TY - JOUR
T1 - An Oxygen-Insensitive Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Coated by a Molybdenum-Based Layer for Overall Water Splitting
AU - Garcia Esparza, Angel T.
AU - Shinagawa, Tatsuya
AU - Ould-Chikh, Samy
AU - Qureshi, Muhammad
AU - Peng, Xuyuan
AU - Wei, Nini
AU - Anjum, Dalaver H.
AU - Clo, Alain M.
AU - Weng, Tsu-Chien
AU - Nordlund, Dennis
AU - Sokaras, Dimosthenis
AU - Kubota, Jun
AU - Domen, Kazunari
AU - Takanabe, Kazuhiro
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Pavel Afanasiev is kindly acknowledged for sharing reference spectra recorded at the Mo K-edge. Use of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515.
PY - 2017/4/13
Y1 - 2017/4/13
N2 - For overall water-splitting systems, it is essential to establish O2 -insensitive cathodes that allow cogeneration of H2 and O2 . An acid-tolerant electrocatalyst is described, which employs a Mo-coating on a metal surface to achieve selective H2 evolution in the presence of O2 . In operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy identified reduced Pt covered with an amorphous molybdenum oxyhydroxide hydrate with a local structural order composed of polyanionic trimeric units of molybdenum(IV). The Mo layer likely hinders O2 gas permeation, impeding contact with active Pt. Photocatalytic overall water splitting proceeded using MoOx /Pt/SrTiO3 with inhibited water formation from H2 and O2 , which is the prevailing back reaction on the bare Pt/SrTiO3 photocatalyst. The Mo coating was stable in acidic media for multiple hours of overall water splitting by membraneless electrolysis and photocatalysis.
AB - For overall water-splitting systems, it is essential to establish O2 -insensitive cathodes that allow cogeneration of H2 and O2 . An acid-tolerant electrocatalyst is described, which employs a Mo-coating on a metal surface to achieve selective H2 evolution in the presence of O2 . In operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy identified reduced Pt covered with an amorphous molybdenum oxyhydroxide hydrate with a local structural order composed of polyanionic trimeric units of molybdenum(IV). The Mo layer likely hinders O2 gas permeation, impeding contact with active Pt. Photocatalytic overall water splitting proceeded using MoOx /Pt/SrTiO3 with inhibited water formation from H2 and O2 , which is the prevailing back reaction on the bare Pt/SrTiO3 photocatalyst. The Mo coating was stable in acidic media for multiple hours of overall water splitting by membraneless electrolysis and photocatalysis.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623790
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201701861/full
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017422550&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201701861
DO - 10.1002/anie.201701861
M3 - Article
C2 - 28407339
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 56
SP - 5780
EP - 5784
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
IS - 21
ER -
