Perfect Is Perfect: Nickel Prussian Blue Analogue as A High‐Efficiency Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Production

Prussian blue analogues (PBA) are a large family of functional materials with diverse applications such as in electrochemical fields. However, their use in the emerging two-electron oxygen reduction reaction for clean production of hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) is lagging. Herein, a general solvent exchange induced reconstruction strategy is demonstrated, through which an abnormal NiNi-PBA superstructure is synthesized as a high-performance electrocatalyst for H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> generation. The resultant NiNi-PBA superstructure has a stoichiometric composition with saturated lattice water, and a leaf-like morphology composed of interconnected small-size nanosheets with identical orientation and predominate {210} side surface exposure. Our studies show that the Ni-N centers on {210} facets are the active sites, and the saturated lattice H<sub>2</sub>O favors a six-coordinated environment that results in high selectivity. The "perfect" structure including stoichiometric composition and ideal facet exposure leads to a high selectivity of ~100 % and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> yield of 5.7 mol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, superior to the reported MOF-based electrocatalysts and most other electrocatalysts.

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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2024-08-23
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413866
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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Abstract

Prussian blue analogues (PBA) are a large family of functional materials with diverse applications such as in electrochemical fields. However, their use in the emerging two-electron oxygen reduction reaction for clean production of hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) is lagging. Herein, a general solvent exchange induced reconstruction strategy is demonstrated, through which an abnormal NiNi-PBA superstructure is synthesized as a high-performance electrocatalyst for H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> generation. The resultant NiNi-PBA superstructure has a stoichiometric composition with saturated lattice water, and a leaf-like morphology composed of interconnected small-size nanosheets with identical orientation and predominate {210} side surface exposure. Our studies show that the Ni-N centers on {210} facets are the active sites, and the saturated lattice H<sub>2</sub>O favors a six-coordinated environment that results in high selectivity. The "perfect" structure including stoichiometric composition and ideal facet exposure leads to a high selectivity of ~100 % and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> yield of 5.7 mol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, superior to the reported MOF-based electrocatalysts and most other electrocatalysts.

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Tongji University (CN), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (CN), Stockholm University (SE), The University of Queensland (AU), Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (AU), East China Normal University (CN)
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