This work highlights that engineering defect-dependent reconstruction may provide a rational route for electrocatalyst design in energy-related applications.
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- Zhang, R., Pan, L., Guo, B., Huang, Z.-F., Chen, Z., Wang, L., Zhang, X., Guo, Z., Xu, W., Loh, K. P., & Zou, J.-J.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
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- American Chemical Society (ACS)
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- 2023-01-19
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- 145
- Issue
- 4
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- 2271-2281
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- 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5126
- OpenAlex
- W4317399548
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- 544
- References
- 44
- FWCI
- 25.47
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978200, 22008170, 22121004, 22222808)
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations
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