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Bifunctional fluorine doped Ru/RuO2 clusters with dynamic electron modification and strong metal-support interaction
Yue Shi1, Hongfu Miao1, Jianyang Gao2
1State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
Abstract:
The sluggish kinetics and inherent instability over the Ru/RuO2 clusters are still enormous challenges in proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer. Herein, we innovatively report synergistic modulation of dynamic electron modification and strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) to activate and stabilize bifunctional fluorine doped Ru/RuO2 clusters anchored on carbon nanotube (CNT), thus achieving efficient and stable acidic overall water splitting. Theoretical and experimental studies found that surface metal-fluorine modification layer could dynamically regulate the interfacial electronic environment to stabilize and activate multiple active Ru species; and the SMSI between Ru/RuO2 cluster and CNT maintains stable electronic environment for dynamic electron modification and avoids migrating or shedding of active species in acidic environment. Therefore, the PEM electrolyzer assembled with optimal F5.5-Ru/RuO2@CNT can operate stably for 100 h at a high current density of 100 mA cm-2, which is the first time that bifunctional Ru-based nanocatalysts applied to PEM device at a high current density.
